Current Members

Chad Pearson

Professor
B.S. University of California - Santa Barbara
Ph.D University of North Carolina - Chapel HIll
Postdoc  University of Colorado - Boulder

​Project (when in the lab): Cell size control and the cytoskeleton
I like: data, soccer, skiing, camping, music, running 

Alex Stemm-Wolf

Lab Badass
B.S. Oberlin College

Project: RNA-based cell cycle regulation
I like: Literature

Bailey McCurdy

Graduate Student
B.S. Western Washington University
Project: Chromosome 21 dosage effects on centriolar uncapping
I like: Playing music, hanging out with my dog, and drawing

Abe Martinez

Graduate Student
B.S. Illinois State University
Project: Local translation in centriole assembly
​I like: Clubbing, horror movies, and traveling

Erik Collet

Graduate Student
B.S. St. Olaf College
Project: PTMs of basal body microtubules in response to ciliary forces
​I like: Movies, playing pool, brewing beer, and listening to music​

Wolf Schleicher

Graduate Student
B.A. University of Colorado Boulder
​Project: Ciliary signaling in Trisomy 21
​I like: DnD and 3D-printing

Gayatri Dholakia

Lab Technician
M.S. University of Pittsburgh
​Project: In Progress
​I like: Dancing, traveling, and cocktails over brunch 

Pearson Lab Past Members

PhD Students
Brian Bayless (Assistant Professor –  Santa Clara University – Santa Clara, CA)
Divya Ganapathi Sankaran (Post-doc fellow –  Cornell University – Ithaca, NY)
Anthony Junker (Post-doc fellow – Emory University – Atlanta, GA)
Adam Soh (Post-doc fellow – Duke University - Durham, NC

Postdoctoral Researchers
Domenico "Nick" Galati (Assistant Professor - Western Washington University - Bellingham, WA)
Michelle Panzica (Fluorescent Imaging Scientist – Inotiv)
Marisa Ruehle

Masters Student
Mary Pinter (National Jewish Health)

Professional Research Associates
David Abuin (George Mason University)
Kristin Dahl (Graduate Student - CU Anschutz Medical School)
Krystal Haislop (Graduate Student - U Penn)
Valerie Olsen (Graduate Student -  CU Anschutz Medical School)

Summer Students
Madison Alexander (Undergraduate Student - Colorado College - Colorado Springs, CO)
Michael Anthony (Undergraduate Student - CU Boulder)
Houng Nguyen (Medical student - CU Anschutz Medical School)
Andrew Pham (Medical Student - CU Anschutz Medical School)
Dayo Sogunle
Gabe Tauber (Undergraduate Student - CU Boulder) 
Lisa Mitchell (University of California San Francisco)
Alex Pham
Debbie Espinoza Varela

Rotation Students
Stephanie Bonney                       
Bonnie Bullock                              
Patrick Cherry                               
Senthilnath Lakshmana Chetty  
Michael Cortazar                                  
Nina Elder                                                                   
Lydia Heasley                                                                                        
Abitha Jacob                                                                   
Michael Olenek                                                                                   
Andrew Weems 
Nina Elder
Joseph Cleveland 
 Elliot Brooks  
Julia Ceglowski 
Hannah Jones           
Kaleigh Schuler
Katia Nino     
Preston Stafford