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Ph. D. Students
Yijia Li, January 2018 – August 2023
Current position: Field application scientist, Izon Scientific US, Medford, MA 02155
Thesis title: BIOINFORMATICS STRATEGIES TO INTERROGATE THE HALLMARKS OF AGING IN SINGLE-CELLS
Zoë Maxwell, September 2017 – August 2022
Current position: Analytical Quality Control Supervisor, BioTechne, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Thesis title: Novel Methodology to Study the Relationship Between Cholesterol Biosynthesis, Prenylation and Autophagy in Aging
Adrian Anderson, January 1999 – August 2003
Current position: Associate Director-QC Chemistry, Gilead Sciences, Oceanside, California
Thesis title: Strategies for the Elucidation of Doxorubicin Metabolism by Capillary
Electrophoresis with Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection.
Dmitry Andreyev, June 2001 – September 2007
Current position: Head of Analytics, Bind Therapeutics, Moscow, Russia
Thesis title: Development of Models and Analytical Approaches for Individual Mitochondria.
Heather (Grundhofer) Brown, November 2013 – August 2018
Current position: Assistant Professor, St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN
Thesis title: Profiling the heterogeneity of intracellular recycling in aging skeletal muscle at the individual cell and organelle levels
Yun Chen, December 2002 – December 2006
Current position: Associate Professor, Dept. Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, China
Thesis title: Determination of Doxorubicin Content in Individual Acidic Organelles by Capillary Electrophoresis with Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection.
Angie Eder, December 2002 – May 2006
Current position: Principal Chemist, 3M, Maplewood, MN.
Thesis title: The Effect of Drug Delivery Systems on the Subcellular Metabolism of Doxorubicin And Cellular Response.
Juan Feng (Biomedical Engineering), October 2004 – November 2007
Current position: Engineering Program Director, Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC), Shreveport, LA.
Thesis title: Feng, J. Monitoring Age-associated Carbonylation in Rat Skeletal Muscle.
Kathryn Fuller, January 1999 – July 2003
Current position: Forensic Scientist, MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, St. Paul, MN.
Thesis Towards a Subcellular Description of Cholesterol Homeostasis title: Analysis of Individual Mitochondria and Acidic Organelles by Capillary Electrophoresis with Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection.
Nilhan Gunasekera (Co.Advisor: KMF), January 1999 – August 2003
Current position: Teacher, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI.
Thesis title: Investigations into the Use of Capillary Electrophoresis for the Analysis of Nuclear Preparations and the Nuclear Localization of Fusion Proteins at the Single Cell Level.
Joseph Katzenmeyer, November 2004 – September 2010
Current position: Analytical Director, Land O’Lakes, Arden Hills, MN.
Thesis title: HPLC-LIF-MS methods to monitor the metabolic profile of doxorubicin and its alteration with age.
Elyse Krautkramer, November 2011 – December 2017, Thesis submission pending Danni Li, December 2002 – March 2007
Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Thesis title: Mitochondrial Superoxide Production and Its Oxidative Damage to Proteins University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2007.
Katherine Muratore, January 2013 – January 2018
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University California – Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
Thesis title: Towards a Subcellular Description of Cholesterol Homeostasis, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2007.
Bobby G. Poe, June 2001 – April 2007
Current position: Research Scientist, Life-Science Innovations, Willmar, MN.
Thesis title: Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA in Individual Mitochondrial Particles.
Marzieh Ramezani, November 2012 – March 2018
Current position: Waters
Thesis title: Liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry reveals that aging affects lipid droplet composition.
Chad P. Satori, October 2007 – April 2012
Current position: Senior Scientist, Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN.
Thesis title: Advancing Organelle Analysis: Development Of Methods For The Enrichment Of Endocytic Organelles And For The Determination Of Endocytic And Autophagy Organelle Properties.
Yaohua Wang, October 2004 – September 2010
Current position: Senior Chemist, Henkel, Madison Heights, Detroit, MI.
Thesis title: Novel capillary electrophoretic strategies for investigating subcellular metabolism in vivo and in vitro.
