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Graduate students, postdocs and visiting scientists:

Dr. Aaron Tipton, Ph.D. program, 2007- 2012, passed defense on June 29, 2012,

Dissertation title: How to Assemble a Functional Mitotic Checkpoint Complex

2009 ASCB Annual Meeting Travel Award

Leaving for: Postdoc in Dr. Gary Gorbsky’s lab at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Current position: Scientist at Cytovance

Dr. Kexi Wang, Ph.D. program, 2009- 2014, passed defense on Aug. 28, 2014,

Dissertation title:  Silencing of the Mitotic Checkpoint

Leaving for: UC Berkeley Law School

Current position: Attorney in California

      Dr. Wenbin Ji, Ph.D. program, 2011- 2016, passed defense on December 12, 2016

2014 Spring, 2014 Fall, 2015 Fall Department Graduate Students’ Research Day Poster presentation winner

Dissertation title:  Regulation of the Mitotic Checkpoint

Leaving for: Postdoc at University of Michigan;

Current position: Arbor Research

      Jenna LaBelle, MSc Program, 2016 fall- 2018 summer, passed defense on July 24, 2018

      Thesis title: Characterizing BUBR1 interactions with MAD2 and p31comet in the mitotic checkpoint  

      Leaving for: Technician at Brigham Women’s Hospital

      Current Position: Scientist at Dana Faber Cancer Institute

Lindsey Cousino, 2018-2021, MSc graduate student; Current Position: UToledo Medical School

Jaai Pandit, 2019-2022, MSc graduate student; Current Position: Pacific Northwest Research Institute

Dr. Michael Moenk, Postdoc fellow, 07/2015 – 06/2018

 5/1/2016-4/30/2018, Funded by R01 “Research Supplement to Promote Re-Entry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers” (PA-15-321)

 Current Position: Project Scientist at Charles River

      Dr. Ejaz Ahmad, Postdoc associate, 06/2015 – 03/2019

    Leaving for: postdoc at University of Michigan

Dr. Yibo Luo, 2015-2021, Research Associate; Current Position: UToledo Medical School

Matthew Stojsavljevic, 2021 Summer MSRP program

Grace Burket, 2021 Summer MSRP program

Undergraduate Student Researchers who have trained in the lab:

Haroon Hason, 2023 summer, OSU student, working with Raissa Songwa

·         Arash Khan, 2022 summer-2023 spring, with Raissa Songwa

·         Anna Yeager, 2023 spring, volunteer, with Song-Tao Liu

·         Alaa Geanseez, 2022 spring-2023 spring, with Raissa Songwa and Song-Tao Liu

Anish Karnani, 2020 winter-2023 summer, with Jaai Pandit and Sreemita Majumdar, Accepted into UToledo Medical School through MedStart program 2022;

            Department Outstanding Graduating Major for 2023 Spring semester

·         Iraj Khan, 2022 fall, with Raissa Songwa; UT-MSBS-MS program

·         Krithika Sathiya, 2020 Spring-2022 Fall, with Lindsey Cousino and Sreemita Majumdar

·         Lilian Anderson, 2021 spring-2021 Fall, Department Honors student, working with Yibo Luo

Drew Pariseau, 2019 spring-2021 Fall, Honors student, working with Lindsey Cousino, Accepted into UToledo Medical School through BS/MD program 2021

Haseeb Mohammed, 2019 spring-2020 Spring, 2021 Fall, working with Lindsey Cousino and Song-Tao Liu

·         Kenny Zhang, 2021 summer, OSU student, working with Yibo Luo

·        Yousef Alagha, 2019 fall-2020 Spring, working with Yibo Luo, UT medical School

Saira Khan, recommended for  The 2020 UT Undergraduate Summer Research and Creative Activity Program (cancelled due to COVID19 outbreak)

·        Robison Alder, 2019 fall, volunteer with Yibo Luo

Malak Akl, B.Sc. (2019), 2018 fall - 2020 Spring, working with Lindsey Cousino, University of Arizona Medical School

Mushahid Osman, 2019 Spring-2019 Fall, working with Yibo Luo

Anna Dekemper, 2019 spring-2019 Fall, Honors student, working with Sreemita Majumdar

·        Brandon Hoobler (Mercy College of Ohio), 2019 summer, working with Yibo Luo

·        Niraj Gupta (UT Bioengineering student), 2019 summer, working with Yibo Luo

Dylan Truong, 2019 spring, working with Yibo Luo/Lindsey Cousino

Katelyn Dunaway, Honors student, 2017 summer- 2018 Fall, working with Michael Moenk; 2017 UT First Year Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Hailey Cox, 2017 fall -2018 spring, working with Yibo Luo, University of Tennessee Medical School

Lindsey Cousino, 2017 summer-2018 spring, working with Sreemita Majumdar, UT graduate program in my lab, finished MSc in the lab

         Leaving for: technician at UT  COMLS

Nhan Nguyen, Wabash College, 2017 summer, working with Ejaz Ahmad, expected graduation 2020 summer

·        Steph Millner, 2016 fall-2017 spring

·        Chad Burkholder, Honors student, 2016 fall-2017 spring, UT medical school; 

             First-class prize, the 22nd Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, 2017

·         Jana Choberka, 2016 fall-2017 spring

·         Julia Mendiola,  2016 summer-2017 spring, UT medical school

Simran Marwah, University Honors Student, 2015 fall – 2017 spring, University of Buffalo Dental School

