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John J.G. Tesmer

Walther Distinguished Professor in Cancer Structural Biology
Email: jtesmer@purdue.edu

Ph.D., Purdue University
B.A., Rice University

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Larisa Avramova

Laboratory Manager
Email: lva@purdue.edu
Phone: (765) 496-3102

Ph.D., Moscow State University, Russia
B.S., Moscow State University, Russia

Mariya Zhalnina

Research Associate
Email: zhalnina@purdue.edu
Phone: (765) 496-3102

M.S., Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine
B.S., Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine

Indranil Arun Mukherjee

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Yueyi Chen

Graduate Student : 2019 - Present
Email: chen3361@purdue.edu

American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellow: 2021-2023
SIRG Grad Research Assistantship: 2023-present

B.S., University of California San Diego

Priyanka Naik

Graduate Student : 2022 - Present
Email: naik35@purdue.edu

Outstanding First Year Presentation OIGP Reception: 2022
Chair of 2026 "Phosphorylation and G-Protein Mediated Signaling Networks" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS).

M.Tech., D. Y. Patil University, India

Hunain Janjua

Graduate Student : 2022 - Present
Email: hjanjua@purdue.edu

T32 Fellow: 2022-2023

B.S., University of New South Wales, Australia

Omar Hassan

Graduate Student : 2023 - Present
Email: hassan76@purdue.edu

B.S., Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Egypt

Jiaqi Xiao

Graduate Student : 2023 - Present
Email: xiao292@purdue.edu

M.S., Biochemistry, University of Southern California
B.S., Central South University, Pharmaceutical Sciences, China

Daye Kwon

Graduate Student : 2024 - Present
Email: kwon285@purdue.edu

Lynn Fellow, 2024 - present

B.S., The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong

Jih-Ying Chen

Graduate Student : 2024 - Present
Email: chen4711@purdue.edu

M.S., Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
B.S., National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

Sandali Lakmini

Graduate Student : 2024 - Present
Email: spiladuw@purdue.edu

B.S., University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Kathryn P McCauley

Undergraduate Student: 2022 - present

Email: kpmccaul@purdue.edu

Subhashree Ghimire

Undergraduate Student: 2024 - present

Email: ghimires@purdue.edu

Mackenize E. Chapman Imhoff

Postdoctoral Associate: 2023 - 2024

Currently a Visiting Scientist Fellow in Clinical Diagnostic & Laboratory Sciences at Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis 

Pooja Yadav

Postdoctoral Associate: 2023 - 2024

Yu-Chen Yen

Postdoctoral Associate: 2018 - 2024

Currently Scientist I at Helix Biostructures, Indianapolis

ASPET Molecular Pharmacology Postdoctoral Fellow poster competition award (1st place): 2021
CTSI Postdoctoral Challenge Award: 2021-2022
AHA Postdoctoral Fellow: 2022-2024
ASPET Young Scientist Travel Award: 2022
ASPET Mol. Pharm. Young Scientist Award (2^nd place): 2022

Chun-Liang Chen

Postdoctoral Associate: 2020 - 2024

Currently Scientist I at Helix Biostructures, Indianapolis

American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellow: 2021-2023
Cancer Research Day Best Post-doc Seminar (Purdue): 2021

Sandeep Ravala

Postdoctoral Associate: 2017 - 2023

Currently Scientist III, Structural Biology Department, Genentech

Outstanding seminar award–2022 SCBB Symposium: 2022

Qiuyan Chen

Postdoctoral Associate: 2017 - 2022

Currently Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine

American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellow: 2018-2020
ASPET Molecular Pharmacology
Young Scientist Competition 1st place: 2021

Jennifer Cash

Postdoctoral fellow: 2012 - 2020

Currently Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis

American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow: 2015-2017
ASPET Molecular Pharmacology Division
Young Scientist Award (1st Place): 2016

Renee Bouley

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2016 - 2019

Currently Assistant Professor Dept of Biochemistry, Ohio State University-Marion

American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellow: 2018-2019 (2 years)
ACS Robert M. Scarborough Graduate Award: 2017

Kelly Manthei

Postdoctoral fellow: 2014 - 2019

Currently Research Development Officer, UM

Microscopy and Microanalysis Postdoc Scholar Award: 2020
Ruth L. Kirschstein NIH/NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow: 2016-2019
American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellow: 2015-2016

Dhabaleswar Patra

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2017 - 2019

Currently Senior Scientist, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, India

Jessica Waninger

Graduate student: 2017 - 2021

Graduated with Ph.D. in 2021

Currently Resident Physician, University of Michigan Medical School

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program: 2018-2019
Rogel Cancer Center MD/PhD Scholarship: 2019-2020

Isaac Melendez

Graduate Student: 2019 - 2020

Graduated with M.S. in 2020

 Currently an Associate Scientist II at AbbVie, Lake County, Illinois. 

Rachel Rowlands

Graduate student: 2017 - 2020

Graduated with Ph.D. in 2020

Currently Scientist II Vividion Therapeutics, Inc

Sumit Bandekar

Graduate student: 2015 - 2019

Graduated with Ph.D. in 2019

Currently Postdoctoral Scholar, Arac Laboratory, University of Chicago

Pharmacological Sciences Training Program Fellow: 2016-2017
NIH Kirschstein-NRSA Predoctoral Fellow: 2017-2019
Kristen L. McGlone PhD Research Award (2nd place): 2019

Claire Cato

Graduate student: 2015 - 2019

Graduated with Ph.D. in 2019

Currently Investment Advisor Representative, Vista Asset Management

Bernard Maas Fellow: 2014-15
Chemical Biology Interface Training Grant Fellow: 2015-2017
Biological Chemistry Christman Award: 2017

Tyler Beyett

Graduate Student: 2014 - 2018

Graduated with Ph.D. in 2018

Currently Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Emory University

GAANN Fellow: 2017-2018
GAANN Fellow: 2016-2017
Pharmacological Sciences Training Program Fellow: 2014-2015

Ellen Wei

Undergraduate Student: 2021 - 2024

Carissa Marie Chane

Aya Elhag

Undergraduate Student: 2021 - 2024

Natalie Galvan

Undergraduate Student: 2021 - 2023

Currently Lab Technician (Seagen, Seattle)

Samuel Clark

Kyu Been Lee

Martha Hunter