People

Principal Investigator

Randy Seeley, Ph.D.

Position:

  • Henry K. Ransom Endowed Professor of Surgery at the University of Michigan School of Medicine

Education:

  • B.A. in Psychology from Grinnell College

  • M.A. in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania

  • Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania

Biography

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Jae Hoon Shin, Ph.D.

Education:

  • B.S. Veterinary Medicine from Seoul National University

  • D.V.M. from Seoul National University

  • Ph.D. in Veterinary Anatomy from Seoul National University

Hometown:

  • Seoul, South Korea

Research Interests:

  • Microenvironmental changes in the gut following bariatric surgery; role of antimicrobial peptides in metabolic regulation; link between bile acid hydrolase and bariatric surgery

Madina Sokolov, Ph.D.

Education:

  • B.S. in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology from the University of Michigan

  • Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Miami

Hometown:

  • Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Research Interests:

  • The role of peripheral innervation in homeostatic control of metabolism: pancreatic innervation, gut-pancreas axis, vago-vagal reflexes.

Jordan Wean, Ph.D.

Education:

  • B.S. in Biology from West Virginia University

  • B.A. in Chemistry from West Virginia University

  • Ph.D. in Physiology from University of Kentucky

Hometown:

  • Fairmont, WV

Research Interests:

  • Investigating circuitry in the brainstem dorsal vagal complex that regulates metabolism.

Research Specialists

Alfor Lewis, Ph.D.

Position:

  • Senior Research Laboratory Specialist

Hometown:

  • Boncath, Wales

Education:

  • B.Sc. from the Department of Physiology at The University of Manchester in Manchester, U.K.

  • Ph.D. from the Department of Physiological Sciences at The University of Manchester in Manchester, U.K.

Mouhamadoul Habib Toure, D.V.M.

Position:

  • Senior Research Laboratory Specialist

Education:

  • D.V.M. from the Inter-States School of Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (EISMV) in Dakar, Senegal

Hometown:

  • Dakar, Senegal

Andriy Myronovych, M.D., Ph.D.

Position:

  • Senior Research Laboratory Specialist

Hometown:

  • Lviv, Ukraine

Education:

  • M.D. from Lviv National Medical University in Lviv, Ukraine

  • M.A. in Medical Science, specializing in General Surgery, from the Lviv National Medical University in Lviv, Ukraine

  • Ph.D. in Medical Science, specializing in General Surgery - Liver regeneration, from the University of Tsukuba in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan


Chelsea Hutch, Ph.D.

Position:

  • Senior Research Laboratory Specialist

Hometown:

  • Boardman, OH


Education:

  • B.S. in Behavioral Neuroscience from Ohio State University

  • Ph.D. in Neuroscience and Environmental Toxicology from Michigan State University

Research Interests:

  • Investigating (1) the impact of sex as a biological factor, (2) gut-brain signaling, and (3) the gastrointestial peptide, GLP-1, in the regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism and bariatric surgery.

Corentin Cras-Meneur, Ph.D.

Position:

  • Research Assistant Professor

Education:

  • Ph.D. from Université Paris 5 (René Descartes)

Hometown:

  • Paris, France

Nadejda Bozadjieva, Ph.D.

Education:

  • B.S. Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Minnesota - Duluth

  • M.S. in Integrated Biosciences from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

  • Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Hometown:

  • Winona, MN

Research Interests:

  • The role of bile acid signaling and gut-liver axis in the metabolic effects of bariatric surgery

  • The role of branched chain amino acids in the metabolic effects of bariatric surgery

  • Elucidating the mechanisms and finding therapeutic interventions to better understand and prevent intrauterine growth restriction in offspring born to VSG mothers

Stace Kernodle

Position:

  • Laboratory Specialist


Kelli Rule

Position:

  • Animal Technician Senior

  • Animal Colony Manager

Education:

  • Certified Laboratory Animal Technician

Hometown:

  • Springfield, OH

Basma Maerz

Position:

  • Research Laboratory Specialist

Education:

  • B.S. in Clinical Laboratory Science from Wayne State University

  • M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Wayne State University

Hometown:

  • Livonia, MI

Sandie Wankel

Position:

  • Program Manager

Education:

  • MSA in Health Services Administration from CMU

Katrina Fox

Position:

  • Research Laboratory Specialist

  • Animal Colony Manager

Education:

  • BS in Zoology from Miami University

  • MA in Environmental Education from University of New Hampshire


Lab Alumni

Former Members: Roster