The team
Lerit lab (2017)
Featured (L-R): Lerit, Ryder, Abouseif, Fang, Lym, Robinson, and Castro
Dorothy A. Lerit, Ph.D. - PI
Associate Professor | Department of Cell Biology
Temitope H. Adebambo, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow
Junnan Fang, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow
American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellow
K99 Pathway to Independence Awardee
Jovan S. Brockett - Lead Research Specialist
Joey Buehler - PhD Candidate
BCDB T32 Recipient & NIH F31 NRSA Awardee
Adaeze Kalu - Undergraduate Researcher (junior)
Taylor Hailstock - PhD Candidate
BCDB T32 Recipient & HHMI Gilliam Fellow
Krish Kadam - Undergraduate Researcher (sophomore)
Zain Farooqui - Undergraduate Researcher (sophomore)
LAB ALUMNI
Undergraduates & postbacs
Grace Swaim (2016-17) - Current: Ph.D. student (Yogev lab) Yale University
Elías Castro, M.D. (2017-19) - Georgetown University School of Medicine Class of 2023.
Current: Internal Medicine Resident at Emory University
Alvera Abouseif (2016-19) - Emory College Class of 2020 - Current: Project Manager at Epic
Lauren R. Lym (2018-20) - Emory College Class of 2019 (Highest Honors). University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine Class of 2024. Current: General Surgery Resident at Emory University
Jina Lee (2019–2022) - Emory College Class of 2022 (Highest Honors)
Current: Dental student at University of Pennsylvania Class of 2026
Dipen Mehta (2021–2023) - Summer Intern and Goldwater Scholarship Recipient. Augusta University Class of 2023. Current: M2 at Georgia College of Medicine
Jay Han (2021–2022) - Emory College Class of 2022. Current: Entering Case Western School of Medicine Class of 2028.
Advik Bharadwaj (2022–2023) - Emory College Class of 2025
Christian Husbands (2020; 2022–2023) - Emory College Class of 2023 (Highest Honors). Current: Gap year
Weiyi (Rose) Tian (2021–2023) - Emory College Class of 2023 (Highest Honors)
Current: Gruber Science Fellow and Ph.D. student at Yale University
Ph.D. Students
Joanna Perez (2019) - Georgia Department of Public Health Laboratory Technician
Beverly V. Robinson, Ph.D. (2017–2022) – Postdoctoral Fellow at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Pearl V. Ryder, M.D., Ph.D. (2017–2020) - K12 IRACDA and NIH NRSA F32 Postdoctoral Fellow. Current: Data Scientist at Wandrer, Inc.
Hala Zein-Sabatto, Ph.D. (2020–2023) - K12 IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellow. Current: Dependent Care