{"id":846,"date":"2018-05-04T16:26:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T20:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/gopalan.5\/?page_id=846"},"modified":"2025-08-12T15:25:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:25:55","slug":"alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/gopalan.5\/alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lab Alumni<\/strong><\/h1>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Laboratory Support Staff<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Scott Beil<\/td>\nPhysical Science Technician, Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Quality Research Unit
\nUnited States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service, Wooster, OH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Edric Choi<\/td>\nGraduate Student, Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program
\nNorthwestern University, Evanston, IL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cynthia Hatfield<\/td>\n\u2013 Retired \u2013
\nSupervisor and Facilities Manager, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
\nLab Manager, Gopalan Lab, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
\nThe Ohio State University, Columbus, OH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jamison Law<\/a><\/td>\nGraduate Student, Ohio State Biochemistry Program
\nThe Ohio State University, Columbus, OH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrew Zahn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Postdoctoral Researchers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Pradip Biswas<\/a><\/td>\nTeam Leader, Cellular and Molecular Biology
\nShriram Bioseed Genetics India, Hyderabad, India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roopa Biswas<\/a><\/td>\nAssociate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Genetics
\nUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anil Challa<\/a><\/td>\nAssistant Professor (Adjunct), Department of Biology
\nUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Huimei Li<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gireesha Mohannath<\/a><\/td>\nAssistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
\nBirla Institute of Technology and Science\u2013Pilani-Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Debasis Pattayanak<\/a><\/td>\nPrincipal Scientist
\nIndian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) \u2013 National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M.L. Stephen Raj<\/a><\/td>\nSenior Professor and Head, Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering
\nMepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sunita Rangarajan<\/a><\/td>\nProfessor, Department of Biology
\nCollin College\u2013Preston Ridge, Frisco, TX<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anindita Sengupta<\/td>\nSenior Scientist
\nAstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deepali Singh<\/a><\/td>\nAssistant Professor, School of Biotechnology
\nGautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christopher Sudhahar<\/td>\nBiochemist
\nSiemens Healthineers, South Bend, IN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n

Doctoral Students<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Vaishnavi Sidhartan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jamison Law<\/td>\nProtein Biochemist, Batelle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sravya Kovvali<\/td>\nORISE Fellow,
\nCenter for Devices and Radiological Health, US Food and Drug Administration, MD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blake Szkoda<\/td>\nScientist 1,
\nForge Biologics, OH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hong-Duc Phan<\/td>\nScientist
\nRegeneron Pharmaceuticals, NY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ila Marathe<\/td>\nPost doctoral Researcher
\nThe Ohio State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tien-Hao Chen<\/td>\nPostdoctoral Fellow, RNA Division
\nNew England Biolabs, Boston, MA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wen-Yi Chen<\/td>\nField Application Specialist
\nNanoCellect Biomedical, Inc., San Francisco, CA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I-Ming Cho<\/td>\nProject Manager
\nAbGenomics B.V., New Taipei City, Taiwan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Milan Jovanovic<\/td>\nExecutive Director and Head of Intellectual Property
\nJPMorgan Chase & Co., Columbus, OH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dileep Pulukkunat<\/td>\nGroup Leader, Antibody Discovery
\nInvenra, Inc., Madison, WI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hsin-Yue Tsai<\/td>\nAssistant Professor, Institute of Molecular Medicine
\nNational Taiwan University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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M.S. Students<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Wen-Pin Chang<\/td>\nMaster’s Student, Master of Science in Nursing (Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner) Program
\nUniversity of North Carolina\u2013Charlotte, Charlotte, NC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cynthia Hatfield<\/td>\n\u2013 Retired \u2013
\nSupervisor and Facilities Manager, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
\nLab Manager, Gopalan Lab, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
\nThe Ohio State University, Columbus, OH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cecilia Go<\/td>\nSenior R&D Specialist
\nRegeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oscar Huang<\/td>\nSenior Scientific Researcher, Early Discovery Biochemistry
\nGenentech, San Francisco, CA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jessica Jamieson<\/td>\nVice President and Intellectual Property (IP) Therapy Area Head, Hematology
\nTakeda, Chicago, IL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colonel James F. Reckard III<\/td>\n\u2013 Retired \u2013
\nDirector, U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity
\nU.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity Headquarters, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrew Wallace<\/td>\nGraduate Student (under Dr. Jeremy Sanford), Ph.D. Program in Chemistry
\nUniversity of California\u2013Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zhongzhou Zheng<\/td>\nSenior Manager
\nF. Hoffmann-La Roche AG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Undergraduate Students<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Rosemary Zaleski<\/td>\nMaster of Medical Science in Anesthesia (MMSc-A)
\nNortheast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liam Shanahan<\/td>\nUndergraduate Student (Major: Biochemistry)
\nThe Ohio State University, Columbus, OH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isaac Karel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Katie Adib<\/td>\nResident, Department of Internal Medicine
