{"id":2241,"date":"2017-06-08T20:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T00:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/lab-members\/lab-alumni\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:34:23","slug":"lab-alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/lab-members\/lab-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n

\"\"<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

1993-1996<\/b>
\nDeborah Nusskern<\/b>
\nDebbie was the laboratory\u2019s first tech. She subsequently participated in the human genome sequencing project spearheaded by Craig Venter at Celera Corp, and is now at Euclid Dianostics.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\"Jianping<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
1993-1996
\nJianping Song<\/b>
\nJianping was the lab\u2019s fist post-doc and is now Associate Director of Assay Development at Galenea Corp in Boston. During her time in the lab, Jianping studied the role of G protein myristoylation and palmitoylation in subunit binding and membrane localization.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\"Kathy<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
1995-1997
\nKathy Gillen<\/b>
\nKathy completed her post-doc training and is now a professor at Kenyon College<\/a>. Kathy\u2019s project was to map the determinants within Gpa1 required for proper targeting to the plasma membrane.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\"Donald<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
1994-1998
\nDonald M. Apanovitch
\n<\/b>A former postdoc, Don is now Head of Functional Genomics at Pfizer. While in the lab Don demonstrated that the RGS protein Sst2 functions as a GTPase accelerating protein for the G protein in yeast Gpa1.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\"Paul<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
1995-1998
\nPaul DiBello<\/b><\/b>
\nA former postdoc, Paul later worked in the field of bioinformatics and information technology, now at Yale University<\/a>. While in the lab Paul identified an RGS-insensitive mutant form of the G protein, which is now widely used to study the role of RGS-mediated regulation in animals and cell culture.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\"Tiffany<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
1995-2000
\nTiffany Garrison<\/b>
\nTiffany received her PhD in Pharmacology from Yale and later post-doc training with Robert Lefkowitz. During her time in the lab, Tiffany used mass spectrometry to map sites of MAPK phosphorylation within the RGS protein Sst2. She is now Group Leader at Abbvie<\/a> Corporation (formerly Abbott) in Chicago.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\"Ginger<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
1995-2000
\nGinger Hoffman<\/b>
\nGinger is now a professor at Saint Joseph\u2019s University<\/a>. Ginger received her PhD in the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program at Yale. In an effort to further postpone a career decision she enrolled in yet another PhD program in Philosophy at MIT. We\u2019re not sure what is more surprising, a second PhD or the existence of a philosophy department at MIT.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\"Scott<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
1999-2001
\nScott Burchett<\/b>
\nAs a postdoc Scott pioneered the use of systems-level analysis of G protein signaling in yeast.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\"Kathleen<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
1996-2001
\nKathleen Ehrhard<\/b>
\nKathleen received her PhD in Pharmacology from Yale and is now an attorney at Frommer Lawrence & Haug (YIKES!). While in the lab, Kathleen developed a new method to detect protein-protein interactions at the plasma membrane.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Louis<\/td>\n1999-2002
\nLouis Marotti (deceased)<\/b><\/b>
\nLou earned his MD\/PhD and then joined the Neurosurgery program at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Working together with the Rudi Aebersold<\/a> lab, Lou was the first individual to use mass spectrometry to map a ubiquitination-site.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Paul<\/td>\n1998-2003
\nPaul Flanary<\/b>
\nPaul received his Ph.D from the University of Hawaii. After moving off island, he has found more time to read (latest novel \u201cParadise Lost\u201d) and to eat (raw fish wrapped in seaweed). Paul is now Director of R&D at Awareness Technology.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Stephanie\"<\/td>\n2002-2003
\nStefanie Hueber<\/b>
\nStefi was a visiting Masters student and resident wunderkind from Germany, has since completed her PhD thesis research at Max Planck in Tubingen, and is currently a researcher in Applied Bioinformatics at University of Konstanz Germany.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\"Ming<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
1998-2003
\nMing Guo<\/b>
