Lab Members

Current members

  • Rieko Ishima (principal investigator)
  • Brisa Caroline Alves Chagas (A visiting scholar)
  • Michel Guerrero Tenorio (Research Technician)

Former members

  • Chiaki Endo (Visiting from Nagaoka University of Technology, 2008 fall)
  • Qingguo Gong (Postdoc fellow, 2006-2008. Assistant professor in USTC in China)
  • Chang Byeon (Undergraduate fellow, 2009 Summer)
  • Katlyn Meier (Undergraduate fellow, 2008 summer, 2009 summer)
  • Yoicih Tanabe (Visiting Ph.D. student from Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan, 2010)
  • Krystal LaBarge (MBSB graduate student, Received Master Degree in 2011)
  • Lakshmi Menon (Postdoc fellow, 2008-2011. Senior Scientist at Thermalin diabetes)
  • Eric Poliner (Lab technician, 2011- 2012. Ph D program in Michigan State University)
  • Justine Jou (predoctoral technician, 2012, MS program in University of Pennsylvania)
  • Martin T. Christen (Postdoc fellow, 2011-2012; A Scientific Officer at Swiss National Science Foundation)
  • Wazo Myint (MBSB graduate Student, 2006-2013; Current position: Scientist I in Leidos)
  • Kenji Kanaori (Visiting professor, 2015, from Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan)
  • Ichhuk Karki (Postdoc fellow, 2014-2016; position, A Senior Scientist in Johnson & Johnson)
  • Masayuki Oda(Visiting professor, 2016, from Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan)
  • Shahid Nawaz Khan (Postdoc Fellow, 2015-2017; position, Senior Scientist in Abbott)
  • Ryan L. Slack (MBSB Graduate Student, 2011-2018, A postdoc fellow in Emory University)
  • Chunyan Liu (A Visiting Fellow, 2018-2019, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital in China)
  • Rui Lin (A Visiting Fellow, 2019-2020, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital in China)
  • John D. Persons (Data Analyst)
  • Zhaoyong Xi (Postdoc Fellow, 2016-2020; Associate Director Senior Scientist II at WuXi AppTec)
  • Tatiana Ilina (Research Associate/Instructor, 2015-2022; Research Scientist in Kite Pharma)
  • Xiaohong Zhu (Research Instructor, 2022-2023)