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The team

Prof. Iqbal Hamza
Principal Investigator
Saurav Majumder
Research Associate

Audrey Belot

Postdoctoral Fellow

Alexandra Bosco

Research Technician

Indira Bhattacharya

Ph.D. Student

Sandeepan Ghosh

Ph.D. Student

Melissa Perry

Ph.D. Student

Andrew Rock

Ph.D. Student

Jonathan Soldemyr

Ph.D. Student

Ran Yu

Ph.D. Student

Xuedi Zhang

Ph.D. Student

Zhuoyue Yang

Ph.D. Student

Visiting Scholars/Sabbaticals

  • 2003-04: Caren Chang, Professor University of Maryland
  • 2004: Joseph Pitula, Professor University of Maryland Eastern Shore
  • 2005: Roy Gravel, Professor University of Calgary, Alberta
  • 2006: Wayne Van Voorhies Professor New Mexico State University
  • 2007: Anna Rothert, student University of Madison Wisconsin; PI: Roger Sunde
  • 2012: Zelia Gouveia, student Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal PI: Miguel Soares
  • 2012: Julia Cricco, Professor Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
  • 2013: Oleh Khalimonchuk, Professor University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  • 2013: Yuta Watanabe, student Hokkaido University, Japan; PI: Koichiro Isimori
  • 2014: Ana B. Walter-Nuno, student UFRJ, Brazil; PI: Gabriela Paiva-Silva
  • 2014: Hitomi Sawai, Professor University of Hyogo, Japan
  • 2017-18: Yudai Nishitani, student Hokkaido University, Japan; PI: Koichiro Isimori
  • 2017-18: Amelie Wissbrock, student University of Bonn, Germany; PI: Diana Imhof
  • 2023: Marta Bogacz, Postdoc Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany; PI: Ute Hellmich
  • 2024: Isabella Suijker, student Erasmus Medical Center, Netherlands; PI: Janneke Langendonk
  • 2024-25: Katherine de Villiers, Professor Stellenbosch University, South Africa (Simons Foundation Fellow)
  • 2025: Karina Grimmig, student University of Bonn, Germany; PI: Diana Imhof

Iqbal Hamza, Ph.D. Professor

Dept. of Pediatrics, Center for Blood Oxygen Transport and Hemostasis (CBOTH)   
Dept. of Animal & Avian Sciences (Joint appointment with UMD)   
Biological Sciences Graduate Program (Member)

About Dr. Hamza

University of Maryland School of Medicine   
670 West Baltimore St
8175 HSFIII, CBOTH   
Baltimore, MD 21201   
Email: ihamza@som.umaryland.edu   
Phone: 410-706-4533

University of Maryland   
8127 Regents Drive
2125 Animal Sciences Center   
College Park, MD 20742   
Email: hamza@umd.edu   
Phone: 310-405-0649

Hamza Lab Alumni

Postdoctoral
  • Anita Rao
  • Scott Severance, NIH/NRSA Recipient
  • Caiyong Chen
  • Carine White, NIH/NRSA Recipient
  • Tamika Samuel
  • Jason Sinclair
  • Nicole Rietzschel, DFG Fellow
  • M. Fernanda da Silva
  • Jianbing Zhang
  • Ana Ribeiro
Doctoral
  • Abbhi Rajagopal, 2008, MOCB
  • Caiyong Chen, 2009, ANSC
  • Xiaojing Yuan, 2012, ANSC
  • Tamara Korolnek, 2014, MOCB
  • Jason Sinclair, 2014, ANSC
  • Jianbing Zhang, 2017, ANSC
  • Rini Pek, 2019, MOCB
  • Ian Chambers, 2021, ANSC
  • Sohini Dutt, 2024, ANSC
Master's
  • Cornelia Ellefson Kelley, 2007, ANSC
  • Sandra Kirsch, 2007, ANSC
  • Jason Sinclair, 2008, ANSC
  • Jonathan Walston, 2010, ANSC
  • Haifa Bensaidan, 2014, MOCB
  • Simon Beardsley, 2016, ANSC
Undergraduate
  • Laura Goldstein, 2003-05, CBMG
  • Jasdeepinder Sidhu, 2003-04, CBMG
  • Suji Uhm, 2004-07, CBMG
  • Brian Le, 2005-06, PHNB
  • Diana Newsom, 2005-06, PHNB
  • Yike Jiang, 2007-08, CEBG
  • Talia Lewis, 2007-09, IVSP
  • Margaret Ellen Johnson, 2009, PHNB
  • Kevin Meng, 2010-13, CMNS
  • Raquel Millet, 2010-12, CMNS
  • Somdutta Mukherjee, 2010-13, CMNS
  • Simon Beardsley, 2010-12, CMNS
  • Mitchelle Etchison, 2013-14, CMNS
  • Jennifer Reukauf, 2015-16, ANSC
  • Heyam Abadir, 2016-2017, CMNS
  • Abisha Dowla, 2016-19, CMNS
  • William O'Connor, 2015-18, CMNS
  • SiJia Chen, 2018-2021, CMNS
Technician
  • Melissa Winn, 2003-06
  • Caitlin Hall, 2006-11
  • Elda Kwong, 2015-16
  • Kate Pinter, 2011-2017
  • David Drescher, 2017-19
  • Andrew Rock, 2019-24