Meet Our Lab

AARON M. JOHNSON, PHD

Principle Investigator
Ph.D. Rockefeller University
Postdoc Harvard Medical School
Hometown: Rochester​, MN

E-mail: aaron.m.johnson@ucdenver.edu 
                        (don’t forget the “.m.”)
Office: 303-724-3224
Lab: 303-724-5837

​Interests: building chromatin, brewing beer, live music

CURRENT GRAD STUDENTS

Maggie Balas

B.S. Metropolitan State University
Hometown: NY
Fellowship Award
​1. Bolie Graduate Scholarship 2016
​2. RNA Bioscience Initiative Fellowship 2017

​Email: maggie.balas@ucdenver.edu
Interests: All tings junglist, solitude, vinyl toys

Alexis Zukowski

B.S. San Diego State University
Hometown: Yokosuka, Japan
Fellowship Award
Molecular Biology Program T32 Training Grant (2016-2017, 2017-2018)

Email: alexis.zukowski@ucdenver.edu
Interests: coordinated ball chasing, word searches, sun-soaking
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Justin Roberts

​B.S Computer Science, George Washington University
B.S., M.S Biology, South Alabama University
Hometown: Mobile, AL

Email: Justin.Roberts@ucdenver.edu
Interests: Beers, Bees, Beats, and Beads

Stephen Wu

B.S. Northeastern University
Hometown: Watertown, MA

​Email: stephen.wu@ucdenver.edu
Interests: Karaoke, eating eating eating, and gastronomy

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PRAs and Post-Doc

April Griffin

Lab Manager
B.S. Northeastern University
M.A. Harvard University
Hometown: Buffalo Creek, CO
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Email: april.griffin@ucdenver.edu
Interests: Family time, creating in the kitchen, gardening when the kitchen gets dirty

Allison Porman

Post Doc Fellow
B.S LeHigh University
PhD Brown University
Hometown: East Brunswick, NJ 
Fellowship Award
Cancer Biology T32 Post-Doc Training Grant
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​Email: allison.porman@ucdenver.edu
Interests: self-growth and wearing onesies

Current Rotation Students

Juli Phillips

B.A Greenville College
Hometown: Park Hills, MO

Email: Juliana.Phillips@ucdenver.edu
Interests: Pugs, Mugs, and Pop! Dolls

Darwin

Designer

Scyence

Chief Architect

FORMER LAB MEMBERS

Eric Nguyen, PhD

Defended and now back in Med school

Emily Meredith, PhD

 Former post-doc and now faculty at Boise State
Karly Sindy, MS
​Former Lab Manager and Falconeer.
Now doing amazing things in South Carolina
  • Trevor Johns (PRA)
  • Michelle Kennedy (Cancer Center Summer Intern)
  • Krystal Haislop (Grad student at U Penn)