Alumni — Salaita Lab

Former PostDoctoral fellows

**Dr. Rong Ma**
*Postdoc 2021-2022* *Ph.D. 2016-2021 (Emory University, Salaita lab)*
Lindau Nobel Laureate Award, Michelson Prize, Stanford Science Fellow
*Google scholar* | *LinkedIn*
*Currently a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University*

**Dr. Jessica Petree**
*Postdoc 2019-2020 Ph.D. 2013-2019 (Emory University, Salaita lab)*
ARCS Fellow
*LinkedIn*
*Currently a Teacher at Central Gwinnett High School*

Dr. Kimberly Clarke Postdoc 2017-2019, Ph.D. Georgia Institute of TechnologyCurrently Program Director at American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA kimc1228@gmail.com — **Dr. Kimberly Clarke**
Postdoc 2017-2019, *Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology* *LinkedIn*
*Currently Program Director at American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA*

kimc1228@gmail.com

**Dr. Jing Zhao**
Postdoc 2016-2019, *Ph.D. North Carolina State University*
*Currently Data Scientist at Careerbuilder.com, Atlanta, GA*

https://jzhao16.github.io/cv/

Dr. Zheng Liu Postdoc 2013-2016, Ph.D. Xiamen UniversityCurrently Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences at Wuhan University (Lab website: www.liulabwhu.org) zheng.liu@whu.edu.cn — **Dr. Zheng Liu**
Postdoc 2013-2016, *Ph.D. Xiamen University*
*Currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences at Wuhan University*
zheng.liu@whu.edu.cn

Dr. Weiwei Zheng Postdoc 2012-2015, Ph.D. Florida State UniversityCurrently Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Syracuse University (Lab website: http://weiweizhenglab.syr.edu/index.html) wzhen104@syr.edu — **Dr. Weiwei Zheng**
Postdoc 2012-2015, *Ph.D. Florida State University* *Google scholar* | *LinkedIn*
*Currently Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Syracuse University*
wzhen104@syr.edu

Former Graduate Students

**Dr. Steven Narum** *Ph.D. 2019-2024 (Biomedical Engineering)*
*Google scholar* | *LinkedIn*
*Currently a Life Science Specialist at L.E.K. Consulting*

**Dr. Selma Piranej** *Ph.D. 2018-2023 (Chemistry)*
ARCS Herz Global Impact Award Recipient
*Google scholar*
*Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Bathe BioNanoLab, MIT*

**Dr. Yuesong Hu** *Ph.D. 2018-2023 (Chemistry)*
NIH F99/R00 fellow
*Google scholar* | *LinkedIn*
*Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Mooney Lab, Harvard University*

**Dr. Arventh Velusamy** *Ph.D. 2017-2023 (Chemistry)* *LinkedIn*
*Currently a Scientist at Aperture Therapeutics*

**Dr. Joseph Dale Combs** *Ph.D. 2016-2023 (Chemistry)*

**Dr. Rachel Bender** *Ph.D. 2017-2023 (Chemistry)*
BPS Student Research Achievement Award, NIH-NIGMS Diversity Supplement
*LinkedIn*
*Currently a Licensing Associate at Georgia Tech*

**Dr. Anna Kellner** *Ph.D. 2016-2022 (Biomedical engineering)*
NIH F31 Fellowship, Lindau Nobel Laureate Award
*LinkedIn*
*Currently a research scientist at Elephas Bio Corporation, Madison WI.*

**Dr. Radhika Sharma** *Ph.D. 2017-2022 (Chemistry)* *LinkedIn*
*Currently a Senior Laboratory Systems Analyst for Booz Allen & Hamilton and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)*

**Dr. Aysha Sk Rashid** *Ph.D. 2017-2022 (Chemistry)* *LinkedIn*
*Currently a Strategy Consultant at Bain & Company, Atlanta GA*

**Dr. Brendan Deal** *Ph.D. 2016-2022 (Chemistry)* *Google scholar* | *LinkedIn*
*Currently a Postdoctoral fellow/Scientist III at Thermo Fisher Scientific*

