CURRENT LAB MEMBERS

PI

Pedro Miura
Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology (2020- )
Assistant Professor (2014-2020)
PhD University of Ottawa (2010)
BSc Queen’s University (2002)

GRAD STUDENTS

David Knupp
2016- 
Molecular Biosciences PhD Candidate
NSF GRFP awardee (2018 )
Grad. Dean's Merit Scholarship awardee (2017)
B.Sc. Michigan State University

BongMin Bae, MSc.
2016- 
Molecular Biosciences PhD candidate
B.Sc., M.Sc. ITESM, Monterrey, Mexico

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

Zhiping Zhang, PhD
2016 - 
Postdoctoral Researcher
PhD, IBP, Chinese Academy of Sciences

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS

Sydnie Walters

2018 -
UNR Biotechnology undergraduate researcher

Kayla Andrada

2018-
UNR Biology undergraduate researcher

FORMER LAB MEMBERS

Lauryn Eggleston
2018-2020
UNR Molecular Biosciences MSc student
-currently PhD student at Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai

Sharab Ahmad (Moe)
2017-2018
Biochemistry undergraduate researcher

Daphne Cooper
2016 - 2018
Postdoctoral Researcher
-Currently Field Application Scientist at 10X Genomics

Matt Bauer
2014-2018
High School Student. Davidson Academy
2015 Western Nevada Science fair winner
-Currently undergrad at Caltech

Hannah Gruner
UNR Molecular Biosciences PhD (2014-2018).
-currently Post-doctoral fellow UCSF, Mike McManus lab

Henry Ng
2015 - 2018
UNR Biology/Political Science Undergraduate Researcher.
NSF EPSCOR Scholar (2017-2018)
-currently law student at McGeorge school of law, Sacramento, CA

Kevin So
Undergrad Researcher (2014- 2018)
B.Sc.. UNR (2013 - 2017) 
Scientific Technician (2018)
NSF EPSCOR Scholar 2014-2015. 
-Currently PhD student @Harvard Med.

Mariela Cortés López
Undergraduate Researcher (2015- 2017).
Scientific Technician (2017)
Visiting intern as part of UNAM Genomic Sciences program (Cuernavaca, Mexico).
-currently PhD candidate at IMB, Mainz, Germany.
https://www.imb.de/research/koenig/research/

Ryan Peterson
UNR Neuroscience MSc. (2015-2017)
-currently scientist at Charles River Laboratories, Reno, NV.

Maebh Lynch
Queen's University Belfast. International Undergraduate Research Program (IURP) (2015-2016)
-currently medical student at Queen's U Belfast, Northern Ireland

Kelly Phelps
Postdoctoral Researcher (2015)

Justin Brasher
Biology Undergraduate volunteer
(2016-2017)

Vicente Gapuz
UNR MMI undergrad.  McNair Scholar. EPSCOR Scholar 2015-2016. (2014 - 2017)
-currently technician at Charles River Laboratories, Reno, NV.

Mairead Fields 
PhD Rotation student in Molecular Biosciences (2015).

Lucas Bishop
UNR Biotechnology undergrad (2014-2015).

Jennifer Tang
UNR Biotechnology undergrad (2014-2015).