Chapman laboratory trainees, past & present
Current Members
Past Graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, honors research undergraduates, staff.
(Other undergraduates listed separately.)
Prior Background |
Subsequent Activities |
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 Connie Alford |
Technical Assistant, 2000 | B.S. Micro-biol. & Cell Science (U. Fl); MS Biol./Mol. Microbiol, U. So. Alabama | M.D. & Resident U. Fl. (2000-8); Clinical Fellow, Natl. Inst. Health & Assist. Prof. Ob. Gyn., Uniformed Services Univ. (2008-11); Endocrinologist, So. FL Inst. Reproductive Med. (2011-). |
 Arezki Azzi |
Post-doc, 11/99-5/03 | Ph.D. Biochemistry; (Laval Univ., Quebec) | Staff Scientist/Adjunct Prof., Laval Univ., Canada.
Prof. Biochem. Mol. Biol., Al-Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic Univ., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
 Richard Bertram |
Visiting Assist. Research Scholar/Scientist 8/99 – 8/01 | Ph.D. Applied Math, (Florida State Univ.)Post-doc. (NIH); Faculty (Penn. State, Eyrie) | Assist. Professor (2001-5); Assoc. Prof. (2005-9); Prof. & Director Biomedical Math, Florida State Univ. (2009-). |
 Smita Bhatia |
Ph.D. Molecular Biophysics 8/97 – 11/03;American Heart Assoc. fellow, 1999-2001 | M.Sc. Biophysics; (All India Inst. Med. Sci.) | Post-doctoral research fellow, Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council, Canada; Snr. Manager, Economics & Environment, Chemical Industry Assoc. of Canada. |
 Eric Blanc |
Post-doc., 1995 – 8 | Ph.D. (Physics, U. Lausanne) | Research staff, Global Phasing Ltd., UK (98-02); Res. Assoc., EU Bioinformatics Inst., UK (02–06); Lecturer, Univ. London Kings Coll. (06-15); Bioinformatician, Charite Hosp., Berlin (2015-). |
 Weishu Bu |
Ph.D. Molecular Biophysics, 8/99 – 2/07 | B.Sc. Material Physics (Tanjin Univ.) | Post-doc, U. Michigan (’07-’09); Res. Assoc., VA, Ann Arbor, MI (’09-13); Instructor, Washtenaw Comm. Coll., Ann Arbor, MI (2013-). |
 Donald “Jeff” Bush |
Ph.D. Biochemistry, 8/99 – 2/07 NSF RTG fellow, 2000-01; Am. Heart Assoc. fellow, 2003-5 | B.Sc. Chemistry (Penn State Univ.); Research technician, Merck Inc. | Post-doc UAB (2007-8); Chemist-3, Dept. Ag. & Consumer Services, FL; Nurse Navigator, Cooper Hosp., PA. |
 Zhi Chen |
Ph.D. Physics, 8/94 – 8/2000 | B.S. Physics (Jilin Univ.) | M.S. CS (2000-02); Res. Assoc., HHMI, Brandeis Univ. & MIT (2002-13); Assist. Prof., OHSU (2013-19); Snr. Res. Assoc. UBC (2019-) |
 Shawn A. Clark |
Ph.D. Biochemistry, 8/98 – 11/06 NSF RTG fellow, 1999-2001 |
B.S. Chemistry (Clark Univ.) | Res. Assoc., Harvard U. (ACR Fellow, 2004-6); Snr. Sci., XTAL Biostructures, Inc. (2007-13); President DeltaTm technologies (2013-) |
| Brynmor Chapman | Technical Assistant, summer 2010, 2011 | Univ. Oxford (Math & CS; 2010-13) | Ph.D. MIT CS (2022); Instructor, MIT, CS (2022-) |
| Irene Davidovich | Technical Assistant, 1994 – 5 | Russia | |
 Omar Davulcu |
Ph.D. Biochem., 8/02 – 12/07; Am. Heart Assoc. Fellow, 2004-6; Post-doc, 2008 – 17; Snr. Res. Assoc., 2017-18 | B.S. Biochemistry (Univ. Texas) | Snr. Scientist, Pflizer, Inc. (2018-20); Chemist, Pac. NW Natl. Lab. (2020-) |
 Chiara Del Picollo |
pre-doctoral, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 8/14 – 2016 (W/D) | B.S. Biology (Williams College) | Deceased (2018) |
 Geoffrey Diemer |