**Dr. Yixiao Dong** *Ph.D. 2016-2022 (Chemistry)* *Google scholar* | *LinkedIn*
*Currently a Postdoctoral fellow at the Esser-Kahn Lab, University of Chicago*

**Dr. Allison Ramey** *Ph.D. 2016-2021 (Biomedical Engineering)* *LinkedIn*
*Currently Scientist II at ProgenaCare Global in Marietta, GA*

**Dr. Alisina Bazrafshan** *Ph.D. 2016-2021 (Chemistry)*
Eleanor Main Graduate Mentor Award, William B. Dickinson Educational Trust Award
*LinkedIn*
*Currently a Senior Scientist at Illumina, San Diego, CA*

**Dr. Jiahui Zhang**
*Ph.D. 2014-2020 (Biomedical Engineering)* *Google scholar* | *LinkedIn*
*Currently Research Scientist at Moderna, Cambridge, MA*

**Dr. Hanquan Su**
*Ph.D. 2015-2020 (Chemistry)* *Google scholar*
*Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Wyss Institute, Harvard University*
hanquan.su@wyss.harvard.edu

Dr. Aaron Blanchard Ph.D. 2015-2020 (Biomedical Engineering), NIH F99/R00 fellowCurrently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Michigan in the lab of Nils Walter atblanch@umich.edu — **Dr. Aaron Blanchard**
*Ph.D. 2015-2020 (Biomedical Engineering),*
NSF-GFRP, NIH F99/K00 fellow, Suddath Award Winner , Bronze Medal Collegiate Inventors Competition
*Google scholar*
*Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Biomedical Engineering Department at Duke University in the lab of Brenton D. Hoffman*
aaron.blanchard@duke.edu

**Dr. Joshua Brockman**
*Ph.D. 2014-2020 (Biomedical Engineering),*
NIH F99/R00 fellow, NSF GRFP, Outstanding Fundamental Research Award
*Google scholar* | *LinkedIn*
*Currently an Assistant Professor in the College of Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison*
jmbrockman2@wisc.edu

Dr. Roxanne Glazier Ph.D. 2014-2020 (Biomedical Engineering)Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School/Research Fellow at Mass General Hospital in the lab of Ralph Weissleder rglazier@mgh.harvard.edu — **Dr. Roxanne Glazier**
*Ph.D. 2014-2020 (Biomedical Engineering)* *Google scholar* | *LinkedIn*
NSF GRFP, U.S. Air Force Research Lab Repperger Research Intern Program
*Currently a Senior Scientist at Merck*
rglazier@mgh.harvard.edu

**Dr. Victor Pui-Yan Ma**
*Ph.D. 2013-2019 (Chemistry),*
NIH F99/R00 fellow, Reaxys PhD prize finalist, 2018 CAS SciFinder® Future Leaders Program, Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Award
*Google scholar* | *LinkedIn*
*Currently a Corporate Development Associate at ACROBiosystems*
pyma@bwh.harvard.edu

Dr. Kornelia Galior Ph.D. 2012-2017 (Chemistry)Currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Wisconsin (https://pathology.wisc.edu/staff/galior-kornelia/) galior@syr.edu — **Dr. Kornelia Galior**
*Ph.D. 2012-2017 (Chemistry)* *Google scholar* | *LinkedIn*
*Currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Emory School of Medicine*
kgalior@emory.edu

Dr. Yang Liu Ph.D. 2010-2016 (Chemistry)Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University in the lab of Taekjip Ha yliu239@jhmi.edu — **Dr. Yang Liu**
*Ph.D. 2010-2016 (Chemistry)* *Google scholar*
Johnston Award (Emory University), Quayle Award (Emory University)
*Currently Assistant Professor at University of Utah*
yang.liu@biochem.utah.edu

**Dr. Yuan Chang**
*Ph.D. 2010-2016 (Chemistry)* *LinkedIn*
*Currently the Director/Head of BioMaterial Innovation Lab at Eye Valley*

Dr. Yun Zhang
Ph.D. 2010-2016 (Chemistry)

