Group Members

Current Members

Metallopeptide Project

	Dr. Karl Koebke\| Post-Doc \| E-mail Graduate Institution: University of Wisconson, Milwaukee Research Interests: Use of alternative amino acids for new and interesting coiled coil constructs and the development of a "grand" version of the α3DIV system.
	Dr. Tyler Pinter \| Post-Doc \| E-mail Graduate Institution: University of Western Ontario, Canada Research Interests: Design of α3DIV derivitatives. Mechanisms of metal binding to metallopeptides. New enzymatic function in recombinant three-stranded coiled coils.
	Audrey Tolbert \| PhD Candidate \| E-mail Undergraduate Institution: Bucknell University Research Interests: Three stranded coiled-coil heterotrimers

Metallacrown Project

	Jake Lutter \| PhD Candidate\| E-mail Undergraduate Institution: Shippensburg University Research Interests: I am interested in inorganic synthetic chemistry, specifically in metallacrown compounds and their properties. My research investigates the magnetic behavior (single molecule magnets) and luminescent capabilities of certain metallacrown compounds.
	Beatriz Lopez-Bermudez \| PhD Candidate \| E-mail Undergraduate Institution: University of Southern California Research Interests: Metallacrowns with dendrimers.
	Bernadette Schneider \| Graduate Student \| E-mail Undergraduate Institution: Oberlin College Research Interests: Clickable metallacrowns.

Visiting Scientists

	Ting Gao \| Assistant Professor \| E-mail Home Institution: Heilongjiang University, China Research Interests: Lanthanide complexes with luminescent and magnetic properties
	Agata Gluszynska \| Habilitant \| E-mail Home Institution: Poznań University, Poland Research Interests: Lanthanide complexes with luminescent and magnetic properties
	Giuseppe Lococciolo \| Masters Student \| E-mail Home Institution: University of Parma, Italy Research Interests: Synthesis of functionalized salycilhydroxamic acids, a new promising class of ligands for MOF-like assembly of luminescent metallacrowns
	Yuliya Toporivska \| PhD Candidate \| E-mail Home Institution: Uniwersity of Wroclaw Research Interests: synthesis and crystallization the ternary sytems of metallacrowns based on a-HAs
	Vittoria Marzaroli \| PhD Candidate \| E-mail Home Institution: University of Parma Research Interests: Synthesis of MOF-like assemblies based on luminescent and magnetic metallacrowns
	Rosy Polisicchio \| Masters Student \| E-mail Home Institution: Università degli studi di Parma Research Interests: Chemical and Physical properties of Metallacrown

Former Members

Metallopeptide Project (degree received), current position:

Dr. Leela Ruckthong (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Thailand
Dr. Tu Nguyen (Postdoc), Postdoc, EPFL
Dr. Catherine Mocny (Ph.D.), Analytical Chemist, Zoetis, Kalamazoo, MI
Dr. Alison Tebo (Ph.D.), postdoc, E.N.S. Paris, France
Dr. Jefferson Plegaria (Ph.D.), postdoc, Michigan State University
Dr. Fangting Yu (Ph.D.), postdoc, M.I. T.
Dr. Virginia Cangelosi (Ph.D.), lecturer, Michigan State University.
Dr. Melissa Zastrow (Ph.D.), postdoc, M.I.T.
Dr. Saumen Chakraborty (Ph.D.), postdoc, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
Dr. Kosh Neupane (postdoc), postdoc, Tufts University.
Dr. Kimber Clark-Baldwin (postdoc), Research Scientist, Univ. Cincinnati Medical School.
Dr. Carol M. Gorst (postdoc), Application Scientist at MSI.
Dr. Gregg Dieckmann (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, University of Texas at Dallas.
Joel Galang (MS).
Susan L. Heilman (MS).
Jan Kosinski (MS).
Dr. Ryan Fields (BS), M.D.
Kirk Jobe (BS Honors), M.D.
Kristen Balchus (research rotation).
Nzinga Harris (REU).
Zikiya Norton (research rotation), Graduate Student, University of Michigan.
Melissa Hindenlang (research rotation), Graduate Student, University of Michigan.
Soumya Mitra (research rotation), Gradute Student Ohio State University.
Dr. Brian Farrer (Postdoc), Senior Research Chemist, Merck.
Dr. Wojciech Lesniak (Postdoc) Research Associate, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Radiation Medicine.
Dr. Manolis Matzapetakis (Graduate Student), Post Doc, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute.
Dr. Kyung Hoon Lee (Postdoc), Assistant Professor, University of South Alabama.
Dr. Chris Cabello (Graduate Student), University of Arizona, College of Pharmacy Medicinal Chemistry Program.
Dr. Debdip Ghosh (Graduate Student), Post Doc, National Institues of Health (NIH / NIDDK).
Dr. Debbie Touw (Graduate Student), Post Doc, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachussetts Medical School.
Dr. Marek Luczkowski (Postdoc), Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, Poland .
Dr. Olga Iranzo (Postdoc), Research Scientist, Bioinorganic Chemistry and Peptide design Division, Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica Av. da Republica Estacao Agronomica Nacional (EAN).
Dr. Anna Peacock (Postdoc), Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Birmingham,UK.

