Cheryl Andam Lab
University at Albany, State University of New York
People
Cheryl P. Andam, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Current position: Associate Professor, University at Albany SUNY (Spr 2023 - )
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University at Albany SUNY (Fall 2020 - Fall 2022)
Previous position: Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire (Fall 2016 - Summer 2020)
Education and training:
Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Harvard School of Public Health
Department of Epidemiology and Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics
Advisor: Dr. William P. Hanage
Postdoctoral Associate. Cornell University
Advisor: Dr. Daniel H. Buckley
Ph.D. Microbiology. University of Connecticut
Advisor: Dr. J. Peter Gogarten
M.S. Biology. Binghamton University SUNY
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Parker
B.S. University of the Philippines – Los Baños
At UNH:
At UAlbany:
Isaiah P. A. Lee
PhD MESB (Molecular and Evolutionary Systems Biology)
Fall 2018 - Spring 2022
Current position: Assistant Professor at the Univ of the Philippines - Diliman
Joshua T. Smith
PhD MESB
Fall 2017 - Summer 2021
Current position: Postdoc at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Cooper J. Park
PhD MESB
Fall 2017 - Fall 2020
Current position: Data Product Specialist at Invitae
Kaitlyn Belknap
MS Genetics (co-advised with Dr. Brian Barth)
Fall 2017 - Spring 2019
Current position: Medical student at UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine, Maine
Griffin Nye
Undergraduate lab assistant
Fall 2018 – Spring 2021
Current position: Lab Manager at The Jackson Laboratory, Maine
Undergraduates (UNH):
Sharlene Amador. Fall 2016 – Spring 2019
John Ball. Spring 2018 – Spring 2020
Kelsey Bourne. Spring 2017
Kevin Marc Dioneda. Fall 2016 – Spring 2018
Thomas Farrar. Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Katherine Loiselle. Fall 2017 – Spring 2018
Lindsay March. Fall 2017 – Spring 2018
Krista Mastrogiacomo. Spring 2018 – Spring 2019
Colin McGonagle. Spring 2017 – Spring 2019
Jennifer Mydosh. Spring 2019 – Spring 2020
Michael Pellitteri. Spring 2019 – Spring 2020
Nicholas Ritzo. Spring 2017 – Spring 2018
Taylor Schwartz. Spring 2017 – Spring 2018
Sean Vigeant. Fall 2018 – Spring 2019
Dania Zaiter. Spring 2018 – Spring 2019
Nov 2022: With Cooper in Virginia
UNH June 2021: a mini-reunion zoom get-together
UNH Spring 2020
UNH Spring 2019
UNH Fall 2018
UNH Fall 2017
UNH Spring 2017
Héloïse Muller, Ph.D.
Postdoc
December 2023 to date
Université Paris-Saclay, France
Visiting PhD student, Mar - May 2023
Matthew Marmion, Ph.D.
Postdoc
PhD, University College Dublin, Ireland
August 2023 to date
Ana Buiatte, Ph.D.
Postdoc
Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil
Visiting PhD student and RA, June - Nov 2023
Kathryn Piper
PhD candidate
Spring 2022 to date
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Manuela Montoya
Giraldo
PhD candidate
Summer 2022 to date
Samara Choudhury
PhD student
Spring 2023 to date
Kathleen O'Keefe
MS student
Fall 2023 to date
Nicole Zac Soligno
Undergraduate research aide
Spring 2023 to date
Semyon Buyantuyev
Undergraduate research aide
Fall 2023
Niyaz Ashouriyan
Undergraduate research aide
Spring 2024
Lab alumni (UAlbany):
Stephanie da Silva Rodrigues de Souza, Ph.D.
Postdoc
PhD, Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil
Feb 2022 - Aug 2024
Current position: Visiting Asst. Prof, Biology, UAlbany
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Odion Ikhimiukor, Ph.D.
Postdoc
PhD, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
April 2022 - Aug 2024
Current position: Research Scientist at the Wadsworth Center, NY State DoH
Jose Rodrigues, D.O., Ph.D.
Postdoc
PhD, Michigan State University
September 2023 - June 2024
Milan Pfister
MS student
Summer 2022 - Spring 2024
Ashley Harmon
Undergraduate research aide
Spring 2023 - Spring 2024
James Quinn
Undergraduate research aide
Spring 2023
Marven Berlus
Undergraduate research aide
Summer 2021 - Spring 2023
Teddy Garcia Aroca, Ph.D.
Postdoc
PhD, Louisiana State University
Jan 2022 to Aug 2022
Current position: Assistant Professor at Univ of Nebraska - Lincoln
Michael Marcovici
Undergraduate
research aide
Summer 2021 - Spring 2022
Farwah Narjis
Undergraduate
Summer 2021 - Spring 2022
Spencer A. Bruce, Ph.D.
Postdoc
PhD, UAlbany, SUNY
Fall 2020 to Fall 2021
Current position: Research NYS DoH Wadsworth Center
Joseph (JR) Matthews
MS Biology (MCDN)
Fall 2020 - Summer 2021
Madison Turcotte
MS Biology (MCDN)
Fall 2020 - Jan 2022
Dowd Naik
Bioinformatics lab assistant
Gabrielle Roosevelt
Volunteer researcher
MPH student at UAlbany, 2021
Surprise celebration Feb 2023
Lab meeting with Isaiah. Feb 2023
Burger night December 2022
Lab picnic July 2022
UAlbany Spring 2022
UAlbany Spring 2022