Former Lab Members

Patpicha Arunsen working in the lab

Patpicha Arunsen

PhD. student and visitor scholar from Khon Kaen University Thailand; Royal Golden Jubilee scholarship award

Apisit Chaidee

Apisit Chaidee

M.D./PhD. student and visitor scholar from Khon Kaen University Thailand; Royal Golden Jubilee scholarship award

Christina Cochran

Christina Cochran

Ph.D. candidate, GW Institutional Biomedical Sciences Program

Brandon Haugen

Brandon Haugen

M.S. student in Molecular Carcinogenesis, University of the District of Columbia

Sergey Iordanskiy

Sergey Iordanskiy, PhD., M.S.

Senior Research Scientist

Wannaporn Ittiprsasert, Ph.D.

Wannaporn Ittiprsasert, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, focusing on functional genomics of schistosomes and other parasitic flatworms.

Shannon Karinshak, MPHTM

Shannon Karinshak, MPHTM

Laboratory technician

Dr. Matty Knight

Dr. Matty Knight

Adjunct Professor, GW

Pitchaya Matchimakul

Pitchaya Matchimakul, DVM

Visiting Scientist
(Royal Golden Jubilee Scholar, Khon Kaen University, Thailand)

Ilana Mosley

Ilana Mosley

GW Summer Program to Advance Research on Cancer (GW SPARC)

Rafael Nacif Pimenta

Rafael ;Nacif Pimenta

Visiting scientist, is investigating host-parasite interactions inBiomphalaria glabrata, the major intermediate host snail of Schistosoma mansoni in Brazil. Rafael, now undertaking a visit of 12 months duration to our lab, is enrolled as a Ph.D. candidate at Fiocruz Minas, Centro de Pesquisas ‘Rene Rachou’, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Katie Pendo

Katie Pendo

M.S. student, Department of Biochemistry, GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Rutchanee Rodpai Headshot

Rutchanee Rodpai

PhD. student and visitor scholar from Khon Kaen University Thailand; Royal Golden Jubilee scholarship award

Dr. Irina Saltykova

Dr. Irina Saltykova

Fulbright Scholar; from the Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk, Russia

Michael Smith

Michael Smith

PhD candidate

Kelly Unikas

Kelly Unikas

Master's student, GW Milken Institute School of Public Health

Arporn (Koi) Wangwiwatsin

Arporn (Koi) Wangwiwatsin, PhD candidate

Visiting Scientist
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1SA, United Kingdom

Chris Wellman

Chris Wellman

Undergraduate

Hongbin Yan

Hongbin Yan, PhD

Visiting Scientist
(Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science,  Gansu Province, China)

Yong Zhou

Yong Zhou, MD

Visiting scientist
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery,
West China Hospital, Sichuan University,
37 Guo Xue Rd., Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China.