Current Lab Members
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Henrik Gunnar Dohlman, PhD Henrik is the Sanford Steelman Distinguished Professor and Chair of Pharmacology. Henrik received his PhD with 2012 Nobel Laureate Bob Lefkowitz at a nearby rival university, then did postdoc training with Jeremy Thorner at UC Berkeley, and in 1993 became professor of pharmacology at Yale University before relocating to UNC in 2001. hdohlman@med.unc.edu |
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Yibo (Leon) Si
Leon is a native of China and a member of the Genetics and Molecular Biology PhD program. Leon is investigating gene duplication in the glucose sensing pathway.
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Lizzy Obarow
Lizzy is from Pennsylvania and a biochemistry graduate from Lafayette College. She is a Pharmacology graduate student working on G protein active state dysregulation. Purified protein is her favorite, the nanodrop is not.
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Gaby Soden
Gaby is from North Carolina and was previously a neuroscience major at Davidson College. She is now a Pharmacology graduate student working, in collaboration with Dan Christoffel, on G protein mutations leading to epilepsy and movement disorders. If you need to slice up a brain and look inside, she can assist.
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Chloe Viviers
Chloe is a native of South Africa, majoring in Biochemistry at UNC, and is currently working with Lizzy.
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Kshitiz Adhikari
Originally from Nepal and then Ohio, Kshitiz is an undergraduate majoring in Biochemistry and currently doing research with Leon.
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Dalton Taylor
Dalton is our current lab tech.
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Mary Fergus
Graduate Student
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Ashley Rice
Graduate Student
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