\nThe Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mia Ashriem<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eleanor Bashian<\/td>\nGraduate Student
\nThe Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Felicia Bratti<\/td>\nResearch Associate
\nBattelle, Columbus, OH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rachel Braun<\/td>\nGraduate Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group
\nUniversity of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arthur Broadstock<\/td>\nResident, Department of Emergency Medicine
\nUniversity of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benjamin Burkett<\/td>\nOrthopedic Surgeon, Spine Surgery
\nBaptist Health Medical Group, Madisonville, KY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nick Cameron<\/td>\nResident, Department of Otolaryngology
\nGrandview Medical Center, Dayton, OH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jane Chuang<\/td>\nMedical Student
\nWest Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dan Dyszlewski<\/td>\nAssociate Production Scientist
\nMilliporeSigma, St. Louis, MO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chigozirim Ekeke<\/td>\nResident, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
\nUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stephen Firkins<\/td>\nResident, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
\nMayo Clinic, Rochester, MN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kyle Friend<\/a><\/td>\nAssistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
\nWashington and Lee University, Lexington, VA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adam Galle<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cecilia Go<\/td>\nSenior R&D Specialist
\nRegeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vanessa Grove<\/td>\nMaster’s Student, Master of Science in Cognitive Neuroscience Program
\nUniversity of East Anglia, Norwich, UK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matt Jajowka<\/td>\nUndergraduate Student (Major: Biochemistry)
\nThe Ohio State University, Columbus, OH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steven Kawamoto<\/td>\nResearch Scientist, UES, Inc., Air Force Research Laboratory
\nWright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tim Kendig<\/td>\nMaster’s Student, Master of Science in Anesthesia Program
\nUniversity of Missouri\u2013Kansas City, Kansas City, MO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Debra Kot Klebacha<\/td>\nForensic Scientist
\nIllinois State Police Forensic Science Center, Chicago, IL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seth Lyon<\/td>\nGraduate Student, Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences
\nYale University, New Haven, CT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scott McHenry<\/td>\nResident, Division of Gastroenterology
\nWashington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrew Merriman<\/td>\nResident, Department of Emergency Medicine
\nUniversity of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Francis Sangyoon Nahm<\/td>\nDentist
\nPicasso Smiles Dental, El Paso, TX<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuan (Nathan) Nguyen<\/td>\nMedical Student
\nRoss University School of Medicine, temporarily relocated to Knoxville, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christie Lynn McGee Petrenko<\/a><\/td>\nResearch Associate and Assistant Director of Clinical Training, Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology
\nMt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Humza Qureshi<\/td>\nDental Student
\nThe Ohio State University College of Dentistry, Columbus, OH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eric Reville<\/td>\nMedical Student
\nThe Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cory Schwartz<\/td>\nGraduate Student (under Dr. Ian Wheeldon), Ph.D. Program in Chemical Engineering
\nUniversity of California\u2013Riverside, Riverside, CA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Derek Smith<\/td>\nPostdoctoral Researcher
\nGenentech, San Francisco, CA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Allen Stiffler<\/td>\nSenior Research Scientist, Center for Cancer Computational Biology
\nDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jing Sun<\/td>\nCo-founder and President
\nFundFormer, New York, NY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tran Ta<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Si Yu Tan<\/td>\nUndergraduate Student (Major: Medical Laboratory Science)
\nThe Ohio State University, Columbus, OH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nick Thomsen<\/td>\nLab Technician
\nEthicon, Inc. and Advanced Testing Laboratory, Blue Ash, OH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrew Wallace<\/td>\nGraduate Student (under Dr. Jeremy Sanford), Ph.D. Program in Chemistry
\nUniversity of California\u2013Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dechen Wangmo<\/td>\nGraduate Student, Department of Pharmacology Graduate Program
\nUniversity of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeffrin Wisel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emily Wong<\/td>\nPostdoctoral Researcher (under Dr. Geeta Narlikar)
\nUniversity of California\u2013San Francisco, San Francisco, CA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walter Woznick<\/td>\nResident, Department of Internal Medicine
\nWright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine and Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, OH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Angela Zabala<\/td>\nGraduate Student
\nUniversity of Southern California School of Pharmacy, Los Angeles, CA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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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 \u2013 Retired \u2013 Supervisor and Facilities Manager, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Lab […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-846","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8Lmk8-dE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/gopalan.5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/gopalan.5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/gopalan.5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/gopalan.5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/gopalan.5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846"}],"version-history":[{"count":71,"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/gopalan.5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2343,"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/gopalan.5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/846\/revisions\/2343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/gopalan.5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}