Gina Kalkar

Graduate Rotation Student

PhD in progress, Genetics and Development, Columbia U.
BA, U. Minnesota

Gina completed her B.A. at the University of Minnesota in 2022, where she researched apple breeding and genetics with Dr. James Luby. Following graduation, she worked at Harvard Medical School with Dr. Friedhelm Hildebrandt to study gene therapy for pediatric monogenic kidney diseases. She is currently interested in exploring biological timing mechanisms and energetics in the context of early development.

Outside of lab, Gina doesn’t really have a life.