\nMing was a PhD student in the Interdepartmental Neuroscience<\/a> Program at Yale. While in the lab Ming was the first to demonstate a positive signaling role for the yeast G protein alpha subunit Gpa1. He made other discoveries, but can\u2019t find his data at the moment.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\"Yuh-lin<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
2001-2004
\nYuh-lin Wu<\/b>
\nYuh-Lin is now a tenured professor in the Physiology Department at National Yang-Ming University<\/a> in Taipei Taiwan. While in the lab Yuh-Lin characterized a dominant-negative mutant of the G protein alpha subunit, Gpa1, currently being used to isolate new G protein binding partners.
\nylwu@ym.edu.tw<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\"Scott<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
2001-2004
\nScott Chasse<\/b>
\nA former postdoc, Scott pioneered genome-scale analysis of the yeast pheromone pathway. Having performed roughly 15,000 dose response assays, you can forgive his slightly dazed appearance. Scott has since relocated across the street where he is studying how the brain adapts to repetitive behaviors behaviors. Scott is currently directing the Duke Biochemical Genetics Clinical Lab. Go Hokies.
\nreciprocalhokie@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\"Yuqi<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
2000-2005
\nYuqi Wang<\/b>
\nYuqi is now a tenured professor of biology at St. Louis University<\/a>. While a postdoc in the lab, Yuqi was the first to show stimulus-dependent ubiquitination of a MAPKK protein (Ste7), and the first to show pheromone-regulated sumoylation of a mating pathway component (Ste12 and Tec1).
\nywang8@slu.edu<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Christine<\/td>\n2001-2005<\/strong>
\n Christine Fraser<\/strong>
\nChristine was for many years the lab manager, and has since returned to the civilization of her native Australia, where she lives in harmony with her 35 cats.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Stephen<\/td>\n2001-2006
\nStephen Parnell <\/strong>
\nStephen is now a professor at KU Medical Center<\/a>. As a postdoc Stephen studied regulation of pheromone siganling by MAPK phosphorylation. Known for his \u201cexplosive\u201d personality, he will be remembered as the the lab source of shooting flaming balls with report. Light fuse and get away. Rock chalk Jayhawk. Go KU. For a closer look at what is coming out of Stephen\u2019s nose, click here<\/a>.
\nsparnell@kumc.edu<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Nan<\/td>\n2001-2006
\nNan Hao<\/b>
\nNan is now a tenured professor at UC San Diego<\/a>. Nan graduated with his PhD in the Biochemistry and Biophysics<\/a> Department, did a brief post-doc with Tim Elston in the Pharmacology<\/a> Department, and then with Erin O\u2019Shea<\/a> at Harvard University. While in the lab Nan pioneered the use of quantitative and computational biology to investigate pheromone signaling dynamics in yeast.
\nnhao@ucsd.edu<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Corinne<\/td>\n2002-2007
\nCorinne Zeller<\/b>
\nCorinne was a graduate student in Biochemistry and Biophysics<\/a>. While in the lab she identified a signaling function for the atypical Gbeta protein Asc1. Her favorite number will always be 7. Her favorite letters will always be \u201cW\u201d and \u201cD\u201d. After 3 years teaching biology at Saint Augustine\u2019s College, and a postdoc in Perry Blackshear\u2019s<\/a> lab at NIEHS, she is now Medical Science Liaison at Vaya Pharma<\/a>. In her spare time she can be seen at local Monica Lewinsky lookalike contests.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"Janna<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2003-2007
\nJanna Slessareva<\/b>
\nA native of Moscow, Janna joined the lab as a postoc in 2003. Janna discovered a new signaling pathway linking G protein activation to phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase at endosome. Her work philosophy was simple: \u201cthrow P.I. in water and let him sink or swim.\u201d Having mastered use of definite articles (including much baffling word \u201cthe\u201d), Janna has joined ranks of mushrooming biotechnology industry here in Research Triangle Park.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"Michael<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2003-2008
\nMichael J. Lee<\/b>
\nMike is now a tenured professor at UMass Medical School<\/a>. At UNC Mike was a graduate student in Pharmacology<\/a>, and then moved on to a postdoctoral fellowship at MIT<\/a> working with Mike Yaffe<\/a>. While in the lab Mike discovered a non-receptor activator of G protein signaling, called Arr4\/Get3.
\nMichael.Lee@umassmed.edu<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"Jeffrey<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2007-2010
\nJeffrey Duffy<\/b>
\nA native of North Carolina, Jeff received his BS in Biology from UNC in 2008. After graduating he spent two years grinding his teeth over protein purification, and has since headed to UNC\u2019s School of Dentistry<\/a>. Smile y\u2019all.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"Erin<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2005-2010