Chris Whiting, February 2002 – October 2007
Current position: Research Scientist, Dayton Research Institute, Dayton, OH.
Thesis title: Statistical Analysis of Electrophoretic Mobility Distributions of Individual Mitochondria.
Gregory Wolken, December 2007 – October 2013
Current position: Lignatech, WI.
Thesis title: Bioanalytical Techniques For The Analysis Of Mitochondrial Heterogeneity In Aging Models.
Xin Xu, October 2004 – June 2010
Current position: Forensic Scientist, Columbus Crime Laboratory, Columbus, MS.
Thesis title: Monitoring Superoxide Levels in Skeletal Muscle and Cell Models by Capillary Electrophoresis with Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection.
M. S. Students
Peymon Baghernejad, June 2018 – June 2019
Current position: Product Analyst, Panasonic
Scott Brown, January 2004 – August 2005 – August 2007
Current position: Graduate Student, School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota
Ryan Clark, December 2013 – March 2015
Current position: Unknown
Jennifer (Sarafolean) Gonerka , January 2004 – October 2005
Current position: Research Scientists Boston Scientific Corporation, Forest Lake, MN
Michelle (Henderson) Kuhns, December 2009 – Dec 2011
Current position: Unknown
Zachary Kelliher, January 2017 – May 2018
Current position: Boston Scientific, Minneapolis, MN
C.J. Kurth, April 2001 – May 2003
Current position: Vice President of Engineering, NanoH2O, El Segundo, CA
Shu Luan, November 2011 – April 2013
Current position: Unknown
China Deirdre Manion-Fischer, January 2010 – April 2016
Current position: Free lance writer
Apurv Mishra, June 2017 – August 2018
Current position: Unknown
Balazs Novotny, 2020 Scott Rose (Masters, CBS), May 2009 – April 2012
Current position: Quality Assurance Medical Engineer, Medivir, Plymouth, MN
Rongxiao Sa, October 2004 – May 2010
Current position: High School Teacher, Shaoxing, Zhe Jiang, China
William Sanow, November 2004 – September 2007
Current position: Unknown
Thane Taylor, (co-advisor M. Bowser), November 2008 – August 2014
Current position: Family business
Erik Tyrell, November 2011 – January 2020
Current position: Unknown
Lucas Ulmer (Masters BME), May 2012 – August 2013
Current position: Ph.D. Program at the University of Utah
Megan Wolgamot, November 1998 – January 2000
Current position: Principal Chemist, Ecolab Inc, Eagan, MN
Post-Doctoral Researchers
Hossein Ahmadzadeh, September 2002 – August 2005
Current Position: Professor, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
Nameera Baig, September 2002 – August 2022
Current Position: Professor, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
Dr. Margaret Donoghue, Ph.D., Indiana University, April 2010 – October 2012
Current Position: Instructor, Appalachian State University, NC
Ciarán F. Duffy, April 2000 – March 2001
Current Position: National Contact Point - Health, Enterprise Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Chris Eddy, May 2004 – March 2006
Current Position: Researcher, Seagate, Shakopee, MN
Vratislav Kostal, February 2006 – June 2011
Current Position: Applications Specialist, Tescan, Czech Republic
Omprakash Nacham, September 2017 – May 2018
Current Position:
Marian Navratil, April 2004 – July 2008
Current Position: General Manager, R&D, Beckman Coulter, Ramsey, MN
Lee Parsons, June 2013 – October 2016
Current Position: Bioinformatician, Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, UMN, MN
Daniel Roncancio, July 2018 – November 2019
Current Position:
Hongjun Shu, Jan 1999 – April 1999
Current Position: Unknown
Christian Toonstra, July 2018 – October 2019
Current Position:
Richard Walsh, June 2002 – July 2004
Current Position: Principal Chemist, Ecolab Inc., Eagan, MN
Guohua Xiong, November 2001 – December 2004
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Analytical Bio-Chemistry Laboratories Inc., Columbia, MO