Former Lab Manager
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Theresa Harter
Former Staff Scientists
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Dima Klenchin, Ph.D.
Scientist and Lab Manager 2013 – 2018
Current Position (as of October 2018): Scientist, PPD
Former Postdoctoral Researchers
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Yukiko Muroi, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2007 – 2009
Current Position (as of Jan 2017): Instrumental Scientist – Product Performance Evaluation at L’Oréal, Japan
![](https://chandalab.wustl.edu/files/2020/07/Manoel-Arciscio-Miranda-1.jpg)
Manoel Arcisio-Miranda, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2007 – 2010
Current Position (as of Jan 2017): Professor, Department of Biophysics, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Dr. Arcisio-Miranda’s lab page
![](https://chandalab.wustl.edu/files/2020/07/Brian-Jarecki-300x300-1.jpg)
Brian Jarecki, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2010 – 2014
Current Position (as of Jan 2017): Field Application Specialist at Cellular Dynamics International
![](https://chandalab.wustl.edu/files/2020/07/Ana-Isabel-Fernandez-Marino-300x300-1.jpg)
Ana Isabel Fernandez-Marino, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2014 – 2016
Current Position (as of Jan 2017): Postdoc at NIH
![](https://chandalab.wustl.edu/files/2020/07/Marcel-Goldschen-Ohm-e1507915142785.jpg)
Marcel Goldschen-Ohm, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2009 – 2017
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Goldschen-Ohm’s GitHub
Dr. Goldschen-Ohm’s UT-Austin lab page
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Claudia P. Alvarez-Baron, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoc 2014 – 2019
Current Position: Established Investigator at FDA
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Sandipan Chowdhury, Ph.D.
Graduate Student 2008 – 2014
Postdoc 2018 – 2020
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa
Dr. Chowdhury’s lab page
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Yihao Jiang, Ph.D.
Graduate Student 2014-2020
Postdoc 2020
Current Position: Postdoc at Dr. Hailan Hu’s lab, Qiushi Academy for Advanced Studies, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
![](https://chandalab.wustl.edu/files/2020/07/Photo-Jul-05-9-26-03-PM-300x300-1.jpg)
Ruohan Zhang, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2017-2020
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Debanjan Tewari, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2018-2021
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John Cowgill, Ph.D.
Graduate Student 2014-2020
Postdoc 2020
Current Position: Postdoc at Molecular Biophysics Stockholm at SciLifeLab
![](https://chandalab.wustl.edu/files/2022/06/Willy2022-1024x1024.jpg)
Willy Carrasquel-Ursuleaz, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2018-2023
Current Position: Principal Scientist at Roche
![](https://chandalab.wustl.edu/files/2024/03/Vinay-image-300x300-1-7a92e69230360885.jpg)
Vinay Idikuda, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2019-2023
Current Position: Scientist II at FDA
Former Graduate Students
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Deborah Capes, Ph.D.
Graduate Student 2008 – 2013
Current Position (as of Jan 2017): Medical Writer, Covance
![](https://chandalab.wustl.edu/files/2020/07/Kevin-Oelstrom-300x300-1.jpg)
Kevin Oelstrom, Ph.D.
Graduate Student 2010 – 2016
Current Position (as of Jan 2017): Scientist at Cellular Dynamics International
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Hongbo Chen, Ph.D.
Graduate student (joint student with Dr. Katherine Henzler-Wildman-Wildman ) 2013 – 2019
Current Position (as of Dec 2019): Senior Scientist at PPD
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David White, Ph.D.
Graduate student (joint student with Dr. Randall Goldsmith): 2015 – 2020
Current Position (as of Fall 2020): Postdoctoral Scientist in Dr. Aaron Hoskin’s lab at University of Wisconsin-Madison
LinkedIn | GitHub
Former Research Interns, Specialists, & Technicians
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Nandini Nallappan
Research Specialist & Master’s Student: Winter 2018 – Summer 2019
Current Position (as of June 2019): Associate Product Specialist Co-Op at Promega Corporation
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Tristan Gunther
Research Intern Spring 2019 – Spring 2020
Current Position (as of April 2020): Research Intern in Dr. Tom Record’s lab
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Adithi Thangaraju
Research Intern & Master’s Student Spring 2019 – Spring 2020
Current Position (as of Fall 2020): Senior Biologist at Eli Lilly and Company
Ram Rallapalli
Research Technician Spring 2021 – Spring 2022
Former Undergraduate Researchers
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Aindrila Saha
Summer Research Assistant (Khorana Program): 2017
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Alexander Blair
Undergraduate Researcher 2015-2018
Current Position (as of September 2018): Medical Student, UW-Madison
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Stephen Pan
Undergraduate Researcher 2018 – 2019
Current Position (as of Fall 2019): PhD Student, Stanford University in Dr. Michael D. Fayer’s lab
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Owen Rafferty
Undergraduate Researcher 2018-2019
Current Position (as of December 2019): Undergraduate Researcher in Dr. Robert McDermott’s lab in UW-Madison Department of Physics
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Natalie McCraw
Undergraduate Researcher 2016 – 2020
Current Position (as of May 2019): Environmental Engineering Intern, City of Fitchburg
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Brian Lu
Undergraduate Researcher 2021-2023
Current Position (as of May 2024): Incoming medical student at Yale School of Medicine
Former Rotation Students
Sandra P. Cardenas-Garcia
Audrey Orlowski
Van Nguyen
Not Pictured
Megan Schramski (2016-2017)
Zachary Nuner (2014-2016)
Brady Weigel (2013-2014)
Rishi Raj Trivedi (2011)
Travers Lingle (2010-2011)
Jacob Kohlenberg (2010)
Jishnu Das (2009)
Kristina Schuldt (2007-2010)
Pjillpe Pesssoa De Santana (2008)
Eric Printz (2007)