Lab Members
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dhanunjay.M Mukhi, PH.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dhanunjay.Mukhi@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Research objective: Mechanistic studies of genes identified in the Genome-wide and transcriptome-wide association studies in chronic kidney disease.
Xiujie Liang, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Xiujie.Liang@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Research objective: Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying kidney development and kidney fibrosis.
Shen Li, M.D./PH.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Shen.Li@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Research objective: Understanding the role for causative genes in kidney disease. Elucidation of the metabolic dysfunction in chronic kidney disease.
Lakshmi Prasanna Kolligundla, PH.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
LakshmiPrasanna.Kolligundla@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Research objective: Unravelling the function of genes identified in genome-wide and epigenome-wide studies in kidney disease.
Eunji Ha, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Eunji.Ha@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Research objective: Investigating cellular dynamics and regulatory mechanisms in chronic kidney disease.
Minyan Zhu, M.D., PH.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Minyan.Zhu@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Research objective: Understanding the molecular and epigenetic mechanisms underlying the development of chronic kidney disease and potential therapeutic strategies.
Bernhard Dumoulin, M.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Chenyu Li, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Chenyu.Li@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Muthu Mohan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Muthu.Mohan@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Mohamad Fakhreddine, M.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mohamad.Fakhreddine@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Research Fellows
Samer Mohandes, M.D.
Research Fellow
Samer.Mohandes@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Research objective: Understanding the molecular mechanisms of chronic kidney disease and diabetic kidney disease
Jonathan Levinsohn, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Fellow
Jonathan.Levinsohn@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Research objective: Understanding how the kidney changes early in life.
Magaiver Andrade Silva, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
Magaiver.Silva@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Research objective: Understanding the role of nucleotide sensors and organelles dysfunction in chronic kidney disease development.
Yanjuan Hou, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Fellow
Yanjuan.Hou@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Research objective: Exploring the pathomechanism of chronic kidney disease, kidney adaptive and maladaptive repair.
Fang Li, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Fellow
Fang.Li@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Research objective: Investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms of chronic kidney disease.
Victor Jose Martinez-Leon, M.D.
Nephrology Fellow
Research Specialist
Andi Bergeson, B.S.
Research Specialist
Andi.Bergeson@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Research objective: Gathering spatial transcriptomic data alongside single-cell multiomic data to better understand kidney development & disease progression.
Clinical Research Coordinator
Amy N Fernandez, B.A.
Clinical Research Coordinator
Amy.Fernandez@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Undergarduate Student
Elias Ziyadeh, Undergarduate Student
Undergarduate Student