Post-doc., 2015-16, NIH NRSA fellow | Post-doc (U. Texas, Medical Branch); Ph.D. Biology (Portland State Univ.) | Senior Assoc. Scientist, Vaccine & Gene Therapy Inst., OHSU (2016-) |
 Sudha Dorairaj |
Post-doc. 03/10 – 2011 | Ph.D. Chemistry (Carnegie Mellon Univ.) | Adjunct Assist. Prof. Chem., U. Portland; Sci. teacher, Waldorf Sch. of San Diego (2018-). |
 Felcy Fabiola |
Post-doc, 3/00 – 12/06; Consultant, 7/06 – 2010. |
Ph.D. Biophysics; (Univ. Madras) | Systems Project Analyst, Florida Board of Governors (2016-) |
 Jim Gattis |
Ph.D. Biochemistry, 6/97 – 5/04, NSF RTG fellow, 1998-2000 | B.S. Chemistry (Univ. Virginia) | Post-doc, National Cancer Institute, 2004-8; Principle Scientist, Glaxo Smith-Kline (2008); Group Leader, PPDi (2010-2); Snr. Scientist, Liquidia Technologies (2012-). |
 Michael Godsey |
Visiting Faculty, 2013 – 14 | Assoc. Prof. Chemistry, Concordia Univ. | Assoc. Prof. Chemistry, Concordia Univ.; retired 2021 |
 Jeff Haber |
M.S., Biochemistry 8/96 – 5/99, NSF RTG fellow | B.S. Biochemistry (Michigan State Univ.) | Law school, University of Michigan (99-02); Law practice, Washington, DC |
| Stephanie Hoang | Laboratory Aid 2010 – 2011 | B.S. Chemistry (’11), Reed College | |
 Augustus (Gus) Kilgore |
Technician, 2013 – | B.S. Student, Reed College. | Research Assistant, OHSU. |
| Tonya Kilpatrick | Admin. Coordinator Center of Excellence, 00-02 |
Admin. Assist for Georgia Board of Regents, Atlanta | |
 Olga Kirillova |
Post-doc, 03/08 – 06/11 | Ph.D., Physics & Mathematics (St. Petersburg State Univ.) | IICOL LLC, Portland (2011-13); Data analytics / software, Rentrak Corp., Portland (2013 – ). |
 Andrew Korostelev |
Ph.D., Chemistry 8/98 – 11/03 | M.Sc. Biochemistry, (Moscow State Univ.) | Res. Assoc. UCSC (2004-10); Prof. Biochem. & Mol. Pharm., U. Mass Med. Sch., Worcester (2010-) |
 Dustin McCraw |
Ph.D. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (PMCB), 8/07 – 12 | Molecular Biophysics Program, Florida State Univ. (8/05 – 8/07, transfer) | Post-doc., Natl. Inst. Allergy & Infectious Diseases (2013 – 19); Associate Consultant, Herspiegel Consulting (2019 – ) |
 Tom Lerch |
Post-doc (2007-12), Am. Heart Assoc. fellow, 2010-12 | Ph.D. Biochemistry (Northwestern Univ.) | Senior Director, Pfizer, St. Louis (2012 – ) |
 Nancy Meyer |
Undergrad. research, Fall 2003; Tech. Assist., 2003 – 2004; Res. Assist. II / Res. Assoc. (2010 – ) | B.S. Biochemistry; M.S. Biology (Florida State Univ.) | Res. Scientist, PNNC Ctr. Cryo-EM (75%); Res. Assoc. – Chapman Lab. (25%) |
 Dan Mitchell |
Ph.D. Molecular Biophysics, 8/02 – 4/08 | B.S. Biochemistry (SUNY Stony Brook) | NRC Assoc., US Army Medical Res. Inst. (2008-11); Staff Sci., Texas Biomed. Res. Inst. (2011 – ). |
 Sarah Schlatterer (nee Murray) |
Undergraduate DIS research, Fall 2003; Technical assistant, 2003 – 2005 | M.D. / Ph.D., Einstein Coll. (2005-13); now Medical Dir., Neurocard. Crit. Care, Children’s Natl. Hosp. | |
 Rachel Neff |
Honors Thesis undergraduate student (2018-21) | Med. Sch., Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ. | |
 Jason O’Donnel |
Ph.D. Biochemistry, 8/03 – 5/09Am. Heart Assoc. Fellow, 2005-7 | B.S. Sports Biol./Nutrition (Springfield Coll., MA) | Post-doc., Florida State Univ., (2009-11); Post-doc, Univ. Georgia (2011-14); Lecturer, Univ. Georgia (2014 – ) |
 Heather Ongley |
M.S. Biochemistry, 8/03 – 5/08, Am. Heart Assoc. Fellow, 2005-7 | B.S. Ag. & Biol. Engineer. (U. Florida) | |
