The Smerdon lab
DNA Repair Shop
Current Lab Members
Research Asst. Professor:
John Hinz, Ph.D. (2007 – present)
Past Lab Members
Undergraduate Students:
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- David Anderson (1981 – 1982)
- Ted Wooley (1988 – 1989)
- Adrian Smith, MARC Fellow (1991)
- Farshid Ghanbarizad (1994)
- Daniel Zwiesler, Howard Hughes Fellow (1995 – 1996)
- Jon MacKay (2000-2001)
- Jeff Wyrick (2002)
- Laura Van Wechel (2003)
- Dallas Rawlins (2004)
- Jon Nye (2006 – 2007)
- Yik-Hong (Hugo) Fung (2007-2008)
- Alison Macleod (2007-2008)
- Chelsea Wixom (2007-2008)
- Tyson Todd (2009-2010)
- Holly Hudspeth (2008-2011)
- John Smerdon (2008-2011)
- Christopher Bolster (2011)
- Sharayah Wahl (2013-2014)
Graduate Students, Degree, Current Position:
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- Khalifah Sidik, M.S., Ph.D. (1981 – 1989), Assoc. Dir. Med. Biotech. Prog., University of Illinois
- John Watkins, Ph.D. (1981 – 1986), M.D., University of Rochester, Physician, Newport, OR
- James Gale, Ph.D. (1982 – 1987), Assoc. Res. Professor, University of New Mexico
- Jeff Lorenz, M.S. (1985 – 1987), Technical Manager, Oncology Div., Johnson & Johnson Co.
- Ahmed Murad, Ph.D. (1985 – 1991), Res. Scientist, Battelle Pacific NW National Laboratories
- James Mueller, Ph.D. (1989 – 1994), Res. Technical Representative, Molecular Kinetics Corp.
- Lucie Fritz, Ph.D. (1989 – 1994) Senior Staff Scientist, Pacific NW National Laboratories
- David Mann, Ph.D. (1989 – 1995), Senior Staff Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Maria Meijer, M.S. (1994 – 1998), Staff Scientist, Sembiosys, Univ. of Calgary
- Xiaoqi Liu, Ph.D. (1994 – 1998), Walther Asst. Prof., Dept. of Biochemistry, Purdue University
- Xiaoyi Zhang, M.S. (1997 – 1999), Senior Research Associate, Curis, Inc., Cambridge, MA
- Joe Kosmoski, Ph.D. (1996 – 1999), CEO and Chairman, Homespun Technologies Inc.; CSO and Founder, New Sky Energy, Inc.
- Adrienne Karpiel, M.S. (1997 – 2000), Computer Science, Washington State University
- Brian Beard, Ph.D. (1999 – 2003), Senior Res. Assoc., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Ctr., Seattle, WA
- YoungHo Kwon, Ph.D. (1999 – 2003), Associate Research Scientist, Yale University
- Chenbo Wang, M.S. (2002-2003), Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry, Boston College
- Jonathan Anderson, M.S. (2001-2003), Res. Assoc., City of Hope National Medical Ctr., Duarte, CA
- Shima Nakanishi, Ph.D. (2002-2006), Senior Res. Assoc., The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL
- Yan Wang, M.S. (2004-2006), Graduate School, Biostatistics, Washington State University
- Gowri Manjusha, M.S. (2005-2006), Research Associate, Boise State University
- Yesenia Rodriguez, Ph.D. (2009-2013) Postdoctoral IRTA Fellow, National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences
- Rithy Meas, Ph.D. (2010 – 2015) Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University
Medical Students, Independent Research Project:
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- Jill Stevenson, WAMI (2002-2003), University of Washington, Medical Student (2002-2006)
Research Associates:
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- Suey Lan, M.S., Sen. Lab. Tech. (1980 – 1984), Program Director, IBM
- Karen Jensen, M.S., Sen. Lab. Tech. (1984 – 1989), Investigative Lawyer, WA attorney general office
- Jirair Bedoyan, M.D., Ph.D. (1989 – 1991) Clinical Assistant Professor, Departments of Genetics and Pediatrics, Clinical Biomedical Genetics Fellow, Case Western Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
- Sylvia Hering, B.S. (1994 – 1997) Tech. Director, Analytical Lab, Eola Cherry Co., Gervais, OR
- Daniel Zwiesler, B.S. (1996 – 1997) Medical School, University of Arkansas
- Christine Suquet, M.S., Sen. Lab. Tech. (1989 – 1998), Senior Lab. Tech., Washington State Univ.
