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
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 - Iowa State University Postdoc - Stone Chen Lab, Iowa State University
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
Rachel E. Murphy
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
Chigozie Ngoka
Graduate Student
Molecular Biophysics
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B.S., Biochemistry - Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara state, Nigeria
Lab Alumni
Abbigale J. Brown, Graduate student (2021-24), Now: n/a
Simon V.N.P. Kuihon, Undergraduate (2016-18), graduate (2018-24), postdoc (2024), Now: Assistant Professor, Grand View University, IA.
Dinitha Y. Caldera, Technician (2023-24), Now: Graduate school, University of Illinois Chicago, IL.
Samantha M. Birkeland, Undergraduate (2021-2023), Now: Biochem major, Iowa State
Rosa Anaya, Undergraduate (2023), Now: Biochem major, Iowa State
Wanming Dai, Undergraduate (2021-2023), Now: University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Hannah K. Piper, Graduate student (2018-2023), Now: Kemin Industries, IA
Pongrat Jaisil, DVM, Graduate student in Neuroscience (2017-2022), Now: University of Michigan
Andrew W. Twombley, Undergraduate (2021-2022), Now: Biochemistry major, ISU
Sheng Yang, PhD, Postdoc & Research Scientist II (2016-2022), Now: Johnson & Johnson, NJ
Brodrick Sevart, Undergraduate (2018-2021), Now: ChemE major, Iowa State
Patrick Berges, Undergraduate (2018-2021), Now: Eurofins, IA
Raymond Larsen, Undergraduate (2019-2020), Now: Graduate School, Iowa State
Soeun Park, Undergraduate (2019-2020), Now: Graduate School, University of North Texas Health Science Center
My Tran, Undergraduate (2020), Now: Biology major, ISU
Jacob Gallaher, Undergraduate (2016-2019), Now: University of Iowa Dental School
Chu-Yun Teo, Undergraduate (2017-2019), Now: Graduate School, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Cindy Tran, Undergraduate (2018-2019), Now: ChemE major, Iowa State
Sophie Effiong, Undergraduate (2018), Now: Bio-Techne, MN
Tim Broederdorf, Research Associate I (2016-2017), Now: Medix Scientific, IL
Pam Vardaxis, Research Associate I (2016), Now: n/a