 Pankaj Pal |
Undergrad. DIS/Honors research, (2003-07), HHMI. Fellow | Rickards High School, Tallahassee, FL | M.D./Ph.D. Wash. U., 2007-15, Resident & Fellow, Harvard U. (2018-22); Assoc. Med. Dir., BioNTech (2022-) |
 G. Parthasarathy |
Technical Assistant, 1995-7 | Research Scientist with Merck, Inc.; now Director, Program Management, Rocket Pharma, Inc. | |
 E. Carla Parker |
Undergrad. DIS research, 2005; Tech. assist., 2004-06 | ||
| Ms. Irina Parfenova | Admin. Coordinator Ctr. Excellence, 03-04 |
M.S. Fine Art (Florida State Univ.) | Art teacher; Santa Clara, CA & Worcester, MA |
 Jared Pikus |
M.S. Biochemistry, 8/03-12/04. | B.S. Physics, (Brigham Young Univ.) | DO, Philadelphia Coll. Osteopathic Med., 2009; Resident, Utah Valley Family Med. Residency Prog. (2009-12); Family Physician, Cottonwood, ID (2012-). |
 Dr. Pamela Pruett |
Postdoc (5/96-9/02) NSF RTG fellow, 1999 |
Ph.D. (Virology, Univ. Alabama, Birmingham) | Staff Scientist, UAB; now Quality Mgmt., Alabama Dept. Public Health |
| Ms. Ramya Raman | Technical assistant (summer 2007, 08) | Case Western Reserve University | |
 Eliza Ruben |
Ph.D. Molecular Biophysics, 8/00 – 6/07 Am. Heart Assoc. Fellow, 2004-7 |
B.Sc. Biochemistry & Genetics (Leeds Univ.)M.S. Plant Molecular Biology, U. So. Illinois | Post-doc., Staff Sci, Stanford Univ (2007-13); Director, Protein Expression Core, Univ. Oklahoma (2013-16); Core director, St. Louis Univ.; EM Core director, U. Texas San Antonio (2022-) |
 Mark Silveria |
Ph.D. (2018 – ); Life Science Fellow. | Analytical Chemist, N3 Labs, CA. | Founder, Retro Reflow, Inc. (2022-) |
 Jean Summerton |
Ph.D. student, Biochem. & Mol. Biol. 9/07 – 6/14; Am. Heart Assoc. & Tartar Fellow, 2009-10 | M.S. Biotechnology, (Johns Hopkins Univ.); B.S., Reed College | Post-doc., Onco-Tools, LLC. Philomath, OR (2014 -); Scientist, Gene Tools, LLC. (2014 -21); Founder, Mgr., EndoRel Biosci. (2021-) |
 Jeanette Tenthorey |
Res. Assist. 2007-8 | B.S. Biology (’09), Reed College | Research Assistant, UC San Francisco |
 Andrew Trzynka |
Research Assist. (Computational) 2010 – 18 | B.S. Physics (Portland State Univ.) | Retired |
| Ella Wright | Honors Discovery Fellow undergraduate student (2019-23) | ||
 Qing Xie |
Ph.D. , Biochem. 1/93 (8/93) – 4/2000; Post-doc, 2000 – 2007; Res. Scientist / Snr. Res. Assoc., 2007 – 2019 |
B.S. Organic Chem. (Nanjing Univ.) | Snr. Res. Assoc., OHSU (2019-23); retired (2023) |
 Mohammad Yousef |
Ph.D., Molecular Biophysics 8/98 – 11/02 |
B.S. Biophysics (Univ. Cairo) | Res. Assoc., HHMI & Univ. Oregon (2002 – 05); Assist. Prof., Biophysics, Univ. Cairo (2005-6); JSPS Fellow, Structural Biol. Res. Ctr. (2006-9); Research Assoc., Texas Tech. U. (2009-11); Assist. , Assoc. Prof. Physics, So. Illinois Univ. (2011-6, 2016-18); Prof. Physics, Weill Cornell Med., Qatar. |
| Grant Zane | Senior Research Specialist (2019-22) | M.S. Microbiology (UC Riverside) | Research Specialist Lead, DNA Core, U. Missouri (2022-) |
 Dr. Genfa Zhou |
Ph.D., Molecular Biophysics 8/94 – 10/98 Kasha award, 1999 |
B.S. Physics (Tanjin Univ.) | Research Associate, HHMI & Harvard University (w/ Don Wiley & Steve Harrison) (1998 – 2001)President, FusoGen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tianjin, China (2001-current). |
Undergraduate Research Students
Listed in chronological order.
