Principal Investigator – Kanako Hayashi, Ph.D.
From August 2020 @WSU
Faculty Mentor: NIH Protein Biotechnology Training Program, WSU Honor College, and TMP/LSAMP.
Current Lab Members
Mingxin Shi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Joined the lab in Feb 2021
Received 2nd place at the postdoctoral oral competition, SSR 2022, Spokane WA
Debra Mitchell
Research Associate
Joined the lab in December 2022
Yeongseok Oh, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Joined the lab in March 2024
Madeleine Harvey
M.S. Student from January 2023~2024 and Research Associate 2004~
Joined the lab in August 2020 and graduated in Dec 2022 as an Undergraduate Research Assistant
- ADARP Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award 2020
- Honor College Summer Fellowship 2021
- MedSURE program Summer Fellowship 2021
- Office of Undergraduate Research Auvil Scholars Fellowship 2021-2022
- Honor College Summer Fellowship 2022
Taylor Page
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Joined the lab in September 2023 and received:
- NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP) 2025
- Honor College Summer Fellowship 2025
- Undergraduate Research Fellowship 2025-2026
- First place at the CRB junior trainee poster competition 2025
- MARC-WSU program 2025-2026
- Taylor on the WSU Insider!
Summer 2025
Summer 2024
Summer 2023
Spring 2022
Summer 2021
Past Lab Members
Logan Butler
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Joined the lab in August 2020 and graduated in Dec 2021
- ADARP Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award 2020
- Honor College Summer Fellowship 2021
- Office of Undergraduate Research Auvil Scholars Fellowship 2021-2022
Esther “Greta” Langholt
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Joined the lab in August 2020 and graduated in May 2022
- ADARP Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award 2020
- ANSC Freshmen award 2020
- Office of Undergraduate Research Auvil Scholars Fellowship 2021-2022
Liang Zhao, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow in May 2021 – Dec 2022
Became a faculty member at Nanjing Agricultural University in February 2023~
Tristin Herup-Wheeler
M.S. Student
Joined the lab in March 2022 and graduated in May 2023 with an M.S. degree
Olivia Witherspoon
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Joined the lab in October 2021
- ADARP Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award 2022-2023
- TMP/LSAMP Undergraduate Research Award 2022-2023
Constence Bottoms
Research Intern
Joined the lab in December 2022
Donald “Moe” Ford
Research Intern
Joined the lab in April 2023