\nErin Heenan<\/b>
\nA true Tar Heel<\/a>, Erin was a graduate student in Biochemistry and Biophysics<\/a>. Her project was to unmask the structure-function relationships of an atypical G protein beta\/gamma complex (Vps15\/Atg14) located at the endosome. After receiving her PhD Erin headed off to law school at George Mason University<\/a>.
\nerin.heenan@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"Laura<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2007-2010
\nLaura Hall<\/strong>
\nA native of Arizona, Laura was a member of the Molecular and Cellular Biophysics<\/a> training program and graduate student in Biochemistry and Biophysics<\/a>. Her Master\u2019s thesis project was focused on the scaffolding function of the yeast RGS protein Sst2. Laura has since moved to the west coast to pursue new passions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"Steven<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2005-2011
\nSteven Cappell
\n<\/b>Steve was a graduate student in the Pharmacology<\/a> Department. His project was to mine the \u201cessential genome\u201d for new regulators<\/a> of G protein signal transduction. Steve then moved to the Tobias Meyer<\/a> lab at Stanford University<\/a> where he was a Damon Runyan fellow. He is now a Stadtman Investigator at NIH\/NCI<\/a>.
\nsteven.cappell@nih.gov<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"\"<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2008-2011
\nEvan Lien<\/b>
\nEvan was a UNC Chemistry\/Biochemistry<\/a> major and a Morehead-Cain<\/a> scholar, working with Michal to identify new regulators of MAPK signal fidelity. Evan worked in the lab for 3+ years, attaining honorary grad student status. Evan earned his real PhD working with Alex Toker<\/a> at Harvard Medical School and then a postdoc with Matt Vander Heiden<\/a> at MIT. Evan is now on the faculty at Van Andel Institute<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"Janice<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2006-2011<\/strong>
\n Janice Jones<\/strong>
\nJan was a postdoc in the lab working with Alan Jones on a unique self-activating G protein<\/a> from plant. She was later Assistant Professor in the department, then is now doing metabolomics research at Metabolon<\/a>.
\nbiochemnerd2000@yahoo.com<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"Michal<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2005-2012
\nMichal Nagiec
\n<\/b> Michal was a graduate student in the Pharmacology<\/a> Department working on signal coordination between the osmotic-stress and mating-pheromone pathways. After a brief postdoc he has moved to the John Blenis<\/a> lab at Harvard Medical School and later Cornell Medical College. He is clearly delighted with his good fortune.
\nmin2015@med.cornell.edu<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"Matthew<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2007-2012
\nMatthew Torres, PhD<\/b>
\nMatt was a grad student in the Biochemistry and Biophysics<\/a> Department having worked with Christoph Borchers<\/a>, and then joined the lab as a postdoc working on cell cycle regulation of G protein ubiquitination. Matt has since packed up his beloved desk ornament and a tenured professor of Biology<\/a> at Georgia Tech.
\nmatthew.torres@biology.gatech.edu<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\n2010-2012
\nJillian Hurst, PhD<\/b>
\nJill is now Program Director, Children’s Health and Discovery Initiative, Duke University School of Medicine. Before that she was staff editor at the Journal of Clinical Investigation<\/a>. She received her PhD from University of Georgia. While in the lab she worked on protein kinase ubiquitination and signal fidelity. Jill is now on the faculty at Duke University<\/a>.
\njillhurst@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Sarah<\/td>\n2007-2013
\nSarah T. Clement<\/b>
\nSarah was a graduate student in Biochemistry and Biophysics<\/a>, and when not fighting crime as batwoman, or searching for a parking spot, she worked on signal coordination by the mating-pheromone and nutrient-sensing pathways. Sarah nows does clinical research at Parexel<\/a> in nearby Durham.
\nclement.saraht@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"Avital<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n
2011-2013
\nAvital Parnas, PhD<\/strong>
\nAvital was postdoc interested in kinase scaffolds and essential genes that regulate MAPK signal intensity. Avital has returned to her native Israel.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"Justin<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2008-2015
\nJustin English<\/strong>
\nJustin was a graduate student in the Pharmacology<\/a> Department, working to investigate ultrasensitivity and signal fidelity in MAPK signaling. After doing postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Bryan Roth.<\/a>\u00a0Justin joined the biochemistry faculty at University of Utah<\/a>.
\njustingenglish@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"Rachael<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n
2008-2014
\nRachael Baker, PhD<\/strong><\/div>\n

