People
The research in our lab has been advanced through the efforts of a large group of colleagues, including talented technical staff, students, postdoctoral fellows, and collaborators. Some current and former members of our lab are noted below. If you are interested in joining the lab, please contact us.
Mark E. Hahn, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Mark obtained his Ph.D. in toxicology in 1988 from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He came to WHOI in 1987 to conduct research in marine toxicology and the use of aquatic animal models for biomedical research.
Contact: mhahn@whoi.edu
Directory: http://www.whoi.edu/profile/mhahn/
Sibel I. Karchner, Ph.D.
Research Specialist
Sibel Karchner received her Ph.D. in biology in 1992 from Texas Tech University. She has been at WHOI and a member of Mark Hahn's team since 1993. Her main research interests are regulation of gene expression in environmental adaptation, and evolution of genes involved in the organismal response to environmental stressors.
Contact: skarchner@whoi.edu
Directory: http://www.whoi.edu/profile/skarchner/
Bryan D. James, Ph.D.
Postdoc Scholar
Bryan obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 2021 in Materials Science and Engineering. He started his postdoctoral work at WHOI in August 2021 with joint appointments in the Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry and Department of Biology working with Drs. Christopher Reddy and Mark Hahn. He is investigating the fate, persistence, and toxicity of plastic pollution for designing next generation materials, using zebrafish as a model organism.
Contact: bjames@whoi.edu
Chesna A. Mandl, B.S.
Research Assistant II
Chesna joined the Aluru-Hahn-Goldstone lab groups in October 2022. She received her B.S. in Biological Sciences in 2021 at University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
Contact: chesna.mandl@whoi.edu
Jordan Avery Pitt, B.S.
Ph.D. Student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography and Oceanographic Engineering
Jordan Pitt's research focuses on the presence and effects of microplastics and nanoplastics in the marine environment. She is the recipient of an NSF Graduate Fellowship.
Contact: jpitt@whoi.edu
Directory: Jordan Pitt web page
Diana G. Franks
(Some of the) Former Members of Our Lab
- Kallen Sullivan, M.S., Res. Asst. II
- Diana G. Franks, B.S., Research Associate. Diana was a member of our research team from 1996 until her retirement in January 2022.
- Jennifer Martinez Panlilio, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Child Health and Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
- Lilah Glazer, Ph.D. (Marie Curie Fellow; Queen Mary University, London)
- Alicia R. Timme-Laragy, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, UMASS Amherst)
- Neel Aluru, Ph.D. (Associate Scientist, WHOI)
- Larissa M. Williams, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Bates College)
- Rachel (Harbeitner) Clark, B.S. (Graduate Student, UC Santa Cruz)
- Kristina Deak, B.S. (Graduate Student, Univ. of South Florida)
- Wade Powell, Ph.D. (Professor of Biology, Kenyon College)
- Connie Hart, Ph.D. (Health Canada, Ottawa)
- Sue Bello, Ph.D. (Bioinformaticist, The Jackson Labs)
- Eli Hesterman, Ph.D. (Dean of the School of Health, Science, and Technology at Concordia University Chicago)
- Brenda Jensen, Ph.D. (Dean, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Hawai'i Pacific University)
- Eun-Young Kim, Ph.D. (Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea)
- Brad Evans, Ph.D. (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
- Rebeka Merson, Ph.D. (Professor, Biology Dept., Rhode Island College)
- Ann Tarrant, Ph.D. (Senior Scientist, WHOI)
- Maria Hansson, Ph.D. (Senior Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Lund University, Sweden)
- Matthew Jenny, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, University of Alabama)
- Joy Lapseritis, Ph.D. (U.S. Navy)
- Eric Montie, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, University of South Carolina Beaufort)
- Kristen Whalen, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Haverford College)