Former Members

Research Associates
Alex Crane
Alexandrine Bilwes-Crane
Degree: Ph.D.
Email: ac292@cornell.edu
TK Chua
TK Chua
B.Sc. and Ph.D., National University of Singapore
Project: Nitric oxide synthase
Email: tc343@cornell.edu
Magali Moreau
Magali Moreau
Degree: Ph.D. Université of Paris V René Descartes
Project: Nitric oxide synthase
Email: mjm288@cornell.edu
Joanne Widom
Joanne Widom
Degree: B.A., Cornell University; M.Sc., Duke University
Email: jw42@cornell.edu
Postdoctoral Fellows
Siddarth Chandrasekaran
Degree: B.Sc., Loyola College Chennai, 2008; M.Sc., Universtat Leipzig & Université des Sciences et technologie de Lille, 2010; M.Sc. and Ph.D., Cornell University, 2017
Project: Aerotaxis
Email: sc974@cornell.edu
Sarah Chobot
Sarah Chobot
Degree: B.A., Boston University, 2005; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2010.
Project: Nitric oxide synthase
Email: sch95@cornell.edu
Karen Conrad
Karen Conrad
Degree: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2010.
Project: LOV Proteins
Email: ksc64@cornell.edu
Kevin Hoke
Kevin Hoke
Degree: B.A., Rice University; Ph.D., Caltech, 2000.
Project: Electron transfer
Email: khoke@berry.edu
Graduate Students
Michael Airola
Michael Airola
Degree: Ph.D., Cornell University, 2010.
Project: Hamp domains
Email: michael.airola@stonybrookmedicine.edu
Jaya Bhatnagar
Jaya Bhatnagar
Degree: Ph.D., Cornell University, 2009.
Project: EPR, Bacterial chemotaxis
Email:
Meagan O'Brien
Meagan O’Brien
Degree: M.Sc., Cornell University, 2012.
Project:
Email:
Madhavan Buddha
Madhavan Buddha
Degree: Ph.D., Cornell University, 2004.
Project: D. radiodurans Trp t-RNA synthetase
Email:
Jane Chao
XingJuan Jane Chao
Degree: Ph.D., Cornell University, 2006.
Project: Bacterial chemotaxis- CheD, CheX
Email:
Kritika Dusad
Kritika Dusad
Degree: B.Sc., University of Chicago, 2014; M.Sc. Cornell University, 2017.
Project: Neurospora crassa and Drosophila circadian clock
Email: kd382@cornell.edu
Ken Gee
Ken Gee
Degree: Ph.D., Cornell University, 2013.
Project:
Email:
Gabi Gonzalez
Gabriela Gonzalez-Bonet
Degree: Ph.D., Cornell University, 2010.
Project: Bacterial chemotaxis- switch complex
Email:
Anna Greenswag
Anna Greenswag
Degree: B.A., Willamette University, 2009; M.Sc., Cornell University, 2012; Ph.D., Cornell University, 2014.
Project: Autophosphorylation of histidine kinase CheA
Email: arg235@cornell.edu
Seong Kang
Seong Kang
Degree: Ph.D., Cornell University, 2005.
Project: Electron transfer
Email:
Xiaoxiao Li
XiaoXiao Li
Degree: B.Sc., Peking U, 2005; M.S., Duke, 2007; Ph.D., Cornell University, 2012.
Project: Bacterial chemotaxis
Email: xl97@cornell.edu
Changfan Lin
Changfan Lin
Degree: B.Sc., Tsinghua University, 2014; Ph.D., Cornell University, 2021
Project: Drosophila melanogaster circadian clock
Email: cl2275@cornell.edu
Mike Lynch
Michael Lynch
Degree: B.Sc., Emmanuel College, 2013; Ph.D., Cornell University, 2019
Project: Flagellar rotor
Email: mjl354@cornell.edu
Craig Manahan
Craig Manahan
Degree: B.Sc., University of Colorado: Boulder, 2010; Ph.D., Cornell University, 2015.
Project: Drosophila melanogaster circadian clock
Email: ccm92@cornell.edu
Gregory Merz
Greg Merz
Degree: B.Sc., Allegheny College, 2010; Ph.D., Cornell University, 2015.
Project: In vivo ESR, Drosophila Period
Email: gem75@cornell.edu
Alise Muok
Alise Muok
Degree: B.Sc., U.C. Davis, 2012; Ph.D, Cornell University, 2018
Project: Chemotaxis in E. coli and Thermotoga
Email: arm325@cornell.edu
Kartikeya Pant
Kartikeya Pant
Degree: Ph.D., Cornell University, 2005.
Project: Bacterial nitric oxide synthase
Email:
Sang Park
Sang-Youn Park
Degree: Ph.D., Cornell University, 2005.
Project: EPR, Chemotaxis
Email: Soongsil University, Korea: psy@ssu.ac.kr
Bhumit Patel
Bhumit Patel
Degree: Ph.D., Cornell University, 2009.
