People
Graduate Students
Noura Darwish
5th year MCB PhD Student
Favorite Quote: "There's no free lunch in glycolysis"
Awards and Honors:
BMCB Training Fellowship 2022
MCB Galileo Scholars Award 2022
UA GPSC Travel Grant 2022
UA GPSC Research and Project Grant 2021
Most expression tests in 2020
Baculovirus expert in recombinant protein production
Interests:
Biological role and regulatory mechanisms of enzyme filamentation
Rapid stopped flow enzyme kinetics
cryo-electron microscopy
Undergraduate Students
Ethan Leigh (2023-current)
Kenan Prince (2023-current)
Ethan Tonthat (UBRP) (2023-current)
Sanjana Shahreen (UBRP)(2023-current)
Turhan Kamal (high school student) (2023-current)
Mellisa Litt (2023-current)
Mattew Ceja (2024-current)
Hariti Soni (UBRP)(2024-current)
Sabrina Liu (UBRP)(2024-current)
Affiliates
Prof. Chad K. Park
University of Arizona
Favorite Quote: "Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure"
Bio:
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, UCSB, mentor: Prof. Jacob Israelashvili
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware
Interests:
Analytical ultracentrifugation
Undergraduate education
Biophysics
Enzyme filamentation
Wearing chain mail
Publications:
Alumni
Tahsin (Neel) Ahmed
BS Biochemistry (2024)
Megan Teramoto
BS Biochemistry (2024)
MS Biochemistry (2024)
Current: University of Chicago Medical School
Christopher Boles
BS Molecular and Cellular Biology (2024)
MS Molecular and Cellular Biology (2024)
Current: PhD program UCSB
Nicholas Cusick
Microbiology BS 2023 with minors in Biochemistry and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Current: ABBS graduate program UA
Alexis Cruickshank-Taylor
Biochemistry BS 2023 with a minor in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Current: ABBS graduate program UA
Niloofar Ghadirian
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2022
Current: Postdoctoral Researcher at NYU
Luis Alberto Munguia Padilla
B.S. Biochemistry, 2022
Current: Banner University Medical Center
Isis Dakota Strickland
B.S. MCB, 2022
Current: Ph.D. program at University of Nevada, College of Medicine
Christa Imrich
B.S. Biochemistry, 2021
Current: Chemistry Graduate program at MIT
Dr. Claudia Barahona
Ph.D. Biochemistry 2021
Current: Postdoctoral Research at the Beckman Research Institute at City Of Hope in California
Yunxian Xiao
Masters of Science in Chemistry, 2021
Alex Morano
Current: Harvard Immunobiology PhD program
Dr. Jonathan Sanchez
Ph.D. Biochemistry 2017
Current: Roche Diagnostics, Inc.
Christian Hernandez
Xianghao (Tim) Zeng
Juan Sanchez
Current: Coordinator, P-MAP program, Banner, UMC
Dr. Santosh Shah
Ph.D. Biochemistry 2013
Current: Manager at Janssen/Frontage Labs
Dr. Zac Romero
Current: Postdoctoral Reseacher, University of Arizona
Dr. Kassidy Thompkins
Current: Scientist
Roche Diagnostics - Assay Investigation & Resolution, Tucson
Desirae (Heitman) Martinez
Current: Research Technician at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)
Angelica Quinones
Dr. Barbara Chukwu, M.D.
Current: Private Practice
Heather Emmons
Current: University of Glasgow
Jose-Marc Techner
Current: MD/PhD student at Northwestern University
Dr. Heather Talley, M.D.
Current: Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Dr. Claire (Nichols) King
Current: Project Manager, Health Economics & Reimbursement at Abbott
William Grimm
Current: Bristol-Meyers Squibb
Dr. Amanda Stiteler, M.D.
Current: Urology Specialist, Williamsburg, VA
Angela Yazzie Márquez
Dr. Hemant Joshi
Current: Scientist, Allergan Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Andrea Babic
Current: Scientist, Roche Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Elizabeth Little
Current: Program Director in Diagnostic Information Solutions at Roche for pre-Development projects and technologies.
Dr. Mark Gregory
Current: Nanostring Technology
Dr. Chris Etskorn, M.D.
Current: Family Medicine, Swedish Downtown Seattle Primary Care
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