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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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Ahmed Abdelnaby

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Mohamed Trebak, PhD

Olayemi Akinyele

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Michael J. Jurczak, PhD

Wenxi An

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Sruti Shiva, PhD

Roja Baruwal

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Lan G Coffman, MD, PhD

Dennis Braden

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Carola Neumann, MD

Research Info

Exploring the effects of electrophilic nitroalkenes on ovarian cancer.

Caitlyn Chapman

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Tija C. Jacob, PhD

Fabliha Chowdhury

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Adam C. Straub, PhD

Aidan Cole

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Katherine Aird, PhD

Nicole Colussi

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Francisco J. Schopfer, PhD

Jaclyn Connelly

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Qiming Jane Wang, PhD

Kaylee Ermine

Trainee
Mentor: Lin Zhang, PhD

Christian Goossen

Trainee
Mentor: Patrick J. Pagano, PhD

Robert Hall

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Adam C. Straub, PhD

Trey Harkness

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Robert Binder, 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

Aaron Johnson

Graduate Student Researcher
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.

Shriya Kamlapurkar

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Nadine Hempel, 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.