Personnel

E. Michael Ostap, Ph.D.

E. Michael Ostap, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Physiology; Interim Senior Vice Dean and Chief Scientific Officer, PSOM
 ostap@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Office: 215-573-9758 / Lab: 215-898-3685

Henry Shuman, PhD

Henry Shuman, PhD

Research Associate Professor
 shuman@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Faviolla A. Baez-Cruz, Ph.D.

Faviolla A. Baez-Cruz, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher
 favb@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Alan Boka

Alan Boka

Graduate Student, BBCB
 bokaa@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Daniel Safer, Ph.D.

Daniel Safer, Ph.D.

Senior Research Investigator
 saferd@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Cameron Thompson

Cameron Thompson

Graduate Student, BBCB
 ThompCam@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Rick Wike

Rick Wike

Research Specialist
 rick.wike@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Mengqi Xu, Ph.D.

Mengqi Xu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher
 Mengqi.Xu@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Former Lab Members

Nanyun Tang, PhD - Post-Doctoral Fellow

Enrique De La Cruz, PhD - Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current Positions: Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry; Head of Branford College, Yale University

Mohammed El-Mezgueldi, PhD - Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current Position: Lecturer in Protein Science, Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, UK

David Hokanson, PhD - BMB Graduate Student
Current Position: Principal Scientist, Pfizer

Slobodanka Manceva, PhD - Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current Position: Senior Scientist, VPP/NIAID/NIH

Joseph M. Laakso, PhD - BMB Graduate Student
Current Position: Director, Science Policy at Endocrine Society

Christina King-Smith, PhD - Visiting Scientist    
Current Position: Professor and Chair, Department of Biology, St. Joseph’s University

John H. Lewis, PhD - CAMB Graduate Student
Current Position: Senior Research Investigator, University of Pennsylvania

Jennine McKenna, PhD - CAMB Graduate Student
Current Position: Senior Research Investigator, University of Pennsylvania

Allison Zajac, PhD - CAMB Graduate Student
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Chicago

Elizabeth A. Feeser, PhD - Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current Position: Senior Lecturer, Biological Sciences, University of Maryland (UMBC)

Abbey Weith, PhD - Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current Position: Scientist, Janssen Inc

Tianming Lin, MS - Research Specialist
Current Position: Researcher, University of Florida

Adam Zwolak, PhD - Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Janssen BioTherapeutics

Vu H. Le, PhD - Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current Position: LE GIA Production and Trading Co. LTD, Vietnam

Michael J. Greenberg, PhD - Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current Position: Associate Professor, Washington University, St. Louis

Betsy McIntosh, PhD - CAMB Graduate Student
Current Position: Associate Director of Learning Assistant Development at University of Colorado Boulder

Ahmet Mentes, PhD - Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current Position: Computational Biophysicist, Black Diamond Therapeutics

Michael Woody, PhD - BMB Graduate Student
Current Position: Consultant, EY-Parthenon, Life Sciences

Huanhong Ji, PhD - Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Jining Medical University

Erin Masucci, PhD - BMB Graduate Student
Current Position: Scientist, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies

Serapion Pyrpassopoulos, PhD - Senior Research Investigator
Current Position: Independent Project Leader, University of Tubingen

Aaron Snoberger, PhD - Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current Position: Scientist, Biochemistry, Proteovant Therapeutics

Lillianne Sutton, MS - Undergraduate Student, Vagelos Molecular Life Sciences Program
Current Position: Research Assistant, The Rockefeller University

Luther Pollard, PhD - Postdoctoral Researcher
Current Position: Research Assistant Professor at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Robert Cail, PhD - Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar at Johnson and Johnson