Personnel
Katherine W. Rogers, Ph.D.
Lead Investigator, Unit on Developmental Signaling
Phone: 301-451-2633
Email: katherine.rogers@nih.gov
Katherine obtained a B.S. in Molecular Biology from the University of Wyoming, where she used C. elegans to study developmental genetics in Dr. David S. Fay’s lab. She then joined Alexander F. Schier’s lab at Harvard University for her Ph.D. work focusing on the role of the Nodal/Lefty activator/inhibitor system in germ layer patterning. For her postdoctoral research she joined Patrick Müller’s group at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, where she examined signaling molecule movement and signaling interpretation in zebrafish embryos.
William K. Anderson, B.S.
Research Specialist, Unit on Developmental Signaling
Phone: 301-873-2942
Email: william.anderson4@nih.gov
Will obtained a B.S. in Marine Biology and in Aquaculture from the Florida Institute of Technology, where he studied fish and invertebrate biology and aquaculture. He then went on to work at NIH’s Shared Zebrafish Facility, where he performed husbandry, health management, and evaluative projects for the zebrafish colony there.
Selvaraj Velanganni, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral visiting fellow, Unit on Developmental Signaling
Email: selvaraj.mariathomas@nih.gov
Selvaraj obtained a B.Sc. in CBZ (Chemistry, Botany, Zoology) and an M.Sc. in Genetics from the University of Mysore where he learned the basics of Genetics and Developmental Biology using Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism. He worked in Dr. Shyamala’s lab as well as Dr. Krishna’s lab on two different projects involving the model organism D. melanogaster. Then he joined Kirankumar’s lab at SRM Institute of Science and Technology for his Ph.D. in Genetic Engineering focusing on developing different strategies to enhance the CRISPR-Cas9 targeted mutagenesis in zebrafish.
Caitlin E.T. Donahue, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral fellow, Unit on Developmental Signaling
Email: caitlin.donahue@nih.gov
Caitlin obtained her B.S. in Biochemistry from Roanoke College where she worked in the labs of Dr. Timothy Johan and Dr. Richard Keithley to develop new methods for generating enzyme-coated microelectrodes. Caitlin then joined Dr. Katharine White’s lab at the University of Notre Dame for her Ph.D. where she worked on the characterization and application of a new optogenetic tool to increase intracellular pH.
Keon Sanavandi, B.S.
Post-baccalaureate fellow, Unit on Developmental Signaling
Email: keon.sanavandi@nih.gov
Keon obtained a B.S. in Biology and Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology. In their undergraduate research, they studied amyloid formation in yeast in the lab of Dr. Yury Chernoff, as well as Hedgehog signaling in mice in the lab of Dr. Tamara Caspary. They also studied factors involved in biofilm formation in Dr. Jeseth Delgado Vela’s lab through the NSF REU program.
Kaia B. Meyer, B.A.
Post-baccalaureate fellow, Unit on Developmental Signaling
Email: kaia.meyer@nih.gov
Kaia obtained a B.A. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Gustavus Adolphus College where she studied changes in metabolic rates and the transcriptome of Belgica antarctica in response to sublethal freezing in Yuta Kawarasaki’s lab. She also studied the role of minor splicing in embryonic limb development in Rahul Kanadia’s lab as part of the Physiology and Neurobiology REU program at the University of Connecticut.
Alumni
Micaela R. Murphy, B.S.
Matt T. Monaghan, B.S.
Catherine E. Campbell, B.S.
Leanne E. Iannucci, Ph.D.
Daria Lukasz, Ph.D.
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