Past laboratory members – Graduate students and Postdocs

 

Postdoctoral Fellows/Research Associates

Erik Charych, Ph.D.                             2004-2007

• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Present Position: Senior Scientist at Lundbeck

Yangzhou Du, Ph.D.                            2004-2008

• American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Present Position: Patent Lawyer at Gearhart Law

Hongxin Chen, Ph.D.                         2004-2009

• Present Position: Research Associate, UMDNJ Newark

Baogang Li, Ph.D.                               2006-2007

Damien Carrel, Ph.D.                        2007-2010

• FRM fellowship
• NJCSCR Postdoctoral fellowship
• Present Position: Lecturer, Paris Descartes University

Penelope Georges, Ph.D.               2007-2008

• Present Position: Instructor, U Penn

Norell Hadzimichalis, Ph.D.          2008-2010

• Present Position: Outside-Innovation Associate, North America, R&D Sourcing & Consumer Science Group

Hyuck Kim, Ph.D.                            2010-2012

• Present Position: Research Associate, Gomez-Pastor lab at the University of Minnesota

Vaishali Kulkarni, Ph.D.                   2010-2011

• Scientific Team-The Scrutinizer, Adjunct Faculty- Kean University

Yue Zhuo, Ph.D.                                2011-2012

• Present Position: Associate Research Fellow, Center of Synthetic Biological Engineering Research, Guangzhou Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Munjin Kwon, Ph.D.                          2012-2013

• Present Position: Senior Scientist, Dong-A Socio Holdings, Korea (South)

Jungho Park, Ph.D.                           2012-2012

• Present Position: Senior Scientist, KRIBB, Korea
• INSPIRE Postdoctoral Fellow

Frank Kung, Ph.D.                             2014-2017

• Present Position: Health and Wellness Partners

Barbara Akum, Ph.D.                         2015-2016

• Present Position: Assistant Professor, New York University

Harita Menon, Ph.D.                           2013-2018

• Present Position: Faculty Lecturer, Seton Hall University

Dr. Mohammadreza Yousefi              2024-2025

• Present Position: Rowan University

 

Ph.D. Students

Vincenzo Guarnieri                            2002-2003

• Visiting student from University of Torino, Italy

Barbara Akum                                     2002-2005

• Rutgers nominee for The Council of Graduate Schools Dissertation Award
• Currently an Assistant Professor at New York University

Maxine Chen                                        2002-2006

• Currently Medical Director, Trio, an FCB Health Company

Kenyatta Lucas                                    2002-2007

• NIH NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship Awardee
• Currently a Technical Specialist at VWR

Harini Sundararaghavan                     2004-2008           (co-mentored with David Shreiber)

• Currently an Associate Professor at Wayne State University

Jose Fernandez                                     2005-2008

• NSF IGERT Fellow
• Currently Director of Research and Development at Signum Biosciences
• Recipient of NJCST Postdoctoral Fellowship

Michael Wininger                                  2005-2009           (co-mentored with William Craelius)

• Currently an Associate Professor at University of Hartford

Michelle Previtera                                2006-2009

• IGERT Predoctoral Fellow
• Bevier Dissertation Fellowship
• Currently Assistant Clinical Trial Manager at Agile Therapeutics

Munjin Kwon                                        2006-2012

• Currently Senior Scientist, Dong-A Socio Holdings, Korea (South)

Melinda Kutzing                                   2006-2011

• Currently a Managing Partner at Bionest Partners

Christopher Langhammer                   2007-2009   (MD/PhD student)

• NJCSCR Predoctoral fellowship
• Currently an orthopedic surgery resident at UCSF

Eric Sweet                                               2007-2011

• Currently an Associate Professor at West Chester University

Chia-Yi Tseng                                          2006-2011

• Currently Asst. Professor at Chung Yuan Christian University in Taiwan

Daniel Komlos                                         2008-2011

• Currently orthopedic surgery resident at Maimonides Medical Center

Kristina Hernandez                                2009-2015

• IGERT Predoctoral Fellow
• Currently Medical Writer at MediTech Media

Ana Rodriguez                                        2011-2016

• Bevier Dissertation Fellowship
• Currently Medical Writer at BIONYC, a division of BGB Group

Kate Fitzgerald O’Neill                            2012-2017

• NJCBIR Predoctoral Fellowship
• Currently postdoc at Losert Lab at the University of Maryland

Chen Liang                                               2012-2017

• Currently Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group, Shanghai

Mihir Patel                                                 2013-2018

• NJCBIR Predoctoral Fellowship
• Currently Scientist at Adello

Przemyslaw Swiatkowski                        2014-2018

• NJCBIR Predoctoral Fellowship
• Currently Patent Agent at Troutman Pepper

Anton Omelchenko                                  2015-2020

• NJCBIR Predoctoral Fellowship
• Currently Associate Scientist QC Flow Cytometry at Bristol Myers Squibb

Nisha Singh                                             2017-2022

• NJCSCR Predoctoral fellowship
• Currently Senior Scientist, Merck

Marina Cararo                                          2018-2023

• CAPES Predoctoral Fellowship
• Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Christen Crosta

• NIH Biotechnology T32 Fellow
• Currently Medical Associate at Havas

Keith Lange

• NIH Translating Neuroscience to Therapies T32 Fellow