
Principal Investigator
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Research Interest: |
Faculty Assistant
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Postdoctoral Fellows
Jodi Kraus
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Molecular Biology
Ph.D., Physical Chemistry
University of Deleware |
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Ryungeun Song
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
Sungkyunkwan University |
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Sophie Travis
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Molecular Biology
Ph.D., Molecular Biology
Princeton University |
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Meisam Zaferani
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Molecular Biology
Ph.D., Biophysics
Cornell University |
Graduate Students
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Bernardo Gouveia
Chemical and Biological Engineering Graduate Program, Princeton University
B.S. (High Honors), Chemical Engineering with a minor in Physics
University of California, Berkeley |
Collin McManus
Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Princeton University
B.A. Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Rutgers University |
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Michael Rale
Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Princeton University
B.S., Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
University of California, Los Angeles |
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Brianna Romer
Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Princeton University
B.S., Biology with minors in Chemistry and Bioinformatics
Ramapo College |
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Venecia Valdez
Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Princeton University
B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of California, Davis |
Undergraduate Students
Mike Ruttlen
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Haley Tran
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Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows
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2018-2022
Brian Mahon (Ph.D., University of Florida) – now Senior Scientist at Bristol Myers Squibb
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2018-2019
Xi Chen (Ph.D., Ulm University) – now Assistant Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
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2014-2018
Jae-Geun Song (Ph.D., University of Vienna) – now group leader at Novartis
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2015-2018
Rachel Kadzick (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania), NIH post-doctoral fellow – now research associate at University of Chicago and Northwestern University
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2019-2020
Brian Cook (Ph.D., University of California, Davis) - now Postdoc and Biochemist/Biophysicist, EM in training with Prof. Herzik at University of California, San Diego
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2018-2020
Mohammad Safari (Ph.D., University of Houston) now - Investigator at Seqirus
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2018-2020
Ya Gai (Ph.D., Stanford University) now - Consultant at Boston Consulting Group
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Graduate Students
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Matthew King, *19
"Cue the Fireworks: Regulation of Branching Microtubule Nucleation" Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Rohit Pappu at Washington University in St. Louis
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Raymundo Alfaro-Aco, *20
"Toward a molecular mechanism of branching microtubule nucleation" |
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Akanksha Thawani, *20
"Molecular mechanism and regulation of microtubule nucleation" |
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Sagar Setru, *21
"The role of hydrodynamics in branching microtubule nucleation and the role of branching microtubule nucleation in acentrosomal spindle assembly" |
Research Specialist and Lab Technician
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Victoria Crans
Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Princeton University |
Senior Thesis Students:
2021-22 |
Taraje Whitfield (class of 2022, Molecular Biology major) |
2020-21 |
Fairuz Nawar (class of 2021, Molecular Biology major) |
2019-20 |
Natalia Brokate (class of 2020, Molecular Biology major) |
2019-20 |
Sarah Jun (class of 2020, Molecular Biology major) |
2018-19 |
Jake Atkins (class of 2019, Molecular Biology major)
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2017-18 |
Aparna Raghu (class of 2018, Molecular Biology major)
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2016-17 |
Elbegduuren Erdenee (class of 2017, Molecular Biology major)
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2015-16 |
Marina Nogueria (class of 2016, Molecular Biology major)
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2014-15 |
David Octeau (class of 2015, Molecular Biology major)
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