Principal Investigator
Owen Tamplin
Credentials: PhD Molecular Genetics
Position title: Associate Professor
Pronouns: he/him/his
Email:
tamplin
Phone: 608-890-0938
Graduate Students
Nicole M. Woodhead
Position title: Cellular and Molecular Biology (CMB) PhD Student
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Email:
nmwoodhead
Octavia Santis Larrain
Position title: Cell and Molecular Pathology (CMP) PhD Student
Email:
santislarrai
Alice Alhajkadour
Position title: Cell and Molecular Pathology (CMP) PhD Student
Email:
alhajkadour
Research Intern
Elliott Burke
Credentials: BS in Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology – University of Washington 2025
Position title: Research Intern
Pronouns: he/him/his
Email:
agburke
Undergraduate Students
LAB ALUMNI
Julian Kamanda, BSc
Undergraduate Researcher (2024-2026), UW-Madison, Class of 2026, Biology
Logan Nicoll, BSc
Undergraduate Researcher (2025-2026), UW-Madison, Class of 2026, Biomedical Engineering
Rylie Ceplina, BSc
Undergraduate Researcher (2024-2026), UW-Madison, Class of 2026, Neurobiology & Psychology
Madison Moss
MSTP Summer Scholar (2025), Indiana University Bloomington, Class of 2026
Daniel Cui
Undergraduate Researcher (2024-2025), UW-Madison, Class of 2027, Biology
Kylie Sweeney, BSc
Undergraduate Researcher (2024-2025), UW-Madison, Class of 2025, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Shanti Hug, BSc
Undergraduate Researcher (2022-2025), UW-Madison, Class of 2025, Biology
Julia Poelma, BSc
Undergraduate Researcher (2023-2025), UW-Madison, Class of 2025, Biochemistry and Zoology
Nina Chosy, BSc
Undergraduate Summer Researcher (2024), Bates College, Class of 2025
Nout Schimmelpennink, BSc
Undergraduate Researcher (2023-2024), UW-Madison, Class of 2024, Pharmacology and Toxicology & Molecular and Cell Biology
(Current Position: Graduate Student at UCSF)
Ai Tang Song, BSc
Undergraduate Researcher (2022-2024), UW-Madison, Class of 2024, Biomedical Engineering
(Current Position: Research Intern in the lab of Dr. Carl June, Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, U Penn)
Casey Ostheimer, BSc
Undergraduate Researcher (2021-2023), UW-Madison, Class of 2023, Genetics and Genomics
(Current Position: Medical Student at Creighton University School of Medicine)
Damola Elujoba-Bridenstine, PhD
UW-Madison Cellular and Molecular Biology (CMB) PhD Graduate 2022
(Current Position: Senior Scientist, Sanofi)
Rebecca Schiavo, PhD
UW-Madison Cellular and Molecular Biology (CMB) PhD Graduate 2021
(Current Position: Senior Research Scientist, Promega)
Sobhika Agarwala, MSc, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2017-2021)
(Current Position: Senior Medical Writer at Red Nucleus)
Haley Engle, BSc
Lab Manager (2016-2019), University of Illinois at Chicago
(Current Position: Aquatics Manager at Northwestern University)
Ken Joves, BSc
Undergraduate Researcher (2017-2020), University of Illinois at Chicago, Class of 2020, Biochemistry
Natalie Piehl, BSc
Undergraduate Bioinformatics Intern (2019), University of Illinois at Chicago
Jonathan Busquets, BSc, MSc
Graeme Carnegie Summer Research Fellow (2019), University of Illinois at Chicago
Frances Walker, BSc
Summer high school research intern (2017-2018), NIH NIDDK STEP-UP Program, University of Illinois at Chicago