Chris Schwebach
Current position: R&D scientist, Bimeda Biologicals
Vedud Purde
Advisor, Eli Lilly & Company
David Heisler
Postdoc, UT Southwestern, Medical School
Songyu Dong
Current position: Postdoc, Kudryashov lab
Together
Elena, Stella, Vedud, Blake, David, Christine, Hannah, Chris
Former Graduate Students/Postdocs:
Harper Smith – 2018-2022
Biophysical Interdisciplinary Program
Current position: Ph.D. student in Dr. Sotomayor’s lab
Vedud Purde – 2015-2020
Current Position: Principal Investigator in Advanced Cell Biology and Genetic Medicine at Eli Lilly and Company
Past Positions: Post-Doctoral Scientist and Research Scientist at Eli Lilly and Company TS/MS-IAPI Jan 2020- Nov 2021 – June 2022
Christopher Schwebach – 2014-2020
Graduate Pelotonia Fellow
Current Position – R&D Scientist at Bimeda Biologicals
David Heisler – 2011-2017
President of OSBP, PHPID fellow, winner of multiple poster and oral presentation awards
Current Position – posdoc at UT Southwestern
Alex Prokup – 2016-2017 – postdoc
Undergraduate/High School Students
Sonia Brickey
Jacob Leksan
Julian Lee
Shivani Ambardekar
Matthew Orchard — September 2017/June 2020
Graduated with Research Distinction
The 25th Denman Undergraduate Research Forum Winner (Biological Sciences – 2nd place)
Amanda Thornton
Jonathan Wright
2017 Undergraduate PELOTONIA Fellow
Richa Agrawal – Summer2015/Summer 2018 – Graduated with Honors Research Distinction
Spring 2016 and 2017 Arts and Sciences Honors Research Scholarship Fellow, Summer Research Fellow, Research Scholar Award, 1st place winner of 2017 NMS undergraduate research forum
Current location – graduate student at Cornell University
Katie Revelas – Summer 2018 – REU NSF student
Blake Williams – Fall 2015/Spring 2017
Graduated with Honors Research Distinction
3rd place winner at The ACS Columbus Section and OSU Chemistry & Biochemistry Club Research Forum, a recipient of an Autumn 2016 Arts and Sciences Honors Research Scholarship
Mubarik Mohamed – January 2014/Spring 2017
Graduated with Honors Research Distinction
Research Experience for Undergraduates program sponsored by The National Science Foundation (summer 2014), PELOTONIA 2016 Scolarship
Current location – medical student at The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Cristian Arias – Summer 2016 – REU NSF student
Kyle Shafer – Fall 2012/Spring 2016 – Graduated with Honors Research Distinction
The 2016 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum Winner (1st place – Biological Sciences)
Current location – Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing
Sean Gill – Spring 2014/Summer 2016
Lauren Strange – Summer 2014/Summer 2015
Current location – Wright State University, Master of Science in Anatomy program
Matt Saab – May2014/May 2015
Graduated with Honors Research Distinction
Current location – Marshall University, the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
Samantha Pawella – May 2014/May 2015 – a recipient of an Arts and Sciences Honors Undergraduate Research Scholarship (Autumn 2014)
Cassidy Wang – sophomore and junior years of HIGH SCHOOL (2012/2014)
Current location – Georgia Institute of Technology, undergraduate student supported by REU summer NSF program (2016)
Barry Golestany – winter 2012/summer 2014
Graduated with Honors Research Distinction
Current location – Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, medical school
Dmitry O. Grinevich – summer 2013/summer 2014
A recipient of an Autumn 2013 Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Scholarship; a recipient of an Outstanding Poster Award at NMS research forum 2014; 2014 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum Winner (2nd place – Biological Sciences).
Graduated with Honors Research Distinction
Current location – North Carolina State University, graduate student supported by NSF scholarship
Andrew Zywiec – 2013/2014
The 2014 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum Winner (1st place – Bio Sci) Current location – St. George’s University, medical school
Shane Egresi – 2013
Current location: Clinical Exercise Physiologist at Ohio Health Heart and Vascular Physicians
Dominic Julian – 2012
Brian Meyerson – 2012
Tess Keppler – 2012 Current location – Cornell University Law School
Andrew Crone – 2011
Andrei Jipa – 2011
Michael Yingling – spring/summer 2011; spring 2016/2017