Staff
Mariana Beltcheva, PhD
Former Director, Human Cells, Tissues, and Organoids Core
- Email: beltchevam@wustl.edu
Lauren Boggs
Research Technician, Human Cells, Tissues, and Organoids Core
- Email: boggs@wustl.edu
Lauren joined the CRM HCTO in April 2022 as a research technician.
Jennifer M. Brazill, PhD
Senior Scientific Editor, Editing and Innovation Core (EiC)
- Email: jbrazill@wustl.edu
Laura Fischer, PhD
Director, Human Cells, Tissues, and Organoids (hCTO) Core
- Email: laura.fischer@wustl.edu
Clara Kim
CRM Early Career Executive Council, Member; Undergraduate Assistant
- Email: clarakim@wustl.edu
Clara is the CRM Undergraduate Assisant and oversees communications and newsletters. She joined the CRM ECEC in 2024 and also works in the Scheller Lab to study mechanisms of bone and fat catabolism in settings of cachexia.
Thorold Theunissen, PhD
Assistant Professor, Developmental Biology; co-Director Human Cells, Tissues, and Organoids Core
- Email: t.theunissen@wustl.edu
The Theunissen lab investigates the molecular mechanisms regulating distinct pluripotent stem cell states and their applications in regenerative medicine.
Kuo-Chan Weng, PhD
Former Director, Human Cells, Tissues, and Organoids Core
- Email: kuochan.weng@wustl.edu