Grishchuk Lab

Ekaterina Grishchuk, PhD
Associate Professor
 gekate@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

MSc Biophysics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
PhD Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

Fazly Ataullakhanov, DSc
Visiting Professor
 ataullakhanov.fazly@gmail.com

MSc Biophysics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
PhD Biophysics, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
DSc Biophysics, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Member of Russian Academy of Sciences

Vladimir Demidov
Research Specialist
 demidov@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

MSc Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Project: laser trapping and microscopy

Fedor Balabin, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
 fedor.balabin@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu

PhD Biophysics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Project: reconstruction of minimal kinetochore-microtubule coupler

Taisia Shepeliuk
Visiting graduate student
  taisia.shepeliuk@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

MSc in Pharmacy, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Project: secretion and cytoskeleton in activated platelets

Aleksandr Maiorov
Research Specialist
 aleksandr.maiorov@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

MSc Biophysics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Project: reconstitution of chemomechanical kinase-phosphatase systems

Evie Stambler
high-school student
 eviestambler@gmail.com

high-school student, Dwight Global School, NJ

Adarsh Ramamurthy
Summer high school student, summer 2024

High school student, Charter School of Wilmington, DE

Roman Kerimov
Visiting graduate student

MSc Biophysics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Project: secretion and cytoskeleton in activated platelets

Ekaterina Tarasovetc
Graduate student 2017-2024
 etar@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

MSc Biophysics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Project: reconstitution of kinetochore-microtubule attachments

Haitao Li, PhD
Research Specialist 2020-2022

Anastasiia Masalceva
Visiting Master's student
 anastasiia.masaltseva@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu

BS in Biophysics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Project: spatial and temporal control of blood clotting

Andrey Mikheev, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow

PhD Biophysics, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Project: reconstitution of chemomechanical kinase-phosphatase systems

Veronika Balakshina
Summer student 2021

MSc Biophysics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Project: reconstitution of kinetochore-microtubule attachments

Dmitry Nechipurenko, PhD
Visiting scientist
 ne4ipur@gmail.com

PhD Biophysics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Project: experimental and theoretical analysis of arterial thrombus dynamics

Wangxi Luo, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow 2017-2022

Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Project: DNA origami-based reconstitution of kinetochore-microtubule interactions

Anton Mukhamedshin
Visiting graduate student 2018-2020

MSc Applied Mathematics and Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia
Project: experimental and theoretical analysis of arterial thrombus dynamics

Shaowen Wu, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow 2018-2020

PhD Chemical Biology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Project: ultra-fast force spectroscopy of kinetochore microtubule-associated proteins

Tanya Kogan
Research Specialist 2020-2021

BS Biochemistry, Drexel University

Alan Boka
Rotation graduate student, BMB 2020

BS Biochemistry, University of Rochester
Project: plus-end gliding interactions of microtubule-associated proteins assembled on DNA origami

Igor Kanev, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow 2019-2020

PhD Biophysics, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Project: laser trapping and microscopy

Akhmadbek Asadov
Visiting master student Summer 2019

Master student in applied physics and math of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia

Polina Soloveva
Visiting Master student Jan - May 2019
 polina.soloveva@phystech.edu

BSc Applied Mathematics and Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia
Project: reconstitution of kinetochore-microtubule attachments

Emily Mattes
Research Specialist / Laboratory Safety Coordinator, 2018-2019

MSc Biochemistry, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Project: isolation of kinetochore proteins.

Karla Miletic
Visiting undergraduate student, summer 2017 and summer 2018
 kmiletic@mail.usciences.edu

Undergraduate student of Physics, University of the Sciences
Project: molecular analysis of cytoskeletal motors

Anatoly Zaytsev, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow 2016-2018

PhD Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ivan Gonchar
Visiting graduate student 2017-2018
 ivan.gonchar@phystech.edu

MSc Applied Math and Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia

Eirini Zoupou
Undergraduate student, May-June 2018
 ezoupou@sas.upenn.edu

Undergraduate student of Molecular & Cell Biology and Psychology, University of Pennsylvania

Aleksandra Demianova
Visiting graduate student, 2017–2018

MSc Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

Aaron (Po-Tao) Chen
Research Specialist / Laboratory Safety Coordinator, 2014–2018
 pc2870@columbia.edu

MSc Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Current position: Research Specialist of Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Kandel Lab, Columbia University.

Ricardo Sousa
Visiting graduate student, 2014-2017

BSc Genetics, University of Porto, Portugal
MSc Biochemistry, University of Porto, Portugal

Suvranta K. Tripathy, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, 2014-2017

PhD Condensed Matter Physics, University of Cincinnati, USA
 

Maxim Godzi
Visiting graduate student, 2015-2017
 maxim.godzi@gmail.com

MSc Biophysics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
 

Manas Chakraborty, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014-2016

MSc Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
PhD Biochemistry Biophysics, Arizona State University
 

Murat Demir
visiting medical student, Summer 2016

Faculty of Medicine, Ege University Turkey

 

Anna Startceva
volunteer, Feb-May 2016