Meet the Team

  • Dr. Janet Markle, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor, Division of Molecular Pathogenesis, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology

    Assistant Professor, Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Deborah Gil

    PhD Candidate, Molecular Pathology and Immunology

  • Joseph Choi

    PhD Student, Molecular Pathology and Immunology

  • Lucas Yang

    B.Sc., Yale University, 2022

    Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

  • Mohamud Mohamed

    B.Sc., Middle Tennessee State University, 2022

    M.Sc., Lipscomb University, 2024

Markle Lab Alumni

  • Dr. Jimmy Maiarana

    PGY-3 resident, recipient of NIH Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR-R38) award.

    Next position: Fellow, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, NIH / Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore MD USA.

  • Shamel Basaria

    B.Sc., Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt University Summer Research Program (VUSRP).

    Next position: Centers for Disease Controls and Prevention, Altanta, GA USA.

  • Taylor Holmes

    Medical Scientist Training Program summer student 2023

    Next position: undergraduate, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA USA

  • Elijah Burks

    Medical Scientist Training Program summer student 2022

    Next position: undergraduate, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA USA

  • Carissa Elonen

    Research Assistant

    Next position: Masters student, Middle Tennessee State University

  • Ceylan (Jay) Ersoz

    Research Assistant

  • Kathy Liu

    B.Sc. Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt University Summer Research Program (VUSRP)

    Next position: PhD student, University of California at Berkeley, Metabolic Biology program

  • Dr. Marcela Moncada-Velez (postdoc). Next position: research associate, The Rockefeller University, New York NY USA.

  • Leon Hsieh (PhD student). Next position: PhD student, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD USA.

  • Zhiming Mao (MSc student). Next position: PhD student, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN USA.

  • Milind Agarwal (undergraduate student). Next position: Masters student, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD USA.

  • Julia Ryan (MSc student). Next position: MD student, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA.

  • Jiachen Sun (undergraduate student). Currently an undergraduate at Vanderbilt University.

  • Elizabeth Dang (undergraduate student). Next position: MD student, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, USA.