Tomorrow's Researchers

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.

Michael Bowler

Amazing Undergraduate Student 2019    Read Michael's journey

Yasmine Stewart 

REU / CMaT High School Student 2018   Read Yasmine's experience

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?

Morgane Golan

Amruta Narayanappa  


MD Marzan Sarkar

Marzan Sarkar 

Riya Ratkalkar

Riya Ratkalkar

Mahathi Turlapati 

Leah McCarthy

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.