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 in the postdoctoral oral competition, SSR 2022, Spokane WA
Debra Mitchell
Research Associate
Joined the lab in December 2022
Madeleine Harvey
M.S. Student from January 2023~
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
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
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