Principal Investigator
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Research Interest: |
Faculty Assistant
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Postdoctoral Fellows
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Xi Chen
Associate Research Scholar, Molecular Biology
Ph.D., Chemistry and Chemical Biology
University of Louisiana Monroe |
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Brian Cook
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Molecular Biology
Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of California, Davis |
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Ya Gai
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Ph.D., Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Ph.D. Minor, Management Science and Engineering Stanford University |
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Brian Mahon
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Molecular Biology
Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Florida |
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Mohammad Safari
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Molecular Biology
Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Houston |
Graduate Students
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Raymundo Alfaro-Aco
Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Princeton University
Bachelor of Arts, Biochemistry
Swathmore College |
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Bernardo Gouveia
Chemical and Biological Engineering Graduate Program, Princeton University
B.S. (High Honors), Chemical Engineering with a minor in Physics
University of California, Berkeley |
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Michael Rale
Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Princeton University
B.S., Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
University of California, Los Angeles |
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Brianna Romer
Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Princeton University
B.S., Biology with minors in Chemistry and Bioinformatics
Ramapo College |
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Sagar Setru
ssetruATprinceton.edu
Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics Graduate Program, Princeton University
B.S., Physics
Yale University |
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Akanksha Thawani
Chemical and Biological Engineering Graduate Program, Princeton University
B.Tech. (Honors), Chemical Engineering with Minor in Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India |
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Venecia Valdez
Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Princeton University
B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of California, Davis |
Undergraduate Students
Natalia Brokate
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Sarah Jun
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Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows
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2014-2018
Jae-Gung Song
(Ph.D., University of Vienna) – now group leader at Novartis
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2015-2018
Rachel Kadzick
(Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania), NIH post-doctoral fellow – now research associate at University of Chicago and Northwestern University
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Graduate Students
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Matthew King, *19
"Cue the Fireworks: Regulation of Branching Microtubule Nucleation"
Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Rohit Pappu at Washington University in St. Louis
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Research Specialist and Lab Technician
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Victoria Crans
Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Princeton University |
Senior Thesis Students:
2018-19 |
Jake Atkins (class of 2019, Molecular Biology major)
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2017-18 |
Aparna Raghu (class of 2018, Molecular Biology major)
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2016-17 |
Elbegduuren Erdenee (class of 2017, Molecular Biology major)
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2015-16 |
Marina Nogueria (class of 2016, Molecular Biology major)
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2014-15 |
David Octeau (class of 2015, Molecular Biology major)
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