Myles Alderman III, PhD

Myles Alderman is a postdoctoral associate in Haifan Lin's Lab studying the self-renewal of germline stem cells . He performed his graduate studies at Yale University's Department of Genetics mentored by Dr. Andrew Xiao. His dissertation was focused on understanding the epigenetic regulation of embryogenesis and placentation, with a focus on DNA methylation. Before starting his PhD, he worked in the lab of Dr. Hugh Taylor investigating the pathogenesis of endometriosis, and the impact of Bisphenol-A (BPA) on embryonic development and epigenetic programming. He earned his bachelor's degree in biology in 2014 from Kenyon College. Myles is a recipient of the Gruber Science Fellowship at Yale, the National Science Foundation's Graduate Fellowship Research Fellowships Program (NSF GRFP), and the Lo Graduate Fellowship for Excellence in Stem Cell Research.