Alumni
Graduate Students
Maryam Kashefi LinkedIn
Ph.D. 2018: Chemoreceptor Dynamics and Signaling: NMR Measurements within Functional Complexes
- Postdoc, UCSD (laboratory of Galia Debelouchina), then
- AMD Scientist, Hologic, Inc
Xuni Li LinkedIn
Ph.D. 2018: Hydrogen Exchange Identifies Protein Interfaces and Signaling-related Changes in Functional Chemoreceptor Arrays
- Staff Scientist, UMass Medical School Mass Spectrometry Facility, then
- Scientist, Sanofi Genzyme
Elizabeth Haglin LinkedIn
Ph.D. 2017: Assembly and Functional Architecture of Bacterial Chemoreceptor Nanoarrays
- Scientist, Aptevo Therapeutics
Seena Koshy LinkedIn
Ph.D. 2013: Differences between Bacterial Chemotaxis Receptor Signaling States Revealed by a Novel Hydrogen Exchange Mass Spectrometry Approach
Postdoctoral Fellow with Sophia Koo, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Fe Sferdean
Ph.D. 2011: Clustering Independence of Ligand Affinity and Kinase Activity of Reconstituted Bacterial Chemotaxis Receptors: Insights into Signaling Mechanisms
Data Curation Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan
Dan Fowler
Ph.D. 2010: Quaternary Structure of Chemoreceptors in Active Signaling Complexes Differs from Crystal Structure of Isolated Fragments: Evidence from Solid-state NMR
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, University of Vermont
Shiela Jones LinkedIn
M.S. 2010
- QC Lab Technician, InChem Corp, South Carolina, then
- Health Physicist, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Greg Gallagher
Ph.D. 2006: Solid-state NMR Measurements of Depths and Distances in Membrane Peptides and Proteins
Teacher, John Handley High School, Virginia
Syed Peeran
M.S. 2004: Probing the Secondary Structure of the HAMP Linker Domain in the Serine Chemotaxis Receptor Using Solid-State NMR
Owen Murphy
Ph.D. 2001: Structural changes between signaling states of bacterial chemoreceptors by solid-state NMR and hydrogen-exchange
- TranXenoGen, Massachusetts, then
- Teacher, Nashoba Regional High School, Massachusetts
Binu Isaac
M.S. 2000: Solid-state NMR distance measurements provide insight into the structure and mechanism of transmembrane signaling in the serine receptor
Pharmaceutical Discovery Division, Abbott Laboratories, Illinois
Eleonora Del Federico
Ph.D. 2000: Multi-spin REDOR measures the binding pocket structure and explores the topology of the membrane-bound serine chemoreceptor
Professor, Dept. of Mathematics & Science, Pratt Institute, New York
Yael Balazs LinkedIn
Ph. D. 1999: Site-directed solid-state NMR distance measurements test mechanisms of transmembrane signaling in bacterial chemotaxis receptors
- NMR Facility Manager, Dept. of Chemistry, Technion University, Israel, then
- Analytical and Structural Chemistry NMR Specialist, AstraZeneca, Waltham, MA
Stacy Seeley LinkedIn
Ph. D. 1995: Unusual Properties of the Aspartate Receptor Cytoplasmic Fragment: Flexible Structure & Slow Dissociation
Professor and Head, Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Kettering University, Michigan
Postdocs
Nikita Malik, postdoc 2018-2021 LinkedIn
- Senior Scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim, Connecticut
Michael Harris, postdoc 2010-2014 LinkedIn
- Applications Engineer, Bruker Biospin, Massachusetts
Frank Kovacs, postdoc 1999-2002 LinkedIn
Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Nebraska Kearney
Kristin Kumashiro, postdoc 1995-1997 LinkedIn
Jianxin Wang, postdoc 1993-1997
Recent Undergraduates
| Tiernan Kennedy, ’21 | Graduate student, University of Washington |
| Gulalai Shah, ’20 | Clinical Research Project Coordinator, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard |
| Brianna Manning, ’20 | PREP Scholar, Albert Einstein College of Medicine then Graduate student, Harvard Medical School |
| Seth Cowan | Chemistry major, Penn State Erie |
| Dominique (Kiki) Carey, ’19 | Research Associate, Proteomics Platform at the Broad Institute then Graduate student, Scripps Research Institute |
| William Farrell | Biochemistry major, University of Dallas |
| Karen Li, ’17 | Clinical Research Coordinator, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, then Medical student, Georgetown University |
| Adam McConaha | Biochemistry major, Eastern Michigan University |
| Cheyenne Hakes | Biochemistry major, SUNY Cortland |
| Meaghan Molloy, ’15 | Research Study Assistant, Boston Children’s Hospital, then Medical student, UMass Worcester |
| Pratichi Mishra, ’15 | Medical student, St. George’s University |
| Justin Charlantini, ’13 | Medical student, University of Miami |
| Kate Otley | Chemistry Graduate Student, Yale University |
| An-Khanh Ives, ’11 | Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student, NYU Polytechnic |
| Keyana Tyree | |
| Julissa Gonzalez | Chemistry Graduate Student, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras |
| Chris Vercollone, ’10 | Research Assistant, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, then Medical student, Temple University |
| Adam Nelson, ’10 | |
| Max Leabo, ’10 | Associate Bioprocess Engineer, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals |
| Ngoc Ho, ’09 | Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student, University of Massachusetts Medical School |
| Amid Hamidi | Medical student, Medical University of South Carolina |
| Naima Sharaf | Graduate student, University of Pittsburgh then Postdoc, Caltech then Assistant Professor, Stanford University |