Current Lab Members
Natalie Ortiz
(Grad student, 2017-present): studying the functional diversity of lipid droplets in metabolism.
Chetana Jadhav
(Grad student, 2021-present): using Drosophila to study lipid storage and homeostasis.
Kaitlynn Gov
(Grad student, 2022-present): using yeast to study inter-organelle lipid transport.
Rupali Ugrankar, Ph.D.
(Sr Research Assoc, 2016-present): using Drosophila to study the organization of lipid metabolism.
Holly Merta, Ph.D.
(Post-Doc, 2021-present): Holly is interested in how the ER network organizes different metabolic pathways.
Son Tran
(Lab technician, 2021-present): works with Drosophila to study lipid metabolism.
Blessy Paul, Ph.D.
(Post-doc, 2019-present): studying mechanisms of lipid quality control in cells.
Alicja Brudnicka
(Grad student, 2023-present): studying the biophysical phases of lipids.
Emma Reynolds
(Lab technician, 2020-present): using mammalian cells to study the organization of metabolism.
Lab Alumni
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Lydia Yang Liu, Ph.D. (post-doc, 2015-2018): now a media specialist specializing in US-China news.
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Ryan Feathers (lab technician, 2015-2018): now a graduate student at Cornell, lab of Chris Fromme.
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Hanaa Hariri, Ph.D. (post-doc, 2015-2020): Now an Asst. Professor & PI with her own lab at Wayne State University.
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Sanchari Datta, Ph.D. (grad student, 2016-2020): Now doing a post-doc in David Pagliarini lab. See CMB Program interview.
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Jade Bowerman (lab technician, 2017-2021): now a graduate student at Cornell University.
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Sean Rogers (grad student, 2017-2021): now a post-doc in David Pagliarini lab. (see highlight of his PhD work in Elife)
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Anastasiia Kovalenko (visiting scholar, 2020-2022): now a grad student at ETH Institute, Zurich, Switzerland
Rhea Jahkwal (spring 2022-present)
- Sonia Gonzalez (summer intern 2016)
- Lizette Delbosque (STARS student 2016)
- Connor Thomas (STARS student 2017)
- Sean Holden (STARS student 2018)
- Alexia Victoria (BUILD Scholar 2017)
- Joseph Fresquez (BUILD Scholar 2018)