·         Zachary Douglas, (2014 fall- 2015 Spring; 2016 fall-2017 spring), UT MSc program in nursing

·         Serena Cai (University Honors Student, 2015 spring-2016 spring), bioengineering major, volunteer

·         Jenna Mcgowan, 2016 spring, UTMC bioinformatics program graduate student

·         Charmaine Apale, 2015 fall-2016 spring

·         Francesca Leonardi (University Honors Student, 2015 summer); 2015 The UT Undergraduate Summer Research and Creative Activity Program

·         Ofek Avidor-Reiss (University Honors Student, 2015 spring), OSU medical school

·         Shunling Chen (Queen’s University, Canada; 2015 summer)

·         Tayler L. Grabowsky (Honors Student, 2014 fall- 2015 Spring), UT PA program

·         Tyler Snyder (2014 summer- 2015 Spring), biochemistry major; UT MedStar program

·         Quinn Sampath (2013 fall, volunteer)

·         Laleh Fathnezhad (2013 fall), UT/BG Masters of Public Health Administration program

·         Sama Issa (2013 spring)

·         Sharin Afifi (2013 spring – 2014 Spring)

·         Lu Zhang (2012 fall)

·         Ali Eltatawy (Honors Student, 2012 summer – 2014 Spring), UT MD program

·         Sara Federman (Honors Student, 2012 summer- 2013 spring), UTCOM MS program

·         Shermeen Sufi (University Honors Student, 2010 Summer-2012 Spring; 2010 UT First Year Undergraduate Research Fellowship, UT MD program

·         Sally Itawi (University Honors Student, 2011 Fall-2012 Spring), UT MD program

·         Ashley Grenier (2011 Summer-2011 Fall), PA school

 Michael Tipton (2010 Fall-2011 Spring), veteran, Medical Laboratory Science program at Bowling  Green State University

·         Yinhan Zhou (2010 summer-2011 Spring, University of the Pacific graduate student),

·         Laura Link (2009 Fall-2010 Spring, Kent State University graduate student); PhD from Kent State

·         Peter Oladimeji (2009 Summer-2010 Spring, UT Biol graduate student); PhD from UToledo

·         Richard Nguyen (2009 Fall)

·         Randy Pierce (2008 Fall-2009 Spring, UT College of Medicine graduate student), veteran

·         Lindy Lutz (2008 Fall-2009 Spring, UT Biol graduate student), veteran; PhD from UToledo

·         Umar Riza (2008 Summer)

·         Sarah Ma (2008 Spring)

High School Student Researchers:

       Mohammad Tal (Maumee Valley School, 2023 summer, with Raissa Songwa)

      Jerry Ning (Sylvania Southview High School, 2021 summer and Fall, with Yibo Luo/Drew Pariseau)

       Grace Lee (Maumee Valley School, 2021- 3 weeks in the fall, with Jaai Pandit)

        Austin Corns (Maumee Valley School, 2021 -4 weeks in the summer and fall, with Jaai Pandit/Anish Karnani)

       Gage Kuhl (Maumee Valley School, 2020 fall, with Jaai Pandit)

       Zakaria Maaieh (Ottawa Hills High School, 2019 fall-2020 Spring, with Lindsey Cousino)

       David Liu (Sylvania Southview High School, 2019 summer and fall, with Yibo Luo): Georgia Institute of Technology

       2020 Ohio Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Research Paper Award Winner, 2nd Alternate   

           https://www.bgsu.edu/nwo/programs/ohio-junior-science-and- humanities-symposium/ojshs-archive/ojshs-2020.html

        2020 The Ohio Academy of Sciences Awards, District Science Day, “Superior” Project

        2020 The Ohio Academy of Sciences UT Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Award, First Place, Northewest District Science Day

       2020 The Ohio Academy of Sciences Awards, State Science Day, “Superior” Project

      Abigail Berk (Ottawa Hills High School, 2018 fall-2019 spring, with Lindsey Cousino): OSU

           2019 Ohio Academy of Science Superior Rating at Ottawa Hills (local competition)

        2019 Cell Biology Award at Northwest Ohio District 2 Science Day

        2019 Ohio Junior Science and Humanities Symposium 1st place for 11th-12th grade poster presentations

     Victoria Heck (Whitmer High School, 2017 fall-2018 spring, working with Jenna LaBelle)

     Richard Jin (Maumee Valley High School, 2015 summer): Kent State/Neomed BS/MD Program.

     Sanjay Jinka (Anthony Wayne High School, 2015 summer and fall, working with Michael Moenk): Kent State/Neomed BS/MD Program.

      2016 "The OSU College of Medicine Future Physicians Award for Most Outstanding Project" and "Mercy Medical Award for Most Outstanding Project"

      2017 National Merit Scholar Winner:

      http://nhsjs.com/2016/examining-the-effect-of-trip13-over-expression-on-cancerous-aneuploidy/

       High school senior studying cancer cells: http://www.toledoblade.com/Education/2016/10/11/Anthony-Wayne-High-School-senior-studying-cancer-cells-at-University-of-Toledo.html

       US Presidential Scholar: http://www.toledoblade.com/Education/2017/02/19/U-S-Presidential-Scholar-Program-honors-8-in-area.html.

     Starr Jiang (Northview High School, 2013 fall, 2014 Summer, supervised by Wenbin Ji): OSU

     Alison Yang (Southview High School, 2009 fall): Columbia University

       5th place in 2010 Ohio Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, and the Cell Biology Award in the 2010 Ohio Academy of Science District Science Day