PEOPLE

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Brian Smith, PhD
Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Associate Director of the Program in Chemical Biology
Associate Director of the Structural Genomics Unit, Mellowes Center


 

RESEARCH SCIENTISTS


 

GRADUATE STUDENTS

RESEARCH TECHNICIAN

Savannah Makowski
Research Technician


 

AFFILIATE PERSONNEL


 

Robert Keyes, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Program in Chemical Biology (PCB)

Tyler Fenske, Ph.D.
Postdoc
Program in Chemical Biology (PCB)


 

LAB FOLIAGE


 

LAB ALUMNI (degree in parenthesis; current position italicized)

Graduate Students
Olp, Mike (M.D., Ph.D. 2019) ~ Medical Residency, Pathology, University of Michigan
Kalous, Kelsey (Ph.D. 2020) ~ Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Concordia University-Wisconsin
Goetz, Chris (Ph.D. 2021) ~ Senior Medical Writer, Medtronic
Gehant, Alyssa ~ Ph.D. Student, John Corbett Lab, MCW
Nunez, Ray ~ Postdoctoral Resarcher, Catherine Musselman Lab, University of Colorado

Postdocs
Gulasova, Zuzana (Ph.D.) ~ Scientific Researcher, Pavol Josef Safarik University, Slovakia
Jones Lipinski, Rachel (Ph.D.) ~ Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Mount Mary University
Shishodia, Shifali (Ph.D.) ~Postdoc, Calibr, Arnab Chatterjee Lab, Scripps Research Institute
Sprague, Dan (M.D., Ph.D.) ~Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina
Yang, Moua (Ph.D.) ~ Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Washington

Laboratory Technicians
Schram, Malia (M.D.) ~ Medical Residency, Family Medicine Obstetrics, Swedish First Hill, Seattle WA
Summers, Steven (M.D.) ~ Medical Residency, Emergency Medicine, Kettering Health, Dayton OH
Szablewski, Isabel ~ Ph.D. Student, Emlyn Hughes Lab, Columbia University
Valdivia Esparza, Guadalupe ~ M.D./Ph.D. Medical Scientist Training Program student, Daisy Sahoo Lab, MCW

Research Interns
Bird, Amir ~ Clinical Research Coordinator, Mass General Brigham
Campbell, Karael (D.O.) ~ Medical Residency, Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago
Catlin, Audrey ~ B.S. Student, Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Gace, Maelle ~ Ph.D. Student, Chemistry, Colorado State University
Hirsch, Tom (M.D.) ~ Surgery Residency, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA
Julga, Brad (M.D.) ~ Pediatrician, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Mikolchak, Nusha ~ Ph.D. Student, Medical Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Moran, Gabriela ~ Undergraduate Student, Biology, Caldwell University
Nwaelugo, Nnenna (M.D.) ~ Medical Residency, General Surgery, Abington Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Van Kalsbeek, Mitchell (M.D.) ~ Medical Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Arizona
Walls, Nicole ~ former Medical Student, Loyola University Chicago
Wartenweiler, Vincent (M.S., Pharm.D.) ~ Pharmacist, Madison, WI
Valdivia Esparza, Guadalupe ~ M.D./Ph.D. Medical Scientist Training Program student, Daisy Sahoo Lab, MCW

Rotation Students
Abdifar, Sara ~ Ph.D. Student, John Pulikkan Lab, MCW
Adkins, Brandon ~ M.D./Ph.D. Student, Emma Morrison Lab, MCW
Blau, Maya ~ M.D./Ph.D. Student, Chris Kristich Lab, MCW
Brandt, Anthony (Ph.D.) ~ Scientific Patent Agent, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Madison, WI
Brennan, Patrick ~ Ph.D. Student, Mike Lerch Lab, MCW
Dishman, Acacia (M.D., Ph.D.) ~ Medical Residency, Radiation Oncology, Harvard
Danner, Laura (Ph.D.) ~ ASCEND Fellow, Summit Cohort
Gurtu, Akanksha ~ Ph.D. Student, University of Texas Medical Branch
Hammonds, Erin ~ Ph.D. Student, Emma Morrison Lab, MCW
Hoque, Kazi ~ Ph.D. Student, Caitlin O'Meara Lab, MCW
Korkos, Demetra (M.S.) ~ Catalent Pharma Solutions
Khurana, Mallika ~ Ph.D. Student, Pui (Penny) Lam Lab, MCW
Kyi, Priscilla (Ph.D.) ~ Postdoctoral Researcher, MCW
Lundquist, Tanner (M.S.) ~ Chemist, Land O' Lakes, Minneapolis, MN
Mansour, Rana ~ M.D./Ph.D. Student, Francesca Marassi Lab, MCW
Paintsill, Emeleeta ~ Ph.D. Student, Emma Morrison Lab, MCW
Pietroske, Jeff ~ Ph.D. Student, John Corbett Lab, MCW
Prodoehl, Eve ~ Ph.D. Student, Daisy Sahoo Lab, MCW
Ross, Kyle ~ Ph.D. Student, Blake Hill Lab, University of Colorado
Steen, Erica ~ M.D./Ph.D. Student, Sid Rao Lab, MCW
Tchona, Emmanuella ~ Ph.D. Student, Andreas Beyer Lab, MCW
Tucker, Liberty ~ M.D./Ph.D. Student, MCW
Zhuang, Cindy

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