Education / Graduate Education / PhD Programs / Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology / Students Students First-Year Graduate Students and CMPP Program Directors ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZRyan AdapathyaFirst YearNada Ahmed SelimWojtovich LabResearch Interest: Optogenetic control of mitochondria to investigate the role of protonmotive force in neuronal physiologyRana Alabdali, M.S.Orlandi LabResearch Interest: Molecular mechanisms regulating G protein signaling biasHalima Aweis, M.S.Haber LabWang LabResearch Interest: Rodent and primate cross-species investigation of myelin maturation patterns during postnatal development. Investigating the effects induced by early exposure to amphetamine.Kate Boudreau, M.S.Small LabResearch Interest: Determining the exercise-Induced cardioprotective benefits of the Nrf2-mediated oxidative stress response in cardiac fibroblastsEmanuelle Chrysilla, M.S.Falsetta LabResearch Interest: Intersection of inflammation, lipid dysregulation, and nociception in localized provoked vulvodyniaLily Cisco, M.S.Lueck LabResearch Interest: Pathomechanism of skeletal muscle weakness and degeneration in Myotonic DystrophyMorgan ClayMacLean LabDavid Delemos, M.S.Dean LabResearch Interest: Exploring the use of electroporation for gene delivery to the lung to treat cystic fibrosisRhodalyn Essien, M.S.Glading LabLueck LabResearch Interest: Suppression of cerebral cavernous malformation nonsense mutation using anti-codon edited tRNAs Wenqi Fu, M.S.Orlandi LabResearch Interest: The physiological function of orphan G protein-coupled receptorsTabata FukushimaFogaça LabMartin GarciaAnderson LabResearch Interest: Characterizaon of KCNE6 and KCNE7: Novel Regulators of Cardiac Repolarizaon Channels KCNQ1 and hERGGrant Grieble, M.S.Bidlack LabResearch Interest: Investigating structural determinants for and consequences of G protein subtype biased signaling at the mu opioid receptorMiao He, M.S.Dirksen LabResearch Interest: Pathophysiology and treatment of malignant hyperthermia and environmental heat strokeCih-Li (Amy) Hong, D.V.M.Shuchi Yeh LabResearch Interest: The interplay of bone remodeling and the bone marrow microenvironment for normal hematopoiesis and malignancies Visualizing and manipulating the communicative network of bone marrow stromal cells Qinwen HuangFirst YearErik IngebretsenFirst YearSamanta JerinMeeks LabXingyu Jing, M.S.First YearChen Li, M.S.Morrell LabResearch Interest: The role of platelets in immune systemXiaoxuan Lin, M.S.Yule LabResearch Interest: ATP binding sites in Inositol (1,4,5)-Trisphosphate Receptors (InsP3R)Yunzhi LinMorrell LabXiaoyi Liu, M.S.Small LabResearch Interest: The role of small proline-rich protein 2b (Sprr2b) in the regulation of protein stability, fibroblast plasticity and cardiac fibrosis.Jing LuanDiekwisch LabZahra MahamedFalsetta LabMichael Malloy, M.S.Morrell LabResearch Interest: Myb regulation of megakaryocyte immune differentiationAlireza Mousaei, M.S.MacLean LabResearch Interest: Mechanisms of ASIC desensitizationAlex PfefferFirst YearAnkita Pohnerkar, M.S.First YearStefania Poli, M.S.First YearXinyi QianFirst YearMichal Shaposhnikov, M.S.Berk LabResearch Interest: Signaling transduction mechanisms in the vascular systemSiddhi ShettyYule LabEmily SorensenLueck LabOni (Tiwa) TiwaladeO'Banion-Olschowka LabsWang LabResearch Interest: Uncovering tau pathology from the context of neuroinflammation in AD brainsEi Tun, M.S.Morrell LabBrianna VonderhaarOrlandi LabBrooke WiseEliseev LabMaster's Degree in Pharmacology or PhysiologyResearch Interest: Stem cells. Aging of musculoskeletal tissues. Changes in energy metabolism and redox during agingNan Zhao, M.S.Dirksen LabResearch Interest: Pathophysiological mechanisms of Tubular Aggregate Myopathy (TAM) in Orai1 G100S mice