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Graduate Students Undergraduate Students

Kathleen Burke
PhD – The interaction of huntingtin with lipid bilayers is modulated by polyglutamine length and flanking sequences
Next position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Brown University

Currently:

Elizabeth Yates
PhD – Surfaces modulate ß-amyloid peptide aggregation associated with Alzheimer’s disease
Next position: assistant professor at the Naval Academy

Bharath Kumar
Graduate student – Chemistry
AFM physics and spirochete mechanics.
Went on to get a Masters in teaching at WVU

Nicole Shamitko-Klingensmith
PhD – Investigating the role of mechanical properties in biological systems
Next position: Lord Corp in Erie, PA

Jim Arndt
PhD – Ion mobility-mass spectrometry for structural characterization and applied ‘omics: a study in neurodegenerative diseases
co-advised with Dr. Stephen Valentine
Currently at Johnson & Johnson

Xiang Gao
MS – Cholesterol Modifies Huntingtin Binding to, Disruption of, and Aggregation on Lipid Membranes
Next position: computer science degree at WVU

Maxmore Chaibva

PhD – Factors Modulating the Interaction of Huntingtin with Lipid Membranes: Implications for Huntington's Disease

Next position: engineer at Intel in Portland, OR

Albert Pilkington

PhD – The impact of post translational modification on the aggregation of the ß-amyloid peptide in the presence or absence of lipids

Next position: Postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Disease Control

Maryssa Beasley

PhD – The effects of membrane physicochemical properties on huntingtin membrane association and downstream aggregation

Next position: Postdoctoral fellow at the Naval Research Laboratories

Faezeh Sedighi

PhD - Targeting the Nt17 of the huntingtin protein via natural and chemical modifications: impact on aggregation and membrane interactions

Next position: Scientist at Codexis

Sharon Groover

PhD - Factors Influencing Huntingtin Aggregation at Surfaces: Implications for Huntington’s Disease

Next position: Molecular Technologist at Qualitox Laboratories

Adewale Adegbuyiro

PhD - Huntingtin aggregation at interfaces associated with membranes and organelles

Next position: Postdoctoral fellow at UCLA

Anthony Giovengo
Undergraduate researcher
SPAM project and characterization of purified organelles.
Next position: Graduate student in Chemistry at Kent State

Jordan Godbey
Undergraduate researcher
htt purification, aggregation, and morphology
Next position: Medical School at WVU

Phillip Pifer
Undergraduate researcher
SPAM project and the interaction of mutant peptides with lipid bilayers
Next position: Medical School at WVU

Kaitlin Hansel
WVnano REU Summer Student
Huntingtin purification and lipid interactions
Next position: Graduate student in Chemistry at Indiana University

Elena Cucco
Center for Neuroscience SURI Student
Aggregation of amyloid fragments
Next position: Graduate student in Psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University

Michael Lynch
Undergraduate Researcher
Aggregation of amyloid fragments

George Magnone
Biochemistry Undergraduate Student
AFM simulations and bilayer properties
Next position: Medical School at WVU

Sam Umbaugh
Chemistry Undergraduate Student
Huntington interaction with lipids
Next position: Graduate student at Purdue

Kelley Molchanoff (Wambaugh)
WVnano REU Summer Student
AFM physics and membrane properties
Next position: Gradaute student in Chemistry at WVU

Sherry Finkel
Summer Education Student
Amyloid fragment lipid interactions / teaching modules
Next position: Graduate student at the Health Sciences Center at WVU

Connor Levy
Chemistry Undergraduate Student
Seeding effects of huntingtin fragments.

Next position: Graduate student in Public Health at WVU

Olivia Sarver
Chemistry Undergraduate Student
Acetylation of huntingtin

Next position: Technician at the Naval Research Laboratories

Pranav Jain

Biology Undergraduate Student

Role of lipid composition in htt aggregation and aggregation of the androgen receptor

Next position: Medical school at WVU

Ashley Leslie

Biochemistry Undergraduate Student

Huntingtin and Aß aggregation in the presence of lipids

Next position: Graduate student in Biology at Carnegie Mellon University

Peter Grimson

Summer Education Student

Lipid phase separation

Next position: WVU extension services

Katie Kapp

Chemistry REU Summer Student

Peptide inhibition of htt aggregation

Next position: Graduate school at Vanderbilt University

Barry Liang

Chemistry REU Summer Student

Small molecule aggregation inhibitors

Next position: Graduate student in engineering at the University of Maryland

Morgan Nyman

Chemistry REU Summer Student

Impact of acetylation on ß-amyloid peptide

Alyssa Stonebraker

Chemistry REU Summer Student

Screening compounds to interfere with htt/lipid binding

Next position: Graduate student in Chemistry at WVU

Garima Agarwal

Biochemistry Undergraduate Student

Development of lipid/protein aggregation assays

Next position: Medical school

John Bard

Biochemistry Undergraduate Student

Impact of pre-aggregation on htt/lipid binding

Next position: WVUteach

Caleb Fan

Biochemistry Undergraduate Student

Molecular crowding

Next position: Medical school

Katelyn Taylor

Chemistry REU Summer Student

Molecular crowding

Next position: Graduate School in Chemistry

Timothy Ferrebee

Biochemistry Undergraduate Student

Impact of oxidation on ß-amyloid peptide

Next position: Medical school at WVU

Rachel Hankin

Chemistry REU Summer Student

Peptide aggregation inhibitors

Next position: Graduate school