Katrin Karbstein, PhD
Associate Professor, Integrative Structural and Computational Biology
Vordiplom Chemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Diplom Biochemistry, University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany
Ph.D. Biochemistry, Stanford University with Daniel Herschlag
Postdoctoral Research, University of California-Berkeley with Jennifer Doudna

Xin Liu, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
M.S., Chemical Biology, CIAC, Chinese Academy of Science, China
Ph.D. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago

Jason Yang, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
B.S., Department of Life Science, Hanyang University (Seoul, Korea)
Ph.D. in Microbiology, Department of Life Science, Hanyang Unversity. Research Advisor: Jin-Won Lee, Ph.D.

Melissa Parker
Graduate Student, Skaggs Graduate School

Haina Huang
Graduate Student, Skaggs Graduate School

Karin Ebba Blomqvist
Research Technician

Jill Goldschmitt
Laboratory Administrative Coordinator
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Former Postdoctoral Scholar Sponsor To:
Dr. Jason Collins (TSRI, 10/2015-08/2018; now: Postdoctoral Researcher, NIH, NIDCR Director’s Diversity Fellowship Recipient
Dr. Sohail Khoshnevis (TSRI, 04/2012-06/2018); now: Assistant Professor, Emory University
Dr. Homa Ghalei (TSRI, 04/2012-10/2017); now: Assistant Professor, Emory University
Dr. Miriam Koch (TSRI, 10/2016-08/2017); now: Janssen Vaccines AG, Switzerland
Dr. Hari Bhaskaran (TSRI, 05/2013-08/2014); now: Arcturus Therapeutics, San Diego
Dr. Juliette Trepreau, (TSRI, 01/2012-06/2013); now: Project Leader in Molecular and Cell Biology, CIMTECH, Universite de Marseilles
Dr. Boguslawa Korona (TSRI, 08/2011-02/2012); now: Oxford University
Dr. Darryl M. Horn (TSRI, 09/2010-08/2012); now: Assistant Professor, Keystone College, PA
Dr. Allison Lamanna (University of Michigan, 08/2007-06/2010); now: Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Boston University
Dr. Hajeong Kim (University of Michigan, 09/2008-06/2010); now: Pharmacy Student, University of Massachusetts
Dr. Scott Walker (University of Michigan, 08/2007-08/2008); now: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Michigan
Former Graduate Students
Max Ferretti, Ph.D. 2019, Now: Postdoctoral Fellow, Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania
Crystal Young, Ph.D. 2012, Now: Assistant Professor, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida
Bethany Strunk, Ph.D. 2011, Now: Assistant Professor, Trinity University
Heather Woolls, Ph.D. 2011, Now: Solo Hill, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Annie Labut, M.S. 2009, Now: NSF International
Former Staff Scientist
Joanne Doherty, Ph.D., Kissill Lab, Moffitt Cancer Center
Former Lab Assistants
Melody Campbell, 2010-2011, Now: Associate Professor, Fred Hutch
Saundra Mason, 2009-2010, Now: Ansa Biotechnologies
Former Undergraduate Students
Stefan Choy (undergraduate student at FAU, FL)
Maggie Lyons (B.S. Eckerd College, FL)
Jessica Bush (Graduate school, Scripps Research)
Elizabeth Potts (B.S., University of Florida, post-bac, Max Planck Florida Institute)
Hans Smith (Graduate school, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Rebecca Culver (Graduate school, Stanford University)
Hannah Toutkoushian (Graduate school, UCSF, NSF predoctoral fellow)
Katelyn Doxtader (Graduate school, UT Southwestern)
Oscar Martinez-Armenta (Graduate school in engineering, Augsburg College)
John Bloszinski (B.S., FAU)
Megan Novak (Ph.D., Northwestern University, NSF predoctoral fellow)
Melody Campbell (Ph.D., Scripps Research, postdoc: UCSF)
Christine Norton (Medical School, University of Michigan)
Elia Wright (Graduate school, University of Michigan)
Ariell Joiner (Graduate school, University of Michigan)
Sylvia Escudero (Graduate school, Harvard)
Jennifer Raymond (Dentistry School, University of Michigan)
Chris Dion
Rebecca Leone
Former REU Summer Undergraduates
Gabriela Guerrero-Corcino, University of Pennsylvania, Berks
Peyton De Marzo, Now: Predoctoral Student, UCSC
Jessica Bush, Now: PhD. Candidate, Scripps Florida
Rebecca Culver, Now: Stanford University
Hans Smith, Now: University of Wisconsin
Hanna Toutkoushian, Now: NSF Predoctoral Fellow, UCSF
Oscar Martinez-Armenta, Augsburg College
Katelyn Doxtader, University of Texas Southwestern
Megan Novak, Now: NSF Predoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University
Elia Wright, University of Michigan
Ariell Joiner, Now: University of Michigan
Former High School Students
Emily Horgen, Now: Yale University
Thomas Rose, BLEU Student
Mulan Yang, 2019
Noelle Matese, 2018-2019, Now: University of Missouri, B.S./M.D. program
Jennifer Barre, 2017-2018, Now: Georgetown University
Z. Amanda Lee, 2017, Now: Brown University
Sydney Pincus, 2016-2017, Now: University of Miami
Julia St. Amand, 2016, Now: Brandeis University
Ethan Ward, 2016, Now: UCLA
Maria Dattolo, 2014-2015, Now: Tufts University
Cachae Alford, 2015, B.S. University of Florida
Catherine Chen, 2014, B.A. UCSC
Lauren Fremont, 2012, B.S. FAU
Angela Liang, 2012 – 2013, Princeton University
Caroline Horrow, 2011-2012, B.S. Duke University, postdoc: Mayo Clinic, Harvard Law School
Lina Leon, 2010-2011, B.S., University of Florida, graduate school, UCSF