Graduate Students
Chris Macdonald
Ph.D. 2021: Complexity in the Membrane: The Fluc family of Fluoride Channels and Small Multidrug Resistance Family of Transporters as Models for Understanding Membrane Protein Structural and Functional Evolution
Currently: postdoc in the Fraser lab, UCSF
Olive Burata
Ph.D. 2023: The basis of substrate promiscuity in membrane protein drug transporters using the small multidrug resistance (SMR) family as simple models
Currently: postdoc in the Giacomini lab, UCSF
Rachael Lucero
Ph.D. 2023: The physiology and transport of guanidinium and metformin metabolites of bacterial guanidinium exporters (Gdx)
Currently: Scientist, Revolution Medicines
Postdocs
Ali Kermani, PhD (2016-2021)
Currently: Research Scientist, Sun Lab, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Benjamin McIlwain, PhD (2016-2021)
Currently: Senior Editor at Nature Communications
Jason Devlin, PhD (2020-2022)
Currently: R&D Scientist at Nature Technology Corporation
Achala Chittor, PhD (2022-2025)
Currently: Synthetic Biologist at Battelle
Undergraduates and Masters Degree Students
Elizabeth Holle
Jesse Mangat
Troy Cao
Alain Sullivan
Vivek Parikh
Alex Davis
Michal Ruprecht
Brett Dash
Ever O’Donnell
Josh Hyun
Fox Baudelaire
Ever O’Donnell
Kemal Demirer
Ethan Gibbs
Faith Smith
Alexandra Milan
Allen Zhu
Minjun An
Sabrina Kolb
Technicians
Roja Gundepudi
Ben Koff
Isabella Reacher
Sabrina Kolb
