Members

Lab Photos:

January 2024: From left to right: Nimra Laraib, Prachi Wele, Neda Malekikhas, Anifat Tijani, Dr. Xian Wu, Dr. Haifei Shi, and Mengyang Xu.

September 2022: From left to right: Dr. Xian Wu, Dr. Haifei Shi, Nimra Laraib, Samantha Thieman, Anifat Tijani, Flora Xu, and Prachi Wele.

July 2020: From left to right: Niko Anas, Kristen Krolick, Dr. Shi, and Flora Xu.

May 2019: From left to right: Flora Xu, Kristen Krolick, Dr. Shi, Niko Anas, and Qi Zhu.

June 2017: From left (back) to right (front): Xian Liu, Qi Zhu, Jingyi Cao, Evelyn Gulla, Jingyan He, Kristen Krolick, and Dr. Shi.

September 2016: From left to right: Sammy Marshall, Meeta Bhardwaj, Kristen Krolick, Qi Zhu, Dr. Shi, Minqian Shen, Kenzie Crist, Brad Glazier, Ben Hinkel (September 2016).

September 2012 From left to right: Sean Pugh, Shiva Priya Dharshan Senthil Kumar, Ashley Goudjo-Ako, Dr. Shi, Minqian Shen, Zheng Zhu, Xian Liu.

October 2010 From left to right: Daphne Benzaquen, Beth Spicer, Catherine Ade, Emma Lasley, Kat Gitz, Ethan Miller, Warwick Johnston, Shiva Priya Dharshan Senthil Kumar.

Current Members:

Graduate students

Flora (Mengyang) Xu: PhD student (2019 - 2025)

Prachi Wele: PhD student (2022 - present)

Nimra Laraib: PhD student (2022 - present)

Anifat Tijani: MS student (2022 - present)

Neda Malekikhas: PhD student (2023 - present)

Undergraduate students

Charlie Schaeffer

Elaina Winslow

Rachel Ryan

Professor Haifei Shi (2009 - present)

Lab Alumni:

We thank you for your contribution and best wishes to your future careers.

Graduate students

Shiva Dharshan Senthilkumar: (2010 - 2013) B Pharmacology (2009). Shiva received MS in 2013. Current position: Project Coordinator III, Medpace; Senior Research Associate, Nationwide Children's Hospital; Research associate at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Elizabeth Spicer: BA 2010 from Miami. Beth continued as a MS student in my lab. 2011 Endocrine Society Summer Research Fellowship. She graduated from Nursing Program at Miami in 2013 and works as an RN at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati.

Xian Liu: (2011 - present) liux13@miamioh.edu

BS: Shangdong University, China (2011).

2014 DUOS. 2015 Sigma Xi grand-in-aid

Minqian Shen: (2012 - 2017) B Medicine: Nanjing University, School of Medicine, China (2012). Min received PhD in 2017. 2013&2015 Sigma Xi grand-in-aid; 2015, 2016, 2017 DUOS; 2016-2017 Dissertation Scholarship. She completed physician residence in Pathology at Cleveland Clinic and fellow at Johns Hopkins, and currently is a physician in Maryland.

Qi (Mike) Zhu: (2014 - 2019) B Medicine: Dalian Medical University, China (2011). M Medicine: Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine (2014). 2017 DUOS. 2017 Sigma Xi grand-in-aid. Qi mentored many undergraduate students. He is a postdoctoral fellow at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

Kristen Krolick: PhD (2016 - 2021). Kristen is an advisor for many undergraduate students.

Kristen (middle) with Sammy (left) and Meeta (right). Kristen received Dissertation Scholarship. She is a postdoctoral fellow at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

Niko Anas: MS (2019 - 2022)

Undergraduate students

Class of 2010

Elizabeth Spicer: (2009-2010) Beth is the FIRST student in my lab. 2010 URA.

Class of 2011

Katherine Gitz: 2010 HHS and 2011 URA. She is admitted to University of Cincinnati School of Medicine in 2011.

Catherine Ade: 2010 USS and 2011 URA. She is admitted to graduate program in Molecular Biology at Tulane University, 2011.

Warwick Johnston: 2010 URA. He is admitted to graduate program in Psychology at Wake Forest University, 2011.

Class of 2012

Daphne Benzaquen: 2009 NSF REU FYRE, 2010 - 2012 NSF URM ASSURE, 2011 & 2012 URA. She is working (management) in Chicago.

Nakul Bhardwaj: 2011 URA, 2011 Urban Fellowship. Nakul received a Master degree in Public Health from University of Cincinnati (2012) and is admitted to Ohio University Medical School, Athens, OH in 2013.

Jeremy Cohen:

Kwasi Frempong-Boadu: DO, MPH. 2011 NSF REU FYRE. Kwasi is currently in Master program in Public Health (MPH) at University of Cincinnati (2013).

Emma Lasley: 2011 & 2012 URA, 2011-2012 Dean's Scholar, 2011 Marcia E. Buck Roll Memorial Scholarship, 2011 and 2012 'Best Presentation Award' from Animal Behavior Conference. She is admitted to Vet program at Ohio State, 2012.

Class of 2013

Ashley Goudjo-Ako: Registered Nurse RN MSN, UC Health.

2011-2012 NSF URM ASSURE; 2012 USS; 2012 University of Cincinnati Summer Premedical Enrichment Program; 2012-2013 Dean's Scholar. Ashley is currently working at the Advanced Testing Laboratory.