Former Graduate Students
Moriah LaMantial
Investigating the Role that Gut Microbes Play in Triggering Type 1 Diabetes
lamantm@miamioh.edu
Currently -
Ruojing (Jing) Zhang
Dissertation Title: THE INVESTIGATION OF BIOPHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF PENTAPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEINS FROM NOSTOC PCC 7120.
Date of Defense - March 30, 2021
Current Position - Post-doctoral Researcher, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics at Vanderbilt University
https://lab.vanderbilt.edu/mchaourab-lab/person/ruojing-zhang/
email - ruojing.zhang@vanderbilt.edu
Dr. William Joesten, PhD
Dissertation Title: EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GUT BACTERIA, GUT PERMEABILITY, AND BACTERIAL METABOLISM IN THE NON OBESE DIABETIC (NOD) MOUSE MODEL OF TYPE 1 DIABETES (T1D)
Date of Degree Award: Received Doctor of Philosophy degree on November 15, 2019.
Current Position:
Regulatory Submissions Coordinator at Medpace, Cincinnati, Ohio
Email: joestewc@miamioh.edu
Irina Petrova, M.Sc.
Masters Thesis Title: INFLUENCE OF DRYING METHOD ON NMR-BASED METABOLIC PROFILING OF HUMAN CELL LINES
Date of Degree Award: Received Masters degree on July 30, 2019.
Current Position:
Email: petrovi@miamioh.edu
Dr. Michelle (Veite) Schmahl, PhD
Dissertation Title: METABOLIC PROFILING OF URINE, FECAL, AND SERUM SAMPLES AND PANCREATIC TUMORS AND EVALUATION OF HMGA1 EXPRESSION LEVELS IN PANCREATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA CELLS IN THE PTF1A-CRE; LSL-KRASG12D TRANSGENIC MOUSE MODEL OF PANCREATIC CANCER
Date of Degree Award: Received Doctor of Philosophy degree on April 10, 2018.
Current Position: Adjunct Faculty Member at Xavier University, Loveland, Ohio
Email: veitemj@miamioh.edu
Dr. Tafadzwa (Taf) Chihanga, PhD
Dissertation Title: USE OF NMR-BASED METABONOMICS TO STUDY HUMAN DISEASE IN MOUSE MODELS AND CANCER CELL LINES
Date of Degree Award: Received Doctor of Philosophy degree on November 21, 2017.
Current Position: World Health Organization
Email: chihant@miamioh.edu
Dr. Faizule Hassan, PhD
Dissertation Title: ADENOVIRUS MEDIATED DELIVERY OF DECOY HYPER BINDING SITES FOR SEQUESTRATION OF AN ONCOGENIC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HMGA AS A POTENTIAL NOVEL CANCER THERAPY AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF LOCAL MUSHROOMS
Date of Degree Award: Received Doctor of Philosophy degree on November 17, 2017.
Current Position: Senior Research Associate at Sarepta Therapeutics, Columbus, OH.
Previous positions: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Biological Chemistry & Pharmacology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Email: hassanf@miamioh.edu
Dr. Shenhuan (Shen) Xu, PhD
Dissertation Title: NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY STUDIES OF AT2G44920, A PENTAPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEIN FROM ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA AND X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY STUDIES OF K-RAS, A HUMAN ONCOGENIC GTP-ASE SIGNALING PROTEIN"
Date of Degree Award: Received Doctor of Philosophy degree on August 11, 2017
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
Email: xus@miamioh.edu
Ben Fenton, BS, MS
Thesis Title: GAP Engineering to Restore GTP Hydrolysis to Kras Mutants
Date of Degree Award: Received Masters Degree in May of 2014
Current Position: PhD candidate in the Department of Biochemistry at Duke University
Dr. Bo Wang, PhD
Dissertation Title:
Date of Degree Award: Received Doctor of Philosophy degree in August of 2013.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry North Carolina A&T State University 1601 East Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27411
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bo-wang-75a15a53/
Previous: Facilities Manager, Texas A&M University
Email: bwang1@ncat.edu
Dr. Erik Feldmann, PhD
Dissertation Title:
Date of Degree Award: Received Doctor of Philosophy degree in August of 2012.
Current Position: Scientist II at Cambrex. Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikfeldmann/
Previous: Analytical Scientist, Biochemist at Avista Pharma, Cary, North Carolina
Dr. Lindsey Romick-Rosendale, PhD
Dissertation Title: USE OF NMR-BASED METABONOMICS TO STUDY ANIMAL MODELS AND HUMAN DISEASE
Date of Degree Award: Received Doctor of Philosophy degree in December of 2011.
Current Position: Director, Metabolomics Core Facility, Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsey-romick-rosendale-40b22456/
Dr. Miki Watanabe, PhD
Dissertation Title:
Date of Degree Award: Received Doctor of Philosophy degree in December of 2011.
Current Position: Research Associate at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Dr. Aaron Goodpaster, PhD
Dissertation Title:
Date of Degree Award: Received Doctor of Philosophy degree in August of 2011.
Current position: Department Chair - Natural Sciences at Ivy Tech Community College
Email: agoodpaster7@ivytech.edu