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Current Students
The roster of current MPGP students is below. To the right are resources for and about our students.
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Wenxi An
Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor:
Sruti Shiva, PhD
Maria Beecher
Trainee
Mentor:
Ben Van Houten, PhD
Research Info
I am interested in studying whether the nucleotide excision repair protein, UV-damage DNA binding protein plays a role in DNA demethylation of 5mC in cells.
Dennis Braden
Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor:
Carola Neumann, MD
Research Info
Exploring the effects of electrophilic nitroalkenes on ovarian cancer.
Caitlyn Chapman
Trainee
Mentor:
Tija C. Jacob, PhD
Jaclyn Connelly
Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor:
Qiming Jane Wang, PhD
Atinuke Dosunmu-Ogunbi
Predoctoral Fellow
Mentor:
Adam C. Straub, PhD
Kaylee Ermine
Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor:
Lin Zhang, PhD
Joseph Galley
Predoctoral Fellow
Mentor:
Adam C. Straub, PhD
Lloyd Harvey
Predoctoral Fellow
Mentor:
Stephen Chan, MD, PhD
Victoria Heinrich
Trainee
Mentor:
Alison Morris, MD, MS
Research Info
Understanding the role of the microbiome in nitro-fatty acid metabolism, treating inflammatory diseases, and improving drug efficacy.
Angela Hinchie
Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor:
Jonathan K. Alder, PhD
Research Info
I am currently studying the effect of a clinically found point mutation in the template region of the RNA component of telomerase on telomere structure and function and its effect on cellular proliferation.
Lisa Hong
Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor:
Carola Neumann, MD
Mohd Azrin bin Jamalruddin
Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor:
Kara A. Bernstein, PhD
Research Info
I’m interested to study and develop novel targeted therapy in metastatic cancer cells.
Aaron Johnson
Trainee
Mentor:
Sruti Shiva, PhD
Research Info
My research focuses on studying the functional roles of myoglobin as a modulator of mitochondrial dynamics and fatty acid oxidation using in vitro breast cancer model systems.
Nicole Kaminski
Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor:
Roderick J. O'Sullivan, PhD
Matthew Keeney
Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor:
J. Timothy Greenamyre, MD, PhD
Research Info
I am interested in defining the underlying mechanisms behind Parkinson’s Disease related neurodegeneration in order to identify novel targets for development of neuroprotective therapeutic strategies.
Jeff (Yong Joon) Kim
Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor:
Yi Shi, PhD
Thong Luong
Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor:
Kara A. Bernstein, PhD
Michelle Lynskey
Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor:
Roderick J. O'Sullivan, PhD
Bellina Mushala
Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor:
Iain Scott, PhD
Sonja Plasil
Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor:
Gregg E. Homanics, PhD
Hayley Rein
Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor:
Kara A. Bernstein, PhD
Heidi Schmidt
Predoctoral Fellow
Mentor:
Adam C. Straub, PhD
Regina Schnegelberger
Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor:
Juliane I. Beier , PhD
Nicholas Todd
Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor:
Amantha Thathiah, PhD
Anne Wondisford
Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor:
Roderick J. O'Sullivan, PhD