As of June 2021, the Biomolecular Science and Engineering Training Program has recruited Trainees from 14 states and U.S. territories.
Trainee | Department | Advisors | Research | Current Position |
Sharleen Buel | Biological Sciences | J. Hurley (BS), Co-advisor: J. Dordick (CBE) | Investigating the role of circadian rhythms in the macrophage response to SARS-COV and SARS-COV2 | In training |
Misty Zaczyk | Biological Sciences | J. Hurley (BS), Co-advisor: G. Montelione (CCB) | Determining the Mechanistic Effect of the Circadian Clock on the Disordered N-Terminal Region of Frequency-Interacting RNA Helicase (FRH) | In training |
Noah Allen | Biomedical Engineering | E. Blaber (BME), Co-advisor: J. Hurley (BS) | The role of aging related decline in progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease | In training |
Christian Franquiz Santos | Chemistry and Chemical Biology | W. Colón (CCB), Co-advisor: C. Bystroff (BS) | The role of kinetically stable proteins in fruit allergies | In training |
Kavita Ramnath | Chemistry and Chemical Biology | R. Gross (CCB), Co-advisor: C. Bystroff (BS) | Enzymatic recycling | In training |
Rebecca Green-Cramer | Chemistry and Chemical Biology | G. Montelione (CCB), Co-advisor: C. Royer (BS) | CoV-2M molecule inhibitors | In training |
Sabrina Kosnik | Biomedical Engineering | D. Vashishth (BME), Co-advisor: B. Barquera (BS) | Biomolecular basis for interactions between bone, and gut microbiome: Implications for the role of Type 2 Diabetes and bone health in Alzheimer's disease | In training |
Emmanuel Amoako | Biological Sciences | J. Hurley (BS), Co-advisor: S. Cramer (CBE) | Mechanistic Effects of Conserved Protein Charge “Blocks”on Circadian Regulation | In training |
Adelle Hamilton | Biomedical Engineering | R. Byan Gilbert (BME), Co-advisor: S. Gilbert (BS) | The effects of varying fingolimod release kinetics from electrospun ribers on schwanna cell phenotype | In training |
Dongyoun Jang | Chemical and Biological Engineering | S. Cramer (CBE), Co-advisor: D. Thompson (BME) | In-silico mediated rapid process development of an orthoganally selective downstream polishing sequence for the purificiation of monoclonal antibodies and Fc-fusion proteins from product-related impurities | In training |
Matthew Mergy | Chemical and Biological Engineering | S. Cramer (CBE), Co-advisor: G. Makhatadze (BS) | Continuous precipitation for the caputre of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies | In training |
Payton O'Connor | Biomedical Engineering | R. Byan Gilbert (BME), Co-advisor: S. Gilbert (BS) | Dextran-Derived Coaxial Electrospun Fibers for Bulk Delivery of NeuroD1 in Ischemic Stroke | In training |
Dylan Mah | Biological Sciences | C. Wang (BS), Co-advisor: B. Linhardt (CCB) | Structural mechanism and drug discovery for Sulfotransferase HS3ST2 in Alzheimer's disease | In training |
Tyree Williams | Biomedical Engineering | D. Thompson (BME), Co-advisor: J. Dordick (CBE) | Modeling NF2 tumors for drug screening using induced pluripotent stem cells | In training |
Shuangzhe Lin | Biomedical Engineering | D. Vashishth (BME), Co-advisor: J. Dordick (CBE) | Validating a post-transcriptional mechanism for circadian regulation via frequency-interacting RNAHelicase | In training |
BS = Biological Sciences; BME = Biomedical Engineering; CBE = Chemical and Biological Engineering; CCB = Chemistry and Chemical Biology; CS = Computer Science