Lab Members
Principal Investigator
Vivian Gama, Ph.D.
Associate Professor / PI, Cell and Developmental Biology
https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/cdb/news/announcing-arrival-dr-vivian-gama
: 4150 MRBIII
465 21st Avenue South
Nashville, Tennessee - 37240-7936- : vivian.gama@vanderbilt.edu
- : 6158759490
Lab Manager
David Carmona
Research Intern, Cell and Developmental Biology
“Ser Pilo Paga” Scholar (Colombia)
: 4150 MRB3
465 21st Ave
Nashville , Tennessee - 37232
Graduate Students
Tierney Baum
Ph.D. Candidate, Cell and Developmental Biology
: 4150 MRB3
- : tierney.baum@vanderbilt.edu
Gabriella Robertson
Ph.D. Candidate, Cell and Developmental Biology
: 4150 MRB-3
465 21st Ave. South
Nashville, Tennessee - 37232- : gabriella.l.robertson@vanderbilt.edu
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Undergraduate Students
Alumni
Anna Bright
Undergraduate Student, Class of 2022, Neuroscience
Current position: Ph.D. Student at Memorial Sloan Kettering NY
Sarah Byun
Undergraduate Research Technician
Undergraduate Class of 2019
Current position: MD Candidate at the University of Maryland School of Medicine
Mary Chalkley
2017 VSSA Summer Undergrad
Currently a Vandy graduate student in the Ess and Ihrie Labs.
Emma Follman
Undergraduate student, Neuroscience Major
Current position: Ph.D. Student at Stanford University
Dylan Holzgruber
Undergraduate Student
Undergraduate Class of 2019
Current position: MD Candidate at the New York Medical College
Piyush Joshi, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student 2018 - 2020, Neuroscience MRBIII 4150
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Emory University in the laboratory of Dr. Hyder Jinnah
Meghan Mouton
Leadership Alliance First Year Research Experience (FYRE) Intern, Cell and Developmental Biology
: 4150 MRB-3
465 21st Av. South
Nashville, Tennessee - 37232- : mbm01998@gmail.com
Natalya Ortolano, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student 2016-2021
Current Position: Assistant Editor at Drug Discovery News
: 4150 MRBIII
465 21st Avenue South
Nashville, Tennessee - 37232- : natalya.a.ortolano@vanderbilt.edu
- : (615) 875-7004
Megan L. Rasmussen Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student 2016 - 2021
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in the GSK Vaccine Scientific Leaders Program
: 4150 MRBIII
465 21st Avenue South
Nashville, Tennessee - 37232- : megan.rasmussen@vanderbilt.edu
- : 6158757004
Anuj (AJ) Rastogi, M.Sc.
Lab Manager 2018 - 2020
Current position: Equipment and Resource Manager, Cell and Developmental Biology
: 4150 MRBIII
465 21st Avenue South
Nashville, Tennessee - 37232- : (615) 875-7004
Alejandra I. Romero-Morales, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student 2018 - 2022, Cell and Developmental Biology
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Lieber Institute for Brain Development – Johns Hopkins University
: 4150 MRBIII
465 21st Avenue South
Nashville, Tennessee - 37232- : a.romeromorales@vanderbilt.edu
Stephen Russell
Undergraduate Research Technician 2016-2017
Current position: MD candidate at Mount Sinai, NY
