Carrie Adler, PhD - Principal Investi​gator
Assistant Professor
Carrie is originally from Hawaii, and attended college at Wesleyan University. After that, she worked as a technician with Bruce Mayer at Harvard Medical School, studying signal transduction pathways. For graduate school, Carrie enrolled in the Tetrad program at UCSF, joining Cori Bargmann's lab to study neural development in C. elegans. As a postdoc, Carrie trained with Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado at the University of Utah and the Stowers Institute for Medical Research. The Adler lab opened its doors at Cornell in Fall 2015. Carrie loves vegetables, skate skiing, and road biking around Ithaca.

Email: cea88@cornell.edu
Twitter: @carrie_adler
Kuang-Tse Wang - Graduate Student
​Mong Neurotech Fellow (2021-2022)

Kuang-Tse Wang is a Ph.D. student in the field of Genetics, Genomics and Development (GGD). He received his B.S. degree from National Taiwan University, Taiwan, and worked in Academia Sinica as a research assistant in Dr. Jr-Kai Yu’s lab, studying the evolution of deuterostomes. Now, he is fascinated with exploring stem cell and regeneration biology by applying cutting-edge genomic techniques.
Justin Tapper - Graduate Student

Justin is a graduate student in the field of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology (BMCB). Originally from Monument, Colorado, he earned his bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology from the University of Colorado Boulder with a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry with honors and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, where he worked to develop novel localization zinc sensors to study study the homeostasis of labile zinc pools within secretory vesicles with Dr. Amy Palmer. When not in the lab, Justin enjoys reading, hiking and nature photography, especially macrophotography.
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Brendan Little - Undergraduate 

Brendan is an undergraduate student studying Biological Sciences with a concentration in Molecular and Cell Biology. He is also pursuing a minor in Spanish and wishes to study abroad in Barcelona. After his undergraduate years are finished, Brendan plans to go to medical school and eventually become a surgeon. He has always been fascinated by stem cells and genetics, so he is considering MD/PhD programs to further study these topics. In his free time, he loves to play video games, hang out with friends, watch Netflix, and bake.
Former Lab Members
Postdocs
Tisha Bohr, PhD
Postdoc, 2016-2021
Current position: Associate Scientist, Ovid Research, Inc.
Graduate Students
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Divya Shiroor, PhD
Graduate Student, DVM-seeking PhD, BBS Program. 2016-2021
Current position: Scientist, Loyal for Dogs
Undergraduates
Jacqueline Han - Chemistry, 2018-2021. Currently: Clinical Research Coordinator, Mass General Hospital
Lourdes Pajuelo - Animal Science, 2018-2021. Currently: PREP student, Harvard University
Allison Chang - Nutrition, 2018-2020. Currently: Master's program in Nutrition, Cornell University
​Lydia Zamidar - Biological Sciences, 2019-2020. Currently: Technician, Brian Kim lab, Washington University
Kei-Lani Asper - Biological Sciences, 2017-2019.
Elif Magemizoglu - Biological Sciences, 2016-2018. Currently: graduate student, Rockefeller University, Shai Shaham lab
Ying (Jenny) Yu - Chemistry, 2015-2016, currently in medical school in Buffalo
​Maya VanDrunen - Biological Sciences, 2015-2016, currently in law school in Hawaii