Palm Lab | Yale

Current members

Our members are at the core of what makes the Palm Lab such a unique and dynamic place. Together, we tackle some of the most challenging problems at the intersection of immunology, microbiology and data science. Our innovative experimental approaches exploit millions of years of host-microbiota co-evolution to uncover fundamental biological processes that impact nearly all aspects of human health and disease. Find out more about our team members below.

Shana Leopold, PHD - Associate Research Scientist, Manager

Shana is a microbiologist with a background in application of sequencing technology for infectious disease diagnostics, microbial evolution, and the gut microbiome.

Jason Catanzaro, MD - Attending Physician, Medical Scientist

Anjelica Martin, BS, LATg - Research Associate I

Anjelica earned her B.S from UConn and started working at Yale in 2016 as a animal husbandry technician. In 2018 she started working in the Palm lab to manage the gnotobiotic colony and provide research support. She loves her pet rats, likes to paint, and plays a lot of Animal Crossing.

Haiwei Chen, PHD - Postdoctoral Researcher

Deguang Song, PHD - Postdoctoral Researcher

Deguang has been working on gut microbiota structure and metabolite changes in response to environment and diet as well as their effects on the host.

Tyler is a Southern transplant to New England studying the relationship between vertebrate hosts and their microbial pathobionts & symbionts. In his spare time he enjoys a long hike with his fluffer pupper, followed by craft beer and all the snacks.

Yiyun earned B.S. in Life Sciences from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. She is interested in how microbiota-derived small molecules affect human diseases, esp. chronic pain diseases & cancer. She is a fan of Chinese traditional culture and Japanese animations.

Nicole is originally from Cambridge, MA. She has earned an A.B. in Biomathematics from Mount Holyoke College

and a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from Dartmouth College.

Shana

SHANA LEOPOLD, PHD

Associate Research Scientist, Manager

Jason

JASON CATANZARO, MD

Attending Physician, Medical Scientist

Haiwei

HAIWEI CHEN, PHD

Postdoctoral Researcher

Shana is a microbiologist with a background in application of sequencing technology for infectious disease diagnostics, microbial evolution, and the gut microbiome.

Deguang

DEGUANG SONG, PHD

Postdoctoral Researcher

Deguang has been working on gut microbiota structure and metabolite changes in response to environment and diet as well as their effects on the host. Lab members agree he's an all around fun-guy!

Anjelica

ANJELICA MARTIN, BS, RLAT

Research Associate I

Anjelica earned her B.S from UConn. In 2018 she started working in the Palm lab to manage the gnotobiotic colony. She has two chunky pet rats at home, likes to paint, and plays a lot of Animal Crossing.