People

Brian Hammer

PhD STUDENTS

Katie MacGillivray
QBioS
co-mentored by Will Ratlcliff
Chris Zhang
QBioS

co-mentored by Will Ratcliff
Joe Vath
Biology

MS STUDENTS

Katrina Lancaster

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Prajna Dhinakaran
Tahrima Jubery
Erica Drummond
Zach Beddingfield
Isabel Calimlim

HAMMER LAB ALUMNI

postdocs

2017 – Jacob Thomas (Mathematica, Research Analyst)
2014 – J. Patrick Bardill (Michigan State University, Teaching Faculty)

PhD students

2022 – Siu Lung Ng (Melibio, Senior Research Associate)
2021 – Cristian Crisan (Emory University, Postdoc)
2017 – Samit Watve (Roche Biosciences, Principal Bioinformatics Scientist)
2016 – Eryn Bernardy (Elon University, Assistant Professor)
2013 – Xiaonan Zhao (Baylor College of Medicine, Assistant Professor)
2013 – Elena Antonova (Northwestern University, Imaging Specialist)

Master Students

2023 – Rakin Choudhury (Georgia Tech, PhD program)
2020 – Jessica Mulligan (Corteva, bioinformatics analyst)
2020 – Mansi Gupta (CDC, bioinformatics analyst)
2018 – Vishnu Raghuram (Emory University, PhD program)
2018 – Harshini Chandrashekar (University of Pennsylvania, PhD program)
2017 – Tobias Hoffmann (Emory University, research specialist)
2016 – Aroon Chande (Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory, bioinformatics scientist)
2015 – Taylor Griswold (CDC, bioinformatics analyst)
2014 – Adero Francis (Medical College of Georgia, student)
2012 – Erika Sigman (Mercer University School of Medicine, MD program)
2011 – Vani Rajan (EdgeBio Systems, bioinformatics engineer)
2010 – Chandni Desai (Scripps Research Institute, bioinformatics analyst)
2009 – Charlotte Wiest (Janelia Farms HHMI research campus, software engineer)

Georgia Tech Biology majors

2022 – Michael Nguyen
2021 – Sophia Wiesenfeld (Harvard University, PhD program)
2021 – Emma Cooper
2021 – Daniel Kim (CDC, Atlanta GA)
2021 – Kate Everly (Becton Dickenson, Baltimore MD)
2021 – Ashley Wilson (Revvity life sciences company, Boulder CO)
2021 – Jeremy Heit (Georgia Tech, BME program)
2019 – Holly Nichols (University of Wisconsin-Madison, PhD program)
2019 – Kenneth Williams (Emory University Medical School)
2018 – Tong Yu (Georgia Tech, PhD program)
2017 – Hanna Assefa
2016 – Dina Menesha (Peace Corps, health volunteer)
2015 – Siu Lung Ng (Georgia Tech, School of Biological Sciences, PhD program)
2015 – Taylor Willoughby (Epic, Madison WI)
2014 – Sarah Wilson (University of Wisconsin-Madison, PhD program)
2013 – Joseph Elsherbini (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD program)
2012 – Maria Nellessen, Emory Univ. (Univ. of Michigan Medical School, MD program)
2012 – Brian Duke (University of Massachusetts Medical School, PhD program)
2011 – Eryn Bernardy (Georgia Tech, School of Biological Sciences, PhD program)
2011 – Mary Courtney Griffin (Univ. Georgia College of Veterinary Med., PhD program)
2010 – Sophia Fisher (Ohio State Univ., MS program)

Summer REU students

2022 – Anne Wood (University of Wisconsin – LaCrosse)
2021 – Kameron Smith (Furman University)
2019 – Megan Dillon (Randolph-Macon College)
2018 – Brandy Njai (University of Georgia)
2017 – Roland Seim (University of Georgia)
2015 – Jessica Morgan (Smith College)
2014 – Clinton Knap (University of Indianapolis)
2011 – David Oh (Swarthmore College)
2010 – Eryn Bernardy (Georgia Tech)

Teacher interns


2010 – Shannon Wheeler (4/5 Academy at Fifth Avenue (Decatur, GA)
2011/2012 – David Taube (Renfroe Middle School, Decatur, GA)
2015 – Steven Horzewski (Osbourne High School, Marietta, GA)
2017 – Robert Quillen (Decatur High School, Decatur, GA)