Lab Members

Katrin Karbstein, Ph.D.

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

Katrin Karbstein, Ph.D.

Former Postdoctoral Scholar Sponsor To:

Dr. Yoon-Mo (TSRI, 11/2018-07/2023); now: Assistant Professor, Hanyang University, Korea

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: Associate 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

Melissa Parker, Ph.D. 2022, Now: LocanaBio, San Diego, California

Haina Huang, Ph.D. 2022, Now: Arrakis Therapeutics, Massachusetts

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