Students

Jordan Machlin

Faculty Mentor:

Ariella Shikanov

Joined CMB:

2021

Undergraduate Institution:

Brandeis University

Master's Degree:

Reproductive Science and Medicine, Northwestern University

Research Interests:

Interested in human ovarian folliculogenesis and fertility preservation

Gabriel Manske

Mentor:

Sue Hammoud

Joined CMB:

2017

Undergraduate Institution:

University of Washington

Research Interests:

Investigating the function of paternally-inherited histones during early embryogenesis.

glmanske@umich.edu

Research Interests:

Investigating the function of paternally-inherited histones during early embryogenesis.

Collin Marshall

Mentor:

Daniel Beard

Joined CMB:

2019

Undergraduate Institution:

California State University, Fullerton

Honors:

Rackham Merit Fellowship

colmar@umich.edu

Research Interests:

Developing a device to simultaneously measure NADH generation and oxygen consumption in mitochondria in order to investigate the role of metabolic intermediates in bioenergetics. The data collected will be used to develop a computer model of the system.

Michael McMillan

Mentor:

Sami Barmada

Joined CMB:

2018

Undergraduate Institution:

University of Massachusetts Amherst

mmcm@umich.edu

Ariel McShane

Mentor:

Mats Ljungman

Joined CMB:

2018

Undergraduate Institution:

College of Charleston

mcshanea@umich.edu

Ashley Melnick

Mentor:

Mark Chiang, Ph.D.

Joined CMB:

2019

Undergraduate Institution:

Michigan State University

Service:

Rackham Student Government Biological and Health Sciences Representative, Executive Position for Student Advocates for Graduate Education (SAGE)

Honors:

2018 Outstanding Master's Student, First Place at MSU Animal Science Graduate Research Forum Oral Presentation, First runner-up at Michigan Alliance for Reproductive Technologies and Sciences Poster Presentation, Larry Ewing Memorial Trainee Travel Fund Grant, First runner-up MSU Graduate Academic Conference Oral Presentation

amelnic@umich.edu

Research Interests:

My research focuses on investigating Notch cofactors that may regulate Notch signaling in T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Rosa Menjivar

Mentor:

Marina Pasca Di Magliano

Joined CMB:

2017

Research Interest:

Investigating the Role of Arginase 1 in the Pancreatic Cancer Microenvironment.

remenjiv@umich.edu

Anna Michmerhuizen

Mentor:

Corey Speers

Joined CMB:

2018

Undergraduate Institution:

Calvin College

Honors:

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting Scholar-In-Training Award (2020, 2021), Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship (2021-2022)

Service:

Association for Women in Science (AWIS), Michigan DNA Day Ambassador

annamich@umich.edu

Research Interests:

Understanding the role of nuclear hormone receptors in the radiosensitization of breast cancers.

Harihar Milaganur Mohan

Mentor:

Henry Paulson, M.D., Ph.D.

Joined CMB:

2020

Undergraduate Institution:

SASTRA University, India

Honors:

SASTRA University Dean’s Merit Scholar (2013-17)

Service:

Treasurer, AMS (2020-21); Volunteer for SACNAS science outreach workshop at Sault Ste. Marie, MI (2019); Michigan DNA Day microbiology module (2017)

Research Interests:

Using cell lines and neuronal models to investigate molecular mechanisms of Ubiquilin-2 (UBQLN2) regulation in normal cellular function and ALS caused by UBQLN2 mutations.