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Former Lab Members

Visiting Scientists and Research Faculty

Pravat Mandal (Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Madras, India), Research Instructor, 2000-2002; Pravat worked on NMR studies of the TM2 domain of the glycine receptor.

 

Victor Yushmanov (Ph.D., Moscow Institute of Physics and Techcnology, Moscow, Russia), Research Instructor, 2000-2004; Victor worked on NMR studies of mechanisms of general anesthesia.

 

Post-Doctoral Research Associates

Dejian Ma, PhD (Ph.D., Nanjing University), Senior Research Associate, 2002-2009;  Dejian worked on NMR studies of protein-anesthetic interactions.
Danette Jordan, MD, MPH
(M.D., MPH, University of Pittsburgh), Post Doctoral Scholar, 2008-2009; 
Danette worked on cerebral protection and recovery after cardiac arrest.

Chris Canlas (Ph.D., Michigan State University), Post Doctoral Research Associate, 2005-2008;  Chris worked on transmembrane structures of cys-loop receptors.

Aaron Hirko (Ph.D., University of Florida), Post Doctoral Research Associate, 2007-2008;  Aaron worked on neuroprotection by stem cells and anesthetic effects on the visual system.

Yuanyuan Jia (Ph.D., University of North Carolina), Post Doctoral Research Associate, 2007-2008;  Yuanyuan studied glycine receptor and drug protein interaction.

 

Sachiko Jomura (Ph.D., Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan), Post Doctoral Research Associate, 2004-2006;  Sachiko studied the use of stem cells for stroke treatment.

Ken Yoshida, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Jian Lin Tang  (Ph.D., Harbin Medical University, P.R. China), Post Doctoral Research Associate, 2002-2003; Jian Lin worked on cerebral protection and recovery after circulatory arrest.  

Lei Wang  (Ph.D., Peking University, Beijing, P.R. China), Post Doctoral Research Associate, 2000-2003; Lei worked on cerebral protection and recovery after circulatory arrest.

 
Serguei Liachenko (M.D./Ph.D., National Moscow Medical University, Russia; Ph.D., National Research Center for Biologically Active Compounds, Russia), Post Doctoral Research Associate, 1998-2002;  Serguei worked on MRI assessment of asphyxia-induced cardiac arrest and resuscitation.  He is currently a Senior Research Scientist at Pfizer Global Research and Development.  

Bin Yan (Ph.D., University at Albany, State University of New York), Post Doctoral Research Associate, 1995-1996;  Bin worked on distribution of anesthetics and nonanesthetics in a model membrane.
Current:

 

Jian Hu (M.D./Ph.D., Third Military Medical College, Chongqing, Sichuan, China), Post Doctoral Research Associate, 1998-2000;  Jian worked on cerebral protection and resuscitation after prolonged circulatory arrest and development of membrane protein expression systems.

 

Igor Zubrzycki (Ph.D., Capetown, South Africa), Post Doctoral Research Associate, 1999-2000;  Igor worked on the structural determination of human glycine receptor

 

Graduate Students

Pedram Afshar (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh), Medical Student, 2008;  Pedram worked on cerebral protection after cardiac arrest.

 

Pavle Milutinovic (B.A., Dartmouth College), M.D./Ph.D. Student, 2008;  Pavle worked on NMR study of transmembrane domain of glycine receptor.

 

Deanna Nachreiner (B.S., Pennsylvania State University), Graduate Student, 2005;  Deanna worked on mapping of stem cell migration.

 

Ting Ting Zhang  (National Institutes of Chemistry, China), 1994-1995;  Ting Ting looked at anesthetic-protein interaction by NMR

 

Undergraduates

Kate Mitchell (University of Pittsburgh), 2008;  Kate worked on stereology and neuronal counting.

 
Ryan Arnot (University of Pittsburgh), 2007; Ryan worked on histology preparation of ischemic tissue  

Pamela Hoof (University of Pittsburgh), 2007;  Ryan worked on histology preparation of ischemic tissue.

 

Daniel Boucek (University of Pittsburgh), 2004-2006;  Dan worked on stem cell for stroke treatment.

Katayung Ghajarnia (University of Pittsburgh), 2004-2006;  Katayung worked on stem cells for stroke treatment.

 

Meghan Wilson (University of Pittsburgh), 2005;  Meghan worked on culture of umbilical cord stem cells.

 

Jenifer Einstein (University of Pittsburgh), 2004-2005;  Jenifer worked on stem cells for stroke treatment.

 

Kanishka Bhutani (University of Pittsburgh), 2003-2005; Kanishka worked on bioinformatics of membrane proteins.

 

Paymon Bagheri  (University of Pittsburgh),  2002-2003;  Paymon worked on membrane protein expression and purification

 

Angela Elam (University of Pittsburgh), , 2002;  Angela worked on cerebral protection and recovery after circulatory arrest.

 

Vernee Belcher (University of Pittsburgh)  1999-2000;  Vernee worked on anesthetic effects on proteins.

 

Marjet Heitzer (University of Pittsburgh), 2001;  Marjet worked on anesthetic protein interaction.

 

M. Williams (University of Pittsburgh), , 2001; M. worked on anesthetic effects on proteins.

 

Hirdesh Uppal (University of Pittsburgh), , 2000;  Hirdesh worked on hypoxic injury in mice.

 

Shawnne Spencer (University of Pittsburgh), 1998;  Shawnne worked on anesthetic effects on proteins

 

Staff / Research Specialists

Ling Li (B.S., Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China), Research Specialist, 2001-2008

Marc Uy, Research Specialist