Erich W. Damm, Ph.D. Principal Investigator

Dr. Damm completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Developmental Biology at the University of Toronto (2007). He then went on to earn his Ph.D. in Cell and Systems Biology under the mentorship of Professor Rudolf Winklbauer, Ph.D. at the University of Toronto (2013) where he studied the molecular regulation of directional cell migration in the developing embryo of the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis . He completed post-doctoral studies under the mentorship of Dr. Wilson Clements, Ph.D. in the Department of Hematology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN, where he studied the molecular and genetic regulation of hematopoietic (blood) stem cell cell development using the zebrafish embryo as a pre-clinical model system. Dr. Damm joined the faculty of the Department of Biology at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2019.

Jessica White, B.S., Biology Graduate Student

Maddy Seputro, B.S., Biology Graduate Student

Kristian Shipman, Biology Undergraduate Student

Independent Study Student

Brad Williams, Biology Undergraduate Student

Senior Research and Thesis Student

Jamese Carroll, Biology Undergraduate Student

Independent Study Student

Sivam Bhatt, Biology Undergraduate Student

Lab Tenure: 2021-2022

Teerth Patel, Biology Undergraduate Student

Lab Tenure: 2021-2022

Anubhav Thapaliya, Biology Undergraduate Student

Lab Tenure: 2021-2022

Sanyam Patel, B.S., Former Lab Tech now M.D. student at VCU.

Lab Tenure: 2020-2022

Maggie Nguyen, Chemistry Undergraduate Student

Lab Tenure: 2021

Maria Ali, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Associate, Now Science Writer at OPEN Health Communications