MEMBERS
The team
(Oct 2022)
- Andrew, Audrey, Jonathan, Indira, Sandeepan, Ran, Iqbal, Sohini, Melissa, Aidan, Xuedi, Xiaojing
Principle Investigator
Postdoctoral Scholar
- Audrey Belot, Ph.D. (Cooley's Anemia Foundation Fellow)
Research Assistant
- Gia Haemmerle
Graduate Students
- Indira Bhattacharya
- Sandeepan Ghosh
- Melissa Perry
- Andrew Rock
- Jonathan Soldemyr
- Ran Yu
- Xuedi Zhang
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
- 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)
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