The Team

Raji

Raji Shyam, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

rajalekshmy-shyam@uiowa.edu
319-467-3952

Hsuan-Yeh-Pan

Hsuan-Yeh Pan, Ph.D.

Post-doctoral fellow

hsuan-yeh-pan@uiowa.edu

Shreyasi Ganguly

Shreyasi Ganguly, M.S.

Research Assistant

shreyasi-ganguly@uiowa.edu

 

Weihong

Weihong Zhou

Lab Manager

weihong-zhou@uiowa.edu

 

Dayton

Dayton Gatewood

Rotating Graduate Student

dayton-gatewood@uiowa.edu

Lab Alumni

Sachin Anil Ghag

Sachin Anil Ghag

Ph.D. student (2023-2025)

Sachin defended his Ph.D. in Nov 2025. He is currently on the job market. 

Viviane Campos

Viviane Campos

Postdoctoral fellow (2023-2024)

Viviane is currently working at the Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. 

Subashree Murugan

Subashree Murugan

Ph.D. student (2023-2024)

Subashree defended her Ph.D. in Dec 2024. She is currently a senior scientist at Vision First Eye Bank in Carmel, Indiana.

Matthew Ng

Matthew Ng

M.S student in Biotechnology (Dec 2022 - June 2023)

Matthew completed his M.S. thesis at the Shyam lab. He is currently a graduate student in Biostatistics at Indiana University

Alejandra Rosas

Alejandra Rosas

Lab technician (2024-2025)

Alejandra managed the Shyam lab animal colony for a year. She is now a non-game mammal technician at the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.