Meet the B Team!

The Hanlon Lab is driven by a group of outstanding researchers who are at all stages of their scientific career.  Click on each member below to learn more about their previous research experience, current project goals, and honors and awards.

Dr. Stacey L. Hanlon

Assistant Professor

stacey.hanlon@uconn.edu

Kaylah Samuelson

Ph.D. Candidate
2025 Claire M. Berg Fellow

kaylah.samuelson@uconn.edu

Mengjia (Michelle) Lin

Ph.D. Student
2025 BioHaven Fellow

mengjia.lin@uconn.edu

Shania Kalladanthyil

Ph.D. Student
2025 BioHaven Fellow

shania.kalladanthyil@uconn.edu

Annette St. Jacques

Undergraduate Student c/o 2026
2025 Big East Research Presenter

annette.st._jacques@uconn.edu

Edward Russell

Ph.D. Student

edward.russell@uconn.edu

Suparna Dutta

Ph.D. Student

suparna.dutta@uconn.edu

Abigail Goldhamer

Undergraduate Student c/o 2027
2025 SURF Scholar

abigail.goldhamer@uconn.edu

Robin Smith

2024-25 RaMP Scholar

robin.2.smith@uconn.edu

Dr. Natalie Warsinger-Pepe

Postdoctoral Associate

natalie.wp@uconn.edu

Ondrea Kerr

M.S. Student, Applied Genomics

ondrea.kerr@uconn.edu

Ellie Lee

Undergraduate student c/o 2028

ejl23008@uconn.edu

Lab Alumni

Name

Tenure

Post-Hanlon Lab Pursuit
Ryan Gado 2021-2024 Ph.D. student, NYU Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
Allison Gardner 2022-2023 Aspiring research scientist
Shell Chen 2021-2023 Ph.D. student, Brandeis University
Ayushi A. Patel 2020-2023 Medical student
Paulo Belato 2020-2022 Ph.D. student, Duke University

Visiting Scholars

Name

Date of visit(s)

Home institution
Ana Beatriz Ferretti Summer 2023 UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista / Rio Claro – SP (Ph.D. student with Dr. Diogo Cabral de Mello)
Dr. Paul Ginsberg December 2022 University of Kansas (Postdoc with Rob Unckless)