Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdocs

Raji Nair, Ph.D., 2016-2022
Program Management Associate, Monopar Therapeutics Inc. Chicago, IL

Kaylee Steen, Ph.D., 2017-2019
Associate Director, Professional Development and Trainee Support, Office of Gradate and Postdoctoral Studies, University of Michigan

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Ryan Hobbs, Ph.D., 2011-2017
Assistant Profesor in the Department of Dermatology, The Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine

Michelle Kerns, M.D., 2013-2016
Dermatology Faculty at Cleveland Clinic

Justin Chung, Ph.D., 2009-2015
Scientific Review Office, Cancer Diagnosis, Prevention & Therapeutics Review Branch, Cancer Prevention Study Section, NIH

Jin-Seob Kim, Ph.D., 2009-2012
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Medical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University.

Daryle DePianto, Ph.D., 2003-2009
Senior Research Associate at Genentech, San Francisco, CA

Li-Hong Gu, Ph.D., 2002-2006

Currently taking classes and examinations to secure the licensing to practice medicine and dermatology in the US

Pauline Wong, PhD, 1998-2005

Director and Analytical Technical Specialist at Novavas, Gaithersburg, MD

Olivier Bousquet, Ph.D., 1996-2000

Art Gallery Director in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Kevin McGowan, Ph.D., 1996-2000

Core Facility Director at the HHMI Janelia Farm, VA

Kenzo Takahashi, Ph.D., 1993-1997

Faculty, Department of Dermatology at Okinawa University, Japan

Ph.D. Students

Chris Pineda, Program in Biomedical Science (PIBS), University of Michigan, 2019-2025

Catherine Redmond, Program in Biomedical Science (PIBS), University of Michigan, 2019-2024
Research Fellow, MCDB, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Yang Xu, Program in Biomedical Science (PIBS), University of Michigan, 2019-2024
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Radiation Oncology, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

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Justin Jacob, Boichem & Molecular Biology (BMB) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2012-2018
Laboratory Chief, District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences/Public Health Laboratory Division

Yajuan Guo, Boichem & Molecular Biology (BMB) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2012-2018
Scientific Liaison Officer, Jacobio, Beijing, China

Abigail Zieman, Boichem & Molecular Biology (BMB) Graduate Program. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2012-2018
Research Scientist II at Applied Medical, Racho Santa Margarita, CA

Fengrong Wang, Boichem & Molecular Biology (BMB) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2011-2018
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Science, Iowa State University

Xia Feng, Boichem & Molecular Biology (BMB) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2009-2014
Research Scientist, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

David Alvarado, Boichem & Molecular Biology (BMB) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2007-2014
Assistant Professor of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St Louis, MO

Xiaoou Pan, Cell Molecular Medicine (CMM) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2007-2012
Clinical Trial Project Coordinator/Cardiology Research Coordinator, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami, FL

Juliane Lessard, Boichem Cell Mol (BCMB) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2007-2012
Director, Division of Drug Delivery, General Hospital Device, and Human Factors, OHT3, CDRH, FDA

Jeremy Rotty, Boichem Cell Mol (BCMB) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2005-2011
Assistant Professor at the Uniformed Service University

Chang-Hun Lee, Boichem Chemistry Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2002-2008
Associate Professor at Daegu Gyeonbuk Institute of Science & Technology (S. Korea)

Gerard Beaudoin III, Neduroscience Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2002-2005

Associate Professor at Trinity University Center for the Science and Innovation

Dr. Beaudoin was co-mentored by Drs. Pierre Coulombe and Catherine Thompson, Faculty member at Trinity University

Seyun Kim, Biological Chemistry Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2001-2006

Associate Professor at the Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology

Xuemei Tong, Biological Chemistry Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2000-2006

Faculty at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China

Kelsie Bernot, Biochem Cell Mol Biol (BCMB) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1997-2005

Assistant Professor of Biology at North Carolina A&T State University

Nicholas Bianchi, Human Genetics Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1997-2005

Patent Lawyer, practicing in the state of Illinois

Soichiro Yamada, Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering, 1997-2001

Dr. Yamada was co-mentored by Drs. Pierre Coulombe and Scot Kuo and Denis Wirtz

Faculty at University of California, Davis

Stay Mazzalupo, Cell Molecular Medicine (CMM) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1996-2002

Senior Scientist at Leica Biosystems, Danvers, MA

Linglei Ma, Biological Chemistry Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1996-2001

Dermo-pathologist in private practice in the state of Maryland

Matt Wawersik, Biochem Cell Mol Biol (BCMB) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1997-2005

Faculty at the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA

Rudolf Paladini, Biochem Cell Mol Biol (BCMB) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1995-2001

Senior Scientist at Halozyme Therapeutics, San Diego, CA

Master of Science (Sc. M) Students

(Two-year program including 14 months full-time research)

Han Liu, 2016-2017

Currently a graduate student in the Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Lesley Summerville, 2016-2017

Currently a medical student at Case Western Reserve University School of medicine, Cleveland, OH

Joshua Hsu, 2015-2017

Currently a medical student at New York Medicine College, Valhalla, NY

Joseph Shen, 2015-2017

Currently a medical student at Washington State University College of Medicine, Pullman, WA

