Former Doctoral Students
Sarah Walker, Ph.D. Microbiology (2008). Dissertation title: Functional studies of transfer RNA interactions in the ribosome; Postdoc with J. Lorsch, Johns Hopkins University / NIH (2008-2015); Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo.
Shinichiro Shoji, Ph.D. Microbiology (2009). Dissertation title: Molecular analysis of tRNA-mRNA movement in the ribosome; Postdoc with P. Schultz, Scripps Research Institute (2009-2011); Senior Scientist at Kyowa Hakko Bio, Inc.
Daoming Qin, Ph.D. Biochemistry (2011). Dissertation title: Role of 16S ribosomal RNA in translation initiation; Postdoc with J. Staley, University of Chicago (2011-2015), Postdoc with J. Lorsch (2015-2017); Currently Senior Data Analyst, Capitol One Bank.
Aishwarya Devaraj, Ph.D. Biochemistry (2011). Dissertation title: Molecular studies of the fidelity of translation elongation; Currently employed as a postdoctoral researcher at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (S. Goodman laboratory).
Sean McClory, Ph.D. Biochemistry (2013). Dissertation title: Insights into the decoding mechanism from studies of mutant ribosomes; Postdoc with K. Lynch, University of Pennsylvania; Assistant Professor at La Salle University, PA.
Rohan Balakrishnan, Ph.D. Biochemistry (2015). Dissertation title: Role of the conserved GTPase LepA in Escherichia coli; Currently employed as a postdoctoral researcher at University of California San Diego (T. Hwa laboratory).
Qi Liu, Ph.D. Biochemistry (2015). Dissertation title: Role of 16S ribosomal RNA in translation initiation; Postdoc with C. Tucker, University of Colorado Denver; Currently Research Scientist at Sharklet Technologies, Colorado.
Hongkun Zhu, Ph.D. Microbiology (2016). Dissertation title: Studies of aminoglycoside antibiotics; Currently Senior Project Manager, Creative Biolabs, China.
Lanqing Ying, Ph.D. Microbiology (2018). Dissertation title: Studies on Translation Elongation and its Fidelity; Postdoctoral research: Duke University (S. Gregory, PI)
Michelle Gibbs, Ph.D. Microbiology (2020). Dissertation title: Roles of conserved translational GTPases in bacterial ribosome assembly; Postdoctoral Research at NIH now a Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA.
Menglin Chen, Ph.D. Microbiology (2020). Dissertation title: Studies of Translation Elongation and its Relationship to Transcription Elongation in Bacteria; Postdoctoral Fellow at Merck.
Zakk McNutt, Ph.D. Biochemistry (2022). Dissertation title: Studying the Paradox of the Anti-Shine Dalgarno Sequence in the Bacteroidetes;
Former Master Students
Kevin McGarry, M.S. Microbiology (2007). Thesis title: Analysis of ribosomes containing mutations in the P and E sites of the 50S subunit; Research Scientist at Battelle Laboratories, Ohio.
Bethany Boleratz, M.S. Biochemistry (2016). Thesis title: Studies of translation initiation in Flavobacterium johnsoniae; Currently Research Technician at USDA, Maryland.
Stephen McGarry, M.S. Biochemistry (2022). Thesis title: Analysis of mutations in EF-G that confer resistance to aminoglycosides;
Former Postdocs
Xiaofen Zhong (2005); Currently at University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.
Former Undergraduates
Nimo Abdi (2004-2006); Co-author of 3 papers, Winner of Undergraduate Student Government Academic Enrichment Grant in 2004. Assistant professor, Department of Teaching and Learning, College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University
Eric Holbrook (2005-2006); Co-author of 1 paper.
Daniel Box (2006)
Sabrina Sharif (2007)
Josh Leisring (2008-2009); Co-author of 2 papers.
Kristina Rached (2009-2010)
Brian Goldfarb (2012-2013)
Emily DeDonato (2012-2014); Winner of College of Arts and Sciences Honors Research Fellowship in 2012.
Alexis Dunning (2014-2016); Honors thesis.
Dean Watkins (2017-2019); Honors thesis.
Maria Fernanda Ossa Echeverri (2022)