Principal Investigator
Baoyu (Stone) Chen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Departments of Internal Medicine & Biophysics
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B.S., Chemical Engineering – Hunan University, Changsha, China
M.S., Biochemistry – Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Ph.D., Chemical Biology – Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania
Postdoctoral fellow – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Current Lab Members
Daniel A. Kramer, Ph.D.
Research Scientist & Lab Manager
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B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota
Ph.D., Biochemistry – Stone Chen Lab, Iowa State University, Iowa
Zehui Guo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
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B.S., Biology Engineering - Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
Ph.D., Biology – Xiaodong Wang Lab, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Simon V.N.P. Kuihon, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist
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B.S. Biochemistry – Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Ph.D. Biochemistry – Stone Chen Lab, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Yijun Liu
Visiting Graduate Student
Biochemistry (Iowa State University)
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B.S., Biochemistry - Bradley University. Peoria, Illinois
Rachel E. Dolensek
Graduate Student, Ph.D. Candidate
Biochemistry (Iowa State University)
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B.S., Wildlife Biology - Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minnesota
M.S., Biology - Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minnesota
Nipunika U. Rupasinghe
Graduate Student, Ph.D. Candidate
Biochemistry (Iowa State University)
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B.S., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology - University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Kehinde S. Ayinde
Graduate Student, Ph.D. Candidate
Molecular Biophysics
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B.S., Biochemistry - Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria
M.S., Functional and Molecular Biology - State University of Campinas UNICAMP, Campinas, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Chigozie Ngoka
Graduate Student
Molecular Biophysics
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B.S., Biochemistry - Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara state, Nigeria
Khoa D.D. Nguyen
Graduate Student
Molecular Biophysics
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B.S., Biochemistry - Seattle University, Seattle, Washington
Lab Alumni
| Name | Lab Role | Years | Now at |
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| Daniel J. Boesch | Graduate student | 2020-2025 | Postdoc, University of Virginia School of Medicine, VA |
| Avery S. Enriquez | Undergraduate | 2023-2025 | Loma Linda University School of Medicine, CA |
| Elijah D. Vanderkamp | Undergraduate | 2022-2025 | Des Moines University Medical School, IA |
| Abbigale J. Brown | Graduate student | 2021-2024 | N/A |
| Simon V.N.P. Kuihon | Undergraduate, Graduate, Postdoc | 2016-2024 | Assistant Professor, Grand View University, IA |
| Dinitha Y. Caldera | Technician | 2023-2024 | Graduate school, University of Illinois Chicago, IL |
| Samantha M. Birkeland | Undergraduate | 2021-2023 | Biochem major, Iowa State |
| Rosa Anaya | Undergraduate | 2023 | Biochem major, Iowa State |
| Wanming Dai | Undergraduate | 2021-2023 | University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China |
| Hannah K. Piper | Graduate student | 2018-2023 | Kemin Industries, IA |
| Pongrat Jaisil, DVM | Graduate student in Neuroscience | 2017-2022 | University of Michigan |
| Andrew W. Twombley | Undergraduate | 2021-2022 | Biochemistry major, ISU |
| Sheng Yang, PhD | Postdoc & Research Scientist II | 2016-2022 | Johnson & Johnson, NJ |
| Brodrick Sevart | Undergraduate | 2018-2021 | ChemE major, Iowa State |
| Patrick Berges | Undergraduate | 2018-2021 | Eurofins, IA |
| Raymond Larsen | Undergraduate | 2019-2020 | Graduate School, Iowa State |
| Soeun Park | Undergraduate | 2019-2020 | Graduate School, University of North Texas Health Science Center |
| My Tran | Undergraduate | 2020 | Biology major, ISU |
| Jacob Gallaher | Undergraduate | 2016-2019 | University of Iowa Dental School |
| Chu-Yun Teo | Undergraduate | 2017-2019 | Graduate School, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| Cindy Tran | Undergraduate | 2018-2019 | ChemE major, Iowa State |
| Sophie Effiong | Undergraduate | 2018 | Bio-Techne, MN |
| Tim Broederdorf | Research Associate I | 2016-2017 | Medix Scientific, IL |
| Pam Vardaxis | Research Associate I | 2016 | N/A |