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Spring 2024 Group Picture

 

 

 

Professor E. James Petersson

James Petersson completed his undergraduate education at Dartmouth College and his graduate study under Dennis Dougherty at the California Institute of Technology. After receiving his Ph.D. in 2005, he was an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University with Alanna Schepartz. He joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania in 2008 and the Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group in the Perelman School of Medicine in 2013. His research has been recognized by several awards, including the Searle Scholar, an NSF CAREER award, and a Sloan Fellowship.

Email: ejpetersson@sas.upenn.edu

 

Ph.D. Students and Postdocs    
     
     

 

Bernard Abakah

 

Yanan Chang

East Tennesee State University   University of California, Irvine
M.S. 2023   B.S. 2021
     
     
     
     
     

 

Denver Francis

 

Jiya Fowler

La Salle University   Spelman College
B.S. 2023   B.S. 2023
     
     
     
     
     

 

Priyanda Giri

 

Xinning Li

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay   University of California, Davis
M.S. 2022   B.S. 2021
     
     
     
     
 

Jason Marmorstein

 

Jake Mlakar

Union College   The Ohio State University
B.S. 2021   B.S. 2022
     
     
     
     
     

 

Grace Shin Hye Park

 

Ryann Perez

University of California, Berkeley   University of Delaware
B.S. 2020   B.S. 2020
     
     
     
     
     

 

Jennifer Ramirez

 

Ibrahim Saleh

California State University, Long Beach   Bowdoin College
B.S. 2018   B.S. 2023
     
     
     
     

 

Kyle Shaffer

 

Marie Shimogawa

West Chester University   University of Tokyo
B.S. 2021   B.S. 2019
     
     
     
     

 

Evan Yanagawa

 

Dr. Venkatesh Yarra

Ursinus College   Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
B.S. 2022   Ph.D. 2018
     
   
     
     
     

 

 

 

     
     
     

 

Recent Visiting Scholars    
     

 

 

Prof. Kohei Sato

 

 

Shizuoka University

   
Visitor from 2022-2023    
     
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

M.S. and Undergraduate Students    
     

   

Jada Collins

 

University of Pennsylvania    
Class of 2027    
     
     
     
     

High School Students    
     

 

Sobrielle Casimir

 

Darlene Jimenez

Penn LENS   Penn LENS
Summer 2024   Summer 2024
     
     
     
     

 

EJPLab Alumni

 
   
Kristen Fiore Ph.D. 2023
  Research Scientist, Amide Technologies
   
Yusra Khan Penn LENS 2023
  Thomas Jefferson University
   
Sofiat Bamidele Penn LENS 2023
 

University of Pennsylvania

   
Sam Giannakoulias Ph.D. 2023
  Chief Technology Officer, Sentauri
   
Hoang Anh Phan Ph.D. 2023
  Postdoctoral Scholar, Nik Sgourakis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
   
Eshe Hummingbird M.S. 2023
  Chemistry Ph.D. Program, Columbia University
   
Marshall Lougee Ph.D. 2023
  Research Fellow, Biogen
   
Jennifer Tran Penn LENS
  Drexel University
   
Mark Lancaster Summer Intern 2022
  Princeton University
   
Chloe M. Jones Ph.D. 2022
  Research Scientist, GSK
   
Vinayak Pagar Staff Scientist
  Senior Scientist, OliX Pharmaceuticals
   
Jada Collins Penn LENS 2021
  University of Pennsylvania
   
Buyan Pan Ph.D. 2021
  Postdoctoral Scholar, Tom Rapoport, Harvard Medical School
   
Sumant Shringari B.S./M.S. 2021
  Engineering Graduate Program, University of Pennsylvania
   
Joo Hyung Park M.S. 2020
  Research Assistant, Seoul National University Medical Research Center
   
Taylor M. Barrett Ph.D. 2020
  Medical Writer, Fishawack Health
   
John J. Ferrie Ph.D. 2019
  Chief Executive Office, Sentauri
   
Joomyung Jun Ph.D. 2019 (co-advised with Dave Chenoweth)
  Assistant Professor, University of Illinios - Urbana Champaign
   
Miklos Robkis Ph.D. 2019
  Clinical Scientist, SYNLab Suisse
   
Tiberiu Mihaila B.S./M.S. 2019
  M.D./Ph.D. Program, Columbia University
   
Conor M. Haney NIH Postdoctoral Fellow
  Biomolecular Specialist, ALTRATECH
   
Itthipol Sungwienwong Ph.D. 2018
  Lecturer, Srinakharinwirot University
   
Jimin Yoon B.S. 2017
  Chemistry Ph.D. Program, M.I.T.
   
Christopher Walters Ph.D. 2017
  Associate Director, Trialspark
   
Jieliang Wang M.S. 2017
  Pharmacology Ph.D. Program, University of Texas at Austin
   
Xing (Stella) Chen Ph.D. 2017
  Senior Manager, Millipore Sigma
   
Naoya (Eddie) Ieda JSPS Epigenetics Postdoctoral Scholar
  Associate Professor, Hokkaido University
   
Christina Cleveland M.S. 2016
  Bioinformatic Specialist, Haystack Oncology
   
Lili Owei B.S. 2016
  M.D. Program, Perelman School of Medicine, UPenn
   
Eileen Hoang B.S. 2016 (Swarthmore College)
  Senior Scientist, Sanofi
   
Benson Chen B.S. 2016
 

Senior ML Scientist, insitro

   
Yun Huang Postdoctoral Scholar
  Research Scientist, Weill Cornell Medical College
   
Yanxin (Jerri) Wang Ph.D. 2015
  Associate Partner, McKinsey and Company
   
E. Keith Keenan B.S. 2015
  Biochemistry Ph.D. Program, Duke University
   
Rebecca Wissner Ph.D. 2015
  Research Scientist, Janssen Pharmaceutica
   
Anand Muthusamy B.S. 2014
  Chemistry Ph.D. Program, California Institute of Technology
   
Solongo Batjargal Ph.D. 2014
  Senior Scientist, 10X Genomics
   
Lee Speight Ph.D. 2014
  Vice President, Locus
   
John Warner Ph.D. 2014
  Research Scientist, Pfizer
   
Anne Wagner Ph.D. 2013
  Technical Liason, Charles River Laboratories
   
Jacob Goldberg Ph.D. 2013
  Associate Professor, Colgate University
   
Haviva Garrett B.S. 2013
  Medical Resident, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami
   
Colin Fadzen B.S., M.S. 2013
  M.D./Ph.D. Program, Harvard /M.I.T.
   
Dr. Tomohiro Tanaka JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow
  Associate Professor, Okoyama University
   
Eileen Moison B.S. 2013
  Senior Manager, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
   
Alyssa Klein B.S. 2013 (Harvard University)
  M.D./Ph.D. Program, Colmbia University
   
Mark Fegley M.S. 2011
  Physician, St. Luke's Medical Center
   
Chrissie Grindley B.S. 2011
  M.D. Program, Thomas Jefferson University
   
Nicholas Marotta B.S. 2010
  Postdoctoral Scholar, Virginia Lee, University of Pennsylvania