Adam L. Hughes
Adam was born in Portland, Oregon, but spent most of his childhood years in Kansas City, Missouri and Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Adam received his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry in 2002 from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and completed his PhD training in 2008 with Peter Espenshade at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. After his PhD, Adam trained as a postdoctoral fellow with Dan Gottschling at the Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center in Seattle until 2014. Since 2014, Adam has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Utah. Adam’s areas of research interest and expertise include metabolite sensing, organelle biology, aging, and protein quality control. During his career, Adam has received several honors, including a Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship, an NIH Pathway to Independence Award, a Searle Scholars Award, and a Glenn Award for Research in the Biological Mechanisms of Aging. Away from the lab, Adam enjoys camping, hiking, relaxing, playing sports, and traveling with his family, drinking coffee, and watching his two kids grow up way too fast.
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Sara Wong, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Kylie Jacobs, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Nidhi Raghuram, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Sangeetha Balasubramaniam
Graduate Student
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Isabel Batres
Graduate Student
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Kevin Chui
Graduate Student
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Tom Knight
Graduate Student
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Bo Price
Graduate Student
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Mitch Wopat
Mitch Wopat
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Hope Chatwin
Graduate Student
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Haylee White
Graduate Student
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Thi Tessier, MBA
Executive Assistant
LAB ALUMNI
Where are they now?
Alumni
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Tianyao Xiao
Graduate Student
2018-2024Current Position:
Postdoctoral Fellow,
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Zachary Wilson
Post Doc Res Assoc
2018-2024Current Position:
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Grace Makassa
Lab Aide
2024-2025Current Position:
Research Associate at BioFire Defense
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Katie Bertram
Post Doc Res Assoc
2018-2024Current Position:
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Austin Lever
Post Doc Res Assoc
2018-2024Current Position:
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Emily Pitsch
Graduate Student
2019-2025Current Position:
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TK Coody
Graduate Research Assistant
2017-2022Current Position:
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Viplendra Shakya
Post Doc Res Assoc
2018-2024Current Position:
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Alyssa English
Post Doc Res Assoc
2018-2024Current Position:
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Max Schuler
Post Doc Res Assoc
2018-2024Current Position:
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Christina Knutson
Post Doc Res Assoc
2018-2024Current Position:
Dental Student
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Brendan Korb
Post Doc Res Assoc
2018-2024Current Position:
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Thane Campbell
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Thomas Tedeschi
Post Doc Res Assoc
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Jenna Goodrum
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Agnieszka Lewandowska
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Alumni
Tanya Xiao
Graduate Student
2018-2024
Current position:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Elcin Unal lab at UC Berkeley
Tom Tedeschi
Lab Specialist
2016-2017
Current position:
Lab Manager, Northwestern University
Agnieszka Lewandowska
Research Associate
2014-2022
Current position:
Viplendra Shakya
Research Associate
2016-2022
Current position:
Brendan Korb
Lab Technician
2015-2016
Current position:
Medical School, University of Washington
Christina Knutson
Lab Technician
2016-2018
Current position: Dental School, University of Utah
Max Schuler
Graduate Student
2015-2021
Current position:
Thane Campbell
Masters Student
2015-2016
Current position:
MBA Program, University of Utah
Jenna Goodrum
Graduate Student
2014-2020
Currently pursuing a career as a professional triathlete
TK Coody
Graduate Student
2017-2022
Current position:
Austin Lever
Lab Technician
2016-2017
Current position:
Medical School, University of Washington
Alyssa Litwiller English
Graduate Student
2014-2020
Current position:
Osiris Martinez-Guzmán
Postdoctoral Fellow
2020-2022
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JOIN THE RIDE
Open Positions
We are currently looking for postdoctoral fellows and graduate students to join our team.
Postdoctoral Candidates
For postdoctoral fellow candidates, please email Dr. Hughes directly.
Prospective Students
Prospective students, please apply to Bioscience Ph.D. Program at the University of Utah. We welcome students in the Molecular Biology and Biological Chemistry programs to inquire about potential rotations in the lab.
