Our Alumni
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Daiki Hayashi
Postdoctoral Researcher: March 2018-August 2021
Research Project: Phospholipase A2 and Lipidomics
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Email: dhayashi@port.kobe-u.ac.jp
Juergen Hartler
Visiting Scientist: Oct 2018-March 2020
Research Topic: Development of data analysis tools for lipidomics and metabolomics, and data analysis algorithms for mass spectrometry
Current Position: Assistant Professor at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Graz, Austria
Email: Juergen.Hartler@uni-graz.at
Joseph Argus
Postdoctoral Researcher: July 2018-August 2020
Research Topic: Cellular Phospholipases A2
Current Position: Senior Scientist I, Analytical Research & Development at Nitto BioPharma, Inc.
Address: 10618 Science Center Dr., San Diego, CA 92121
Email: jargus@health.UCSD.edu
Deion Sugianto
Undergraduate Lab Assistant: 2017-2019
Current Position: Dexcom
Email: deion.sugianto@gmail.com
Berit Johansen
Visiting Scientist: 1996-1997, 2018
Current Position: Professor, Department of Biology, Section for Molecular and Systems Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Email: bejo@ntnu.no
Aaron R. Navratil
Postdoctoral Researcher: 2015-2017
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Marengo Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA
Email: anavratil@theravance.com
Antonin Lamaziere
Visiting Researcher: 2017
Current Position: Associate Professor Biochemistry/Lipid metabolism, Pierre and Marie Curie University/AP-HP, Paris, France
Email: antonin.lamaziere@aphp.fr
Violetta Constantinou-Kokotou
Visiting Professor: 2000, 2014
Current Position: Professor of Organic Chemistry, Director of Chemical Laboratories, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Email: vikon@aua.gr
George Kokotos, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor: 2003, 2014
Current Position: Chair and Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Email: gkokotos@chem.uoa.gr
Dimitrios Limnios
Postdoc: July 2013, July-August 2014 and December 2014 to February 2015
Current Position: IB Chemistry Instructor at the American College of Greece, Athens, Greece
Email: dlimnios@chem.uoa.gr; dlimnios@acg.edu
Maroula G. Kokotou
Postdoc: July 2013, July-August 2014 and December 2014 to February 2015
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Instrumental Analysis and Organic Chemistry, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Email: mkokotou@aua.gr
Jiang Jiang
Postdoctoral Researcher from 2013 to 2015
Current Position: Professor, School of Food Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu province, China
Research Interests: protein chemistry, plant-based emulsion system
Sindhushree Raghunandan
Graduate Student from 2012 to 2014
Paul Norris
Graduate Student from 2008 to 2013
Postition: Applications Specialist at SCIEX, Boston, MA
Email: paul.norris@sciex.com
Ann Gregus
Postdoc at UCSD: 2008 to 2013
Scientist at Lpath, Inc: 2013-2016
Research Scientist at VT: 2016-2020
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech in the School of Neuroscience
Email: agregus@vt.edu
Jian Cao
Postdoc from 2009 to 2012
Current Position: Deputy General Manager, Alvotech-CCHN, Changchun, China
Darren Dumlao
Project Scientist from 2008 to 2012
Current Position: Principal Scientist at Impossible Foods
Email:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darren-dumlao-09566b41
Mary Kincaid
Administrative Assistant from 1992 to 2012
Current Position: Retired
Rick Harkewicz
Project Scientist from 2003 to 2012
Yasuyuki Kihara
Postdoc from 2010 to 2011
Current Position: Research Assistant Prof, Degenerative Diseases Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Email: ykihara@SBPdiscovery.org
Yuan-Hao Hsu
Postdoc from 2006 to 2011
Current Position: Professor, Tunghai University, Dept. of Chemistry, Taichung, Taiwan
Email: howardhsu@thu.edu.tw
Eloisa Labrada
Undergraduate Student from 2008 to 2011
Josh Brooks
Postdoc from 2008 to 2011
Michael Creason
SRA III from 2009-2010
Current Position: CVS Pharmacist
Email: michaelcreason@gmail.com
Matt Buczynski
Graduate Student from 2003 to 2008
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA
Email: mwb@vt.edu
John Burke
Graduate Student from 2004 to 2008
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
Email: jeburke@uvic.ca
Tom Scherbart
Lab Assistant (Undergraduate Student) from October 2007 to October 2008
Current Position: Scientist at Genomatica, San Diego
Email: tom_scherbart@yahoo.com
Naomi Cotton , Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate from December 2007 to August 2008
Ph.D. University of Washington
Current Position:
Email: naomi.cotton@gmail.com
Andrej Grkovich, Ph.D.
