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Lab Members
Principal Investigator
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
- 2023-present Co-Founder and Platform Architect | Base4 Inc., Durham, NC
- 2022-present Roy and Diana Vagelos Professor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics | Columbia University
- 2015-2022 James B. Duke Professor | Biochemistry & Chemistry | Duke University
- 2014-2015 Professor | Biochemistry & Chemistry | Duke University
- 2012-2013 J. Lawrence Oncley Professor | Chemistry | University of Michigan
- 2009-2023 Co-Founder and Platform Architect | Nymirum Inc., Durham, NC
- 2009-2013 Professor | Biophysics | University of Michigan
- 2009-2012 Robert L. Kuczkowski Professor | Chemistry | University of Michigan
- 2008-2009 Associate Professor | Chemistry & Biophysics | University of Michigan
- 2002-2008 Assistant Professor | Chemistry & Biophysics | University of Michigan
- 2000-2002 Postdoctoral Researcher (Dr. Dinshaw Patel) | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- 2000 Ph.D. Biophysical Chemistry (Dr. James Prestegard) | Yale University
- 1995 B.S. Chemistry | Imperial College London, London, UK
- 1992 I.B. United World College of Atlantic, Wales, UK
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Or Szekely
- 2020-present Postdoctoral Researcher | Duke University
- 2018-2020 Postdoctoral Researcher (Dr. Rina Rosenzweig) | Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
- 2018 Ph.D. Chemical and Biological Physics (Dr. Lucio Frydman) | Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
- 2010 M.S. Physical Chemistry | Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
- 2008 B.S. Physical Chemistry | Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Supriya Pratihar
- 2022-present Postdoctoral Researcher | Columbia University
- 2021-2022 Postdoctoral Researcher (Dr. Christian Griesinger) | Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
- 2021 Ph.D. Chemistry (Dr. Christian Griesinger) | Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
- 2013 M.S. Chemistry (Dr. Ramakrishna V. Hosur) | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
- 2009 B.S. Chemistry | Calcutta University, West Bengal, India
Dr. Serafima Guseva
- 2022-present Postdoctoral Researcher | Columbia University
- 2021 Ph.D. Structural Biology (Dr. Rob W. H. Ruigrok & Dr. Martin Blackledge) | Université Grenoble Alpes, Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
- 2017 M.S. Integrated Structural Biology (Dr. Winfried Weissenhorn) | Université Grenoble Alpes, Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
- 2016 M.S. Biophysics (Dr. Valentin Gordeliy) | Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- 2015 B.S. Biology | Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Graduate Students
Stephanie Gu
- 2022-present Non-degree Graduate Student | Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics | Columbia University
- 2018-present Graduate Student | Biochemistry | Duke University
- 2018 B.S. Chemical Engineering | California Institute of Technology
Akanksha Manghrani
- 2022-present Non-degree Graduate Student | Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics | Columbia University
- 2018-present Graduate Student | Biochemistry | Duke University
- 2018 B.S. & M.S. Chemistry (Dr. Ruchi Anand) | Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
Ainan Geng
- 2022-present Non-degree Graduate Student | Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics | Columbia University
- 2019-present Graduate Student | Biochemistry | Duke University
- 2019 B.S. Intensive Instruction in Sciences and Arts | Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Rohit Roy
- 2022-present Non-degree Graduate Student | Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics | Columbia University
- 2019-present Graduate Student | Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Duke University
- 2019 B.S. Bioengineering | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Yeongjoon Lee
- 2022-present Graduate Student | Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics | Columbia University
- 2021-2022 Graduate Student | Biochemistry | Duke University
- 2020-2021 Researcher (Dr. Woonghee Lee) | University of Colorado Denver
- 2019 M.S. Bioscience and Biotechnology (Dr. Yangmee Kim) | Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea
- 2017 B.S. Systems Biotechnology | Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea
Aiyana Monae
- 2022-present Graduate Student | Cellular and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics | Columbia University
- 2021 B.S. Biochemistry and Anthropology | State University of New York College at Oneonta
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Former Post-docs
Dr. Hala Abou Assi
- Postdoctoral Fellow 2018-2022
- Presently Research Scientist, Base4 Inc., NC, USA
Dr. Allison Stelling
- Postdoctoral Fellow 2015-2020
- Presently Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Dallas, TX, USA
Dr. Mary Clay
- Postdoctoral Fellow 2014-2018
- Presently Senior Research Technologist, Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, TN, USA
Dr. Yi Xue
- Postdoctoral Fellow 2014-2016
- Presently Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- and Principal Investigator, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, China
Dr. Bharathwaj Sathyamoorthy
- Postdoctoral Fellow 2013-2015
- Presently Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, India
Dr. Loïc Salmon
- Postdoctoral Fellow 2011-2014
- Presently Assistant Professor, Claude Bernard University, Lyon, France
- and CNRS Tenured Researcher, Very High Field NMR Center, Lyon, France
Dr. Jeetender Chugh
- Postdoctoral Fellow 2010-2013
- Presently Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
Dr. Katja Petzold
- Postdoctoral Fellow 2010-2013
- Presently Principal Investigator, Dept. of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Solna, Sweden
- and Professor, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Former Graduate Students
Dr. Megan L. Ken
- Ph.D. awarded in 2022, Biochemistry (MSTP), Duke University
