Undergraduate Students
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (19):
Rebecca Wright1,2,3, Jaya Sarkar, Haley Leesley1, Chelcie Eller1,2,4,5, Trish (Thanh-Truc) Hoang1,2, Rommel Morales, Dubong Chang, Benjamin Rogier, Radhika Mehta, Yosuke Okuno1,2,4, James McElveen, Steven Ippolito, William Jones1,2, Abbey Roberts, Amanda Hayward, Neil Shah, Weikun Xiao, Jessica Stark, and Irisbel Guzman-Sanchez
1 co-author on a peer reviewed paper
2 William T. Jackson Scholar Award
3 Graduated with honors
4 Graduated with high distinction
5 Thomas O. Sidebottom Award for the outstanding senior thesis in Biochemistry
Undergraduate and Summer Program Students
University of Iowa (41):
Mohammed Ismail1,2,3, Fletcher Bain1, David Fisher, Scott Casey, Andrea Diaz1, Filius Iyebote, Brandon Koch1, Marshall Boone, James Flickinger4, Kai Davis4, Tianshi Xie, Swikrity Shrestha (Claflin University), Joseph Tibbs1,6 (University of Northern Iowa), Kyle Robbins (UT Austin), Jade Miller2,4, Joshua Parbs4, Emeleeta Paintsil1,5, Alexandra (Sasha) Zelenski, Kalaedra Self (Alcorn University), Zachary Snyder (Wartburg College), Srishti Kala (Claflin University), Nina Jocic (Bonde)1,6 (University of Northern Iowa), Karina Eguren-Guajardo (San Jacinto College), Gabriela Vega Hernández (University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus), Martin Yepes (St. Mary’s College of Maryland), Bailey Deppe1, Jessica Kunzman (Grinnell College), Bailey McEgliott (Grinnell College), John Rickabaugh, Sierra Cochran, Christian Brandt4, Antavion Adams, Drew Stanfield1, Hunter Miller (JHU), Sabryn Labenz (UNI)1, Adam Benmoussa1,2,4, Rochelle Avalos, Riaz Meah1 (Thomas Jefferson University), Paul Roscoe (Dordt University), Gabriel Im4, Joe Polyak (University of Minnesota), Parker Koland (St. John University)
1 co-author on a peer reviewed paper
2 Rex Montgomery Scholarship
3 Montgomery Biochemistry Scholar’s Prize Award
4 ICRU Award
5 Professor H.G. Khorana Scholar Award
6 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Graduate Students
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (3):
Robert A. Pugh JD, 2009 PhD in Biochemistry (currently Group Lead, ppd, Middleton, WI); Mohamed K. Ghoneim, 2015 PhD in Biophysics (currently Research Scientist in Erik Holmstrom Lab, University of Kansas, Laurence, KS); Shyamal Subramanyam, 2016 PhD in Biochemistry (currently Oncology Precision Medicine Strategist, Bayer)
University of Iowa (6):
Sarah R. Hengel, 2017 PhD in Biochemistry (currently Assistant Professor of Biology, Tufts University, Boston, MS); Colleen C. Caldwell, 2021 PhD in Biochemistry (currently Postdoctoral associate with Prof. Gijs Wuite, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands); Fletcher Bain, 2022 PhD in Biochemistry (currently Scientist, Nautilus Biotechnology); Divya Bhat, 2023 PhD in Cancer Biology (currently Postdoctoral Scholar with Prof. Eric Snyder, University of Utah); James McIntyre, 2022 MS in Biochemistry (currently Protocol Management Research Assistant, University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center)
Postdoctoral Scholars (7)
2005-2008 Jill M. Grimme, PhD (next: Research Biochemist at CERL at the Army Corps of Engineers, Champaign, IL); 2007-2013 Masayoshi Honda, PhD (current: Assistant Research Scientist in my lab);
2010-2012 Tokiha Masuda-Ozawa (current: Research Associate with Prof. Yuichiro Nakayama, Tohoku University, Japan); 2010-2016 Colin G. Wu, PhD, 2011 – 2014 American Cancer Society Postdoctoral fellow, (current: Associate Professor (with tenure), Chemistry/Biochemistry, Oakland University, MI); 2020-2024 Mortezaali Razzaghi, PhD, 2021 – 2024 T32 fellowship in Free Radicals and Radiation Biology (current: Assistant Research Scientist in my lab); 2021-2023 Kailey Cash (Harrell), PhD (current: Patent Examiner in Biology, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office)
Other Laboratory Personnel (6)
2009-2010 Trish (Thanh-Truc) Hoang, Postbac Intern (next: PhD, University of Wisconsin Maddison); 2012-2014 William Jones Postbac Intern (next: MD, University of Missouri); 2018-present, Masayoshi Honda, PhD, Assistant Research Scientist; 2019-2022, Christine Kondratick, PhD, Assistant Research Scientist (50%), (current: Carver Center for Genomics (CCG) Director); 2020-2024 Sophie Granger, Postback Intern (next: graduate student in the Molecular Medicine program, my lab)