Project: Deinococcus NOS
Email:
Tom Payne
Tom Payne
Degree: B.Sc., Physics, UT Austin, 2007; Ph.D., Cornell University, 2013.
Project: Inter-protein electron transfer
Email: tmp45@cornell.edu
AngelaPicciano
Angela Picciano
Degree: B.Sc., Rowan University, 2013; Ph.D., Cornell University, 2019
Project: Nitric oxide synthase
Email: ap775@cornell.edu
Abiola Pollard
Abiola Pollard
Degree: Ph.D., Cornell University, 2010.
Project: Bacterial chemotaxis
Email: a.pollard@zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de
Dipanjan Samanta
Dipanjan Samanta
Degree: B.Sc., U. Of Calcutta, 2008; M.Sc., IIT Kanpur, 2010; Ph.D., Cornell University, 2016.
Project: Dynamics in HAMP Domain
Email: ds733@cornell.edu
Connor Schneps
Connor Schneps
Degree: B.Sc., Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, 2017; Ph.D., Cornell University, 2022.
Project: D. melanogaster Cryptochrome
Email: cms525@cornell.edu
Hallie Sussman
Degree: M. Sc., University of Chicago, 2018; M.Sc., Cornell University, 2023.
Project: Neurospora crassa white collar complex
Email: hrs86@cornell.edu
Ria Sircar
Ria Sircar
Degree: B.Sc., University of Calcutta, 2006; M.Sc., IIT Kanpur, 2008; M.Sc., Cornell University, 2011; Ph.D., Cornell University, 2013.
Project: Flagellar rotor, switching mechanism
Email: rs693@cornell.edu
Sudhamsu
Jawahar Sudhamsu
Degree: Ph.D., Cornell University, 2008.
Project: Bacterial nitric oxide synthase
Email:
Bee Sukomon
Bee Sukomon
Degree: Ph.D., Cornell University, 2016.
Project: HAMP and PAS domains
Email: ns528@cornell.edu
AnandVaidya
Anand Teertha Vaidya
Degree: B.Sc., Osmania U., Hyderabad, 2005; M.Sc.:IIT, Roorkee, 2007; Ph.D., Cornell University, 2012.
Project: Circadian clock
Email: atv22@cornell.edu
Estella Yee
Estella Yee
Degree: B.A., Willamette University, 2012; Ph.D, Cornell University, 2018
Project: Electron transport; LOV domains
Email: ey223@cornell.edu
Brian Zoltowski
Brian Zoltowski
Degree: Ph.D., Cornell University, 2009.
Project: Neurospora crassa and Drosophila melanogaster circadian clock
Email: bzoltowski@smu.edu
Undergraduate Students
Camille Bayas
Camille Bayas
Degree: B.Sc., Cornell University, 2013.
Project:
Email: cb469@cornell.edu
Matt Byrne
Matt Byrne
Degree: Cornell University, 2016.
Project: Inteins
Email: mmb295@cornell.edu
Jenna Chong
Jenna Chong
Degree: B.Sc., Cornell University, 2017. M.Eng., Cornell University, 2018.
Project: Chemotaxis in E. coli and Thermotoga
Email: jec438@cornell.edu
Jenn DeRosa
Jennifer DeRosa
Degree: Cornell University, 2021
Project: Chemotaxis
Email: jd938@cornell.edu
Theo Esantsi
Degree: Cornell University, 2021
Project: Electron transfer
Email: te66@cornell.edu
Vasia Giannakakou
Vasia Giannakakou
Degree: Cornell University, 2015.
Project: Inteins
Email:
 Meg Gordon
Meg Gordon
Degree: Cornell University, 2021
Project: Aerotaxis
Email: meg353@cornell.edu
Cristi Gradinaru
Cristian Gradinaru
Degree: B.A., Cornell University, 2004.
Project: Electron transfer, Bacterial chemotaxis
Email:
Doowan Huh
Doowan Huh
Degree: Cornell University, 2009.
Project:
Email:
HectorIbanez
Hector Ibanez
Degree: Cornell University, 2020
Project: Aerotaxis, chemotaxis
Email: hei4@cornell.edu
Paul Jay Kim
Paul Jay Kim
Degree: Cornell University, 2014.
Project:
Email:
Nancy Li
Nancy Li
Degree: B.Sc., Cornell University, 2013.
Project: Electron transfer
Email:
Erika Olson
Erika Olson
Degree: Cornell University, 2012.
Project:
Email: ejo32@cornell.edu
Sophie Ruff
Sophie Ruff
Degree: Cornell University, 2015.
Project: White Collar proteins
Email: ser247@cornell.edu
Peter Thill
Peter Thill
Degree: Cornell University, 2011.
Project:
Email:
Brian Vaccaro
Brian Vaccaro
Degree: Cornell University, 2008.
Project:
Email:
Jovia Williams
Degree: Cornell University, 2021
Project: Aerotaxis
Email: jnw66@cornell.edu