Trainees

Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics

Graduate Students

Hannah Cannon - UVA MPBP Graduate Student

Hannah Cannon, Levental & Kenworthy Labs
BS in Biochemistry, Virginia Tech 2023

Sze Ham (Bena) Chan - UVA MPBP Graduate Student

Sze Ham (Bena) Chan, Levental Lab
MS in Biology, MIT 2013

Rachel DeLancey - University of Virginia MPBP graduate student

Rachel DeLancey, Kuyumcu-Martinez Lab
BA in Biology, DePauw University 2023

Irek Gorniak, Zimmer Lab
MS, University of Wroclaw 2020

Emma Hendrix - Graduate Student - UVA MPBP Department

Emma Hendrix, Kuyumcu-Martinez Lab
BS in Biology and Biochemistry,
Radford University

Zuzanna Juśkiewicz - University of Virginia MPBP department graduate student

Zuzanna Juśkiewicz, Isakson Lab
MS, Jagiellonian University, Crocaw, Poland 2023

Aysia Khan - University of Virginia MPBP Department Visiting Graduate Student

Aysia Khan, Redemann Lab
BS, Warsaw University of Life Sciences 2022

Jennifer Korchak - University of Virginia MPBP Department Graduate Student

Jennifer Korchak, Sheynkman Lab
BS, University of North Florida 2019

Micah Lehe - University of Virginia MPBP Department Graduate Student

Micah Lehe, Sheynkman Lab
BS, Purdue University 2022

Jason Li - University of Virginia MPBP department graduate student

Jason Li, Ling Qi Lab
BS, University of Pittsburgh 2019

Skylar Loeb - University of Virginia MPBP Department Graduate Student

Skylar Loeb, Isakson Lab
BS, Brown University 2020

Melissa Luse - University of Virginia MPBP department graduate student

Melissa Luse, Isakson Lab
MS in Biomedical Science
University of Virginia 2021

Magdalena Magaj - University of Virginia MPBP student graduate student

Magdalena Magaj, Redemann Lab
MS in Biotechnology
Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland 2021

Emir Maldosevic - University of Virginia MPBP Department Graduate Student

Emir Maldosevic, Jomaa Lab
BS, University of North Florida 2018

Victoria Milosek - University of Virginia MPBP Department Graduate Student

Victoria Milosek, Gary Owens Lab
MS, University of Virginia 2023

Nazanin Moradinasab - University of Virginia MPBP department graduate student

Nazanin Moradinasab, Gary Owens Lab
PhD, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran 2016

Claire-Mueller-UVA-MPBP-Graduate-Student

Claire Mueller, Kuyumcu-Martinez Lab
BS in Biology,
University of Portland

Jessica Rana, Zimmer Lab
BA in Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University

Jędrzej (Andy) Rum - University of Virginia MPBP department graduate student

Jędrzej (Andy) Rum, Zimmer Lab
MS in Biochemistry
Lodz University of Technology, Poland 2019

Wyatt Schug - Graduate Student - University of Virginia MPBP Department

Wyatt Schug, Isakson Lab
BS in Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2021

Natchanon Sittipongpittaya - University of Virginia MPBP Department Graduate Student

Natchanon Sittipongpittay, Sheynkman Lab
BS, University of Virginia 2022

Daria Sokovikova - University of Virginia MPBP Graduate Student

Daria Sokovikova, Tamm Lab
MS in Biotechnology, University of Warsaw 2020
MS in Biological and Physical Sciences, University of Virginia 2022

Daryna Sputay, Levental Lab
MS, University of Wroclaw

Zachary Stephens - UVA MPBP Graduate Student

Zachary Stephens, Zimmer Lab
BS in Biology and Chemistry,
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania

Weronika Tomaka, Tamm Lab
MS, University of Warsaw 2020

Adeline Walsh, Lukens Lab
BS, University of Virginia 2019

Sara-Zdancewicz-UVA-MPBP-Graduate-Student

Sara Zdancewicz, Jomaa Lab
BS in Statistics and Biology,
University of Pittsburgh, 2023

Hao Zhang - University of Virginia MPBP Department Graduate Student

Hao Zhang, Ai Lab
BS in Chemistry and Biology,
Washington College 2017

Shengyu Zhao - University of Virginia MPBP department graduate student

Shengyu Zhao, Ai Lab
BS in Chemistry,
Nanjing University, China, 2019

Sharon Zheng, Ebrahim Lab

Elina Zhou, Ling Qi Lab
MS, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2018

