Current group members
Current group members
2015
Giovanna Ghirlanda
Associate professor
BS/MS, University of Padova
PhD, University of Padova
Postdoc, University of Pennsylvania
Mathieu Walthers
Postdoc 2011-2012
Scientist,
Sandip Shinde
PhD 2010; Postdoc 2011
Synthesis of peptides; heme-binding membrane peptides; PNA synthesis
Currently Senior Scientist at Heliae
Melissa Ruben, PhD PhD 2013
Teacher at BASIS
Dong Wang
PhD 2014 (Allen group)
Synthesis of metal-binding peptides
Justin Flory
PhD 2014 (Fromme group)
Synthesis of PNA-peptide adducts; DNA nanostructures
Now at Lightworks, ASU
Ashini Bolia
Grad student (coadvised with Banu Ozkan)
Computational analysis of cyanovirin
Guests and collaborators
Stephanie Cope
PhD 2013, Physics (vaiana group)
Synthesis of amyloid peptides, CD spectroscopy
Sara Sizemore
Grad student, Physics (vaiana group)
Synthesis of amyloid peptides, CD spectroscopy
Garrett Coffman
Undergraduate, 2012-2014
Graduate Student at Indiana University
Jason Allen
BSc, Honors 2015
Expression of de novo metalloproteins
now graduate student in Chemistry and Biochemistry at Texas A&M
Alumni
Sonia De Munari
Tech (2010) Currently PhD student at University of Oxford (Prof. Ben Davis)
Angelo Cereda
Postdoc (2010)
Now in Prof. Jones’ group at ASU
Jeanine Cordova
PhD 2008
Now postdoc in Prof. Mandarino’s group at Mayo Clinic
Federica Bogani
PhD 2006
Now Scientist at Intel, Portland
Jay Jursich
MSc2009
Yinan Liu
MSc 2008
Zivile Katiliene
Postdoc 2005-2006
Lindsey Holt
Jacob Carroll
Masters 2007
Jessica Troxel
MSc 2006
Pam Noack
MSc 2005
Simon Hilcove
Honors thesis, tech
Luca Bau’
Postdoc
Synthesis of artificial amino acids; hydrolysis of phosphoesters; CO2 reduction
Currently a postdoc at U. of Oxford
Tien Le Olsen
Postdoc (Allen group)
Synthesis of metal-binding peptides
Selvakumar Edwardraja
Postdoc 2011-2012
Design of metalloproteins
Currently EMBO fellow Skerra Group, Munich
Haiyan Sun Postdoc, 2012-2013
Senior scientist , Biodesign, ASU
Bhupesh Goyal Postdoc, 2012-2013
Assistant Professor, Central University of Punjab
Dayn Sommer
Grad student
De novo design of metalloproteins
Synthesis of unnatural amino acids
Rafael Alcala-Torano
Grad student
Synthesis of unnatural amino acids
De novo design of artificial hydrogenases
Brian Woodrum
PhD 2014
Now Instructor at ASU
Anindya Roy
PhD 2014
Postdoc with Prof. David Baker, University of Washington
Marina Faiella
Postdoc 2012-2014
Pavone group, U of Naples
Sriram Sokalingam
Postdoc 2013-14
Yung Chen Group, ASU
Annabelle Gellig
Postdoc 2013-2014
Michael Vaughn
PhD 2014 (Moore/Fromme group)
Molecular biology, hydrogen production
Now at Lightworks, ASU
Zahra Bahrami Dizicheh
Grad student
Synthesis of unnatural amino acids
Chemical biology methods in metalloproteins
Denysia Allen
BSc Honors 2015
Magna cum Laude!
Expression of cyanovirin mutants
Now Masters in Medicinal Chemistry
Nicholas Halloran
Grad student
Metalloproteins
Zina Al-Sahouri
BSc 2015
Expression of cyanovirin mutants
Arnau Call-Quintana
Visiting graduate student
University of Girona (Fillol’s group)
Protein-based catalysts
Ali Khan
High school student, senior project
BASIS Scottsdale
Protein-based catalysts
Blog: http://alijkhan.blogspot.com/
Now undergraduate At Harvey Mudd
Jason Maxwell
graduate student, MSc
Now instructor at ASU Poly
Brett Clark
BSc 2015
Expression of de novo metalloproteins
Recent graduates