Graduate Student from 2002 to 2008
Current Position: Manager, R&D at Sekisui Diagnostics, LLC
Email: agrkovich@quidel.com
Daren Stephens
Staff Research Associate from 2004 to December 2007
Current Position: Instrument Support Manager at Tandem Labs
Email: daren_stephens@hotmail.com
Kara Schmelzer, Ph.D.
Project Scientist from September 2006 to April 2007
Ph.D. University of California, Davis
Research Topics: LIPID MAPS eicosanoid detection quantitation in primary murine macrophages
Current Position: Parexel
Email: k_schmelzer@hotmail.com
Michel Lagarde , Ph.D., D.Sc
Visiting Scientist July and August 2006
PhD in Biochemistry (Lyon, 1974). DSc (Lyon 1979). Doctorate in Human Biology (Lyon 1983).
Research Topics: Metabolism of polyunsaturated fatty acids of nutritional interest, especially into oxygenated products, in blood and vascular cells. Brain targeting with docosahexaenoic acid-containing structured lipids.
Current Position: University Professor Emeritus at University of Lyon-ASA, Decines-Charpieu, France
Email: michel.lagarde@insa-lyon.fr
Rebecca Bowers-Gentry, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate from July 2003 to August 2006
Ph.D. University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Research Topics: Deuterium exchange/Mass Spectrometry of Group IV cPLA2; LIPID MAPS fatty acid detection and quantitation by LC/MS
Current Position: Professor of Biology and Chemistry, Interim Chair of Physical Science Dept, and Director of S2 Summer Science Enrichment Program
Address: San Diego Miramar College, 10440 Black Mountain Rd, San Diego, CA 92126, 619-388-7241
Email: rbowersg@sdccd.edu
Ursula Kessen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate from February 2001 to July 2006
Ph.D. Universitaet Konstanz, Germany
Research Topics: Role of PLA2 in arachidonic acid metabolism and eicosanoid production; siRNA inhibition of eicosanoid production and detection by LC/MS
Current Position: Head of Graduate Center Medicine of Faculty of Medicine, Medical Research School Duesseldorf
Ralph Schaloske, Ph.D.
Project Scientist from February 2001 to July 2006
Ph.D. Universitaet Konstanz, Germany
Research Topics: Signal transduction leading to production of prostaglandins in P388D1 macrophage; Quantitation of Eicosanoid response in Rat spinal cord and spinal fluid by LC/MS
Current Position: Communications Manager at Miltenyi Biotec, Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany
Email: ralphschaloske@hotmail.com
Eunice Kim
Lab Technician / UCSD Graduate, with BS in pharmacological Chemistry 2005
Current Position: Student at UCSF Pharmacy School
Email: eunice.Kim@ucsf.edu
Mark Karbarz, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow from April 2004 to July 2005
Research Topics: Deuterium exchange / Mass spectrometry of cobra venom PLA2
Current Position: Executive Director of Biologics Development, Head of CMC, Tallac Therapeutics
Email: mkarbarz@hotmail.com
Jennifer Cooper
Staff Research Associate from January 2004 to July 2005
Email:
Jarrod Provins
Lab technician / Graduate Student from Fall 2000 to Summer 2004
Research Topics: Separation of eicosanoids through HPLC
Current Position: Research Associate at Cemines
Email: jarrod.provins@cemines.com
Peter Friedman, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow / Project Scientist from November 1996 - September 2004
Research Topics: Oxidized Phospholipids in Atherosclerosis: Pathways of their Catabolism
Current Position: Director of Product Formulation, Master Chemist at Valor Medical
Yingmei Liu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow from 2002 - 2004
Research Topics: Novel antisense on the eicosanoids pathway
Email:
Karin Lucas, Ph.D.