Florida State University program abbreviations/explanations:
- Honors lab.: Chem 1051L for Freshman Honors students
- DIS: Directed Individual Study
- Honors thesis: Undergraduate thesis required of honors students
- NSF RTG: National Science Foundation Research Training Group internship for minority students
| Program | Semester | Graduation | Post-graduation activities | |
| Pedalia Devang | Honors Lab. | S95 | B.S. | ? |
| William Bentley | Honors Lab. | S95 | B.S. | ? |
| Amanda Kessler | Honors Lab. | S96 | B.S. | ? |
| Walker Jackson | DIS | S96 | B.S., 1997 | Ph.D. Univ. Alabama –> Post-doc, Massachusetts Inst. Technology; Group Leader, Prion Research, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE, 2011-) |
| Andrea Ables | DIS | S96, Su96 | B.S., 1996 | Arizona Chemicals Inc. |
| Lance Roy | Honors Lab., DIS | S96, F96, S97 | B.S. (Hons), 1998 | Med. School: Wash. U. –> Residency, San Diego; now (7/07) Research Div. Head, Biomedical Dept, Navy Experimental Diving Unit, Panama City, FL |
| Taressa Gillig | DIS | S97 | B.S., 1997 | Medical school. |
| Chris Bray | DIS, Honors thesis | S97, F97, S98 | B.S. (Hons), 1998 | M.D. / Ph.D. program, Univ. Florida |
| Rodrick Frazier | DIS, NSF RTG | F98, S99, Su99 | B.S., 1999 | Ph.D. program, Georgia Inst. Technology, Biochem. |
| Byron Arguello | DIS | 1996, F99, S00 | B.S., 2000 | Research & Development, ANDRX Inc, Ft. Lauderdale |
| Seth Cohen | DIS | F99 | B.S. | ? |
| Tamer Dabous | DIS | S00, S01 | B.S., 2002? | Applying for Med. School |
| Paul Hendershot | DIS, Fisher Fellow | S00, Su01, F01, S01, Su01 | B.S. | Ph.D. Program in Economics, Johns Hopkins Univ. |
| John Peters | 1051 L | Sp01 | B.S. | ? |
| Sarah Martin | DIS | F01 | B.S. | ? |
| Sarah Murray | DIS | F01, S02, F03 | B.S., 2004 | M.D./Ph.D. @ Albert Einstein Medical College (6/05) |
| Audrey Blake | DIS | F01 | B.S. | ? |
| Ryan Baker | 1051L | S02 | B.S. | ? |
| Ginger Spielmann | DIS | S02 | B.S. | ? |
| Brad Vanmiddlesworth | DIS | S03 | B.S., 2004 | Ph.D. Program, Florida State University, Biochemistry, Fall 05 |
| David Fettig | Volunteer | S03 | B.S., 2004 | Med. School, USF, Fall 2004. |
| Nicole Betty | DIS, Howard Hughes Fellow | Su03, F03, S04 | B.S., 2004 | ? |
| Nancy Meyer | DIS | F03 | B.S. | Ph.D. Program, Florida State Univ., Molecular Biophysics Fall 04 |
| Travis Smith | DIS | S04, F04, S05 | B.S. 2005 | Medical School |
| Melissa Ingersoll | 1051L | S04 | B.S., 2007 | ? |
| Pankaj Pal | DIS / Honors, Howard Hughes Fellow | S04, F04, S05, Su05, F05, Sp06, Su06, F06, Sp07 | B.S., 2007 | M.D./Ph.D. Program, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (2007 – 15); Resident, Internal Medicine, Beth Deaconess Hospital (2015-) |
| Ashraf Khan | DIS | F04, S05 | B.S. | ? |
| Catrina Coumbos | DIS | F04, S05 | B.S. | ? |
| Irina Carbone | DIS | Su05 | B.S. | Ph.D. Program, Florida State Univ., Molecular Biophysics Fall 05 |
| E. Carla Parker | DIS | Su05, F05 | B.S. | ? |
30 students; 62 student-semesters