Lab Alumni


Laboratory Support Staff

Scott Beil Physical Science Technician, Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Quality Research Unit
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service, Wooster, OH
Edric Choi Graduate Student, Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Cynthia Hatfield – Retired –
Supervisor and Facilities Manager, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Lab Manager, Gopalan Lab, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Jamison Law Graduate Student, Ohio State Biochemistry Program
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Andrew Zahn

Postdoctoral Researchers

Pradip Biswas Team Leader, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Shriram Bioseed Genetics India, Hyderabad, India
Roopa Biswas Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Genetics
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Anil Challa Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Department of Biology
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Huimei Li
Gireesha Mohannath Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Birla Institute of Technology and Science–Pilani-Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
Debasis Pattayanak Principal Scientist
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) – National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
M.L. Stephen Raj Senior Professor and Head, Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering
Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, India
Sunita Rangarajan Professor, Department of Biology
Collin College–Preston Ridge, Frisco, TX
Anindita Sengupta Senior Scientist
AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
Deepali Singh Assistant Professor, School of Biotechnology
Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, India
Christopher Sudhahar Biochemist
Siemens Healthineers, South Bend, IN

Doctoral Students

Sravya Kovvali ORISE Fellow,
Center for Devices and Radiological Health, US Food and Drug Administration, MD
Blake Szkoda Scientist 1,
Forge Biologics, OH
Hong-Duc Phan Scientist
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, NY
Ila Marathe Post doctoral Researcher
The Ohio State University
Tien-Hao Chen Postdoctoral Fellow, RNA Division
New England Biolabs, Boston, MA
Wen-Yi Chen Field Application Specialist
NanoCellect Biomedical, Inc., San Francisco, CA
I-Ming Cho Project Manager
AbGenomics B.V., New Taipei City, Taiwan
Milan Jovanovic Executive Director and Head of Intellectual Property
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Columbus, OH
Dileep Pulukkunat Group Leader, Antibody Discovery
Invenra, Inc., Madison, WI
Hsin-Yue Tsai Assistant Professor, Institute of Molecular Medicine
National Taiwan University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

M.S. Students

Wen-Pin Chang Master’s Student, Master of Science in Nursing (Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner) Program
University of North Carolina–Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Cynthia Hatfield – Retired –
Supervisor and Facilities Manager, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Lab Manager, Gopalan Lab, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Cecilia Go Senior R&D Specialist
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY
Oscar Huang Senior Scientific Researcher, Early Discovery Biochemistry
Genentech, San Francisco, CA
Jessica Jamieson Vice President and Intellectual Property (IP) Therapy Area Head, Hematology
Takeda, Chicago, IL
Colonel James F. Reckard III – Retired –
Director, U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity
U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity Headquarters, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
Andrew Wallace Graduate Student (under Dr. Jeremy Sanford), Ph.D. Program in Chemistry
University of California–Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
Zhongzhou Zheng Senior Manager
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG

Undergraduate Students

Rosemary Zaleski Master of Medical Science in Anesthesia (MMSc-A)
Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)
Liam Shanahan Undergraduate Student (Major: Biochemistry)
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Isaac Karel
Katie Adib Resident, Department of Internal Medicine
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Mia Ashriem
Eleanor Bashian Graduate Student
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
Felicia Bratti Research Associate
Battelle, Columbus, OH
Rachel Braun Graduate Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group
University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Arthur Broadstock Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Benjamin Burkett Orthopedic Surgeon, Spine Surgery
Baptist Health Medical Group, Madisonville, KY
Nick Cameron Resident, Department of Otolaryngology
Grandview Medical Center, Dayton, OH
Jane Chuang Medical Student
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV
Dan Dyszlewski Associate Production Scientist
MilliporeSigma, St. Louis, MO
Chigozirim Ekeke Resident, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Stephen Firkins Resident, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Kyle Friend Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
Adam Galle
Cecilia Go Senior R&D Specialist
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY
Vanessa Grove Master’s Student, Master of Science in Cognitive Neuroscience Program
University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Matt Jajowka Undergraduate Student (Major: Biochemistry)
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Steven Kawamoto Research Scientist, UES, Inc., Air Force Research Laboratory
Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH
Tim Kendig Master’s Student, Master of Science in Anesthesia Program
University of Missouri–Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Debra Kot Klebacha Forensic Scientist
Illinois State Police Forensic Science Center, Chicago, IL
Seth Lyon Graduate Student, Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Scott McHenry Resident, Division of Gastroenterology
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
Andrew Merriman Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Francis Sangyoon Nahm Dentist
Picasso Smiles Dental, El Paso, TX
Tuan (Nathan) Nguyen Medical Student
Ross University School of Medicine, temporarily relocated to Knoxville, TN
Christie Lynn McGee Petrenko Research Associate and Assistant Director of Clinical Training, Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology
Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Humza Qureshi Dental Student
The Ohio State University College of Dentistry, Columbus, OH
Eric Reville Medical Student
The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
Cory Schwartz Graduate Student (under Dr. Ian Wheeldon), Ph.D. Program in Chemical Engineering
University of California–Riverside, Riverside, CA
Derek Smith Postdoctoral Researcher
Genentech, San Francisco, CA
Michael Allen Stiffler Senior Research Scientist, Center for Cancer Computational Biology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Jing Sun Co-founder and President
FundFormer, New York, NY
Tran Ta
Si Yu Tan Undergraduate Student (Major: Medical Laboratory Science)
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Nick Thomsen Lab Technician
Ethicon, Inc. and Advanced Testing Laboratory, Blue Ash, OH
Andrew Wallace Graduate Student (under Dr. Jeremy Sanford), Ph.D. Program in Chemistry
University of California–Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
Dechen Wangmo Graduate Student, Department of Pharmacology Graduate Program
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
Jeffrin Wisel
Emily Wong Postdoctoral Researcher (under Dr. Geeta Narlikar)
University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Walter Woznick Resident, Department of Internal Medicine
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine and Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, OH
Angela Zabala Graduate Student
University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, Los Angeles, CA