Alumni
Graduate Doctoral Students
Franz Gruswitz, Ph.D.
Graduate Student in Biophysics, 2002-2005 (Post Doc, UCSF)
Currently: Director of Protein and RNA Sciences, NextRNA Therapeutics, Boston MA
Kefang Xie, Ph.D.
Graduate Student in Biochemistry, 2001-2006 (Post Doc, Johns Hopkins)
Currently: Scientist, US Army Research Lab, Japan
Celeste MacElrevey, Ph.D.
Graduate Student in Biochemistry, 2002-2007 (T32 Trainee)
Currently: Senior Pharmacokineticist and QA Specialist, Nuventra Pharma Sciences
Andrew Torelli, Ph.D.
Graduate Student in Biophysics, 2003-2008 (Post-Doc, Cornell University)
Currently: Assistant Professor, Ithaca College
Robert C. Spitale, Ph.D.
Graduate Student in Chemistry, 2004-2009 (Post-Doc, Stanford University)
Currently: Professor and Founding Associate Dean of Research, Chancellor’s Fellow, UC Irvine, School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Shashank Chavali, Ph.D.
Graduate Student in Biophysics, 2016-2021
Currently: Post-doctoral research fellow at Yale University, New Haven CT (mentors: Drs. Charles Sindelar and Enrique De La Cruz)
Griffin Schroeder, Ph.D.
Graduate Student in Biophysics, 2018-2022
Currently: Research Scientist, Structural Biology Group, Arrakis Therapeutics, Waltham MA
Debapratim “Dave” Dutta, Ph.D.
Graduate Student in Biophysics, 2014-2019
Currently: Scientist at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston MA
UC Irvine, School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Jason Salter, Ph.D.
Graduate Student in Biochemistry, 2004-2010 (T32 Trainee; Post-Doc, URMC)
Currently: Scientist, Oyagen, Inc.
Geoffrey Lippa, Ph.D.
Graduate Student in Biochemistry, 2007-2013 (Post-Doc, Hauptman-Woodward Med. Res. Inst.)
Currently: Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology at Alfred State University
Joseph Liberman, Ph.D.
Graduate Student in Biochemistry, 2009-2014 (T32 Trainee; Post-Doc, Yale University)
Currently: Director, Field Capabilities Global Medical and Scientific Affairs, Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., Portland OR
Post-Doctoral Trainees
Shabnam Alam, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2003 - 2006
Currently: Adjunct Professor, Nazareth College
Valerie Grum-Tokars, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1999 - 2002
Currently: a Research Associate Professor, Northwestern University, Chicago IL
Jason Salter, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009 - 2013
Currently: Scientist, Oyagen, Inc.
Undergraduate Research Students
Alena Janda, M.D., Ph.D.
Undergraduate Student (M.D./Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
Currently: Infectious Disease Fellow at University of North Carolina
Moriah Heller Nissan, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Student (Ph.D. Memorial Sloan Kettering)
Currently: Research Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Michael Mungillo, M.D.
Undergraduate Student (M.D. SUNY Buffalo)
Currently: Family Medicine, URMC
Colleen Kellenberger, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Student (Ph.D. U.C. Berkeley)
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina
Jacob Hyer, M.S.
Undergraduate Student (M.S. Pharmacology, University of Washington)
Currently: Research Scientist, University of Washington
Jarrod Bogue, M.D.
Undergraduate Student (B.S., U of R, M.D. URMC)
Currently: Plastic Surgery Specialist at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell Campus, NYC
Maya Lippard, BS
Undergraduate Student (B.S., U of R)
Currently: M.D./Ph.D. Program at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI
REU Students
Katherine Frato, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Student (Ph.D. Johns Hopkins)
Currently: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Seattle University
Melisa Kundracik Osborne, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Student (Ph.D. Brandeis)
Currently: Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry, The College of Wooster
Amanda Pelly
Undergraduate Student
Currently: Cornell University
David Cappuccio, D.D.S.
Undergraduate Student (D.D.S. SUNY Buffalo)
Currently: Dentist, LifDental
Tiana Rohe
Undergraduate Student
Currently: Graduate Student, University of Rochester
Technical Staff
Ivan Belashov
Technical Associate, 2012 - 2018
Currently: Graduate Student, University of Pittsburgh
Jolanta Krucinska, B.Sc.
Senior Technical Associate, 2004-2011
Currently: Senior Research Associate, University of Connecticut
Medical Students
Jarrod Bogue, M.D.
Year-Out Medical Student (M.D., URMC)
Currently: Plastic Surgery Specialist at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell Campus, NYC
Research Faculty
Mohammad Salim, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Currently: Retired