- Presently Principal Investigator, Scripps Research, CA, USA
Dr. Atul Rangadurai
- Ph.D. awarded in 2021, Biochemistry, Duke University
- Presently Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Lewis E. Kay, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
Dr. Nicole Orlovsky
- Ph.D. awarded in 2021, Biochemistry, Duke University
- Presently Senior Expert, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, MA, USA
Dr. Bei Liu
- Ph.D. awarded in 2021, Biochemistry, Duke University
- Presently Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Chuan He, University of Chicago, IL, USA
Dr. Honglue Shi
- Ph.D. awarded in 2021, Chemistry, Duke University
- Presently Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Jennifer Doudna, University of California Berkeley, CA, USA
Dr. Yu (Henry) Xu
- Ph.D. awarded in 2021, Chemistry, Duke University
- Presently Senior Consultant, ClearView Healthcare Partners, MA, USA
Dr. Chia-Chieh Chu
- Ph.D. awarded in 2020, Biochemistry, Duke University
- Presently Scientist, Tessera Therapeutics, MA, USA
Dr. Laura Ganser
- Ph.D. awarded in 2019, Biochemistry, Duke University
- Presently Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Sua Myong, John Hopkins University, MD, USA
Dr. Eric Szymanski
- Ph.D. awarded in 2019, Biochemistry, Duke University
- Presently Scientist, Base4 Inc., NC, USA
Dr. Dawn Merriman
- Ph.D. awarded in 2018, Biochemistry, Duke University
- Presently Associate Director of Clinical Evaluations, Alcon, MD, USA
Dr. Zachary Stein
- Ph.D. awarded in in 2017, Biophysics, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Presently Data and Visualization Scientist, Booz Allen Hamilton, DC, USA
Dr. Huiqing (Jane) Zhou
- Ph.D. awarded in 2016, Biochemistry, Duke University
- Presently Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Boston College, MA, USA
Dr. Anisha Shakya
- Ph.D. awarded in 2016, Chemistry, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Presently Research Staff, Center for Soft and Living Matter, Institute of Basic Science, Ulsan, Korea
Dr. Issac Kimsey
- Ph.D. awarded in 2016, Biochemistry, Duke University
- Presently Vice President, Base4 Inc., NC, USA
Dr. Anthony Mustoe
- Ph.D. awarded in 2014, Biophysics, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Presently Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, TX, USA
Dr. Heidi Alvey
- Ph.D. awarded in 2014, Chemistry, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Dr. Janghyun (Kevin) Lee
- Ph.D. awarded in 2014, Chemistry, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Presently Director, InterVest Co., LTD, Seoul, Korea
Dr. Shan Yang
- Ph.D. awarded in 2014, Chemistry, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Presently Associate Director, Novartis, Jiangsu, China
Dr. Joseph Yesselman
- Ph.D. awarded in 2014, Biophysics, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Presently Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE, USA
Dr. Scott Horowitz
- Ph.D. awarded in 2013, Biophysics, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Presently Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Denver, CO, USA
Dr. Jameson Bothe
- Ph.D. awarded in 2012, Chemistry, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Presently Principal Scientist, Merck Research Laboratories, NJ, USA
Dr. Catherine Eichhorn
- Ph.D. awarded in 2012, Chemistry, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Presently Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE, USA
Dr. Liz Dethoff
- Ph.D. awarded in 2011, Chemistry, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Presently Scientist, Ribometrix Inc., NC, USA
Dr. Evgenia Nikolova
- Ph.D. awarded in 2011, Chemical Biology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Presently Assistant Research Professor, Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA
Dr. Anette Casiano-Negroni
- Ph.D. awarded in 2010, Chemistry, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Presently Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Trinity Washington University, DC, USA
Dr. Maximillian Bailor
- Ph.D. awarded in 2010, Chemistry, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Presently Senior Medical Director, Symbiotix LLC, NY, USA
Dr. Andrew Stelzer
- Ph.D. awarded in 2010, Biophysics, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Presently Head of Business Development, Unlearn.AI, CA, USA
Dr. Alexandar L. Hansen
- Ph.D. awarded in 2009, Chemistry, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Presently Principal Investigator and Research Scientist, CCIC NMR Facility, Ohio State University, OH, USA
Dr. Xiaoyan (Jennifer) Sun
- Ph.D. awarded in 2008, Chemistry, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Presently Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, NC, USA
Dr. Catherine Musselman
- Ph.D. awarded in 2007, Chemistry, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Presently Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz, CO, USA
Dr. Melissa Getz
- Ph.D. awarded in 2007, Chemistry, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Dr. Qi Zhang
- Ph.D. awarded in 2007, Chemistry, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Presently Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Rachel Throolin
- M.S. awarded in 2004, Chemistry, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Former Undergraduate Students
John Boom
- 2020-2022, Duke University
- Presently M.Phil. Student in Machine Learning, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Amy Liu
- 2018-2021, Duke University
Cassie Yuan
- 2015-2017, Duke University
- Presently Ph.D. Student in Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, NY, USA
Tim Bai
- 2014-2016, Duke University
- Presently M.D. Student, New York Medical College, NY, USA
Jeremy Kratz
- 2007-2011, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Presently Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA
Charles Fisher
- 2006-2008, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Presently Founder and CEO, Unlearn.AI, CA, USA
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