Team

Inhee Chung, Principal Investigator

PhD in Physical Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research interests:
Cancer metastasis, cancer malignancy
Cell surface receptor-intracellular organelle crosstalk
Membrane lipid biophysics
Single molecule biophysics, super-resolution microscopy, statistical analysis

Taeho Shin, Visiting Scholar

PhD in Physical Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

BSc, Chemical Technology | Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea | 1997 | MSc, Chemistry | POSTECH, Pohang, South Korea | 1999 | PhD, Chemistry | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts | 2010

Work Experience:

Research Staff Member | Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology: Samsung Electronics | 2011-2016 

Assistant and Associate Professor | Jeonbuk National University Department of Chemistry | 2016-present

Nate Ashby, Senior Research Assistant/Lab Manager

Biochemistry | University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO | 2018-2023

Zach Eliason, PhD Rotation Student

PhD Student in Genomics & Bioinformatics, George Washington University

B.S. in Bioinformatics | Brigham Young University | 2019-2023

Abhijeet Lakka, Undergraduate Student

Undergraduate Student in Neuroscience, George Washington University     

Neuroscience | George Washington University, Washington, DC | 2021- 

Sarah Rachidi, Undergraduate Student

Undergraduate Student in Biology, George Washington University

Biology I George Washington University, Washington, DC I 2024-

Semeya Parrish, Undergraduate SPARC Student

Undergraduate Student in Health Sciences, Spelman College

Health Sciences I Spelman College, Atlanta, GA I 2019-2024

Raghav Kasi, High School Summer Intern

Junior, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Saanvika Ravulapalli, High School Summer Intern

Senior, Poolesville High School

Rita Yu, High School Intern

Senior, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Raghav Karthikeyan, High School Intern

Senior, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Pedro Felipe Gardeazábal Rodríguez, Senior Research Associate (2018 - 2022)

PhD in Physics, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Laboratoire de Physique et Étude des Matériaux - Paris, France
MSc, Fundamental and Applied Physics | Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire Aimé Cotton - Orsay, France. École Polytechnique, Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée - Palaiseau, France | 2005
BSc, Physics | Universidad de Los Andes - Bogotá D.C., Colombia | 2004

Postdoctoral training:
Postdoctoral Scholar | Optical Imaging Tools: Heart Dysfunction,University of California, Los Angeles | 2009-2012

Now staff scientist and product manager at ABF Biosciences.

Kangsun Yun, Senior Research Assistant/Lab Manager (2021-2022)

PhD in Life Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea                             

MSc, Microbiology | Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea | BSc, Microbiology | Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea |1990

Postdoctoral training:

Visiting fellow | Cancer and Developmental Biology Lab, National Cancer Institute, NIH | 2010-2013

Research fellow | Cancer and Developmental Biology Lab, National Cancer Institute, NIH | 2013-2017

Teresa Vitali, Senior Research Assistant/Lab Manager (2022-2023)

PhD Degree in Biochemistry, Universita degli Studi di Milano

Laurea magistrale (Master Degree) in Biologia Molecolare della cellula 110/110 cum laude, Universita degli Studi di Milano | 2012
PhD Degree in Biochemistry, Universita degli Studi di Milano | 2015
Research fellow at Universita degli Studi di Milano | 2016
Postdoc visiting fellow at NIH/NIC Center for Cancer Research; Bethesda, MD | 2017
Postdoc fellow at University of Michigan, Department of Biological Chemistry | 2017-2019
Research Associate at University of Manchester, Division of Molecular and Cellular Function in Dr. Martin Lowe lab (Manchester, UK) | 2020-2021

Xiangning Bu, Senior Research Assistant (2018-2020)

PhD in Neuroscience, Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R.China
MSc, Neuroscience | Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China | 07/2007
BSc, Clinical Medicine | Taishan Medical University, Shandong, P.R. China | 2004

Postdoctoral training:
Visiting fellow | Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institue, NIH | 2010-2015
Research fellow | Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institue, NIH | 2015-2018 

Sulgi Lee, Postdoctoral Associate (2020-2021)

PhD in Molecular Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.
MSc, Pharmacology | Georgetown University, Washington University, D.C. | 2014
BSc, Anatomy & Cell Biology | McGill University, Montreal, Canada | 2010

I-Ting Teng, Lab Manager (2018-2019)

PhD in Chemistry, University of Florida
MSc, Chemistry | National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan | 2012
BSc, Chemistry | National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan | 2009

Joshua Terao, PhD Rotation Student (Spring 2024)

PhD Student in Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University

BS/MS in Biology | American University, Washington, D.C. | 2014/2019

Sally Feng, PhD Rotation Student

PhD student in Cancer Biology, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.

BSc, Biochemistry and Microbiology | University of Maryland College Park, MD | 2016-2020

Jonathan Smisson, PhD Rotation Student (Spring 2021)

PhD Student in Cancer Biology, The George Washington University
BSc, Biology | George Washington University, D.C. | 2015-2018

Reddick Walker, PhD Rotation Student (Fall 2021)

BSc, Biomedical Sciences | University of South Florida, FL | 2015-2019, Fall 2021

Raha Amirian, Graduate Student

Graduate Student in Biomedical Engineering, The George Washington University | 2022- 

Clinical Biomedical Engineering | Islamic Azad University Tehran Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran | 2019

Abigail Yohannes, Graduate Student (Master's Program, 2020-2021) 

Graduate Student in Anatomical and Translational Sciences, The George Washington University
BSc, Biology | George Washington Univesity, D.C. | 2016-2020

Joshree Shrestha, Graduate Student (Master's Program, 2019-2020)

Graduate Student in Molecular Biology, George Washington University
Molecular Biology | George Washington University, Washington, DC | 2018-2020
BSc, Biology and Chemistry | William Carey University, Hattiesburg, MS | 2017

Joshua John, Undergraduate Student (2023-2024)

Undergraduate Student in Biology, George Washington University

Biology I George Washington University, Washington, DC I 2023 - 2024

Rushabh Shah, Undergraduate Student

Undergraduate Student in Biology, George Washington University     

Biology & Sociology | George Washington University, Washington, DC | 2020 - 2023

Hyunsoo Yoo, Undergraduate Student

Undergraduate Student in International Affairs, George Washington University     

International Affairs | George Washington University, Washington, DC | 2019-

Mahi Bhatt, Undergraduate Student

Undergraduate Student in Neuroscience, George Washington University  

Neuroscience | George Washington University, Washington, DC | 2019 - 

Kaitlyn Connors, Undergraduate Student

Undergraduate Student in Biology, George Washington University

Biology & Public Health | George Washington University | 2021-  

Marisa Lazarus, Undergraduate Student (2019-2020)

Undergraduate Student in Physics, George Washington University
BSc, Physics | George Washington University, Washington, DC | 2018-2022

Ananya Gottumukkala, High School Intern (2023-2024)

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Digonto Chatterjee, High School Intern (2023-2024)

Thomas S. Wootten High School

Ella Tyrrell, High School Spring Intern (Spring 2023)

Madeira School

Prathik Nalamalapu, High School Summer Intern (Summer 2021, 2022) 

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Kate Choi, High School Summer Intern (Summer 2022)

The Potomac School High School

Jore Kotryna Vismante, High School Summer Intern (Summer 2019)

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Lauren Butia, High School Summer Intern (May 2019)

Madeira School

Sonika Vuyyuru, High School Summer Intern (Summer 2018)

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology