{"id":2223,"date":"2017-06-08T20:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T00:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/lab-members\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:05:11","slug":"lab-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/lab-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Lab Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 100%;height: 3126px\" border=\"1\" rules=\"rows\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 246px\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;height: 246px;width: 36.9945%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2741 size-medium\" style=\"border: 0px solid;width: 200px;height: 218px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/805\/2025\/06\/Henrik-2025-1A4A5449-275x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Henrik Dohlman professor since 1993, discovered RGS proteins in 1995, chair of the pharmacology department since 2016.\" width=\"275\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/805\/2025\/06\/Henrik-2025-1A4A5449-275x300.jpeg 275w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/805\/2025\/06\/Henrik-2025-1A4A5449.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.9183%;height: 246px;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle\"><b> Henrik Gunnar Dohlman, PhD<\/b><br \/>\nHenrik is the Sanford Steelman Distinguished<br \/>\nProfessor and Chair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/\">Pharmacology<\/a>. Henrik received his PhD with 2012 Nobel Laureate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hhmi.org\/research\/investigators\/lefkowitz.html\">Bob Lefkowitz<\/a> at a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.duke.edu\/\">nearby rival university<\/a>, then did postdoc training with <a href=\"http:\/\/mcb.berkeley.edu\/labs\/thorner\/\">Jeremy Thorner<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.berkeley.edu\/\"> UC Berkeley<\/a>, and in 1993 became professor of pharmacology at <a href=\"http:\/\/info.med.yale.edu\/ysm\/\"> Yale University<\/a> before relocating to UNC in 2001.<br \/>\n<em><a class=\"email-link\" title=\"\" href=\"mailto:hdohlman@med.unc.edu\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hdohlman@med.unc.edu<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 260px\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;height: 260px;width: 36.9945%\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2668 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/805\/2023\/01\/Lizzy-Obarow-2023-200x260-1.jpg\" alt=\"Lizzy Obarow\" width=\"200\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;height: 260px;width: 62.9183%\">\n<div><strong>Lizzy Obarow<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Lizzy is from Pennsylvania and a biochemistry graduate from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lafayette.edu\">Lafayette College<\/a>. She is a Pharmacology graduate student working on G protein active state dysregulation. Purified protein is her favorite, the nanodrop is not.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><em><a href=\"mailto:eobarow@unc.edu\">eobarow@unc.edu<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 244px\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 36.9945%\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2690 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/805\/2023\/10\/Gaby-Soden-200x223-3.jpg\" alt=\"Gaby Soden\" width=\"200\" height=\"233\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;height: 267px;width: 62.9183%\">\n<div><strong>Gaby Soden<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Gaby is from North Carolina and was previously a neuroscience major at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidson.edu\">Davidson College<\/a>. She is now a Pharmacology graduate student working, in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christoffellab.org\">Dan Christoffel<\/a>, on G protein mutations leading to epilepsy and movement disorders. If you need to slice up a brain and look inside, she can assist.<\/div>\n<div><em><a href=\"gabys@email.unc.edu\">gabys@email.unc.edu<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 244px\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;height: 244px;width: 36.9945%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2728 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/805\/2024\/09\/chloe-viviers-200x246-1.jpg\" alt=\"Chloe Viviers\" width=\"200\" height=\"246\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;width: 62.9183%\">\n<div><strong>Chloe Viviers<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Chloe is a native of South Africa, majoring in Biochemistry at UNC, and\u00a0is currently working with Lizzy.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"mailto:ceviv@unc.edu\"><em>ceviv@unc.edu<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 244px\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;height: 244px;width: 36.9945%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/805\/2023\/10\/Kshitiz_Adhikari-200x246-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2685 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/805\/2023\/10\/Kshitiz_Adhikari-200x246-2.jpg\" alt=\"Kshitiz Adhikari\" width=\"200\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;height: 246px;width: 62.9183%\">\n<div><strong>Kshitiz Adhikari<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Originally from Nepal and then Ohio, Kshitiz is an undergraduate majoring in Biochemistry and currently doing research with\u00a0Leon.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"mailto:adhika@unc.edu\"><em>adhika@unc.edu<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 267px\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;height: 246px;width: 36.9945%\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2726 size-full\" style=\"border: 0px solid;width: 200px;height: 246px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/805\/2024\/09\/Dalton_Taylor-200x246-3.jpg\" alt=\"Dalton Taylor\" width=\"200\" height=\"246\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;height: 244px;width: 62.9183%\">\n<div><strong>Dalton Taylor<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Dalton is our current lab tech.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"mailto:hentay@email.unc.edu\"><em>hentay@email.unc.edu<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 246px\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;height: 244px;width: 36.9945%\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2717 size-full\" style=\"border: 0px solid;width: 200px;height: 246px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/805\/2024\/09\/mary-fergus-200x246-2.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Fergus\" width=\"200\" height=\"246\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;height: 244px;width: 62.9183%\">\n<div><strong>Mary Fergus<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Graduate Student<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"mailto:mdfergus@email.unc.edu\"><em>mdfergus@email.unc.edu<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 246px\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;height: 246px;width: 36.9945%\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2715 size-full\" style=\"border: 0px solid;width: 200px;height: 246px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/805\/2024\/09\/Ashley-Rice-200x246-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ashley Rice\" width=\"200\" height=\"246\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;height: 246px;width: 62.9183%\">\n<div><strong>Ashley Rice<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Graduate Student<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"mailto:steger@unc.edu\"><em>steger@unc.edu<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 246px\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;height: 260px;width: 36.9945%\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2748 size-full\" style=\"border: 0px solid;width: 200px;height: 260px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/805\/2025\/08\/harris-davis-200x260-1.jpg\" alt=\"Harris Davis\" width=\"200\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;height: 246px;width: 62.9183%\">\n<div><strong>Harris Davis<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Harris is from North Carolina and studied math and biology as an undergraduate here at UNC. Now, he is a graduate student in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology working on designing protein agonists and antagonists for G proteins. He likes Python, but loves MATLAB.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"mailto:manwarh@ad.unc.edu\">manwarh@ad.unc.edu<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"anchor-link\" title=\"\" href=\"#top\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henrik Gunnar Dohlman, PhD Henrik is the Sanford Steelman Distinguished Professor and Chair of Pharmacology. 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