Lab Alumni

Geetanjali Chawla, Ph.D.

Formerly an Associate Scientist with the Tennessen Lab, Geetu is currently working as Wellcome-DBT India Alliance Intermediate Fellow at Regional Centre for Biotechnology.

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Alex Hurlburt

Formerly a Research Associate with the Tennessen lab, Alex is currently a Sequencing Research Associate at Kallyope.

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Maria Sterrett

Formerly a Researcher Associate with the Tennessen lab.

Hongde Li, Ph.D.

Formally a Postdoctoral Fellow

Hongde completed his undergraduate work Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and received his PhD from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Analytical Chemistry. Hongde studied the putative oncometabolite L-2-hydroxyglutarate (L-2HG) under physiological conditions and how L-2HG is regulated in vivo using a Drosophila model with multiple methods including biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology and metabolomics.

Lucía García

Fourth year graduate student in the PhD program at the Institute of Neuroscience of Alicante Spain in Prof. María Dominguez Lab. She is interested in studying the role of energetic stress and metabolic reprogramming in Notch-Akt tumorigenesis.

Undergraduate work at the University of Alicante (degree in Biology)

Master work at the Institute of Neuroscience of Alicante (master in Neuroscience)

Rose Massey

Rose completed her undergraduate work at Austin College in Sherman TX. She got her Masters Degree in Dr. Tennessen’s lab studying the effect of metabolism on early eye development.

Undergraduates

Undergrad researchers and support staff are essential to our work in the Tennessen Lab. If you are interested in research experience or a part time job please contact us.

Sarah Carter’s project focuses on the characterization of the expression of dLdh in different cells in growing tissues under normal and hypoxic conditions. — Sarah Carter’s project focuses on the characterization of the expression of *dLdh* in different cells in growing tissues under normal and hypoxic conditions.

Liam Mungcal is a junior majoring in neuroscience. He is assisting Yasaman with her experiments exploring the affects of L-2HG on renal cancer cells in Drosophila. — Liam Mungcal is a junior majoring in neuroscience. He is assisting Yasaman with her experiments exploring the affects of L-2HG on renal cancer cells in *Drosophila*.

Alex Fitt is a junior undergraduate in the lab, and his current project studies how the pH of the diet affects the accumulation of L-2HG in Drosophila larvae. — Alex Fitt is a junior undergraduate in the lab, and his current project studies how the pH of the diet affects the accumulation of L-2HG in *Drosophila* larvae.

Sarah Doherty, is a third year senior studying Neuroscience and Chemistry on a pre-med track. In the lab she helps maintain fly stocks and the crosses of multiple researches. She also prepares standard and specialized media for some of the researche… — Sarah Doherty, is a third year senior studying Neuroscience and Chemistry on a pre-med track. In the lab she helps maintain fly stocks and the crosses of multiple researches. She also prepares standard and specialized media for some of the researchers, and facilitates in general lab upkeep.

Olivia Krygowski is a third year biology major graduating this May, 2020. She is an undergraduate researcher working with Yasaman Heidarian. They are studying the role of L-2HG in a Drosophila model of renal cancer. — Olivia Krygowski is a third year biology major graduating this May, 2020. She is an undergraduate researcher working with Yasaman Heidarian. They are studying the role of L-2HG in a *Drosophila* model of renal cancer.

Madeline Kane is an undergraduate junior majoring in Biology and minoring in Molecular Life Sciences and Swahili. She assists Melody in uncovering the role of the Drosophila Estrogen Related Receptor gene. — Madeline Kane is an undergraduate junior majoring in Biology and minoring in Molecular Life Sciences and Swahili. She assists Melody in uncovering the role of the *Drosophila* Estrogen Related Receptor gene.