Graduate Student from 1999 - 2004
Research Topics: Expression, purification and characterization of Phospholipase A2 Groups IVB & C and defining the role of Phospholipase A2 in spinally mediated hyperalgesia
Current Position: Sr. Medical Science Liaison at Sarepta Therapeutics
Email: karin.lucas@gmail.com
Timothy Smith
Postdoctoral Fellow from 2001-2004
Research Topics: Structure-Function studies of the Human Calcium-Independent Phospholipase A2 and Lipid Signalling Cascades in Murine P388D1 Macrophages induced by LPS and Zymosan
Current Position: Lead Discovery Group, Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation
Address: 10675 John J. Hopkins Drive, San Diego, CA 92121
Email: TSmith3@gnf.org
David Six, Ph.D.
Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow from 1996-2004
Research Topic: human Group IVA phospholipase A2
Current Position: Principal Scientist, Biology, Venatorx Pharmaceuticals, Malvern, PA
Email: six@venatorx.com
Christina Johnson, Ph.D.
Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow from 1996-2003
Research Topic: Signaling pathways that elucidate the role phosholipases A2's play in the biosynthesis of Prostaglandins using different molecular and cellular biology techniques.
Current Position: Lecturer Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCSD
Email: c3johnson@ucsd.edu
Alan Wong, MD, MPH
Undergraduate Student from 2000 -2003
Current Position: Physician, Department of Gastroenterology, Atrius Health, Boston MA
Email: alanwong3@gmail.com
Sharon Baker, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow from 2000-2002
Research Topic: Group V PLA2 structure and function
Email: sf_baker@yahoo.co.uk
Jennifer Whiles-Lillig, Ph.D.
Graduate Student from 1996-2001
Research Topic: Bicelles: A New System Studying Membrane Associated Peptides and Proteins
Current Position: Professor and Interim Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Sonoma State University
Yasuhito Shirai, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar from 2000-2001
Current Position: Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Agrobioscience, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Email: shirai@kobe-u.ac.jp
Tel & Fax: 81-78-803-5887
Isabel Varela-Nieto, BSci Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist from 1999-2000
Research topic: Aging, Neurogenesis and Neuroinflammation in Hearing Loss and Protection.
Current Position: Full Research Professor at the Institute for Biomedical Research. Alberto Sols", Medical School Madrid (CSIC-UAM). Group leader at the Center for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER-ISCII).
Email: ivarela@iib.uam.es
Website:www.iib.uam.es
Twitter: @IVarelaNieto
Maria Balboa, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow from 1995-1998, Assistant Project Scientist from 1998 - 2000
Research Topic: Signal transduction in wish cells
Current Position: Professor of Biology and Biomedicine, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Email: mbalboa@ibgm.uva.es
Website: http://www.balsinde.org
Jesús Balsinde, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow from 1993-1996, Assistant Project Scientist from 1997 - 2000
Research Topic: Signal transduction in macrophages
Current Position: Distinguished Professor of Biology and Biomedicine and Director, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), University of Valladolid
Email: jbalsinde@ibgm.uva.es
Website: http://www.balsinde.org
Aijun Wang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow from 1995-1999
Research Topic: Lysophospholipase sequence cloning and characterization
Current Position: Research Scientist, Corixa
Email: wanga@corixa.com
Lee Lefkowitz, Ph.D.
Graduate Student from 1994-1999
Research Topic: Expression of PLA2 in Pichia pastoris and site-directed mutagenesis
Current Position: Retired Military Officer and Test Manager at the U.S. Army Evaluation Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD; Treasurer for Maryland Section of the American Chemical Society
Email: lee_lefkowitz@hotmail.com; lee.j.lefkowitz.civ@mail.mil
Ginnie Yang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow from 1996-1998
Research Topic: Molecular cloning of PLA2
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, IN
Email: Yang_Hsiu-Chiung@Lilly.com; hsiu-chiung.yang@astrazeneca.com
Marian Mosior, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow from 1996-1998
Research Topic: Regulation of enzymatic kinetics and membrane-association of cPLA2 by ligands
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, IN
Email: MOSIOR_MARIAN_K@Lilly.com
Yijun Chen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow from 1997-1998
Research Topic: Expression and mechanistic study on a novel Group V PLA2
Current Position: Professor and Director, Laboratory of Chemical Biology, China Pharmaceutical University
Email: yjchen@cpu.edu.cn
Peter Tobias, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist from 1998- 1998
Research Topic: Role of LPS in P388D1
Current Position: Visiting Investigator, Immunology and Microbiology , Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Rd.
