PERSONNEL
Jiahua (Jay) Xie (PI)
Professor
BS in Agronomy, 1986, Zhejiang University (former Zhejiang Agricultural University), China
PhD in Biophysics, 1996, Zhejiang University (former Zhejiang Agricultural University), China
Professional Experience:
2016 - Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Principal Investigator of BRITE, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
2012 - 2016 Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Principal Investigator of BRITE, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
2006 - 2012 Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Principal Investigator of BRITE, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
2002 - 2005 Senior Scientist, Vector Research Inc., 710 West Main Street, Durham, NC
2001 - 2001 Scientist, Vector Research Inc., 710 West Main Street, Durham, NC
1998 - 2000 Post-doctoral fellow (Advisors: Drs. Mark Conkling and Todd Wehner), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
1997 - 1998 Research Fellow, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
1995 - 1998 Assistant Professor, Zhejiang University (former Zhejiang Agricultural University), Hangzhou, China
1986 - 1994 Assistant Agronomist, Lishui Agriculture Science Institute, Zhejiang, China
Current Lab Members:
Dr. Farooqahmed S. Kittur
2009 - now
Research Assistant Professor, 2017 -
Research Scientist, 2014 - 2017
Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2009 - 2014
BS in Chemistry, 1992, Karnatak University, India
MS in Biochemistry, 1994, Karnatak University, India
Ph.D. in Biochemistry, 2001, University of Mysore, India
Dr. Mythili Saravanan
Research Scientist, August, 2021 - now
Ph.D. in Biotechnology, 2019, Bharathiar University, India
Dr. Qaisar Mahmood
Senior Scientist, April, 2022 - now
BS in Pharmacy, 2004, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan
M. Phil Pharmacology, 2009, University of Sargodha, Pakistan
Ph.D. in Pharmacology, 2017, Zhejiang University, China
Finn Hynes
MS student
Gunjan Patel
MS student
Kareemah McQueen
Undergraduate Student
Former Lab Members:
Naasir Albright, 08, 2021 - 06, 2023, MS Student
Isaiah Crews-Davis, 01, 2022 - 12, 2022, Undergraduate Student
Irene Sabu, 08, 2020 - 06, 2022, MS Student
Denise Berglind, 05, 2021 - 06, 2022, Undergraduate Student
Eric Barnes, 08 - 12, 2021, Undergraduate Student
Clyde Wright, 01, 2020 - 12, 2021, MS Student
Ms. Chiu-Yueh Hung, 2007-2021, Senior Scientist
Dr. Jianhui Zhang, August, 2017 to March, 2021, Research Scientist
Dr. Maotao He, June, 2018 to Febuary, 2021, Research Scientist
D’Shawna Burwell: 01, 2019 – 12, 2020, Undergraduate Student
Dr. Hua Li, March, 2018 to April, 2020, Research Scientist
Angibel Tejaba: 08, 2019 – 12, 2019, Undergraduate Student
Makhayla Davis: 01, 2019 – 12, 2019, Undergraduate Student
Dr. Xueliang Ren, June, 2018 to June, 2019, Visiting Scholar, Professor, Guizhou Academy of Tobacco Science, Guiyang, China
Jelyn Conrad: August, 2018 – May, 2019, Undergraduate Student
Dr. Xinhong Ge (MD), October, 2017 to December, 2018, Research Scientist
Cliff Ireri, January to December, 2018, Undergraduate Student
Dr. Elena Arthur, January, 2013 to May, 2017, first PhD Student.
Dr. Yuan Lin, January to December, 2016, Visiting Scientist, Associate Professor of Ningxia Medical University, China
Dr. Chayanika Bhattacharya, July 2015 - August, 2016, Visiting Scientist, University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India
Starr J Nichols, January to December, 2016, Undergraduate Student
Brittany L Carson, January to May, 2017, Undergraduate Student
Michelle D Thomas, January to December, 2015, Undergraduate Student
Hafsa Rahimuddin, January to December, 2015, Undergraduate Student
Dr. Chuanshu Zhu, June 2014 - June 2015, Visiting Scientist, Associate Professor of Northwest A&F University, China
Jackson L Pearce, January to December, 2015, Undergraduate Student
Ibrahim K Samah, January to December, 2015, Undergraduate Student
Laquitta L Thomas, 2012 - 2014, MS Student
Keely N Wharton, 2011-2014, Undergraduate Student
Gurpreet S Jawa, 2012 - 2013, Undergraduate Student
Maikhanh D Nguyen, 2012 - 2013, Undergraduate Student (BSAF, Durham)
Mamudou Bah, 2010 - 2012, MS Student (Merck Vaccine Plant, Durham)
MaKendra Umstead, 2009 - 2011 Undergraduate Student (Ph.D. program, Emory University)
Harvinder, Kaur, 2009 - 2010, MS Student (BSAF, Durham)
Bronwyn M. Holliday, 2009 - 2010, Undergraduate Student (Grassroots Biotechnology, Durham)
Diane Darlington, 2008 - 2011, Undergraduate Student, MS Student (Medicago USA, Durham)
Tomilowo Abijo, 2008 - 2010, MS Student (Ph.D. program, University of Cincinnati)
Ruchi Yadav, 2008 - 2010, MS Student (Ph.D. program, University of Georgia)
Dr. Antonia Y Tetteh, Post-Doc, 2008 - 2009 (Assistant Professor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, West Africa)
Tamba Musa, 2008, Undergraduate Student (Merck Vaccine Plant, Durham)
Reginald F. Holt, 2006 - 2007, Undergraduate Student (Merck Vaccine Plant, Durham)
QiQi, March - September, 2018, Visiting graduate student, Ningxia Medical University