- Korrie Foley, M.S., Senior Lab. Tech. (1998 – 2000), Microbiologist, NIAID, NIH
- Amy Guilliatt, B.S., Lab. Tech. (1999 – 2000) Water Quality Specialist, Neah Bay, WA
- Nancy Piekarski, B.S., Lab. Tech. (2001 – 2003) Pullman Regional Hospital
- Deirdre Fahy, M.S., Senior Res. Associate (2000 – 2007)
- Stacey Beyer-Haendiges, B.S., Lab. Tech., (2005 – 2008)
- Lauren Eberhart, B.S., Lab Tech. (2008-2009) Grad. Student, Vet. Med., WSU
- Angela Hinz, M.S., Senior Res. Associate (2007-2011)
- Kimberly Tjoelker, B.S., Lab. Tech. (2011-2012)
- Kathleen Dorgan, B.S., Senior Res. Associate (2011 – 2015)
Postdoctoral Associates/Research Coordinators:
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- Brinda Ramanathan, Ph.D. (1982 – 1988) Assistant Professor, NM Highlands Univ.
- Jeannette Huijzer, Ph.D. (1988 – 1991) Res. Coordinator, Washington State Univ. (deceased)
- Ahmed Murad, Ph.D. (1991 – 1992) Postdoctoral Fellow, Pacific NW National Laboratories
- William Vorachek, Ph.D. (1991 – 1993) Clinical Lab Director, Pittsburgh hospital
- Jeanine de Cock, Ph.D. (1992 – 1993) Staff Scientist, Den Hoed Kliniek, The Netherlands
- Ranjan Gupta, Ph.D. (1990 – 1995) Regional Officer for South Asia and Eurasia, Office of Global Research (GR), National Institude of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH
- David Brown, Ph.D., NIH NRSA Fellow (1992 – 1996) Associate Professor and Chair, Dept. of Environ. Health, Molecular and Clinical Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University
- David Mann, Ph.D. (1995 – 1996) Senior Res. Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Bonnie Baxter, Ph.D., NIH NRSA Fellow (1994-1996) Director, Great Salt Lake Institute and Professor of Biology, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT
- Xiaoqi Liu, Ph.D. (1998 – 1999) Walther Asst. Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN
- Joe Kosmoski, Ph.D. (1999) CEO and Chairman, Homespun Technologies Inc.; CSO and Founder, New Sky Energy, Inc.
- Dinara Lukmanova-Kline, Ph.D. (2001 – 2002) Chemical synthesis of DNA photoproducts
- Xiling Wu, M.D., Ph.D. (2001 – 2003) Research Assoc., VCAPP, School of Vet. Med., WSU
- Shisheng Li, Ph.D. (1997 – 2003) Asst. Professor, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veternary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
- YoungHo Kwon, Ph.D. (2003 – 2004) Associate Research Scientist, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine
- Vyacheslav Bespalov, Ph.D. (1999 – 2007) Postdoctoral Fellow, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
- Zeljko Svedruzic, Ph.D. (2003 – 2006) Eli Lilly Research Fellow, Center for Human Genetics, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium
- Ronita Nag, Ph.D. (2005-2009) Lecturer, Dept. of Biotechnology, St. Xavier’s College, University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India
- Shubho Chaudhury, Ph.D. (2005-2009) Asst. Professor, Plant Molecular and Cellular Genetics, Bose Institute, Kolkata, India
- Anamaria Zavala, Ph.D. (2007-2010) Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Idaho
- Mingrui Duan, Ph.D. (2007-2012) Asst. Research Scientist, University of Idaho
- Peng Mao, Ph.D. (2007-2013) Research Asst. Professor, Washington State University
- Wioletta Czaja, Ph.D. (2009-2014) Asst. Research Scientist, University of Georgia
- Yesenia Rodriguez, Ph.D. (2014-2015) Postdoctoral IRTA Fellow, National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences
Research Assistant Professors:
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- Antonio Conconi, Ph.D. (1995 – 2002) Faculty, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
- Shisheng Li, Ph.D. (1997 – 2004) Faculty, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
- Feng Gong, Ph.D. (2003 – 2007) Faculty, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, FL
- Mingrui Duan, Ph.D. (2013-2014)
Visiting Scientists:
- Dr. Byungchan Ahn, 2000, Dept. of Life Sciences, University of Ulsan, Korea
- Dr. Khalifah Sidik, 2002, Biomed. Science Prog., University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur