Chapman laboratory trainees, past & present


Current Members

Prior Background
Jessica Imboden Research Specialist II B.S. Forensic Sci., Chem. (Columbia Coll.)

Ed Large
Research Scientist (2019 – ) Ph.D. Genetics

Nancy Meyer
Research assistant II, 2010 –
(25% Chapman lab; 75% PNNC Cryo-EM Ctr.)
B.S., M.S. Biology (Florida State Univ.)
Jaelyn Sutton Research Assistant Student, Nutrition & Exercise Sci.

Onellah Weerakoon
Ph.D. student B.S. Microbiol. (Oklahoma St. Univ.)

Past Graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, honors research undergraduates, staff.

(Other undergraduates listed separately.)

Prior Background
Subsequent Activities

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 Piccolo
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
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
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
Gus Kilgore
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
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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
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
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
Jeanette Tenthorey
Res. Assist. 2007-8 B.S. Biology (’09), Reed College Research Assistant, UC San Francisco
Andrew Trzynka
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