{"id":37,"date":"2018-06-06T08:38:21","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T15:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2018-06-06T11:54:57","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T18:54:57","slug":"lab-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/lab-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1528299420485\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<header>\n<h2>Current Lab Members<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\">Research Asst. Professor:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>John Hinz, Ph.D. (2007 &#8211; present)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1528299433906\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<header>\n<h2>Past Lab Members<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">Undergraduate Students:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>David Anderson (1981 &#8211; 1982)<\/li>\n<li>Ted Wooley (1988 &#8211; 1989)<\/li>\n<li>Adrian Smith, MARC Fellow (1991)<\/li>\n<li>Farshid Ghanbarizad (1994)<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Zwiesler, Howard Hughes Fellow (1995 &#8211; 1996)<\/li>\n<li>Jon MacKay (2000-2001)<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Wyrick (2002)<\/li>\n<li>Laura Van Wechel (2003)<\/li>\n<li>Dallas Rawlins (2004)<\/li>\n<li>Jon Nye (2006 &#8211; 2007)<\/li>\n<li>Yik-Hong (Hugo) Fung (2007-2008)<\/li>\n<li>Alison Macleod (2007-2008)<\/li>\n<li>Chelsea Wixom (2007-2008)<\/li>\n<li>Tyson Todd (2009-2010)<\/li>\n<li>Holly Hudspeth (2008-2011)<\/li>\n<li>John Smerdon (2008-2011)<\/li>\n<li>Christopher Bolster (2011)<\/li>\n<li>Sharayah Wahl (2013-2014)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">Graduate Students, Degree, Current Position:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Khalifah Sidik, M.S., Ph.D. (1981 &#8211; 1989), Assoc. Dir. Med. Biotech. Prog., University of Illinois<\/li>\n<li>John Watkins, Ph.D. (1981 &#8211; 1986), M.D., University of Rochester, Physician, Newport, OR<\/li>\n<li>James Gale, Ph.D. (1982 &#8211; 1987), Assoc. Res. Professor, University of New Mexico<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Lorenz, M.S. (1985 &#8211; 1987), Technical Manager, Oncology Div., Johnson &amp; Johnson Co.<\/li>\n<li>Ahmed Murad, Ph.D. (1985 &#8211; 1991), Res. Scientist, Battelle Pacific NW National Laboratories<\/li>\n<li>James Mueller, Ph.D. (1989 &#8211; 1994), Res. Technical Representative, Molecular Kinetics Corp.<\/li>\n<li>Lucie Fritz, Ph.D. (1989 &#8211; 1994) Senior Staff Scientist, Pacific NW National Laboratories<\/li>\n<li>David Mann, Ph.D. (1989 &#8211; 1995), Senior Staff Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory<\/li>\n<li>Maria Meijer, M.S. (1994 &#8211; 1998), Staff Scientist, Sembiosys, Univ. of Calgary<\/li>\n<li>Xiaoqi Liu, Ph.D. (1994 &#8211; 1998), Walther Asst. Prof., Dept. of Biochemistry, Purdue University<\/li>\n<li>Xiaoyi Zhang, M.S. (1997 &#8211; 1999), Senior Research Associate, Curis, Inc., Cambridge, MA<\/li>\n<li>Joe Kosmoski, Ph.D. (1996 &#8211; 1999), CEO and Chairman, Homespun Technologies Inc.; CSO and Founder, New Sky Energy, Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Adrienne Karpiel, M.S. (1997 &#8211; 2000), Computer Science, Washington State University<\/li>\n<li>Brian Beard, Ph.D. (1999 &#8211; 2003), Senior Res. Assoc., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Ctr., Seattle, WA<\/li>\n<li>YoungHo Kwon, Ph.D. (1999 &#8211; 2003), Associate Research Scientist, Yale University<\/li>\n<li>Chenbo Wang, M.S. (2002-2003), Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry, Boston College<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Anderson, M.S. (2001-2003), Res. Assoc., City of Hope National Medical