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Molly Gale Hammell is an Associate Professor of Genomics at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Her research focuses on how resulting gene networks function and how they can be compromised in aging-associated diseases, such as neurodegeneration and cancer.

Education
Hammell graduated with a degree in Physics from The College of William and Mary in 1998. She then attained her Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy from Dartmouth College. Her Ph.D. research was performed with Gary A. Wegner on the properties of galaxy clusters in the universe.

Career and research
From January 2008 to June 2010, Hammell conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School under the supervision of Victor Ambros, where she studied the role of microRNAs in regulating gene expression. Hammell worked as a Research Assistant Professor from 2010 to 2012, Assistant Professor from 2012 to 2018, and Associate Professor since 2018. She is a member of the Cancer Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.