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., Cambridge, UK (w/ Dr. G. Bricogne; 98-02); Research associate, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK (2002 – 2006); Lecturer in BioInformatics, Univ. London Kings College (2006-15); 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., Veterans Admin, Ann Arbor, MI (’09-?); Instructor, Washtenaw Comm. Coll., Ann Arbor, MI (2013-). |
 Donald “Jeff” Bush |
Ph.D. Biochemistry, 8/99 – 2/07NSF RTG fellow, 2000-01
Am. Heart Assoc. fellow, 2003-5 |
B.Sc. Chemistry (Penn State Univ.)Research technician, Merck Inc. | Instructor, Tallahassee Community Coll. (2006-7); Post-doc UAB (w/ Peter King, 2007-8); Chemist-3, Dept. Agriculture & Consumer Services, State of Florida. |
 Zhi Chen |
Ph.D. Physics, 8/94 – 8/2000 | B.S. Physics (Jilin Univ.) | M.S. Computer Science, UNC (2000-2002); Research associate (w/ Niko Grigoorieff), HHMI & Dept. Biochemistry, Brandeis University (EM imaging; 2002-9); Research associate (w/ Tom Walsh), MIT (2009-13).Assist. Prof., Oregon Health & Sci. Univ. (2013 – ) |
 Shawn A. Clark |
Ph.D. Biochemistry, 8/98 – 11/06 NSF RTG fellow, 1999-2001 |
B.S. Chemistry (Clark Univ.) | Research Associate, Harvard University (w/ Dr. Joyce Fingeroth). Aid for Cancer Research Fellow, 2004-6.
Snr. Scientist, XTAL Biostructures, Inc. (2007-) |
| Brynmor Chapman | Technical Assistant, summer 2010, 2011 | Univ. Oxford (Math Comp. Sci; 2010-13) | MIT doctoral program (Comp. Sci.) |
| Irene Davidovich | Technical Assistant, 1994 – 5 | Russia | |
 Omar Davulcu |
Ph.D. Biochemistry, 8/02 – 12/07; Am. Heart Assoc. Fellow, 2004-6; Post-doc, 2008 – 17; Snr. Res. Assoc., 2017-18 |
B.S. Biochemistry (Univ. Texas) | Senior Scientist, Pflizer, Inc. (2018 – ) |
 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; Mother, San Diego. |
 Felcy Fabiola |
Post-doc, 3/00 – 12/06; Consultant, 7/06 – 2010. |
Ph.D. Biophysics; (Univ. Madras) | Consultant + Mom, Tallahassee, FL; 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. |
 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.) | Post-doc, FSU (Chapman) 12/03 – 9/04; Res. Assoc. UCSC (Harry Noller) 2004-10;Assoc. Prof. Biochem. & Mol. Pharmacol., U. Mass Medical Sch., Worcester |
 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, 10/07 –
Am. Heart Assoc. fellow, 2010-12 |
Ph.D. Biochemistry (Northwestern Univ.) | Senior Scientist, 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.) | Research Scientist, Pacific NW Center for Cryo-EM (75%); Research Associate – Chapman Lab. (25%) |
 Dan Mitchell |
Ph.D. Molecular Biophysics, 8/02 – 4/08 | B.S. Biochemistry (SUNY Stony Brook) | NRC Associate, US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, Frederick, MD (2008 – 2011); Staff Scientist, Texas Biomedical Research Inst. (2011 – ). |
 Sarah Murray |
Undergraduate DIS research, Fall 2003; Technical assistant, 2003 – 2005 | M.D. / Ph.D. student, Einstein College of Medicine, The Bronx, NY (2005-) | |
 Jason O’Donnel |
Ph.D. Biochemistry, 8/03 – 5/09Am. Heart Assoc. Fellow, 2005-7 | B.S. Sports Biol./Nutrition (Springfield College, MA) | Post-doc., Florida State Univ., (w/ Scott Stagg; 2009-11) Post-doc, Univ. Georgia (w/ Ralph Tripp, 2011-14); Lecturer, Univ. Georgia (2014 – ) |
 Heather Ongley |
M.S. Biochemistry, 8/03 – 5/08 Am. Heart Assoc. Fellow, 2005-7 |
B.S. Agricultural & Biological Engineering (U. Florida) | |
 Pankaj Pal |
Undergraduate DIS/Honors research, Fall 2003 – Spr 2007 Howard Hughes Medical Inst. Fellow; FSU Mcaffrey scholar;ΦβΦ fellow & Marjorie Schoch Fellow, 2007 |
Rickards High School, Tallahassee, FL | M.D. / Ph.D. student, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. (2007-15)
Resident, Internal Medicine, Beth Deaconess Hospital (2015-) |
 G. Parthasarathy |
Technical Assistant, 1995-7 | Research Scientist with Merck, Inc. | |
 E. Carla Parker |
Undergraduate DIS research, Su 2005 – Fall 2005; Technical assistant, Fall 2004 – Spr. 2006 | Technical assistant, Fall 2004 – currentDIS, Su, Fall 2005 | |
| Ms. Irina Parfenova | Admin. Coordinator Center of Excellence, 03-04 |
M.S. Fine Art (Florida State Univ.) | Art teacher; Mom; Santa Clara, CA |
 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 Medical 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, Univ. Alabama, Birmingham. |
| 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., Stanford Univ (Dan Herschlag; 2007-12); Staff Sci., Stanford Univ. (2012-13);
Director, Protein Expression Core, Univ. Oklahoma (2013 – 16) Staff Scientists / Core director, St. Louis Univ. |
 Jean Summerton |
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (PMCB) 9/07 – 6/14 Am. Heart Assoc. Fellow, 2009-10 Tartar Fellow, 2009-10 |
M.S. Biotechnology, (Johns Hopkins Univ.); B.S., Reed College | Post-doc., Onco-Tools, LLC. Philomath, OR (2014 -) |
 Jeanette Tenthorey |
Research Assistant 10/07 – | 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 |
 Qing Xie |
Ph.D. , Biochemistry 1/93 (8/93) – 4/2000; Post-doc, 2000 – 2007; Res. Scientist / Snr. Res. Assoc., 2007 – 2019 |
B.S. Organic Chem. (Nanjing Univ.) | Senior Research Associate, Nakai laboratory, OHSU (2019 – ) |
 Mohammad Yousef |
Ph.D., Molecular Biophysics 8/98 – 11/02 |
B.S. Biophysics (Univ. Cairo) | Research Associate, HHMI & Dept. Physics, Univ. Oregon (w/ Brian Matthews) (2002 – 05).Assist. Prof., Biophysics, Univ. Cairo (2005-6); JSPS Fellow, Structural Biology Res. Ctr. (2006-9); Research Assoc., Texas Tech. U. (2009-11); Assist. , Assoc. Prof. Physics, So. Illinois Univ. (2011-6, 2016-). |
 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