David M. Miller, III, Ph.D.

Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology

• : david.miller@vanderbilt.edu

Tyler Kennedy

Postdoctoral Fellow, Cell and Developmental Biology

Education
University of Redlands
B.S., Biology and Chemistry
2007

Vanderbilt University
PhD, Biological Sciences
2019

• : tyler.j.kennedy@Vanderbilt.Edu

Casey Gailey

Graduate Student, Cell and Developmental Biology

Education 
Longwood College
BS, Biological Sciences
2018

• : casey.d.gailey@Vanderbilt.Edu

Rebecca McWhirter

Laboratory Manager, Cell and Developmental Biology

Hometown:
Murfreesboro, TN

Education:
MS in Biology, BA in English
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN

• : rebecca.mcwhirter@Vanderbilt.Edu

Tyler Amos

Research Assistant, Cell and Developmental Biology

Hometown
Centreville, VA

Education
Johns Hopkins University
BS, Molecular and Cellular Biology
2022

Becca Collings

Research Assistant

Education
Davidson College, Davidson, NC
BS, Biology
2020

• : rebecca.m.collings@vanderbilt.edu

Isabel Courtney

Research Assistant, Cell and Developmental Biology

Education
Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
Environmental Science, 2022

Andrea Cuentas Condori

Graduate Student, Cell and Developmental Biology

Hometown
Lima, Peru

Education
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
BS, Biology
2013

• : andrea.a.cuentas.condori@vanderbilt.edu

Leah Flautt

Research Assistant I, Cell and Developmental Biology

Education
Davidson College, Davidson, NC
BS, Biology
2020

• : leah.g.flautt@Vanderbilt.Edu

Siwei He

Graduate Student, Neuroscience Graduate Program

• : siwei.he@vanderbilt.edu

Tyne Miller

Ph.D. Candidate

• : tyne.miller@vanderbilt.edu

Barbara O'Brien

Ph.D. Candidate

• : barbara.obrien@vanderbilt.edu

Sierra Palumbos

Graduate Student, Neuroscience Graduate Program

Hometown
Salt Lake City, Utah

Education
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
BA, Biological Sciences
2013

• : s.palumbos@vanderbilt.edu

Abby Poff

Research Assistant II, Cell and Developmental Biology

• : abigail.poff@vanderbilt.edu

Jamie Stern

Vanderbilt Academic Pathways Postdoctoral Fellow, Cell and Developmental Biology

Education

Virginia Tech
BS, Biology-Microbiology
2011

University of Vermont
PhD, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
2018

• : jamie.l.stern@vanderbilt.edu

Lakshmi Sundararajan

Postdoctoral Fellow, Cell and Developmental Biology

• : lakshmi.sundararajan@vanderbilt.edu

Seth Taylor

Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

• : seth_taylor@byu.edu

John Tipps

Research Assistant I, Cell and Developmental Biology

Education 
Middlebury College
BS, Neuroscience
2019