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.

Kaylah Samuelson

Ph.D. Candidate
2025 Claire M. Berg Fellow
2024 Pfizer Fellow

kaylah.samuelson@uconn.edu

Shania Kalladanthyil

Ph.D. Candidate
2026 Pfizer Fellow
2025 Biohaven Fellow

shania.kalladanthyil@uconn.edu

Edward Russell

Ph.D. Candidate
2026 Biohaven Fellow

edward.russell@uconn.edu

Suparna Dutta

Ph.D. Student
2026 Claire M. Berg Fellow

suparna.dutta@uconn.edu

Abigail Goldhamer

Undergraduate Student c/o 2027
2025 SURF Scholar

abigail.goldhamer@uconn.edu

Dr. Natalie Warsinger-Pepe

Postdoctoral Associate

natalie.wp@uconn.edu

Grace Galarneau

Ph.D. Student

grace.galarneau@uconn.edu

Aale Agans

Ph.D. Student

aale.agans@uconn.edu

Govind Raman

Undergraduate Student c/o 2029

wfn24003@uconn.edu

Lab Alumni

Name

Tenure

Post-Hanlon Lab Pursuit

Mengjia (Michelle) Lin
(graduate – M.S)
2022-2026 Experimentalist extraordinaire!
Annette St. Jacques
(undergraduate)
2023-2026 Budding embryologist!
Ellie Lee
(undergraduate)
2025 Prepping for medical school!
Robin Smith
(RaMP postbaccalaureate scholar)
2024-2025 On her way to being an awesome science educator!
Ondrea Kerr
(PSM student)
Spring 2025 Biotech industry bound!
Ryan Gado
(undergraduate)
2021-2024 Ph.D. student, NYU Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
Allison Gardner
(technician)
2022-2023 Aspiring research scientist
Shell Chen
(undergraduate)
2021-2023 Ph.D. student, Brandeis University
Ayushi A. Patel
(undergraduate)
2020-2023 Medical student
Paulo Belato
(undergraduate)
2020-2022 Ph.D. student, Duke University

Visiting Scholars

Name

Date of visit(s)

Home institution

Emma Danylin Summer 2023 and
Summer 2024
Bennington College (NSF REU and internship experience)
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)