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The Stice lab fluctuates from between 10 and 15 people — comprised of postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, undergraduates and a few technicians and visiting scientist. Over the years Stice has mentored more than 85 graduate students, 65+ undergraduates and 22 postdoctoral-scholars.
We are committed to inspiring students to reach their potential
The Stice Lab gives students a revealing, first-hand look at cutting edge biotechnology
"The research opportunities that UGA offers are unlike those at any other university. The sense I got at other universities is that undergraduate research either wasn't a big focus, or it was something that didn't happen until senior year. I jumped into a lab the first week of freshman year."
Catherine "Cali" Callaway, Goldwater Scholar recipient and Stice alumna, is currently enrolled in Weill Cornell Medicine.
Coloring chickens from the inside
Forrest Goodfellow, a graduate student in the University of Georgia’s Regenerative Bioscience Center, has developed a unique approach of marrying stem cell biology and 3-D imaging to track and label neural stem cells. Learn More
Morgane Golan named ARCS Scholar
The goal of Golan’s research is to develop an effective, regenerative therapeutic for patients who have sustained a TBI. Award Details
UGA to offer state’s first Ph.D. in regenerative med
The new degree, along with the regenerative bioscience (RB) undergraduate major established in 2022, are part of the CAES Department of Animal and Dairy Science commitment to advancing research and education in regenerative medicine and improving health for both animals and humans. Learn More
Students Past and Present
Notable Stice Student Alumni (click arrow on right to view content)
Where are they now?
Allison Adams ►Senior Management Analyst at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Maria Fernanada Alcalde
Westin Amberge ► Emergency Physician at St. Mary's Medical Center with Colorado West Emergency Physicians
Seth Andrews ►Process Engineer Precision Biosciences
Sezan Arat ►Professor and Vice Dean Tekirdag Namik Kemal University
Luke Armao
Kristen Assey
Pablo Bosch
Michael Bowler
Nolan Boyd ►Research scientist, Assoc. Prof. Hellmann Lab, Diabetes & Obesity Center, University of Louisville
Michael Burel ►2011 Goldwater Scholar, MD student NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Kathy Bui
John Calhoun ►Ph.D. Vice President, Global Program Lead, GPRC5D CAR-T, at Bristol Myers Squibb
Catherine (Cali) Callaway ►2016 Goldwater Scholar, MD Student Department of Neurology Weill Cornell Medicine
Anthony Capomacchia
Jason Clark
Kailyn Cleaves
Elizabeth Clemmons
Ayodele Dare ►HS student Young Scholars Program 2015, Program coordinator in the CANR Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Michigan State
Sujoy Dhara ►Stem Cell Lab Senior Scientist, Division of Veterinary Biotechnology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute at Izatnagar
Mahesh Dodla ►Product Manager, MilliporeSigma
Christina Elling ► Postdoctoral fellow University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Taylor Ellison ►Research Professional III at UGA's Ellison's lab
Amalia Cardenas Gallegos ►Professor Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
Smitha Ganeshan
Brian Gerwe ►Senior Director, Marketing and Product Management at VERDOT Ips²
Forrest Goodfellow ►Customer Success Manager at Axion BioSystems
Kyle Harris
Kowser Hasneen ►Biologist at the National Institute of Child Health
Erin Jordan
Piyush Joshi ► Student Vanderbilt School of Medicine
Brian Jurgielewicz ►Research Scientist at Envisagenics
Avery Kanemasu ►Student at Mercer University School of Medicine
Jane Le
Natalie Levey ►MD, Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellow at UTHealth Houston
Yangqing Lu ►Professor. PhD, Guangxi University, Nanning
Raleigh Lumpkin
Anirban Majumder ►Quality Control Project Manager, Global QC Tech Services Takeda
Timothy Maughon
Edith (Marie) McKenzie
Maria Miculan
Maya Mitalipova ►Director of the Human Stem Cell Facility, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Emma L. Mitchell ► Biomedical Physiology Student at UGA's College of Veterinary Medicine
Chris Morehouse
Muktha Natrajan ►2009 Goldwater Scholar, 2010 Udall Scholar, 2011 Gates Scholar Health Scientist (Informatics) at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Katie O'Connell
Kurinji Pandiyan ►2006 Amazing Student VIEW, graduate John Hopkins, Senior Director, Commercial Strategy & Operations for Atara Biotherapeutics
Austin Passaro ►Product Manager, MEA Systems at Axion BioSystems
Tulsi Patel
Matteo Pecoraro
Anita Randolph
Raj Rao ►Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the College of Engineering, University of Arkansas, Billingsley Endowed Chair in Engineering
Ivan Santillan
Jennifer (Mumaw) Schmiedt ► MS, PhD, DVM, DACLAM, Site Veterinarian Boehringer Ingelheim
Soojung Shin ►Sr. R&D Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific
Anuj Shukla ►2012 Bernard Ramsey Endowed fellowship, MD Pulmonary Medicine Hendricks Regional Health
Melissa Smith
Samantha Spellicy ►MD/PhD Neurosurgery Resident Duke University Hospital
Alex Squires
Karishma Sriram ►2014 Goldwater Scholar, WATCH VIDEO, MD pediatrics specialist Primary Children's Hospital Salt Lake City, UT
Carla Sturkie
Aden Swayze
Raymond Swetenburg ►2016 Amazing Student VIEW, Director of Discovery Research at Aruna Bio, Inc.
Malone Thomason
Allison Venable ► Adjunct Professor Georgia State University
Kai Wang
Rachel West
Franklin West ►Fellow 2020 40under40, Professor of Regenerative Bioscience University of Georgia, Livestock model for stroke VIEW
Jordan Wiener
Elizabeth Wilkins
Xian Wu ►Assistant Professor Brody School of Medicine
Amber Young
Ziying Zhu
Morgane Golan
Amruta Narayanappa
Marzan Sarkar
Riya Ratkalkar
Mahathi Turlapati
Leah McCarthy
Current Team Bios
Morgane Golan:
Morgane is a PhD Candidate and ARCS Scholar, working in the Stice lab, whose research focuses on improving the accessibility of extracellular vesicle (EV) therapies. Through a patient-centered approach, she is developing systems to enhance EV storage and preservation, as well as clinical routes of delivery. Morgane also conducts discipline-based education research (DBER) in the Regenerative Bioscience major for undergraduates, under the direction of RBC faculty, Dr. Franklin West.
Md. Marzan Sarkar:
PhD Student at The University of Georgia. Co-mentor's Steven Stice and Lohitash Karumbaiah. Current research: Extracellular Vesicle Based Drug Development for Neurodegenerative Diseases.
Mahathi Turlapati :
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies undergraduate. Pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Regenerative Bioscience and Applied Biotechnology.
Leah McCarthy:
Undergraduate student in the Stice lab. Research interest, Neurodegenerative diseases including brain injury and stroke.
Amruta Narayanappa, PhD :
Postdoctoral Research Associate. Dr. Amruta graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture followed by Master of Science and awarded INSPIRE-DST fellowship to pursue her doctoral degree at University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India. After her PhD. she worked as a Research Technician in the Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia and later in the Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University and Aruna Biomedical.
Riya Ratkalkar:
Undergraduate student in the Stice lab. Research interest, Neurodegenerative diseases including brain injury and stroke. Internship at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. Founder of Bracelets for a Cause.
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