Principal Investigator

Sabine Petry spetryATprinceton.edu Research Interest:  Molecular Architecture and Function of the Microtubule Cytoskeleton Sabine Petry Biography »

Faculty Assistant

Postdoctoral Fellows

	Matthew E. Black Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University Ph.D., Biophysics, Quantitative and Computational Biology Princeton University mb46ATprinceton.edu
	Pedro de Souza Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chemical and Biological Engineering Ph.D., Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology pdesouzaATprinceton.edu
	Jodi Kraus Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Molecular Biology Ph.D., Physical Chemistry University of Deleware jk7039ATprinceton.edu
	Ryungeun Song Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering Sungkyunkwan University rs4181ATprinceton.edu
	Sophie Travis Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Molecular Biology Ph.D., Molecular Biology Princeton University stravisATprinceton.edu
	Meisam Zaferani Postdoctoral Research Associate, Molecular Biology Ph.D., Biophysics Cornell University mz3319ATprinceton.edu

Graduate Students

	Dylan Blohm Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Princeton University B.S. Biology with Honors, Minor in Physiology Georgia Institute of Technology dblohmATprinceton.edu
	Jay Golden Quantitative and Computational Biology Graduate Program, Princeton University B.S., Biochemistry and Bioengineering University of California, San Diego jg9412ATprinceton.edu
	Ryan MacElroy Chemical and Biological Engineering Graduate Program, Princeton University B.S., Chemical Engineering University of Pittsburgh rmacelroyATprinceton.edu
	Courteney Malin Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Princeton University B.S.  University of Georgia cm0142ATprinceton.edu
	Collin McManus Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Princeton University B.A., Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Rutgers University collinmATprinceton.edu
	Daniel Petito Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Princeton University B.A., Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology University of Colorado, Boulder dp0401ATprinceton.edu

Undergraduate Students

	Nabaa Al Hashimi nabaa.al.hashimiATprinceton.edu
	Kasia Kirnie kirnieATprinceton.edu
	Christopher Martino cm7613ATprinceton.edu
	Santhosh Nadarajah santhoshnadarajahATprinceton.edu
	Amelia Osgood ao9815ATprinceton.edu
	Destiny Turner dkturnerATprinceton.edu

Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

	2023-2024 Ruoyu (Liam) Yang (Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson University) – now Post-doctoral fellow at UPenn
	2018-2022 Brian Mahon (Ph.D., University of Florida) – now Senior Scientist at Bristol Myers Squibb
	2018-2019 Xi Chen (Ph.D., Ulm University) – now Assistant Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
	2014-2018 Jae-Geun Song (Ph.D., University of Vienna) – now group leader at Novartis
	2015-2018 Rachel Kadzick (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania), NIH post-doctoral fellow – now research associate at University of Chicago and Northwestern University
	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
	2018-2020 Mohammad Safari (Ph.D., University of Houston) now - Investigator at Seqirus
	2018-2020 Ya Gai (Ph.D., Stanford University) now - Consultant at Boston Consulting Group

Graduate Students

	Matthew King, *19 "Cue the Fireworks: Regulation of Branching Microtubule Nucleation" Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Rohit Pappu at Washington University in St. Louis
	Raymundo Alfaro-Aco, *20 "Toward a molecular mechanism of branching microtubule nucleation" Scientist at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
	Akanksha Thawani, *20 "Molecular mechanism and regulation of microtubule nucleation" Merck Fellow of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation at University of California, Berkeley
	Sagar Setru, *21 "The role of hydrodynamics in branching microtubule nucleation and the role of branching microtubule nucleation in acentrosomal spindle assembly" Applied scientist at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
	Michael Rale, *22 "Dissecting the activation of microtubule nucleation by the γ-tubulin ring complex (γTuRC)." Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Susan Shao at Harvard Medical School
	Brianna Romer, *23 "Elucidating how the gamma-tubulin ring complex (γ-TuRC) nucleates microtubules" Project Manager, Regulatory Affairs at Aleon Pharma
	Bernardo Gouveia, *24 "Biophysics of spindle assembly and microtubule associated condensates" Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Daniel Needleman at Harvard University
	Venecia Valdez, *24 "Microtubule formation via the microtubule-associated protein HURP" Medical Writer at Alphabet Health

Research Specialist and Lab Technician

Victoria Crans Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Princeton University

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