Education / Graduate Education / PhD Programs / Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology / Students Students First-Year Graduate Students and CMPP Program Directors ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZRyan AdapathyaFirst YearNada Ahmed SelimWojtovich LabResearch Interest: Optogenetic control of mitochondria to investigate the role of protonmotive force in neuronal physiologyRana AlabdaliOrlandi LabResearch Interest: Molecular mechanisms regulating G protein signaling biasFatemeh Alimohammadi, M.S.Harris LabResearch Interest: Elucidation of glutathione related dipeptide metabolism in cancer.Halima Aweis, M.S.Haber LabWang LabResearch Interest: Rodent and primate cross-species investigation of myelin maturation patterns during postnatal development. Investigating the effects induced by early exposure to amphetamine.Kate BoudreauSmall LabEmanuelle ChrysillaFalsetta LabResearch Interest: Intersection of inflammation, lipid dysregulation, and nociception in localized provoked vulvodyniaLily Cisco, M.S.Lueck LabResearch Interest: Pathomechanism of skeletal muscle weakness and degeneration in Myotonic DystrophyMorgan ClayFirst YearDavid Delemos, M.S.Dean LabResearch Interest: Exploring the use of electroporation for gene delivery to the lung to treat cystic fibrosisRhodalyn EssienGlading LabLueck LabResearch Interest: Suppression of cerebral cavernous malformation nonsense mutation using anti-codon edited tRNAs Wenqi Fu, M.S.Orlandi LabResearch Interest: The physiological function of orphan G protein-coupled receptorsCaio Tabata FukushimaFogaça LabMartin GarciaAnderson LabGrant GriebleBidlack LabResearch Interest: Investigating structural determinants for and consequences of G protein subtype biased signaling at the mu opioid receptorMiao He, M.S.Dirksen LabResearch Interest: Pathophysiology and treatment of malignant hyperthermia and environmental heat strokeCih-Li (Amy) Hong, MSShuchi Yeh LabResearch Interest: The interplay of bone remodeling and the bone marrow microenvironment for normal hematopoiesis and malignancies Visualizing and manipulating the communicative network of bone marrow stromal cells Qinwen HuangFirst YearErik IngebretsenFirst YearSamanta JerinSecond YearXingyu Jing, M.S.First YearChen Li, M.S.Morrell LabResearch Interest: The role of platelets in immune systemXiaoxuan Lin, M.S.Yule LabResearch Interest: ATP binding sites in Inositol (1,4,5)-Trisphosphate Receptors (InsP3R)Yunzhi LinMorrell LabXiaoyi Liu, M.S.Small LabResearch Interest: The role of small proline-rich protein 2b (Sprr2b) in the regulation of protein stability, fibroblast plasticity and cardiac fibrosis.Jing Luan, M.S.Diekwisch LabZahra MahamedFalsetta LabMinsoo Kim LabMichael MalloyMorrell LabAlireza Mousaei, M.S.MacLean LabResearch Interest: Mechanisms of ASIC desensitizationAlex PfefferFirst YearAnkita Pohnerkar, M.S.First YearStefania Poli, M.S.First YearXinyi QianFirst YearMichal Shaposhnikov, M.S.Berk LabResearch Interest: Signaling transduction mechanisms in the vascular systemSiddhi ShettyYule LabMatthew Sipple, Ph.D.Lueck LabMedical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)Research Interest: Isolating the Role of Myotonia in Myotonic Dystrophy PathogenesisEmily SorensenLueck LabOni (Tiwa) TiwaladeO'Banion-Olschowka LabsWang LabEi Tun, M.S.Morrell LabBrianna VonderhaarOrlandi LabNan Zhao, M.S.Dirksen LabResearch Interest: Pathophysiological mechanisms of Tubular Aggregate Myopathy (TAM) in Orai1 G100S mice