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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Noel D. Lazo, Ph.D.
Noel obtained his Ph.D in chemistry from Texas A&M, specializing in solid-state NMR under the supervision of James Haw. He then pursued his interests in biological solid state NMR in the laboratory of Timothy Cross. After appointments in the College of Medicine of the University of Iowa, Center for Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the Department of Neurology of UCLA, he joined Clark in 2006.

– B.S., University of the Philippines
– M.S., SUNY at Syracuse
– Ph.D. , Texas A&M University

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Merc M. Kemeh (Ph.D. student, Spring 2019 – present)

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Brianna Leckie (BA BCMB, Class of 2023) 
Nate Collins (BA/MS BCMB, Expected in 2024)
Jenny Chung (BA BCMB, Class of 2023)
Joseph Tramontozzi (BA BCMB. Class of 2024)

LAB ALUMNI

Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Prabhakar Anabathula 
Dr. Qiuchen (Amy) Zheng

Graduate Students
Koki Hayashi (Accelerated BA/MS Biology 2022) — RNA Therapeutics Institute
Bethany Lee (Accelerated BA/MS BCMB 2021) — Abbvie Pharmaceuticals 
Saadman Islam (Accelerated BA/MS BCMB 2020) — Ring Therapeutics
Dr. Valerie A. Ivancic (Ph.D BCMB 2020) — RedShift Bioanalytics
Dr. Qiuchen (Amy) Zheng (Ph.D. Chemistry 2019) — Shanghai Hengrui Pharmaceuticals
Micheal T. Kebede (Accelerated BA/MS BCMB 2019) — Novartis
Senegal P. Carty (Accelerated BA/MS BCMB 2018) — Ph.D. student, Boston University
Claire A. Krasinski (Accelerated BA/MS BCMB 2018) — MD student, LECOM
Rhady Sorm (Accelerated BA/MS BCMB 2015) — Pfizer
Lina Kroehling (Accelerated BA/MS BCMB 2015) — Ph.D. student, Boston University
Travis Stutzer (Accelerated BA/MS BCMB 2015) — Ph.D. student, Thomas Jefferson U.

Kathryn MacDowell (Accelerated BA/MS Chemistry 2013) — Chemistry Teacher
Dr. Kevin J. Robbins (Ph.D. Chemistry 2013) — AstraZeneca
Veli Selmani (Accelerated BA/MS BCMB 2013) — Technician, Siemens Healthcare
Dr. Grace Liu (Ph.D. Chemistry 2012) — Microbiotix, Inc.
Samuel Sparks (Accelerated BA/MS BCMB 2011) — Silicon Therapeutics  

Undergraduate Students
Brianna Anthony— MD student, Rocky Vista University
Darryl Aucoin — Assistant Professor, Caldwell University
Kalin Bilides — ER technician, Hospital of Saint Raphaels
Saima Chaudhry — MD student, Chicago Medical School
Di Deng — MD student, Dartmouth College
Tu Do
Kimberly Edwards
Michael Edwards
Oshini Ekanayake — PhD student, University of Delaware
Jennifer Gaines — PhD student, Yale University
Erin Gomes — Research assistant, Cardinal Health
Hakeem Hindi — MD student, Uniformed Services University
Lindsay Johnson
Sang A. Kim — PhD candidate, Penn State University
Stacey Lawrence
Kristine Meador
Daniel Moynihan — DDS student, Boston University
Lincoln Muhoro — MD/PhD student, Washington University
Kristen Murrone
Gregory O’Sullivan — Technician, Balchem Corp.
Salvatore Pezzella — DDS student, University of Connecticut
Hung Pham— Technician, Abzyme Therapeutics 
Rickey Phou
Johanna Reyes — Technician, ChemGenes Corp.
Nicole Rogers — Pharmacy student, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Veli Selmani — Technician, Siemens Healthcare
Andrew Sheen — DO student, Nova Southeastern University
Miranda Simon — MD Resident, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
Samuel Sparks — PhD candidate, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Emily Tutino