People | Hammoud Lab
Meet the team
The Hammoud Lab is a collaborative team of scientists studying how germ cells and supporting somatic cells develop and interact to support fertility and healthy embryo development. Lab members use genetic and genomic approaches to uncover fundamental mechanisms that shape development and disease.
Principal Investigator
Saher Sue Hammoud, PhD
Associate Professor of Urology
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical School
Lab Manager
Yu-chi Shen, PhD
Lab Manager
Team Scientists
Mahboob Chowdhury, PhD
Manjunath Gowder, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellows
Lindsay Moritz, PhD
Ritvija Agrawal, PhD
Dilara Anbarci, PhD
Graduate Students
Wenxin Xie
Mashiat Rabbani
Dominic Bazzano
Catherine Tower
Former Lab Members
Chris Green, PhD
Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
Umesh Kumar, PhD
Staff Scientist, University of Michigan
Hailey LaRose
Middle School Science Teacher, Shawsville Middle School
Adrienne Niederriter Shami, MD, PhD
Anesthesiology Resident, Duke University
Lindsay Moritz, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Hammoud Lab
Gabe Manske, PhD
Scientist, Conception
Xianing Zheng, PhD
Consultant, Boston Consulting Group
Samantha Schon, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Michigan Medicine
Nicole Ulrich, MD
Reproductive Endocrinologist, Audubon Fertility
Emily Ferrell, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ob/GYN, Michigan Medicine
Sergei Chuikov, PhD
Honorary Members