Vanadium Project (degree received), current position:

Professor Charles A. Root (visiting faculty), Professor Emeritus, Bucknell University.
Dr. Gerard J. Colpas (postdoc), Research Scientist, Ethicon, Inc.
Dr. Carla Slebodnick (postdoc), Instuctor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.
Dr. Charles R. Cornman (postdoc), Director of R&D, Formulated Products, Grace Construction Products.
Dr. Joseph Bonadies (postdoc), Dow Chemical.
Dr. Xinhua Li (Ph.D), Research Scientist, Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton.
Dr. Brent Hamstra (Ph.D.), Professor, Southern Adventist University.
Dr. Brian R. Gibney (Ph.D.), (Postdoc, University of Pennsylvania) Associate Professor, Columbia University.
Jason Walter Kieltyka (BS), Post Doc, University of Michigan
Roneil Malkani (BS), M.D.
Daniel Stein.
Dr. Thomas Smith II (PhD.) Research Chemist, Henkel Surface Technologies.
Dr. Joslyn Yudenfreund Kravitz (Ph.D.) AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, Office of the Director, NIH.
Dr. Tamas Jakusch (Postdoc).
Dr. Curtis Schneider (Ph.D.) Postdoctoral fellow, Caltech

Manganese Project (degree received), current position:

Dr. Michael J. Baldwin (postdoc), Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati.
Dr. M. Tyler Caudle (postdoc), Research Scientist, Engelhard Corp., New Jersey.
Dr. Joseph Bonadies (postdoc), Dow Chemical.
Dr. Sylvia Daunert (MS), Profesor, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Dr. Andrew Gelasco (Ph.D), Assistant Professor, Department of Nephrology, Medical University of South Carolina.
Dr. Erlund J. Larson (Ph.D), M.D.
Dr. Neil A. Law (Ph.D.),Assistant Professor, St. Lawrence University .
Dr. Xinhua Li (Ph.D), Research Scientist, Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton.
Dr. Salman M. Saadeh (Ph.D), Assistant Professor, Islamic University of Gaza.
Mike Baker (BS).
Ira Finkelstein (BS).
Tim Machonkin (BS Honors), Assistant Professor, University of Rochester
Joel McGorman (BS), M.D.
Stephen Bensiek (Bielfeld, Germnay), Graduate Student, University of Bielefeld.
Anke Askenas (Bielefeld, Germany).
Kristen Balchus (summer student).
Dr. Ika A. Setyawati (post doc). Research Scientist, Berlex Diagnostic Imaging, Diatide Research Laboratories
Michael Triller (Muenster, Germany). Research Scientist, BASF.
Nicole Redding (Muenster, Germany)
Suranjana Haldar (research rotation), Graduate Student, University of Michigan
Dr. Wen-Yuan Hsieh (Ph.D.) PostDoc. Purdue University
Michael Mccormick (BS) Graduate Student, M.I.T., Chemistry
Subhashis Biswas (MS) Graduate Student, University of Michigan, Geology
Dr. T. M. Rajendiran (Visiting Scholar), Post Doc, University of Michigan, Medical School
Amy Wu (M.S.) Medical Student, Wayne State University Medical School
Dr. Panagiotis Angaridis (Post-Doc)
Dr. Marciela Scarpellini (Post-Doc), Assistant Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
Chris Cornelio (Undergraduate Student).
Dr. Kristof Meelich (Postdoc).
Dr. Jessica Gaetjens (Post-Doc), Postdoc, University of Vienna, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry.
Dr. Christopher Mullins (Post-Doc), Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Division of Natural Sciences, Campbellsville University, KY.

