Makedonka Mitreva, PhD

Makedonka Mitreva, PhD

Principal Investigator / Robert E. and Louise F. Dunn Professor of Medical Sciences

Current Lab Members

Simone Anza, PhD

Simone Anza, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ashutosh Arun, PhD

Ashutosh Arun, PhD

Staff Scientist

Mitchell Bancks

Mitchell Bancks

Undergraduate Student

Suman Bharti, PhD

Suman Bharti, PhD

Postdoc Research Associate

Mahdiyeh Bigham, PhD

Mahdiyeh Bigham, PhD

Staff Scientist

ShuTing Chen

ShuTing Chen

Undergraduate Student

Young-Jun Choi, PhD

Young-Jun Choi, PhD

Senior Scientist

Hyeim Jung

Hyeim Jung

Postdoc Research Associate

Jacquelyn Kauffman

Jacquelyn Kauffman

Undergraduate Student

Pawan Kumar, PhD

Pawan Kumar, PhD

Postdoc Research Associate

Giljae Lee, PhD

Giljae Lee, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Abraham (Jiarui) Li

Abraham (Jiarui) Li

Graduate Student

John C Martin

John C Martin

Mgr, App Programming & Development

Bruce Rosa, PhD

Bruce Rosa, PhD

Associate Professor

Emaan Sayied

Emaan Sayied

Undergraduate Student

Kumar Sachin Singh

Kumar Sachin Singh

Staff Scientist

Phawiya Suksomboon

Phawiya Suksomboon

PhD Student

Rahul Tyagi, PhD

Rahul Tyagi, PhD

Staff Scientist

Rahul has worked with Dr. Mitreva for more than 7 years and led multiple projects including those that involved comparative parasite genomics, drug discovery, metabolic networks, non-coding RNA discovery etc. He has also been an important part of multiple collaborative projects involving genomic, transcriptomic and chemigenomic analyses. 

Lab Alumni

NameMitrevaLab positionCurrent positionLink
Sahar Abubucker, MSProgrammer Analyst (2005-2012)Senior Data Scientist, SanofiLinkedin
Faisal AhmadMD student (2020)  
Brit Andersen, PhDGraduate student (2014-2018)WUSM MD student 
Veena Bhonagiri, MSProgrammer Analyst  
Darius BostUndergraduate student (2014)Graduate student at WashU in St. Louis 
Keerthana ChintalapatiUndergraduate student (2018)Undergraduate student at WashU in St. Louis 
Yenny Djuardy, MD, PhDVisiting scholar (2013)Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universities Indonesia, JakartaLinkedin
Vasilije DjuranovicVisiting student (2023)  
Austin L DruryGraduate student (2021-2022) Linkedin
Xin Gao, PhDPost-Doctoral researcher (2011-2015)Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Maryland at College ParkLinkedin
Michael GuzmanRotation student (2014)WashU PhD student (Bose Lab)Linkedin
Esley Heizer, PhDPost-Doctoral researcher (2010-2012)Systems Engineer at Applied SystemsLinkedin
Esha Jian, MSUndergraduate student (2013)Associate Computational Biologist II at Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardLinkedin
Yanyan Jian, MD, PhDVisiting scholar (2016)Chinese CDC, Shanghai, China 
Karthik Kota, MSProgrammer Analyst (2009-2012)Sr Software Engineer @ Stanford Health CareLinkedin
Lucja Labuda, PhDVisiting scholar (2014)Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands 
Samantha McNulty, PhDPost-Doctoral researcher (2013-2016)Project Manager, Genomics and Pathology Services, WUSMWUSM link
Kathie Mihindukulasuriya, PhDStaff Scientist (2014-2015)Staff Scientist at Washington University in St. LouisLinkedin
Jess Millar, MDSummer student (2013)NSF Graduate Research FellowLinkedin
Elaine Otchere, MA, MDMA/MD Graduate student (2016-2017)MD student 
Phil OzerskyProgrammer Analyst (2013-2015)Bioinformatics and Database developer at Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterLinkedin
Roni PartikovaVisiting Scholar (2018)M.Sc. Student at Ludwig-Maximilians UniversityLinkedin
Kym PepinMgr, App Programming & Development (2009-2016)Clinical Research Coordinate at WUSMLinkedin
Sadhna Rana, PhDPost-Doctoral researcher (2008-2011)Senior Scientist at Tata Consultancy ServicesLinkedin
Samantha ScottVisiting Scholar(2019)MD student 
Caroline SnowdenVisiting Scholar (2018)MD student 
Jose Dylan SosaUndergraduate student (2015)Graduate student 
Sasi SuruliraiProgrammer Analyst (2009-2010)  
Yat Tang, PhDPost-Doctoral researcher (2011-2013)Orthodontic Resident at University of Nebraska Medical CenterLinkedin
Christy Taylor, PhDStaff Scientist (2009-2012)Associate Science Fellow and Computational Protein Design Lead at Bayer Crop ScienceLinkedin
Samuel Uzoechi, PhDPostdoc Research Associate (2020-2022)  
Qi Wang, PhDStaff Scientist (2012-2015)Assistant research professor at Arizona State UniversityLinkedin
Zhengyuan Wang, PhDPost-Doctoral researcher (2007-2011)Principal Bioinformatics Scientist at AbbVieLinkedin
Yong Yin, PhDPost-Doctoral researcher (2005-2009)Insect Protection Trait Portfolio Project Lead for Corn Rootworm Control, Associate Science Fellow at Bayer Crop ScienceLinkedin
Xu ZhangProgrammer Analyst (2009-2015) Linkedin
Alan ZhuUndergraduate student (2020)