Rachael was a graduate student in Biochemistry and Biophysics<\/a>, working on a collaborative project with Sharon Campbell\u2019s<\/a> lab to investigate structure determinants and the functional consequences of G protein ubiquitination. She is currently a tenured professor at Calvin University<\/a>.
\nbaker@calvin.edu<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\"Gauri<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2008-2014
\nGauri Dixit<\/strong>
\nGauri was a graduate student in Biochemistry and Biophysics<\/a> working on a joint project with Tim Elston\u2019s<\/a> lab investigating the role of noise in MAPK signaling. Originally from India, Gauri is truly one in a billion. Gauri has relocated to Boston where she is now Director of Medical Affairs at Sobi<\/a>.
\ngauridixit@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Vishwajith<\/td>\n2011-2014
\n<\/strong>Vish Sridharan<\/strong>
\nVish was a UNC Chemistry\/Biochemistry<\/a> major, working with Dan to identify new determinants of protein thermostability. Vish worked in the lab for 3+ years, attaining honorary grad student status. Vish recently earned his MD at Harvard Medical School<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"Dan<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2010-2014 Postdoc
\n2014-2016 Assistant Professor
\nDaniel G. Isom, PhD <\/strong>
\nDan received his PhD in Biophysics at Johns Hopkins University<\/a> where he studied protein electrostatics with Bertrand Garcia-Moreno<\/a>. Dan has been investigating how protein dynamics are regulated by cellular stress and changes in intracellular pH. As of 2016 Dan is a professor of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology<\/a> at University of Miami.
\ndisom@miami.edu<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"Josh<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2012-2015
\n<\/strong>Josh Sheetz<\/strong>
\nJosh was a UNC Chemistry\/Biochemistry<\/a> major, working with Josh Kelley to identify new F-box protein regulators of the pheromone pathway. This Josh worked closely with the other Josh for 3+ years, attaining honorary grad student status. This Josh earned his PhD with Mark Lemmon<\/a> at Yale University and is now a postdoc at UC Berkeley.
\nsheetz@berkeley.edu<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"Josh<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n
2010-2015<\/strong>
\n Joshua B. Kelley, PhD<\/strong>
\nJosh was a joint post-doc with Tim Elston\u2019s<\/a> group. Josh received his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the University of Virginia<\/a>, where he studied regulation of the RanGTPase and nuclear transport in the context of stress signaling. He now turns his attention to the regulation of chemotropic growth and gradient sensing. Josh is now tenured professor of biology at University of Maine<\/a>.
\njoshua.b.kelley@maine.edu<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\"Claire<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2013-2016
\nClaire Gordy, PhD<\/strong>
\nClaire was a graduate student with You-Wen He<\/a> at Duke University, and was later a SPIRE<\/a> postdoctoral fellow working on cross talk between the autophagy and pheromone signaling pathways. She is now professor of biology at NC State University<\/a>.
\nclgordy@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"James<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2013-2017
\nJames Shellhammer<\/strong>
\nJames was a graduate student in Pharmacology<\/a> and working on the metabolic changes that underlie G protein phosphorylation. James is currently a US patent examiner.
\njshellhammer39@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"Anay<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2013-2017
\nAnay Reddy<\/strong>
\nAnay earned his degree in Chemistry<\/a> at UNC and after working as a tech in the lab he entered the PhD program at Stanford University.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"Matthew<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2014-2017
\nMatthew Martz, PhD<\/strong>
\nMatthew was a graduate student with Phil Wedegaertner<\/a> at Thomas Jefferson University. Matthew worked on noise and cross talk between the osmotic stress and pheromone signaling pathways.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Patrick<\/td>\n2012-2017
\n<\/strong>Patrick McCarter
\n<\/strong>Patrick was a joint graduate with\u00a0Tim Elston<\/a>, earning his PhD in the\u00a0Bioinformatics and Computational Biology<\/a>\u00a0and in the Molecular and Cellular Biophysics<\/a>\u00a0training programs. While at UNC Patrick published four research papers bridging experimental and computational biology, and most notably a co-first author paper in Molecular Biology of the Cell. Read more about Patrick’s road to graduate school\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"Stephane<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2016-2018
\nStephani Page, PhD<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"\"<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n
2017-2018<\/strong><\/div>\n
Peter Cooke (UNC ’17)<\/strong>
\nPeter was a 2017 graduate of UNC, was for a year our lab manager, and later a medical student at Icahn School of Medicine<\/a>.<\/div>\n
\n