Metallacrown Project (degree received), current position:

Dr. Chun Chow (Ph.D.), postdoc, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.
Dr. Joseph Jankolovits (Ph. D.), postdoc, University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Thaddeus Boron (Ph. D.), Assistant Professor, Slippery Rock University, PA.
Joseph Grant (BS) University of Michigan, (Graduate Student) University of Wisconsin, Madison
Dr. Curtis M. Zaleski (Ph. D.), Associate Professor, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, PA.

Gentamicin Project (degree received), current position:

Debdip Ghosh (research rotation)
Dr. Wojciech Lesniak (Postdoc) Research Associate, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Radiation Medicine.

Metallopeptide Precursor Projects (degree received), current position:

Dr. Linda M. Briggs (Ph.D.): Cloning and Regulation of Synechocystis PCC 6803 Plastocyanin, Research Scientist, Ford Motor Company.
Dr. David J. Detlefsen (Ph.D.): Protein-Protein and Protein-Metal Interactions, Senior Research Scientist, Novatia.
Mary Taylor (B.S.), M.D.

Research Collaborators

Professor Thomas V. O'Halloran , Northwestern University
Professor James E. Penner-Hahn, University of Michigan
Professor R. David Britt, University of California, Davis
Professor William DeGrado, University of California San Francisco
Professor Wayne Frasch, Arizona State university
Professor Martin L. Kirk, University of New Mexico
Professor Barry Rosen, Wayne State University
Professor Bernt Krebs, Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster
Professor Martha Ludwig University of Michigan
Professor Heather Carlson , College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan
Professor Luca Di Gioia, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
Professor Sun Un, CEA Saclay, France
Professor Dimitris P. Kessissoglou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Dr. Matteo Tegoni, University of Parma, Italy
Dr. Talal Mallah, Univeristy of Paris Sud
Dr. Cedric Tard, Univeristy of Paris Diderot
Dr. Winfried Leibl, CEA, Saclay, France
Dr. Stephane Petoud, CNRS, Orleans, France

	Ting Gao \| Assistant Professor \| E-mail Home Institution: Heilongjiang University, China Research Interests: Lanthanide complexes with luminescent and magnetic properties
	Agata Gluszynska \| Habilitant \| E-mail Home Institution: Poznań University, Poland Research Interests: Lanthanide complexes with luminescent and magnetic properties
	Giuseppe Lococciolo \| Masters Student \| E-mail Home Institution: University of Parma, Italy Research Interests: Synthesis of functionalized salycilhydroxamic acids, a new promising class of ligands for MOF-like assembly of luminescent metallacrowns
	Yuliya Toporivska \| PhD Candidate \| E-mail Home Institution: Uniwersity of Wroclaw Research Interests: synthesis and crystallization the ternary sytems of metallacrowns based on a-HAs
	Vittoria Marzaroli \| PhD Candidate \| E-mail Home Institution: University of Parma Research Interests: Synthesis of MOF-like assemblies based on luminescent and magnetic metallacrowns
	Rosy Polisicchio \| Masters Student \| E-mail Home Institution: Università degli studi di Parma Research Interests: Chemical and Physical properties of Metallacrown