Hehnly Lab Team
PI & Director of Syracuse University’s Imaging Center: Heidi Hehnly-Chang
Email: HHehnly@syr.edu
PhD Candidate: Favour Chukwudumebi Ononiwu
PhD Candidate: Yiling Lan
Undergraduate Lab Alumni
Tiffany Mateo (Syracuse University Biology Graduate, Class of 2016, received an MD from SUNY Upstate Medical School); Paul Lovell (Syracuse University Biology Graduate, Class of 2017, received a PhD from University of Nebraska Medical College); Shelby Helwig (Summer SURF Research Undergraduate Fellow from Lock Haven University, 2016); Shannon Coyne (Summer SURF Research Undergraduate Fellow from SUNY Geneseo, 2017); Alice Garrastegui (Syracuse University Biology Graduate, Class of 2018, Went to Jacobs School of Medicine, Buffalo); Katrina Stevens (Summer SURF Research Undergraduate Fellow from Clarkson University, 2018, went to SUNY Upstate Medical School); Michelle Nunez-Garcia (Syracuse University Biology Graduate, LSAMP Scholar, Class of 2020, went to Albert Einstein College of Medicine); Katherine Hostage (Syracuse University Biochemistry Graduate, Class of 2021), Peter Fioramonti (Syracuse University Biochemistry Graduate, Class of 2021 and Outstanding Biochemistry Achievement award recipient, went to SUNY Upstate Medical School), Denise Magny (Syracuse University Biology Graduate, College Marshal, LSAMP and SOURCE Scholar, Class of 2022), Christopher Taveras (Syracuse University Biology and Neuroscience Graduate, Class of 2023 and Outstanding Biology Achievement award recipient, SOURCE and McNair Scholar), Thomas Cammerino (Syracuse University, Biotechnology Graduate, Class of 2023 and Outstanding Biotechnology Achievement award recipient, SOURCE Scholar), Abigail Poole (WPI, Biochemistry Student, Summer 2023), Carly Ward (Engineering, Class of 2024), Yoseph H Al-Khateeb (Biology, Class of 2024), Jacqueline Dasoh Rim (Biology, Renee Crown Honors BioArt Resident, SOURCE Scholar, Class of 2024), Elijah Springer (Biotechnology, McNair, LSAMP, and SOURCE Scholar, Class of 2024), Matthew Whaley (Biochemistry, class of 2024, went to SU Biology PhD program), Jonah Da Silva (Biology, Renee Crown Honors program and SOURCE Scholar, class of 2024, went to University of Michigan’s PhD program)
Post baccalaureate lab ALUMNI
Erin Curtis (Syracuse University Biology Graduate, Hehnly Lab Post Baccalaureate Research Technician 2019). Currently at Duke University’s graduate program
Julie Manikas (Syracuse University Biochemistry Graduate, Hehnly Lab undergraduate and Post-Baccalaureate Research technician 2018-2020). Currently at New York University’s Graduate program
Michael Bates (Syracuse University Biology Graduate, Hehnly Lab undergraduate and Post-Baccalaureate Research technician 2017-20). Blatt Imaging Center Manager at Syracuse University 2021-22. Currently at Zeiss Microscopy.
Nicole Hall (Syracuse University Biology Graduate, Hehnly Lab undergraduate and Post-Baccalaureate Research technician 2019-2021). Currently at New York University’s Graduate program.
Amra Mujcic (Syracuse University Biochemistry Graduate, Hehnly Lab Post-Baccalaureate Research technician, 2020-21) went onto University of Rochester in John Lueck’s Laboratory 2021-22, then to a MD/PhD program at University of Buffalo.
Kirsten Rasmussen, JD (Syracuse University Law Graduate, Hehnly Lab Post-Baccalaureate Research Technician, 2022). Currently at Syracuse University’s Graduate Program in Biology.
Postdoctoral Researcher: Yan Wu, PhD
Undergraduate SU Source Scholar: Abdalla Wael Shamil
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Renée Crown University Honors Researcher: Alison Gerety
Graduate Student and Postdoc Alumni and Retirees
Graduate Student, Erica Colicino, Ph.D. with Honors from SUNY Upstate Medical University in December 2018. After leaving the lab went off to do a Postdoc with Puck Ohi, then a postdoc in Tampa with Dr. Huzefa Dungrawala’s lab, and is now in UMich Microscopy Core
Graduate Student, Eric Ingram, Masters from Syracuse University December 2021. After leaving the lab went off to work for Thermo in Madison, WI, and currently works for the DOD.
Postdoc, Debadrita Pal, PhD 21-22'. Currently at Sanofi as a Research Scientist.
Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher from Turkey (22-23): Fatma Zehra Çağıl, PhD, Adjunct Faculty Member at University of Albany in Informational Sciences and Technology.
Graduate Student, Lindsay Rathbun, Ph.D. from Syracuse University in March 2020. University of Rochester to work with Dr. Dan Bergstralh’s group (2020-22). University of Rochester’s Microscopy Director (2022-)
Graduate Student, Nikhila Krishnan, Ph.D. from Syracuse University in August 2022. After leaving the lab went to do a postdoc at Brandeis University with Dr. Piali Sengupta’s, and currently took a position at Leica.
Graduate Student, Abrar Adnan Aljiboury, Ph.D. from Syracuse University May 2023. Currently a Professor of Practice in Microscopy at Syracuse University.
Lab Manager (AKA Angel Hands), Judy Freshour (In Hehnly Lab from 2015-2023), off enjoying life away from her pipettes!