\"\"<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n
\n
2018-2019<\/strong><\/div>\n
Matthew Begley<\/strong><\/div>\n
Matt was our lab manager. After graduating in 2012 from Juanita College Matt worked at University of Maryland and the ATCC before moving to UNC as our talented and energetic lab manager. Matt was then a grad student at UNC and is now working at CTR in Frederick, MD.<\/div>\n
\n

\"Sara<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

2016-2020
\nSara Kimiko Suzuki McGirr\u00a0<\/strong>
\nKimiko was a graduate of Johns Hopkins<\/a> University <\/a>and a joint graduate with Tim Elston<\/a>\u2018s group, working on\u00a0cross talk between the osmotic stress and mating pheromone pathways. After earning her PhD in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology<\/a>\u00a0she moved to a\u00a0Senior Scientist and Mathematical Modeler position at Applied Biomath<\/a>.
\nkimikomcgirr@gmail.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\"Amy<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

2016-2020
\nAmy Allen Pomeroy<\/strong>
\nAmy was a graduate of\u00a0NC State University<\/a>\u00a0and a joint graduate with Tim Elston<\/a>\u2018s group, working on\u00a0cross talk between the nutrient stress and mating pheromone pathways.\u00a0After earning her PhD in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology<\/a>\u00a0she moved Adam Palmer<\/a>‘s lab at UNC as part of the UNC SPIRE<\/a> fellowship program. aeallen@email.unc.edu<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Ranga<\/td>\n2016-2020
\nRanga Rajan, PhD<\/strong>
\nRanga was a chemistry graduate student with Jim Weisshaar<\/a> at University of Wisconsin Madison. Ranga worked on several projects related to pheromone signaling and autophagy. He is now a consultant at ZS<\/a>.
\nnrangarajan@gmail.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Kevin<\/td>\n2016-2022
\nKevin Knight<\/strong>
\nKevin a native of Missouri, a Pharmacology<\/a> graduate student, and equally skilled in pymol and volleyball. Kevin\u00a0 studied the potential of G proteins a drug targets. He is now a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Martemyanov Lab<\/a>, in Neuroscience, UF Scripps.
\nkknight11unc@gmail.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Natalie<\/td>\n2017-2022
\nNatalie Hewitt Valentin<\/strong>
\nNatalie a native of Suriname<\/a>, a native Dutch speaker, and a Pharmacology<\/a> graduate student. Natalie studied the coordination of G protein-mediated signaling. She is now an Advisor in Receptor Pharmacology, Eli Lilly and Company.
\nnatsrhew@email.unc.edu<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

\"Shuang<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n
\n
\n

\"Sarah<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n
2021-2023
\nSarah Alexandra Martin<\/strong><\/div>\n
\n

\"Harry<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n
2020-2023
\nHao (Harry) Wang (UNC ’23)
\n<\/strong>Harry is native of China working with Shu on MAPK signaling in yeast. He then joined the Biomedical Engineering PhD program at CalTech<\/a>.<\/div>\n
\n

