Lab Members

Michael J. Ragusa, Associate Professor of Chemistry

Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley
Postdoctoral Research Associate, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI
B.S., Biochemistry, Siena College, Loudonville, NY

Devika Andhare, Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
M.Sc., Dept. of Biochemistry, M.S. University, Baroda, India

Sarah Najera, Ph.D Student

B.S., Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine

Zhanibek Bekkhozhin, Graduate Student

B.S., Chemistry, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan

Anna Hill, Research Assistant I

B.A., Biochemistry, Colgate University

Lab Alumni

Kelsie Leary, PhD

Department of Chemistry, 2022
Currently a Scientist at Adimab

Erin Reinhart, PhD

Department of Chemistry, 2022

Katherine Bauer, PhD

Department of Molecular Cell Biology, 2021
Currently a Development Scientist at New England Biolabs

Xue (Sherry) Xia, PhD

Department of Molecular Cell Biology, 2020
Currently a Scientist at WuXi AppTec

Alejandro Damasio Gil, PhD

Department of Chemistry, 2019
Currently a Senior Scientist at AbbVie

Michael Moyo, BE '22

Undergraduate Researcher (2019-2021)

Currently a Software Engineer Intern at Microsoft

Folasade Akinfe '20

Undergraduate Researcher (2018)

Skyler Perot, MS '19, BS '18

Department of Chemistry
Currently a PhD student at CECAD, University of Cologne

Hannah Margolis, BS '20

Undergraduate Researcher (2017-2020)

Currently a PhD Student at MIT

Elizabeth Bloom, BS '18

Undergraduate Researcher (2016-2018)
Currently a medical student at Duke University

Rose Dicovitsky, BS '14

B.S. in the Department of Biology; Research Scientist (2014-2016)
Currently a Resident in Medical Oncology

at University of Minnesota College