Krystynne Leacock, 2015-2017

Currently a Research Assistant at Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA

Stefan Prendergast, 2014-2016

Currently an Associate Consultant, Life Sciences at L.E.K. Consulting, New York, NY

Rosemary Lu, 2014-2016

Currently a medical student at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York, NY

Artem Arutyunov, 2012-2014

Currently a medical student at Washington University in St. Louis, MO

Adriana Batazzi, 2012-2014

Currently a Clinical Research Program Coordinator, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Erika Maria Ilagan, 2011-2013

Currently a Life Science Consultant at Putnam Associates, Boston, MA

Andrew Sawaya, 2009-2011

Currently a Postdoc Fellow at NIAMS, Bethesda, MD

Master in Health Science (MHS) Students

Laura Budurlean, 2015-2016

Danyelle Fraser, 2015-2016

Michael Held, 2014-2015

Jeannette Cheng, 2013-2014

Heidi Zhang, 2013-2014

Berenice Gerard, 2012-2013

Joyce Song, 2012-2013

Kil Sung Yang, 2012-2013

Erika Maria Ilagan, 2011-2012

Chevonne Parris-Skeete, 2011-2012

Other Laboratory Research Trainees

Sanjana Arun, Undergraduate Research Assistant (from JHU), 2019-2021

Currently a Research Technician at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Caroline Shah, Undergraduate Research Assistant (from U-M), 2018-2021

Currently a Research Technician at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Samuel Black, Undergraduate Research Assistant (from JHU), 2014-2016

Currently a medical student at Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE

Jill Hakim, Undergraduate Research Assistant (from JHU), 2013-2016

Currently a graduate student at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Alex Sylvia Pina, Post-baccalaureate Scholar, 2011-2012

Currently a Resident Physician at Highland Hospital, Oakland, CA

Minerva Han, Undergraduate Research Assistant (from JHU), 2008-2011

Currently a dental school student at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Andrea Benedict, graduate student, Pharmacology Gradate Program (SOM), 2007-2009 (co-advisee with Drs. Paul Talalay and Albena Dinkova-Kostova)

Currently a Pharmacologist, Federal Drug Administration, MD

Hee Jin Bae, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2006-2008

Hsin-Yang Li, Visiting Scientist (sabbatical), 2003-2004

Faculty member, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Zhiling Wang, Visiting Associate Professor (sabbatical), 2002-2003

Faculty member, Hebai Medical University, Hebai China

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdocs

Raji Nair, Ph.D., 2016-2022 Program Management Associate, Monopar Therapeutics Inc. Chicago, IL

Kaylee Steen, Ph.D., 2017-2019 Associate Director, Professional Development and Trainee Support, Office of Gradate and Postdoctoral Studies, University of Michigan

Ryan Hobbs, Ph.D., 2011-2017 Assistant Profesor in the Department of Dermatology, The Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine

Michelle Kerns, M.D., 2013-2016 Dermatology Faculty at Cleveland Clinic

Justin Chung, Ph.D., 2009-2015 Scientific Review Office, Cancer Diagnosis, Prevention & Therapeutics Review Branch, Cancer Prevention Study Section, NIH

Jin-Seob Kim, Ph.D., 2009-2012 Senior Lecturer in the Department of Medical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University.

Daryle DePianto, Ph.D., 2003-2009 Senior Research Associate at Genentech, San Francisco, CA

Ph.D. Students

Chris Pineda, Program in Biomedical Science (PIBS), University of Michigan, 2019-2025

Catherine Redmond, Program in Biomedical Science (PIBS), University of Michigan, 2019-2024 Research Fellow, MCDB, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Yang Xu, Program in Biomedical Science (PIBS), University of Michigan, 2019-2024 Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Radiation Oncology, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Justin Jacob, Boichem & Molecular Biology (BMB) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2012-2018 Laboratory Chief, District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences/Public Health Laboratory Division

Yajuan Guo, Boichem & Molecular Biology (BMB) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2012-2018 Scientific Liaison Officer, Jacobio, Beijing, China

Abigail Zieman, Boichem & Molecular Biology (BMB) Graduate Program. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2012-2018 Research Scientist II at Applied Medical, Racho Santa Margarita, CA

Fengrong Wang, Boichem & Molecular Biology (BMB) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2011-2018 Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Science, Iowa State University

Xia Feng, Boichem & Molecular Biology (BMB) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2009-2014 Research Scientist, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

David Alvarado, Boichem & Molecular Biology (BMB) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2007-2014 Assistant Professor of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St Louis, MO

Xiaoou Pan, Cell Molecular Medicine (CMM) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2007-2012 Clinical Trial Project Coordinator/Cardiology Research Coordinator, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami, FL

Juliane Lessard, Boichem Cell Mol (BCMB) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2007-2012 Director, Division of Drug Delivery, General Hospital Device, and Human Factors, OHT3, CDRH, FDA

Jeremy Rotty, Boichem Cell Mol (BCMB) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2005-2011 Assistant Professor at the Uniformed Service University

Chang-Hun Lee, Boichem Chemistry Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2002-2008 Associate Professor at Daegu Gyeonbuk Institute of Science & Technology (S. Korea)