Katarzyna (Kasia) Zymanczyk - UVA MPBP Graduate Student

Katarzyna (Kasia) Zymanczyk, Zimmer Lab
MS, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, 2023

Postdoctoral Fellows/Research Associates/Research Scientists

Mohammed Ahmad - University of Virginia research associate

Mohammed Ahmad, Zimmer Lab
Research Associate
PhD, National Institute of Immunology, India 2023

Arunabh Athreya University of Virginia MPBP Research Associate

Arunabh Athreya, Zimmer Lab
Research Associate
PhD, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India

Subhashis Banerjee - University of Virginia MPBP Department Senior Scientist

Subhashis Banerjee, Gary Owens Lab
Senior Scientist/Lab Manager
PhD, University of Kentucky 2010

Samira Bushra - University of Virginia MPBP department research associate

Samira Bushra, Kuyumcu-Martinez Lab
Research Associate
PhD, Graduate School of Medicine, Neurogenetics Lab, Nagoya University, Japan 2023

Xinxin Chen - University of Virginia MPBP Department Postdoctoral Fellow

Xinxin Chen, Ling Qi Lab
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2021

Imrul Chowdhury - University of Virginia MPBP Department Research Scientist

Imrul Chowdhury, Kuyumcu-Martinez Lab
Research Scientist
PhD, Nagoya University, Japan 2020

Milka Doktorova - University of Virginia Postdoctoral Fellow - MPBP Department

Milka Doktorova, Levental Lab
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Cornell University 2018

Meagan Belcher Dufrisne, Linda Columbus Laboratory
Postdoctoral Researcher
PhD, Columbia University 2018

Zhuoran Gong - University of Virginia MPBP Research Associate

Zhuoran Gong, Ai Lab
Research Associate
PhD, Peking University, China 2023

Gaizun “Guyzuin” Hu - University of Virginia MPBP department research associate

Gaizun “Guyzuin” Hu, Ebrahim Lab
Research Associate
PhD, Tohoku University, Japan 2019

Wenyuan Huang - University of Virginia MPBP department research associate

Wenyuan Huang, Ai Lab
Research Associate
PhD, Hokkaido University 2023

Erin Jeffery - University of Virginia MPBP Department Senior Scientist

Erin Jeffery, Sheynkman Lab
Senior Scientist
PhD, University of Virginia 2001

Ashish Kabra, Bushweller Lab
Research Scientist
PhD, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India 2020

Md Murad Khan, University of Virginia MPBP Research Associate

Md Murad Kahn, Zimmer Lab
Research Associate
PhD, SUNY Upstate Medical University (2024)

Zefan Li - University of Virginia MPBP Department Research Scientist

Zefan Li, Ai Lab
Research Scientist
PhD, Peking University, China 2017

Yusheng Lian - Research Associate - University of Virginia MPBP Department

Yusheng Liang, Ling Qi Lab
Research Associate
PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2021

Yutu Ohno - University of Virginia MPBP Department Postdoctoral Fellow

Yuta Ohno, Ebrahim Lab
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Japan 2018

Yujun Quan - University of Virginia MPBP Department Postdoctoral Fellow

Yujun Quan, Ling Qi Lab
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2022

Jeehae Shin - University of Virginia MPBP Department Research Associate

Jeehae Shin, Bao Lab
Research Associate
PhD, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology 2020

Hui Wang - University of Virginia MPBP Department Postdoctoral Fellow

Hui Wang, Ling Qi Lab
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD/MD,  Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China 2016

Huilun (Helen) Wang, Ling Qi Lab
Postdoctoral Associate
PhD, University of Michigan 2021

Zhihong Wang, Ling Qi Lab
Research Associate
PhD, Michigan Technological University 2022

Xiaoqiong Wei - University of Virginia MPBP department research associate

Xiaoqiong Wei, Ling Qi Lab
Research Associate
PhD, Sichuan University, China 2019

Louis Wilson, Zimmer Lab
Research Associate
PhD, University of Cambridge 2021

Jing Zhang, Ai Lab
Research Scientist
PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 2014

Xiawei Zhang, Ling Qi Lab
Research Associate
PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 2020

Yiyu Zhang, Ai Lab
Research Associate
PhD, Southern Methodist University 2020