The HudsonAlpha Trainee Program supports and promotes the training of HudsonAlpha undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral associates. Graduate students in doctoral training programs at the University of Alabama in Birmingham and the University of Alabama in Huntsville can join HudsonAlpha labs to complete their dissertation research. Under the direction and mentorship of HudsonAlpha faculty investigators, students conduct innovative research while preparing for careers in genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics. Trainees benefit from the best of both worlds – their home institution’s infrastructure and the HudsonAlpha campus’s unique culture. UAB and UAH Ph.D. students training in HudsonAlpha labs receive tuition and fees, health insurance, and a living stipend.
Current Graduate Students
Laramie Aközbek
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Alex Harkess
Home Institution: Auburn University Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science
Wren Jenkins
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Kanshita Swaminathan
Home Institution: UAH/College of Science/Biological Sciences
Zach Meharg
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Alex Harkess
Home Institution: Auburn University Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science
Current Postdoctoral Associates
Current Undergraduate Students
Caroline Bendickson
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Alex Harkess
Home Institution: UAH Department of Biological Sciences
Brenda Marcial
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Kankshita Swaminathan
Home Institution: UAH
HudsonAlpha Graduates
Graduate Students
Peter Allen
HudsonAlpha Lab: Co-mentors- Drs. Richard Myers and Sara Cooper
Home Institution: UAB/Graduate Biomedical Sciences/Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics Theme
Stephanie Felker
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Greg Cooper
Home Institution: UAH/College of Science/Biotechnology Science and Engineering
Jamie Richards
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Sara Cooper
Home Institution: UAB
Brian Roberts
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Richard Myers
Home Institution: UAH/College of Science/Biotechnology Science and Engineering
Brianne Rogers
HudsonAlpha Lab: Co-mentors- Drs. Richard Myers and Sara Cooper
Home Institution: UAB/Graduate Biomedical Sciences/Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics Theme
Carter Wright
HudsonAlpha Lab: Sara Cooper
Home Institution: UAH/College of Science/Biotechnology Science and Engineering
Graduate Students
Joy Agee McDaniel
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Richard Myers
Home Institution: UAH/College of Science/Biotechnology Science and Engineering
Andrew Hardigan
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Richard Myers
Home Institution: UAB
Kimberly Hobbs
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Devin Absher
Home Institution: UAH/College of Science/Biotechnology Science and Engineering
Matthew Neu
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Greg Cooper
Home Institution: UAB MSTP Graduate Biomedical Sciences/Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics Theme
Ryne Ramaker
HudsonAlpha Lab. Dr. Sara Cooper
Home Institution: UAB MSTP Graduate Biomedical Sciences/Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics Theme
Shristi Shrestha
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Shawn Levy
Home Institution: UAH/College of Science/Biotechnology Science and Engineering
Lindsay Waite Jones
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Devin Absher
Home Institution: UAB School of Public Health/Biostatistics
Post-doctoral Fellows
Michelle Amaral
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Richard Myers
Anita Bansal
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Richard Myers
Sandra Beleza
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Richard Myers
Kevin Bowling
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Richard Myers
Nick Cochran
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Richard Myers
Kenneth Day
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Devin Absher
Jay Gertz
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Richard Myers
Cornelius Henegar
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Greg Barsh
Preti Jain
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Richard Myers
Marie Kirby
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Richard Myers
Brittany Lasseigne
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Richard Myers
Megan (Brietbach) Ramaker
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Greg Barsh
Dan Savic
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Richard Myers
Katherine Varley
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Richard Myers
Kelly Williams
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Richard Myers
Yanfeng Zhang
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Devin Absher
Graduate students
Megan (Brietbach) Ramaker
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Devin Absher
Home Institution: UAH/College of Science/Biotechnology Science and Engineering
Post-doctoral Fellows
Florencia Pauli Behn
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Richard Myers
Chris Partridge
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Richard Myers
Rebekka Sprouse
HudsonAlpha Lab: Dr. Richard Myers