\"Shu<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n
2019-2024
\nShu Zhang\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
\n

\"Yibo<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n
2021-2026
\nYibo (Leon) Si<\/strong><\/div>\n
\n

\"\"<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Predoctoral student researchers<\/b>
\nOver the years the Dohlman lab has hosted numerous college and high school researchers. One or two have actually decided to become scientists! If you are out there, drop us a line and let us know what you are up to!Kshitiz Adhikari (UNC ’26)*Chloe Viviers (UNC ’27) *Maria Ines Esteller (UNC ’24)Harry Wang (UNC ’23, then PhD @ CalTech)Emily Brinson (UNC ’22, then MD @ UNC)Jeanie (Ji Heon) Chung (UNC ’20, then DDS @ UNC)<\/p>\n

Lorena Dujmusic (UNC ’20, then MS @ Wisconsin)<\/p>\n

Colton Sanders (UNC ’20, then PhD @ UCSF)<\/p>\n

Ahnyah Phillips (Clark Atlanta \u201920)<\/p>\n

Ishani Kapoor (UNC ’20, then MD @ Drexel)<\/p>\n

Peter Drossopoulos (UNC \u201919, then MD @ UNC)<\/p>\n

Aribah Shaw (UNC \u201917)<\/p>\n

Joanna X. Cambell (Centre College ’17, then PhD @ Duke)<\/p>\n

Lauren Askew (UNC \u201816, then MD\/PhD @ Emory)<\/p>\n

Sarah Ruiz (UNC Pembroke \u201915)<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Crenshaw (UNC \u201916)<\/p>\n

Trevor Henley (UNC \u201914)<\/p>\n

Ivan Kuznetsov (Johns Hopkins \u201916, then\u00a0MD\/PhD @ UPenn)<\/p>\n

Josh Sheetz (UNC \u201915, then PhD @ Yale)<\/p>\n

Vishwajith Sridharan (UNC \u201914, then MD @ Harvard)<\/p>\n

Holly Lien (UNC \u201914, then PharmD @ UNC)<\/p>\n

Everett Young (UNC \u201913, then MD @ UNC)<\/p>\n

Norman Pham (UNC \u201912, then PharmD @ UNC)<\/p>\n

Evan Lien (UNC \u201911, then PhD @ Harvard)<\/p>\n

Nathan Hedrick (UNC ’09, then PhD @ Duke)<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Duffy (UNC \u201908, then DDS @ UNC)<\/p>\n

Justin Brewster (McGill \u201908) (deceased)<\/p>\n

Christopher Broda (NC State \u201907, then MD @ Wake Forest)<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Brodin (St. Scholastica \u201907, then PhD @ UC San Diego)<\/p>\n

Davida Williams (RAP \u201904)<\/p>\n

Michael Dean (France, then MPH @ BU)<\/p>\n

Chen Zhu (RAP \u201902)<\/p>\n

Lee Kiang (Yale \u201901, then MD\/PhD at MSK\/Rockefeller)<\/p>\n

Thomas Cantey (Yale \u201999)<\/p>\n

Maria Hernandez (Wiley College \u201998)<\/p>\n

Anuli Umeojiako (Delaware State \u201997)<\/p>\n

Houman Fardin (Yale \u201997)<\/p>\n

Tom Kraikit (Yale \u201996)<\/p>\n

Temiyabutr Surabhan (Yale \u201995)<\/p>\n

Thuan Bui (UC Berkeley \u201994, then MD at UC Irvine)<\/p>\n

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1993-1996 Deborah Nusskern Debbie was the laboratory\u2019s first tech. She subsequently participated in the human genome sequencing project spearheaded by Craig Venter at Celera Corp, and is now at Euclid Dianostics. 1993-1996 Jianping Song Jianping was the lab\u2019s fist post-doc and is now Associate Director of Assay Development at Galenea Corp in Boston. During her … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22429,"featured_media":0,"parent":2223,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2241","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2241"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2760,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2241\/revisions\/2760"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/dohlmanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}