Current Trainees

Degree Program: Chemistry

Lab: Clemmer

Undergrad Institution: Baylor University

My research focuses on studying the role of electrostatic interactions during alphavirus nucleocapsid assembly.

Fun Fact: I played flute for 9 years.

Degree Program: Biochemistry

Lab: Mukhopadhyay

Undergrad Institution: WVU

My research focuses on developing effective strategies to create functional molecules and materials based on phosphate recognition.

Fun Fact: I play the flute in the Southern Indiana Wind Ensemble.

Degree Program: Chemistry

Lab: Flood

Undergrad Institution: Kalamazoo College

My research focuses on simulations of light-matter interactions with bio-inspired, self-assembled nanostructures and ultrafast spectroscopy.

Fun Fact: Before attending grad school, I worked as a choreographer/instructor at a competitive dance studio in Houston, TX (Masters the Upper Level) and set pieces for many professional dance companies/teams around the nation.

Degree Program: Physics (Biophysics track)

Lab: Dragnea

Undergraduate Institution: Houston Baptist University

My research focuses on investigating metallochaperones in s. aureus.

Fun Fact: I am a nephew of both Michael Jordan and J. Cole.

Degree Program: Biochemistry

Lab: Giedroc

Undergrad Institution: Manchester University

My research focuses on automated solution phase synthesis.

Fun Fact: I'm a proud cat mom.

Degree Program: Chemistry

Lab: Pohl

Undergrad Institution: Lycoming College

My research focuses on the synthesis of biologically relevant molecules.

Fun Fact: I've played ice hockey since I was 4 years old.

Degree Program: Chemistry

Lab: VanNieuwenhze

Undergrad Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison

My research focuses on base metal catalysis and activating alcohols for substitution reactions.

Fun Fact: Once I built a kayak that didn't sink when you got in.

Degree Program: Organic Chemistry

Lab: Cook

Undergrad Institution: Wheaton College

My research focuses on bacterial cell division and peptidoglycan synthesis dynamics using quantitative fluorescence light microscopy.

Fun Fact: I like chihuahuas.

Degree Program: Biology

Lab: Winkler

Undergrad Institution: University of California, Los Angeles

My research focuses on nonlinear spectroscopy and protein dynamics.

Fun Fact: I went to art school, majored in Drawing and Painting, and did Irish Dance for 6 years

Degree Program: Analytical Chemsitry

Lab: Thielges

Undergrad Institution: San Diego State University

My research focuses on the development of anticancer metallodrugs capable of spatiotemporally controlled therapeutic radical generation. Piggybacking triggerable ligand-based radical generation with metal-based antitumor reactivity has the potential to give metallodrugs with higher potency that can be administered at lower doses than those currently used in the clinic."

Fun Fact: I have three pet rats, two of which are named after a pair of Nobel prize-winning organic chemists famous for exploring cycloaddition reactions.  Can you guess who?

Degree Program: Inorganic Chemistry

Lab: Zaleski

Undergraduate Institution: Duquesne University

My research is in total synthesis, specifically working with carbohydrate chemistry.

Fun Fact: I am a rad bassonist.

Degree Program: Organic Chemistry

Lab: Pohl

Undergrad Institution: Allegheny College

My research focuses on understading the molecular basis for membrane protein misfolding diseases.

Fun Fact: As an undergrad I worked for 2 competing coffee shops.

Degree Program: Chemical Biology

Lab: Schlebach

Undergrad Institution: University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

My research focuses on the development of nanotechnology using virus-like particles.

Fun Fact: I do not like ice cream.

Degree Program: Chemistry

Lab: Douglas

Undergrad Institution: St. Francis College, St. John's University

My research focus is the role of oncogene ERG in prostate cancer

Fun Fact: I am a member of the Biology/Biochemistry intramural basketball team - The BioBallers

Degree Program: Biochemistry

Lab: Hollenhorst Laboratory

Undergrad Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison

My research focuses on understanding sulfide homeostasis and regulation in human pathogen enterococcus faecalis

Fun Fact: I was a dancer for 15 years.

Degree Program: Chemical Biology

Lab: Giedroc

Undergrad Institution: James Madison University