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Postdoctoral Associate Alumni
| Name | Research Project | Position After Daniel Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Kaiwen Tian | Single Bacteria Metabolism of Wastewater for Fuel Cell Optimization | Post doc at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| Ling Chao | Membrane-bound Species Partitioning in Two-phase Supported Bilayers | Assistant Professor at National Taiwan University |
| Kassandra Kisler | Imaging Single Virions and Membrane Fusion with Total Internal Reflection Microscopy | Post doc at University of Southern California Medical School |
| Vivechana Dixit | Electrophoretic Separation in Supported Lipid Bilayers | Research Assistant at Purdue University |
Ph.D Student Alumni
| Name | Thesis Title | Position after Daniel Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Han-Yuan Liu | Reconstitution of Eukaryotic Membranes on Polymer Surfaces and Devices for Studies of Membrane Protein Biophysics | Post doc at Harvard Med School |
| Lakshmi Nathan | Characterization of Ebolavirus Entry | Leadership Program at BASF |
| Rohit Singh | Hydrodynamics and Diffusion of Membranes Proteins to Engineer Chemical Reactions in Synthetic Biomembrane Platforms | Scientist at Intel |
| Hung-lun Hsu | Using Single Virion Fusion Assay to Study Influenza Virus Entrys | Post doc at University of Massachusetts Medical School |
| Chih-yun Hsia | Studying Lipid-Protein Interaction Using Proteinaceous Supported Lipid Bilayers from Cell Membranes | Post doc at Harvard Medical School |
| Mark J. Richards | Investigating Lipid-protein Interactions using Supported Lipid Bilayers | Process Engineer at Morphotek, Inc. |
| Donald W. Lee | Single-particle Tracking Assays and Computational Tools to Understand Virus-membrane Interactions | Scientist at U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command |
| Deirdre A. Costello | Single Virion Fusion Studies of Enveloped Viruses to Biomimetic Membranes | Post doc at Harvard Medical School |
Masters Student Alumni
| Name | Research Project | Position After Daniel Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Hui Su | Facile Generation of Biomimetic Supported Lipid Bilayers on Conducting Polymer Surfaces for Membrane Biosensing | Technician in Daniel Lab |
| Martin Stübler | Developed a biomimetic plant-cell-on-a-chip which led to a patent application | Process Engineer at MycoWorks |
| Miles Francken | Impact of formaldehyde on enzymatic activity of membrane proteins | Device Development Engineer at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals |
| Tiffany Willacy | Interaction of alpha-synuclein protein with lipid bilayers | Research Associate at Solid Biosciences |
| Kabir Sodhi | Chemical characterization of algae strain chlorella 596 | Associate Director at Kudos Chemie Limited |
| Sudhir Prabhu | Using ionic strength to modulate lipid diffusion in solid-supported lipid bilayers | Scientist at Pfizer |
Undergraduate Student Alumni
| Name | Research Project |
|---|---|
| James Espeleta | Glycosylation on a chip |
| Brooke Cohen | Ebolavirus Pseudoparticle Characterization |
| Hanna Grant | Proteinaceous Contents of Microvesicles and Cell Blebs |
| Nicole D’Anton | Protein Functions and Interactions with Membranes using Supported Lipid Bilayers |
| Isabella Yang | Determining How Ebolavirus Enters Cells and Delivers its Genome |
| Jun Yan | Protein-lipid Interactions between Alpha-synuclein and Charged Cell Membranes |
| Huma Haider | Protein-lipid Interactions Studied by Single Protein Tracking |
| Kaitlyn Bacon | Single Particle Tracking of Influenza with Host Cell Membranes |
| Allan Brooks | Virus-Cell Membrane Interactions |
| Kevin Vasquez | Virus-Cell Membrane Interactions |
| Sijun Yang | Single Molecule Tracking and Brownian Motion Studies in Cell Membranes |
| Sakul Ratanalert | TEM and SEM Imaging of Virus Particles |
| Samantha Barton | Mass and Energy Balances Redesign Project |
| Kyle Wolpert | Biomolecule Separations in Supported Lipid Bilayers |
| Jiyeon Hwang | CURIE Academy Module Development |
| Rafael Henriquez | Lipid Diffusion Measurements on PDMS |
| Simon Pang | Lipid Diffusion in Supported Lipid Bilayers |
| Ke Lui | Lipid Diffusion in Supported Lipid Bilayers |