People

Current Lab Members

Kim Davis, Principal Investigator
BSc Cell and Molecular Biology, minor in Mathematics, University of Michigan
MSc Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
PhD Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Anjali Anil, Postdoctoral Fellow
B.Tech Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering, University of Kerala
PhD Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Banerjee lab 

Kate Cotten, MMI PhD student 
BSc Biology, SUNY-Geneseo

Parsa Farhang, MMI PhD student 
BSc Neuroscience, minor in Applied Math, University of Washington

Jamie Smith, MMI PhD student 
B.A. Biology, Willamette University 

Ananyaa Welling, MMI ScM student 
BTech Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering  

Valerie Altouma, Research Technician 
BA Biology, minor in Chemistry, Rutgers University 

Clement Adedeji, Johns Hopkins University undergraduate 
Class of 2024, Molecular and Cellular Biology, minor in History, minor in Writing Seminars 

Tim Huang, Johns Hopkins University undergraduate 
Class of 2026, Public Health 

CJ Cole, Johns Hopkins University undergraduate 
Class of 2025, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Environmental Engineering 

Past Lab Members

Hector Alvarez Manzo, MMI ScM alumnus (200-2021) 
Position after the Davis Lab: University of Münster, PhD student

Dr. Rezia Era D. Braza, former Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2022) 
Position after the Davis Lab: Pharmaceutical Scientist/Microbiology Reviewer, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 

Robert Davidson, MMI ScM alumnus (2019-2021) 
Position after the Davis Lab: Duke University, PhD student 

Justin Greene, former Johns Hopkins University undergraduate (2018-2021) 
Position after the Davis Lab: SynBio Apprenticeship program, Octant

Bessie Liu, former Johns Hopkins University undergraduate & Research Technician (2018-2021) 
Position after the Davis Lab: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, MD anticipated 2025  

Pavan Patel, former Research Technician (2017-2019) 
Position after the Davis Lab: University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, PharmD conferred 2022

Jasmine Ramirez Raneses, former MMI PhD student (2018-2019)  
Position after the Davis Lab: Loyola University Maryland Affiliate Instructor 

Jasper Van Cauwelaert de Wyels, former Johns Hopkins University undergraduate (2019-2020) 
Position after the Davis Lab: AstraZeneca 

Melody Xiao, former Research Technician, Epidemiology Master's student (2021-2023) 
Position after the Davis Lab: Duke University, PhD student  

Summer students and volunteers 

Sanchir (Sam) Molom-Ochir, Middle School Volunteer, 2023
Dharini Singh, High School Volunteer, Summer 2023
Sehan Adan, CSM-SIP Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Summer Program, 2023
Oluwatomisin (Tomi) Folorunso, Volunteer, Howard High School Mentorship program, 2022-2023
Leslie Lopez, CSM-SIP Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Summer Program, 2022
Hahnbit Kang, Volunteer, Howard High School Mentorship program, 2021-2022
Xinyi Lu, Volunteer, MMI MHS student, fall 2021