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Steven Dahmen

Graduate Student, Department of Biochemistry


Steven graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a Bachelors degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (B.S.) in 2020. He worked as an Undergraduate researcher for Dr. Camilla Forsberg under the guidance of Donna Poscablo for 1 and a half years. In the Forsberg Lab, Steven worked on characterizing a novel population of age-specific platelets in mice. In September of 2020, Steven joined the Zinkel lab at Vanderbilt University as a Research Assistant 1. In 2021, Steven joined the Vanderbilt IGP program and then joined the Dewar lab in 2022.

During his free time, Steven likes to play video games, play with his dog Sox, or enjoy the outdoors looking for new ant queens.