PEOPLE

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Brian Smith, PhD
Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Associate Director of the Program in Chemical Biology
Associate Director of the Structural Genomics Unit, Mellowes Center


 

RESEARCH SCIENTIST


 

POSTDOCS


 

GRADUATE STUDENTS


 

AFFILIATE PERSONNEL


 

Robert Keyes, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Program in Chemical Biology (PCB)

Tyler Fenske, Ph.D.
Postdoc
Program in Chemical Biology (PCB)

Jacob Licklider
Research Technologist
Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center (GSPMC)

Gabriel Poulson
Research Technologist
Program in Chemical Biology (PCB)


 

LAB FOLIAGE


 

LAB ALUMNI (degree in parenthesis; current position italicized)

Graduate Students
Olp, Mike (M.D., Ph.D. 2019) ~ Medical Residency, Pathology, University of Michigan
Kalous, Kelsey (Ph.D. 2020) ~ Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Concordia University-Wisconsin
Goetz, Chris (Ph.D. 2021) ~ Senior Medical Writer, Medtronic
Gehant, Alyssa ~ Ph.D. Student, John Corbett Lab, MCW

Postdocs
Gulasova, Zuzana (Ph.D.) ~ Postdoc, University Pavol Josef Safarik, Kosice, Slovakia
Yang, Moua (Ph.D.) ~ Postdoc, Robert Flaumenhaft Lab, Harvard University
Shishodia, Shifali (Ph.D.) ~ Postdoc, Calibr, Arnab Chatterjee Lab, Scripps Research Institute
Jones Lipinski, Rachel (Ph.D.) ~ Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Mount Mary University

Laboratory Technicians
Schram, Malia (M.D.) ~ Medical Residency, Family Medicine Obstetrics, Swedish First Hill, Seattle
Summers, Steven ~ Medical Student, Wright State University
Valdivia Esparza, Guadalupe ~ M.D./Ph.D. Medical Scientist Training Program student, Daisy Sahoo Lab, MCW
Szablewski, Isabel ~ Ph.D. Student, Chemistry, Colombia University

Research Interns
Bird, Amir ~ Undergraduate Student, Wake Forest University
Campbell, Karael (D.O.) ~ Medical Residency, Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago
Catlin, Audrey ~ B.S. Student, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Gace, Maelle ~ Ph.D. Student, Chemistry, Colorado State University
Hirsch, Tom (M.D.) ~ Surgery Residency, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA
Julga, Brad (M.D.) ~ Pediatrics Residency, Medical College of Wisconsin
Mikolchak, Nusha ~ Undergraduate Student, St. Cloud State University
Nwaelugo, Nnenna (M.D.) ~ Medical Residency, General Surgery, Abington Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Van Kalsbeek, Mitch ~ Medical Student, University of South Dakota
Walls, Nicole ~ former Medical Student, Loyola University Chicago
Wartenweiler, Vincent (M.S., Pharm.D.) ~ Pharmacist, Fitchburg, WI
Valdivia Esparza, Guadalupe ~ M.D./Ph.D. Medical Scientist Training Program student, Daisy Sahoo Lab, MCW

Rotation Students
Blau, Maya ~ M.D./Ph.D. Student, Chris Kristich Lab, MCW
Brandt, Anthony (Ph.D.) ~ Scientific Patent Agent, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Madison, WI
Brennan, Patrick ~ Ph.D. Student, Mike Lerch Lab, MCW
Dishman, Acacia (M.D., Ph.D.) ~ Medical Residency, Radiation Oncology, Harvard
Danner, Laura ~ Ph.D. Student, Stephanie Olivier-Van Stichelen Lab, MCW
Gurtu, Akanksha ~ Ph.D. Student, Dawn Wenzel Lab, MCW
Hammonds, Erin ~ Ph.D. Student, Emma Morrison Lab, MCW
Korkos, Demetra (M.S.) ~ Freelance Technical and Medical Writer
Khurana, Mallika ~ Ph.D. Student, Pui (Penny) Lam Lab, MCW
Kyi, Priscilla ~ Ph.D. Student, Akiko Mammoto Lab, MCW
Lundquist, Tanner ~ Chemist, Land O' Lakes, Minneapolis, MN
Paintsill, Emeleeta ~ Ph.D. Student, Emma Morrison Lab, MCW
Ross, Kyle ~ Ph.D. Student, Blake Hill Lab, University of Colorado

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