Huang, Yixin

Yixin worked with us in the summer of 2011 imaging dentin collagen using AFM.  He is currently a student at Southeast University in Nanjing, China.

Gichana, Elizabeth

Elizabeth worked with us in the summer of 2011 helping to introduce microfluidic patch-clamp methods to the group. She is an undergraduate at Radford College.

Bagaman, Farrah

Farrah worked on the group’s silicon surface science projects.

Phillips, Andrew

Andrew Phillips was a chemistry major at the University of Michigan who  worked with Casey Dougherty on the synthesis of dyes and the methods of ligand-dendrimer conjugations. Outside of the lab, Andrew was involved in the Science Learning Center’s Study Group Program, where he lead biology and physics study groups. He also enjoys cooking and playing tennis, Michigan weather permitting. Andrew plans to pursue a career in research.

Andrew is is currently a PhD student in chemical biology at the University of Chicago.

Richardson, Rachelle

Rachelle Richardson is fourth year undergraduate at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, where she currently works in the research lab of Dr. Stassi DiMaggio synthesizing and purifying dendrimer conjugates. She presently is majoring in chemistry and minoring in Spanish and hopes that somehow in her career she can use her knowledge of the Spanish language. When not at school or in the lab she thoroughly enjoys traveling, doing Sudoku puzzles, and listening to good music. After graduation, she plans to attend graduate school to obtain a doctorate degree in organic chemistry. In the future, she aspires to work in a medicinal lab, designing drugs and drug delivery systems.

Matich, Eryn

Eryn Matich is a chemistry major and biology minor at Alfred University, in Alfred, New York.   She was a chemistry REU student working with the Banaszak Holl group for summer 2012.  She worked with Flora Fang and Elizabeth Goldstein on the self assembly of Type 1 collagen.

Kheir, Michael

Mike graduated from U of M with degrees in Chemistry and Psychology.  He obtained his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and is currently in orthapaedic surgery training at Indiana University.

öncü gül

Gül is a fourth year undergraduate, majoring in chemistry at Boðaziçi University, Ýstanbul. She works with Assoc. Prof. Amitav Sanyal’s research group since 2010. She participated in the Banaszak Holl group for the summer 2012. She works on synthesis and functionalization of dendrimers to be used in targeted drug delivery.

Borgmeier, Emilee

Emilee graduated from  Michigan with degrees in Neuroscience and Spanish. She was part of the Banaszak Holl group for three years, working with Doug Mullen, on the synthesis and characterization of functionalized PAMAM dendrimers as targeted drug delivery agents.  Emilee obtained her M.D. at the Indiana University School of Medicine and is currently a resident in anesthesia at the  University of Utah medical school.

Antebi-Lerman, Dalia

Dalia is an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, studying Biomolecular Science. She joined the lab in Fall 2014, working under Meagan Cauble to better understand the structural impact of Type 1 collagen on diseases. In her free time, Dalia enjoys rock climbing and art.

Klem, Sarah

Sarah is an undergraduate Neuroscience major and History minor at the University of Michigan. She joined the lab in Winter 2016 and is studying the folate binding protein and the binding of folic acid and other polymer-ligand conjugates. In her free time, she enjoys cooking and competing with her Bollywood-fusion dance team.

Garn, Rachel

Rachel is an undergraduate at Iona College with a concentration in chemistry and a minor in mathematics. She joined the lab for the summer of 2016, working under Rachel Merzel on protein based drug delivery. Outside the lab, Rachel runs on the cross country and track teams at Iona.

 

Sanchez, Dana

I am an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan – Flint majoring in biochemistry with a pre-medical concentration. I am currently working in the Banaszak Holl lab modifying the surface and dielectric properties of nanoparticles. In my free time, I enjoy playing musical instruments (such as the trumpet and the piano), learning foreign languages (Spanish, German, Portuguese, etc), playing with my dog Alex, and people watching at Walmart in Flint.

Purser, Lauren

Lauren is chemistry major at Radford University.  She worked on nanoplastics in the environment as part of her summer 2017 NSF REU project in my group.  Lauren’s work was featured in congressional testimony in 2017 (starts around 1 h 33 min mark in attached link).

Kaushik, Milan

Milan joined the lab in summer 2013 and is studied cell plasma membrane interactions with polymers and polplexes using microfluidic patch clamp studies.  He also worked on molecular mechanics/molecular dynamics calculations of the polymer conjugates being synthesized in the group.   A G5 PAMAM dendrimer is shown below.

 

Finkbeiner, Chelsea

Chelsea studied Biomolecular Sciences and Gender & Health. She worked under Meagan Cauble, and in collaboration with Merck Research Laboratories, to better understand collagen formation and its relevance to human disease using Atomic Force Microscopy. Chelsea is pursuing her M.D. at the University of Michigan and looks forward to improving the health of women in underprivileged areas.

 

Wines, Kristen

Kristen is a undergraduate in the class of 2015, studying BioMolecular Science with a minor in Gender and Health Studies. She began working on the fluorescent dendrimers project with Banaszak Holl Research Group in Fall 2013. Kristen also conducts clinical research in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital surrounding the use of metabolic carts on ventilated patients. Outside of the lab, Kristen is involved with PPSO, DMUM, K-Grams, PULSE, and is a member of the Science and Engineering Sorority Phi Sigma Rho.