Quayle Award

Currently Director of Mass Spectrometry core at Sichuan University

**Dr. Carol Jurchenko**
*Ph.D. 2009-2016 (Chemistry)* *LinkedIn*
*Currently a Scientific Editor at the Research Square*

**Dr. Kevin Yehl**
*Ph.D. 2009-2015 (Chemistry)* *Google scholar* | *LinkedIn*
ARCS Award, GAANN Graduate Student Fellowship
*Currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemsitry at Miami University*
yehlk@miamioh.edu

**Dr. Daniel Stabley**
*Ph.D. 2009-2014 (Chemistry)* *LinkedIn*
Finalists in Collegiate Inventors Competition
*Currently Microscopy Director at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital*

Dr. Yoshie Narui Ph.D. 2010-2013 (Chemistry)Currently Cryo-EM Senior Researcher at the Center for Electron Microscopy and Analysis at The Ohio State University narui.2@osu.edu — **Dr. Yoshie Narui**
*Ph.D. 2010-2013 (Chemistry)* *LinkedIn*
Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Award, Finalists in Collegiate Inventors Competition
*Currently Cryo-EM Senior Researcher at the Center for Electron Microscopy and Analysis at The Ohio State University* narui.2@osu.edu

Dr. Yue Ding
Ph.D. 2008-2014 (Chemistry/Physics) LinkedIn

Currently Staff Scientist at Illumina, San Diego, CA

Former UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Zhao Jia (Coco) Zhang (2021 - 2024 BS Chemistry), currently a PhD student in pharmacology at Emory University

Mark Essien (2022-2023 BS Chemistry, Highest honors), currently applying to medical schools

Bakai Sheyitov (2022-2023 BS Chemistry, Highest honors), currently a PhD student in biomedical engineering at Rice University

Patrick Shen (2019-2022 BS Chemistry) Medical School (Emory University Undergraduate Early Career Achievement Award)

Pushkar Shinde (2018-2022 BS Chemistry, Highest honors) PhD/MD at Columbia, NY (Sonny Carter Scholarship, finalist for Rhodes Scholar, Outstanding Presentation in Biophysical Chemistry award GCURS, Emory University William Jones Chemistry Scholarship, Goldwater Scholar 2020)

Arshiya Namazi (2021-2022 BS Chemistry, Highest honors) Medical School

Tsian Ramrattan (2021-2022 BS Chemistry) currently PhD at UNC Chapel Hill Chemistry

Wenxiao Deng (B.S. Chemistry 2021); currently PhD student at U Penn. (Emory University William Jones Chemistry Scholarship)

Francesca Abulencia (B.S. Physics, Emory University, 2020)

Frances N. Connor (B.S. Chemistry, Emory University 2018-2019)

Kelly Jones (B.S. Chemistry, Emory University, 2019, Highest honors); University of Connecticut School of Dentistry.

Julia Eisman (B.S. Physics, Emory University 2018, Honors student) currently applying for medical school while taking gap year

Jacob Yi (B.A. Chemistry, Emory University 2017); currently applying for medical school taking gap year

Wenzheng (Shawn) Sun; currently BME undergraduate student at Emory/GaTech

Sam Druzak (B.S. Chemistry Emory University 2015); currently PhD student at Emory University in Pharmacology.

Mengzhen (Edward) Fan, 2013-2015, Now a Ph.D. student in Brown Lab, Chemistry, University of Oxford, UK

Kevin Gale (SURE research program), 2014, Now a Ph.D. student in Bioengineering, Duke University

Ian Bolin, 2012-2013, Now in Dental School, Columbia University

Rohan Prabhu, 2012-2013

Deep Chandegara, 2010-2011, Now a MD student, University of Southern California

Charlene J. Chan, 2009-2012, Now a Ph.D. student in Denic lab, Harvard University

Alexander Hong (postbac), 2011-2012, Now a pre-medical post-baccalaureate, California State University

Kevin Harrell, 2009-2012, Now a MD student, Emory University

Stephen Marshall, 2010-2012, Now a Ph.D. student in Clemons lab, Caltech

Former High school STUDENTS

Maranatha Genet, 2015

Grace Thomson, 2015

Jeffery Yang, 2014

Katie Vogt, 2013