Nadja Zhakula

SMRI Director

Nadja is a 1st year PhD student in the Genetics and Development program at Columbia Medical Center. She is originally from Macedonia but was raised in Washington, D.C. and went on to receive her B.A. in Biology from New York University. She is currently undergoing laboratory rotations so she does not yet have a home lab. Her undergraduate research background involved studying meiotic recombination in the context of DNA repair and genome stability in yeast. During her free time, Nadja enjoys skiing, walking around the city and exploring new parks and cafes, spending time with her dog, and going to concerts.