{"id":21,"date":"2024-01-24T17:14:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T17:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/henninger\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2026-09-10T14:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T14:11:11","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/henninger\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_center\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">The Team<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/henninger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/05\/DSC_0398-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" class=\"wp-image-208\" title=\"DSC_0398\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_1 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/henninger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/05\/Jon_Henninger_-27-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" class=\"wp-image-240\" alt=\"image of Jonathan Henninger\" title=\"Jon_Henninger_-27\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<ul class=\"et_pb_social_media_follow_0 et_pb_social_media_follow clearfix et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_module et_block_module\">\n<li class=\"et_pb_social_media_follow_network_0 et_pb_social_media_follow_network et_pb_social_icon et_pb_social_network_link et-social-facebook et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/jhenninger.bsky.social\" class=\"icon\" title=\"Follow on Facebook\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"et_pb_social_media_follow_network_name\">Follow<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"et_pb_social_media_follow_network_1 et_pb_social_media_follow_network et_pb_social_icon et_pb_social_network_link et-social-twitter et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jehenninger?lang=en\" class=\"icon\" title=\"Follow on X\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"et_pb_social_media_follow_network_name\">Follow<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"et_pb_social_media_follow_network_2 et_pb_social_media_follow_network et_pb_social_icon et_pb_social_network_link et-social-linkedin et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jonathan-henninger-407254103\/\" class=\"icon\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"et_pb_social_media_follow_network_name\">Follow<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"et_pb_social_media_follow_network_3 et_pb_social_media_follow_network et_pb_social_icon et_pb_social_network_link et-pb-social-fa-icon et-social-google et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=jtfs1eAAAAAJ&#038;hl=en&#038;oi=ao\" class=\"icon\" title=\"Follow on Google\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"et_pb_social_media_follow_network_name\">Follow<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>Jonathan Henninger, Ph.D.<\/strong><br \/><em>Principal Investigator<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Assistant Professor<br \/>Department of Biological Sciences<br \/>Carnegie Mellon University<br \/>jhenning [at] andrew.cmu.edu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Jon earned a B.S. in Biochemistry from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He then attended Harvard University to earn his Ph.D. in Developmental and Regenerative Biology. Jon was mentored and advised by Dr. Leonard Zon, and he studied cellular mechanisms of blood development and blood cancer using zebrafish as a model system.<\/p>\n<p>After his Ph.D., Jon joined the laboratory of Dr. Richard Young at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at MIT.\u00a0 There, he conducted postdoctoral research discovering how RNA directly regulates its own transcription.<\/p>\n<p>Jon joined the Department of Biological Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University as an Assistant Professor in January 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_3 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>LAB MEMBERS<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_6 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_0 et_pb_team_member et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/henninger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/05\/DSC_0407-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Bailey Webster\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" class=\"wp-image-213\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Bailey Webster<\/h4><p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Lab Manager<\/p><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description_content\"><p>baileywe [at] andrew.cmu.edu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_1 et_pb_team_member et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/henninger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/01\/Bove-Julie-PhD-scaled-e1769807234255.jpg\" alt=\"Julie Bove\" width=\"1830\" height=\"1830\" class=\"wp-image-539\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Julie Bove<\/h4><p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Ph.D. student, CMU-Pitt Computational Biology<\/p><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description_content\"><p>jbocetti [at] andrew.cmu.edu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_2 et_pb_team_member et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/henninger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/05\/20191223_140216-cropped-scaled-e1715281919198.jpg\" alt=\"Lydia Phillips\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" class=\"wp-image-276\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Lydia Phillips<\/h4><p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Ph.D. candidate, Biological Sciences<\/p><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description_content\"><p>lydiaphi [at] andrew.cmu.edu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_3 et_pb_team_member et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/henninger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/06\/Xu-Deyuan-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Deyuan Xu\" width=\"891\" height=\"891\" class=\"wp-image-493\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Deyuan Xu<\/h4><p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Ph.D. candidate, Biological Sciences<\/p><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description_content\"><p>deyuanx [at] andrew.cmu.edu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_4 et_pb_team_member et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/henninger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/06\/Mowry-Grant-undergrad-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Grant Mowry\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" class=\"wp-image-491\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Grant Mowry<\/h4><p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Undergraduate Researcher<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_5 et_pb_team_member et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/henninger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/06\/Wang-Emily-undergrad.jpg\" alt=\"Emily Wang\" width=\"2507\" height=\"2507\" class=\"wp-image-490\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Emily Wang<\/h4><p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Undergraduate Researcher<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_7 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_6 et_pb_team_member et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/henninger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/12\/Smeal-Steven-cropped-scaled.png\" alt=\"Steven Smeal\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" class=\"wp-image-514\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Steven Smeal<\/h4><p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Post-doctoral associate<\/p><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description_content\"><p>ssmeal [at] andrew.cmu.edu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_7 et_pb_team_member et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/henninger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/05\/DSC_0403-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dervla Moore-Frederick\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" class=\"wp-image-211\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Dervla Moore-Frederick<\/h4><p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Ph.D. student, Biological Sciences<\/p><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description_content\"><p>dmoorefr [at] andrew.cmu.edu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_8 et_pb_team_member et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/henninger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/05\/DSC_0406-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Haoran Wang\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" class=\"wp-image-212\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Haoran Wang<\/h4><p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Ph.D. candidate, Biological Sciences<\/p><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description_content\"><p>haoranw3 [at] andrew.cmu.edu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_9 et_pb_team_member et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/henninger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/02\/Fitzgerald-Nic-Masters-BTPE-scaled-e1770214116307.png\" alt=\"Nic Fitzgerald\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" class=\"wp-image-547\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Nic Fitzgerald<\/h4><p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Masters student, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering<\/p><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description_content\"><p>nfitzger [at] andrew.cmu.edu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_10 et_pb_team_member et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/henninger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/05\/DSC_0401-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Sid Srivastava\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" class=\"wp-image-210\" \/><\/div><div 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