Lab Team

Lab Team

Hank Farr, Research Associate III

Gist H. (Hank) Farr, III, Research Associate III

Hank is a research scientist in and laboratory manager for the Maves Lab. His work currently focuses on identifying novel genes that contribute to human congenital heart defects, using zebrafish as a model organism. Hank also works on identifying new drug therapies for muscular dystrophies and validating potential therapeutic targets for the treatment of muscular dystrophies. Before joining the Maves Lab in 2012, Hank was a research scientist at the University of Washington for 20 years. He earned a BA from Carleton College.

Eva Hasegawa, Research Technician I

Eva Hasegawa joined the Maves Lab in 2021 and is currently researching new treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) by conducting drug screens with zebrafish embryos.  She received her BS in biology from the University of Washington and MS in environmental toxicology from New York University

Ke’ale Louie, PhD, Research Fellow

Bio coming soon…

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Students

  • Smith Hunter (Harvard University)
  • Isabelle Young (University of Washington)
  • Arush Joshi

Lab Alumni

Post-doctoral trainees

  • Robert Kao (currently Assistant Professor of Biology, Heritage University)

Graduate Student Trainees

  • Arianna Gomez (UW M3D program, graduate rotation)
  • Jennifer Brown (UW M3D program, graduate rotation)
  • Thao Pham (UW M3D program, graduate rotation)

Medical Student Trainees

  • Elizabeth Parker
  • Mariya Kochubey
  • Philip Crepeau
  • Melanie Morris
  • Ermias Yohannes
  • Kylie Kerker
  • Juan Pablo Espinosa

Undergraduate Student Trainees

  • Danielle Velott
  •  Jonathan Tassia
  • Derek Lee
  • Darren Pouv
  • Kavya Magham
  • Joel Rurik (George Fox University summer student)
  • Kimia Imani – Kimia’s work focused on using CRISPR gene editing to study genes associated with congenital heart disease and cardiac defects. Kimia graduated from the University of Washington and was a Mary Gates Research Scholar and NASA Space Grant Research Scholar while in the Maves Lab. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Public Health at the University of Washington.
  • Emily Jackson
  • Max Urbanek
  • Shery Said
  • Savannah Chae
  • Whitaker Reid – Whitaker’s work focused on analyzing new CRISPR zebrafish mutants and using protein-protein interaction networks to characterize new genes involved in congenital heart defects.