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Mir Laboratory Team
The Mir Lab officially opened Jan. 5, 2021, and is expanding quickly. We are an interdisciplinary team of biologists, engineers, and physicists. We strive to be transparent, communicative, curious, empathetic, inclusive, and kind. We value strong motivation, curiosity, and creativity.
Interested in joining the Mir Lab? Please contact mirm@chop.edu.

Mustafa Mir, PhD
Principal Investigator
Dr. Mir develops and applies advanced fluorescence microscopy and single molecule imaging methods to study the dynamics of nuclear organization and transcriptional regulation during early embryonic development.
Apratim Mukherje, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
mukherjea1@chop.edu
Puttachai "Net" Ratchasanmuang
Research Associate
ratchasanp@chop.edu
Santosh Adhikari, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
adhikaris2@chop.edu
Kaeli Mathias
Graduate Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Genetics T32 Fellow
mathiask@chop.edu
Alan Boka
Graduate Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, SBMB T32 Fellow
bokaa@chop.edu
Samantha "S" Fallacaro
Graduate Student, Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
fallacaros@chop.edu
Gabriela Hayward-Lara
Graduate Student, Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
haywardlag@chop.edu
Raymond Carter
Graduate Rotation Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
raymond.carter@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Ernesto Gamauf
Undergraduate Researcher
gamaufe@chop.edu
Kareena Shankta
Undergraduate Researcher
shanktak@chop.edu