Ctr., Duarte, CA<\/li>\n<li>Shima Nakanishi, Ph.D. (2002-2006), Senior Res. Assoc., The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL<\/li>\n<li>Yan Wang, M.S. (2004-2006), Graduate School, Biostatistics, Washington State University<\/li>\n<li>Gowri Manjusha, M.S. (2005-2006), Research Associate, Boise State University<\/li>\n<li>Yesenia Rodriguez, Ph.D. (2009-2013) Postdoctoral IRTA Fellow, National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Rithy Meas, Ph.D. (2010 \u2013 2015) Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">Medical Students, Independent Research Project:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Jill Stevenson, WAMI (2002-2003), University of Washington, Medical Student (2002-2006)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">Research Associates:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Suey Lan, M.S., Sen. Lab. Tech. (1980 &#8211; 1984), Program Director, IBM<\/li>\n<li>Karen Jensen, M.S., Sen. Lab. Tech. (1984 &#8211; 1989), Investigative Lawyer, WA attorney general office<\/li>\n<li>Jirair Bedoyan, M.D., Ph.D. (1989 &#8211; 1991) Clinical Assistant Professor, Departments of Genetics and Pediatrics, Clinical Biomedical Genetics Fellow, Case Western Medical Center, Cleveland, OH<\/li>\n<li>Sylvia Hering, B.S. (1994 &#8211; 1997) Tech. Director, Analytical Lab, Eola Cherry Co., Gervais, OR<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Zwiesler, B.S. (1996 &#8211; 1997) Medical School, University of Arkansas<\/li>\n<li>Christine Suquet, M.S., Sen. Lab. Tech. (1989 &#8211; 1998), Senior Lab. Tech., Washington State Univ.<\/li>\n<li>Korrie Foley, M.S., Senior Lab. Tech. (1998 &#8211; 2000), Microbiologist, NIAID, NIH<\/li>\n<li>Amy Guilliatt, B.S., Lab. Tech. (1999 &#8211; 2000) Water Quality Specialist, Neah Bay, WA<\/li>\n<li>Nancy Piekarski, B.S., Lab. Tech. (2001 &#8211; 2003) Pullman Regional Hospital<\/li>\n<li>Deirdre Fahy, M.S., Senior Res. Associate (2000 &#8211; 2007)<\/li>\n<li>Stacey Beyer-Haendiges, B.S., Lab. Tech., (2005 &#8211; 2008)<\/li>\n<li>Lauren Eberhart, B.S., Lab Tech. (2008-2009) Grad. Student, Vet. Med., WSU<\/li>\n<li>Angela Hinz, M.S., Senior Res. Associate (2007-2011)<\/li>\n<li>Kimberly Tjoelker, B.S., Lab. Tech. (2011-2012)<\/li>\n<li>Kathleen Dorgan, B.S., Senior Res. Associate (2011 &#8211; 2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">Postdoctoral Associates\/Research Coordinators:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Brinda Ramanathan, Ph.D. (1982 &#8211; 1988) Assistant Professor, NM Highlands Univ.<\/li>\n<li>Jeannette Huijzer, Ph.D. (1988 &#8211; 1991) Res. Coordinator, Washington State Univ. (deceased)<\/li>\n<li>Ahmed Murad, Ph.D. (1991 &#8211; 1992) Postdoctoral Fellow, Pacific NW National Laboratories<\/li>\n<li>William Vorachek, Ph.D. (1991 &#8211; 1993) Clinical Lab Director, Pittsburgh hospital<\/li>\n<li>Jeanine de Cock, Ph.D. (1992 &#8211; 1993) Staff Scientist, Den Hoed Kliniek, The Netherlands<\/li>\n<li>Ranjan Gupta, Ph.D. (1990 &#8211; 1995) Regional Officer for South Asia and Eurasia, Office of Global Research (GR), National Institude of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH<\/li>\n<li>David Brown, Ph.D., NIH NRSA Fellow (1992 &#8211; 1996) Associate Professor and Chair, Dept. of Environ. Health, Molecular and Clinical Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University<\/li>\n<li>David Mann, Ph.D. (1995 &#8211; 1996) Senior Res. Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory<\/li>\n<li>Bonnie Baxter, Ph.D., NIH NRSA Fellow (1994-1996) Director, Great Salt Lake Institute and Professor of Biology, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT<\/li>\n<li>Xiaoqi Liu, Ph.D. (1998 &#8211; 1999) Walther Asst. Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN<\/li>\n<li>Joe Kosmoski, Ph.D. (1999) CEO and Chairman, Homespun Technologies Inc.; CSO and Founder, New Sky Energy, Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Dinara Lukmanova-Kline, Ph.D. (2001 &#8211; 2002) Chemical synthesis of DNA photoproducts<\/li>\n<li>Xiling Wu, M.D., Ph.D. (2001 &#8211; 2003) Research Assoc., VCAPP, School of Vet. Med., WSU<\/li>\n<li>Shisheng Li, Ph.D. (1997 &#8211; 2003) Asst. Professor, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veternary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA<\/li>\n<li>YoungHo Kwon, Ph.D. (2003 &#8211; 2004) Associate Research Scientist, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Vyacheslav Bespalov, Ph.D. (1999 &#8211; 2007) Postdoctoral Fellow, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE<\/li>\n<li>Zeljko Svedruzic, Ph.D. (2003 &#8211; 2006) Eli Lilly Research Fellow, Center for Human Genetics, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium<\/li>\n<li>Ronita Nag, Ph.D. (2005-2009) Lecturer, Dept. of Biotechnology, St. Xavier&#8217;s College, University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India<\/li>\n<li>Shubho Chaudhury, Ph.D. (2005-2009) Asst. Professor, Plant Molecular and Cellular Genetics, Bose Institute, Kolkata, India<\/li>\n<li>Anamaria Zavala, Ph.D. (2007-2010) Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Idaho<\/li>\n<li>Mingrui Duan, Ph.D. (2007-2012) Asst. Research Scientist, University of Idaho<\/li>\n<li>Peng Mao, Ph.D. (2007-2013) Research Asst. Professor, Washington State University<\/li>\n<li>Wioletta Czaja, Ph.D. (2009-2014) Asst. Research Scientist, University of Georgia<\/li>\n<li>Yesenia Rodriguez, Ph.D. (2014-2015) Postdoctoral IRTA Fellow, National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">Research Assistant Professors:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Antonio Conconi, Ph.D. (1995 &#8211; 2002) Faculty, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada<\/li>\n<li>Shisheng Li, Ph.D. (1997 &#8211; 2004) Faculty, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA<\/li>\n<li>Feng Gong, Ph.D. (2003 &#8211; 2007) Faculty, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, FL<\/li>\n<li>Mingrui Duan, Ph.D. (2013-2014)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">Visiting Scientists:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Byungchan Ahn, 2000, Dept. of Life Sciences, University of Ulsan, Korea<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Khalifah Sidik, 2002, Biomed. Science Prog., University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> <\/p>\n<h2>Current Lab Members<\/h2>\n<p>Research Asst. Professor:<\/p>\n<p>John Hinz, Ph.D. (2007 &#8211; present)<\/p>\n<h2>Past Lab Members<\/h2>\n<p>Undergraduate Students:<\/p>\n<p>David Anderson (1981 &#8211; 1982)<br \/> Ted Wooley (1988 &#8211; 1989)<br \/> Adrian Smith, MARC Fellow (1991)<br \/> Farshid Ghanbarizad (1994)<br \/> Daniel Zwiesler, Howard Hughes Fellow (1995 &#8211; 1996)<br \/> Jon MacKay (2000-2001)<br \/> Jeff Wyrick (2002)<br \/> Laura Van Wechel (2003)<br \/> Dallas Rawlins (2004)<br \/> Jon Nye (2006 &#8211; 2007)<br \/> Yik-Hong (Hugo) Fung (2007-2008)<br \/> Alison Macleod (2007-2008)<br \/> Chelsea Wixom (2007-2008)<br \/> Tyson Todd (2009-2010)<br \/> Holly Hudspeth (2008-2011)<br \/> John Smerdon (2008-2011)<br \/> Christopher Bolster (2011)<br \/> Sharayah Wahl (2013-2014)<\/p>\n<p> &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/lab-members\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-default\">&raquo; More &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4447,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":[]},"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4447"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}