Email: tobias@scripps.edu
Hiroyuki Shinohara, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow from 1996-1998
Current Position: Retired
Email: smile@es-dental.com
Jean-Paul Mira, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow from 1996-1997
Research Topic: Express, characterize 80kD iPLA2
Current Position: Professor and Head of ICU at Hopital Cochin _ Groupe Hospitalier Paris Centre - Paris University
Email: jean-paul.mira@aphp.fr
Richard Loo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow from 1995-1997
Research topic: Enzyme inhibition studies of phospholipase A2
Current Position: Research Associate, University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry
Email: rloo@che.utexas.edu
Yi-Ching Lio, Ph.D.
Graduate Student from 1993-1997
Research Topic: Calcium independent phospholipase-2
Current Position: Research Scientist Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Life Sciences Division, MS 74-157
Address: 1 Cyclotron Road
Email: Ylio@lbl.gov
Andrea Huwiler, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow from 1996-1997
Research Topic: Regulation of eicosanoid synthesis in the P388D1 macrophage cell line Assistant
Current Position:Professor, Institute of Pharmacology Inselspital INO-F Bern, Switzerland
Email: huwiler@pki.unibe.ch
Wenhong Li, Ph.D.
Graduate Student from 1991-1996
Research Topic: Phospholipid inhibitors of phospholipase A2
Position: Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Scott Boegeman, Ph.D.
Predoctoral Fellow from 1990-1996
Research Topic: Phospholipase A2 binding and mechanisms
Current Position: Tenured Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Dallas; Director, O'Hara Chemical Sciences Institute
Email: boegeman@udallas.edu
Brent Segelke, Ph.D.
Predoctoral Fellow from 1990-1995
Research Topic: X-ray crystallography and modeling studies on phospholipase A2
Current Position: Senior Biomedical Scientist Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, POB 808
Address: 7000 East Ave., Livermore, CA 94550, L448
Email: segelke1@llnl.gov
Laure Reynolds, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow from 1990- 1995
Research Topic: Phospholipase A2 inhibition
Current Position: Stephen Ministry Leader at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Encinitas, CA
Email: laurereyn@roadrunner.com
Kilian Conde-Frieboes, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow from 1993-1995
Research Topic: Mechanism of cPLA2 inhibition
Current Position: Principal Scientist, Diabetes Protein & Peptide Chemistry - Novo-Nordisk A/S
Email: kcf@novonordisk.com
Leigh Plesniak, Ph.D.
Graduate Student from 1990-1994
Research Topic: NMR of phospholipase A2/ligand interactions
Current Position: Retired
Email: lplesniak@gmail.com
Ismael Bianco, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow from 1992-1994
Research Topic: Cobra venom phospholipase A2 structure function studies
Current Position: Professor/PI Biotechnology at CEPROCOR (Center of Excellence in Products and Processes of Córdoba) Córdoba – Argentina
Lisa Ackermann, Ph.D.
Predoctoral Fellow from 1989-1994
Research Topic: Macrophage phospholipases
Current Position: Vice President, Clinical Development, Otonomy Inc., Solana Beach, CA
Website: www.otonomy.com
Email:
Suzanne Barbour, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow from 1990-1993
Research Topic: Group VIA PLA2 in Metabolic Diseases
Current Position: Dean of Graduate School at UNC-Chapel Hill
Email: sbarbour@unc.edu
Mike Kelley, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow from 1989-1992
Research Topic: Gene expression of phospholipase A2
Current Position: Associate Director, Regulatory Documentation and Submissions at Gilead Sciences
Email:
Ernest Curto, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow from 1990- 1992
Research Topic: NMR structure of phospholipase A2
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow University of Birmingham, Integriderm Colonial Grant
Address: 1081 Grande View Blvd., #1123
Email:
Reto Asmis, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow from 1989-1992
Research Topic: Signal transduction of macrophages
Current Position: Associate Director, Center for Precision Medicine; Professor of Molecular Medicine and Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Email: rasmis@wakehealth.edu
Website: Asmis Lab
Lin Yu, Ph.D.
Graduate student from 1986-1991
Research Topic: Mechanistic and inhibitory studies on phospholipase A2; novel phospholipase A2 substrates
Current Position: Patent Attorney, Jones Day, Del Mar, CA
Email: lyu@jonesday.com
William Washburn, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist from 1988-1990
Research Topic: SIBLINKS for phospholipase A2
Current Position: Research Fellow Bristol Meyers Squib
Address: 311 Pennington Rocky Hill Road
Email: washburw@bms.com
Yingyi Zhang, Ph.D
Graduate student from 1983-1989
Research Topic: Purification and characterization of lysophospholipases from the macrophage-like cell line P388D1
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School , Brigham and Women's Hospital
Address: 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur NRB 0630-I, Boston, MA 02115
Email: yyzhang@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-525-4848 (office)
Keith Glaser, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow from 1987- 1989
Research Topic: Macrophage cell activation
Current Position: Research Investigator, Pharmacology Abbott Laboratories D-47J, AP9
Address: 100 Abbott Park Road
Florence Davidson
Graduate student from 1982-1989
Research Topic: Structure, evolution and biochemical regulation of venom and mammalian secreted PLA2
Current Position: Principal Investigator NIH National Cancer Institute
Address: Bldg 37 Room 6134, 37 Convent Drive MSC 4255, Bethesda, MD 20892
Email: davidson@helix.nih.gov
Richard Stafford
Graduate student from 1982-1988
Research Topic: Physical properties of lysophospholipids and enzyme kinetics of lysophospholipases
Current Position: Associate Director of Development and Manufacturing, NextCure Inc. and member of the governing board of ReImagine Science Inc.
Email:
Website: Reimagine Science
Mark Lister
Postdoc from 1985-1988
Research Topic: Phospholipase A2 kinetics
Current Position:
Email: lister_mark_d@lilly.com
Theodore Hazlett
Graduate student from1979-1986
Current Position: Senior Research Scientist, University of Illinois
Email: tlhazlett@gmail.com
Dominique Lombardo
Postdoctoral Research Fellow from 1983-1985
Current Position: Research Director, INSERM Campus Sante Timone
Email: dominique.lombardo@unimed.fr
Andreas Plueckthun, Ph.D.
Predoctoral Research Fellow from 1978-1982
Research Topic: The Interfacial Catalysis of Phospholipase A2
Current Position: Professor, University of Zurich, Dept. Biochemistry, Zurich, Switzerland
Email: plueckthun@bioc.uzh.ch
Website: Pluckthun Lab
Alice Jarvis
Predoctoral Research Fellow from 1978-1982
Research Topic: Lysophospholipase purification and characterization
Current Position: Adjunct Professor, Kettering University
Email: aajarvis@yahoo.com
Paul Darke
Predoctoral Research Fellow from 1977-1982
Research Topic: PLA2 from cobra venom: chemical modification, ligand binding and self-association equilibria
Current Position: Consultant to the BioTech industry via Pdarke Consulting, LLC
Email: pldarke@comcast.net
Marina Adamich
Postdoctoral Research Fellow from 1976-1978
Current Position: Retired
Charlotte Kensil
Predoctoral Research Fellow from 1976-1981
Research Topic: Dependence of Enzymatic and Non-enzymatic Hydrolysis of Phosphatidylcholine on the State of Lipid Aggregation
Current Position: Consultant at Agenus, Inc.
Email: CharKensil@aol.com
Mary Roberts
Postdoctoral Research Fellow from 1975-1978
Current Position: Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Boston College, Boston, MA
Email: mary.roberts.1@bc.edu
Thomas G. Warner
Predoctoral Research Fellow from 1970-1975
Research Topic: Metabolic engineering of CHO Cells
Current Position: Retired
Email: TWarner@intrexon.com
Barbra Eaton
Predoctoral Research Fellow 1975
Research Topic: Kinetic Mechanism of Lipolytic Enzymes
Education: Emmanuel College, Boston, Massachusetts
Anthony Ribeiro
Predoctoral Research Fellow 1975
Research Topic: NMR Studies on the Mobility and Structure of Nonionic surfactants and surfactant - Phospholipid Micelles
Education: Duke University, North Carolina