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Present Students:

  • Josemar Castillo (Ph. D. Candidate, entered S 2006)

  • Michael Keebaugh (Ph. D. Candidate, entered F 2005)

  • Nicole Zwick-Kozup (Ph. D. Candidate, entered F 2003)

  • Sarah Staton (Ph. D. Candidate, entered group Sum 2007)

  • Michelle Meighan (Ph. D. Candidate, entered group F 2007)

  • Noah Weiss (Ph. D. Candidate, entered F 2007)

  • Stacy Kenyon (Ph. D. Candidate, entered Spr 2008)

  • Paul Jones Ph. D. Candidate, entered Spr 2009)

  • Brandon Jones (Undergraduate Researcher, entered Sum 2009)

  • Jared Vasquez (Undergraduate Researcher, entered F 2009)

  • Ravi Bhadriraju (Undergraduate Researcher, entered F 2009)

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Josemar Castillo 08

Josemar Castillo  

 Josemar was born and raised in Maracaibo, Venezuela and graduated from Lycoming College (Williamsport, PA) in 2006 with a B.S. in chemistry and a minor in mathematics.  She joined the Hayes’s research group in the Summer of 2006 and began studying lipid nanotubules formed by applying electric fields to surface attached liposomes.  Her interests are in both the application and fundamental contexts.  Their formation is a crucial step in many biological processes, such as shuttling of material between cells.  In addition, synthetic tubules are attractive for the development of useful micro- and nanoscale networks.  Her studies provide a novel fabrication strategy for these structures as well as opening exciting opportunities for the understanding of their spontaneous mechanism of formation and growth.  The imaging work complete thus far in this project has been done using fluorescence microscopy.

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Mike Keebaugh 09

Michael Keebaugh 

Mike was born and raised in Hustontown, Pennsylvania. After completing a 3-year stint in the Army, Mike moved to Ohio where he completed a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Forensic Chemistry at Ohio University. He joined the Hayes’s Research Group in the fall of 2005 and began working to develop an electrophoretic-based separation array for use in proteomic and metabolomic studies. Current work includes the fabrication and optimization of a single port design that will ultimately be connected in parallel to form customizable arrays. The ability to efficiently separate, concentrate, and map complex biosignatures will play a significant role in monitoring individual health states and developing disease profiles.

Noah Weiss

Noah graduated from The University of Texas in 2007 with a B.S. in Chemistry. He joined Mark Hayes research group in the Fall of 2007 working on further developing a two dimensional analytical scheme: capillary isoelectric focusing-MALDI mass spectrometry. Current applications include analyzing plasma proteins and developing a competitive proteomics platform. The goal here is to be able to separate and identify protein variants and isoforms which have extremely subtle differences. Additionally he is extending the research efforts of Dr. Mellisa McLauchlin on fabricating novel MALDI target plates. The goal here is to control the evaporation of droplets such that the matrix/analyte crystallization is more concentrated over a given surface area which could potentially improve sensitivity and reproducibility of MALDI mass spectrometry. Rather then use laser ablation for target patterning, more precise lithography techniques are being pursued. Additionally he is assisting research efforts in dielectrophoresis separations using fabricated channels.

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Michelle Meighan 09

Michelle Meighan  

 

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Stacy Kenyon 08

Stacy Kenyon

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Sarah Staton 09

Sarah Staton

Sarah is originally from Missouri where she attended William Jewell College and received he B.A. in biochemistry. She joined the Hayes’s research group in the Summer of 2007 and began work on exploring the capture phenomenon in insulator dielectrophoretic/electrophoretic devices. In the course of her research she has been able to separate particles at the same time from the size of proteins to cells. Her interests include applying new technology to environmental and biomedical problems. In addition to work on separation devices she has been a part of work looking at using bioaerosols for remote identification. These studies have lead to new discoveries that the protein shed by different humans and animals into the air can be used to identify them.

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Visiting Scientists (present and former):

  • Lan Yao- Returned to China, 1998

  • Henry Acquaye- 2000 University of Redlands

  • Matt Bonen- 2000

  • Anil Vuppu—2001-present (Ph. D. w/ Garcia-2001)

  • Rohit Rosario—2003-present (Ph. D. 2003, Bioengineering, Co-advisor w/ Gust, Garcia, Picraux)

  • Tim Crowley—2003-present (Ph. D. 2003, Co-advisor w/-- Vince Pizziconi, BME)

 Former Students:

  • Luke Dziubczynski (S 2009)

  • Daniel Narciso (B. S 2008)

  • Melissa Mclauchlin (Tomalka) (Ph. D. 2007: Development of Novel Surfaces to Improve Biomolecule Detection) Ventana/Roche Tuscan AZ

  • Alicia Quihuis (B. S. 2007)

  • Shayla Banerji (Ph. D. 2007: Development of novel methods to examine transmembrane transport mechanisms of nanoscale solids) Intel Corporation

  • Stephen Malloy (B. S. 2007)

  • Sneha Shah (B. S. 2007)

  • Shelly Seerly (M. S. 2006), 'Super' Teacher - Chemistry Program, ASU

  • Michele Pysher (Ph. D. 2005; Exploring and Exploiting the Electrokinetic Behaviors and Properties of Biological Particles), Postdoc, University of Arizona, Pharmacology Dept.

  • Barb Jones (Ph. D. 2005; completed at NIST w/ Laurie Locacsio: Radical Activated Cleavage: An Alternative to Proteolytic Digestion of Peptides and Proteins), Scientific Advisor, Biochemical Science Division, NIST MD

  • Albert Hong (B. S. 2004)

  • Tammy Hennika (Undeclared Graduate Student 2002-2003)

  • Rohit Rosario (Ph. D. 2003 Bioengineering, Co-advisor w/ Gust, Garcia, Picraux), still here.

  • Tim Crowley (Ph. D. 2003 Co-advisor w/-- Vince Pizziconi, BME), Intel.

  • Toni Decker (B. S. Chemistry, 2002) – Optometrist, CA

  • Allison Phayre (Ph. D. 2002) – Postdoc, ANBC Biodesign Institute at ASU

  • Nan Hartley, (Ph. D. 2002) – Ciba, NY.

  • Wes E. Steiner (M. S. 1998) - Location and activity unknown

  • Kevin Rose (B. S. 1998)- Polymicro Technologies, LLC, Phoenix AZ

  • Doug Savin (B. S. 1999)- Graduate Student, University of Illinois

  • Jason Altnether (B. S. 1999)- Whereabouts unknown

  • Joe St. Claire  (M. S. 2000)- USDA, Agricultural Research Service

  • Bill Jones  (M. S. Candidate)- Tempe Police Dept.

  • Nolan Polson (Ph. D. Dec. 2000) - Thermo Biostar, Boulder CO.

  • Matthew Smith (Classroom M. S., Aug. 2001)- Whereabouts unknown

  • Dallas Cormier (B. S. Bioengineer, 2001,  Co-advisor--Antonio Garcia, BME)

Contact Information

Mark A. Hayes

Phone 480-965-2566 / Lab 480-727-6482

Fax 480-965-2747

MHayes@asu.edu
 

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Last modified: September 23, 2004