{"id":262,"date":"2024-10-22T01:28:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T05:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/finzi-dunlap\/?page_id=262"},"modified":"2024-11-19T17:03:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T22:03:54","slug":"lab-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/finzi-dunlap\/lab-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Laura Finzi<\/h3>

Ph.D.
University of New Mexico, 1990<\/p>

Department of Physics, Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate program – faculty
Chemistry Department – affiliated faculty<\/p>

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David Dunlap<\/h3>

Ph.D.
University of Oregon, 1993<\/span><\/p>

Director of the C-Trap facility, Biophysics of DNA, DNA supercoiling, single-molecule approaches (atomic force microscopy, tethered particle microscopy, magnetic tweezers), mechanical properties of DNA, DNA-based motors, transcriptional regulation.<\/p>

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Graduate Students<\/h2><\/td><\/tr>

\"Jin Jin Qian<\/strong>
5th<\/sup> year graduate student
Emory University<\/span>Transcription, Magnetic tweezers, Simulation<\/em>
Jin.Qian@emory.edu<\/a><\/div><\/td>
\"Stine Wesley Stine<\/strong>
2nd<\/sup> year graduate student
Emory University<\/span>
wesley.stine@emory.edu<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>

Undergraduate Students<\/h2><\/td><\/tr>

Current Students:<\/b><\/td><\/tr>
\"Narae Narae Kim<\/strong>
Class of 2024
Fall 2022-Present
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narae.kim@emory.edu<\/a><\/div><\/td>
\"Chloe Chloe Guerrero<\/strong>
Class of 2026
Spring 2023-Present
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chloe.guerrero@emory.edu<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
\"Andrew Andrew Kalish<\/strong>
Class of 2026
Spring 2023-Present
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andrew.kalish@emory.edu<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>

Former Students:<\/b><\/p>

Allison Cartee, Summer 2021- Summer 2023 (Highest Honors)<\/p>

Anna Eligulashvili, Spring 2021 – Spring 2021 – Summer 2022(High Honors)<\/p>

Jessie Doan, Spring 2021 – Summer 2021<\/p>

Gustavo Borjas, Fall 2017 – Spring 2021(Highest Honors)<\/p>

Stefano Martin, Fall 2017 – Spring 2021(High Honors)<\/p>

Sam Miller, Fall 2020 – Spring 2021(High Honors)<\/p>

Joe Piccolo, Summer 2017 – Fall 2020 (Highest Honors)<\/p>

Josh Chen, Spring 2020<\/p>

Allison Rolle (University of Victoria, Summer(2018,2019))<\/p>

Zixing Zheng, Fall 2017 – Fall 2019 (Highest Honors)<\/p>

Leon Tare, Spring 2019 – fall 2019<\/p>

Alexander Zhang, Spring 2017 – Summer 2019<\/p>

Dimitris Ntaras (Princeton University, OURSIP fellow, Summer 2018)<\/p>

Crissy Hendrickson, Spring 2017 – Spring 2018 (Highest Honors)<\/p>

Geethika Malla, Summer 2017 – Spring 2018 (Highest Honors)<\/p>

Max Brown, Spring 2017 – Fall 2017<\/p>

Greg Bright, Spring 2016 – Spring 2017<\/p>

Hayes Burdette-Sapp, Summer 2016<\/p>

Gulnigar Nurhikim, Spring-Summer 2016<\/p>

James J. Boyle, Summer 2013<\/p>

Benito J. Thompson, Spring 2013<\/p>

Hamin Jeon, Undergraduate Honors Thesis 2012-2013 (Highest Honors)<\/p>

Yiming Zhang, Fall 2012-spring 2013<\/p>

Yoojin Lee, SURE Program Summer 2011-2012<\/p>

Chandler H. Fountain, Undergraduate Honors Thesis 2010-2012 (Highest Honors)<\/p>

John Mack, 2011-2012, SURE program Summer 2011<\/p>

Simon Johannes, Summer Collaborator from Vanderbilt<\/p>

Kerry McGill, SURE program Summer 2011<\/p>

Charles Andrew Robinson, 2009-2010<\/p>

Il Kyu Oh, SURE Program 2010<\/p>

Nathan Cho, Summer 2009<\/p>

Paul Liebesny, Honor Thesis 2009 (Highest Honors)<\/p>

William Dunn, 2008-2009<\/p>

Aalap Shah, Summer 2008<\/p>

Rabeea Kahn, SIRE program Fall 2007- Summer 2008<\/p>

Rebecca Reeds, INSPIRE program 2007 – 2008<\/p>

Zhara Pirani, SIRE program 2006<\/p>

Ian Dahlke Jr., 2006<\/p>

Kavita Salomon, 2006<\/p>

Manu Lakshmanan, SURE program summer 2006<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Alumni<\/h2><\/td><\/tr>

Dylan Collette
Graduate student and postdoc 2020-2023
Now a faculty at Oglethorpe University<\/td><\/tr>
Yue Lu
Postdoc 2020-2022
Now a postdoc at Georgia State University<\/td><\/tr>
Derrica McCalla
Lab technician 2019-2021
Now medical student at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
derrica.mccalla@gmail.com<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Wenxuan Xu
Graduate student 2016-2021
Now a postdoc in Dr. Hongxia Fu’s lab at University of Washington
wenxuanxu1994@gmail.com<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Eugene Ostrofet
Postdoc 2020-2021
Now Customer Success Scientist for acoustic force spectroscopy (AFS) with Lumicks Inc. in Amsterdam, NL
eugeniu.ostrofet@emory.edu<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Josh Mendez
Postdoc 2019-2020
Now Director,Sensors for Extreme Environments Lab at University of Oregon
jmendez7@uoregon.edumendez<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Yan Yan
Graduate student 2013-2018
Postdoc 2018-2019
Now a postdoc in Dr. Peng Yin’s lab at Harvard University
yanyanyy77@gmail.com<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Daniel Kovari
Postdoc Fellow 2014-2019
Now Process Development Engineer in Abbott Atlanta
dkovari@gmail.com<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Zsuzsanna Voros
Visiting Scholar 2015-2018
zsuzsanna.voros@emory.edu<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Roberto Ortiz
Rotation Student 2015-2016
roberto.daniel.ortiz@emory.edu<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Sandip Kumar
Postdoc Fellow 2014
Now in the department of biochemistry in University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB
sandip@udel.edu<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Yue Ding
Graduate Student 2008-2014
Now at Pacific Biosciences,CA
ydingemory@gmail.com<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Suleyman Ucuncuoglu
Graduate Student 2009-2014
Now Assistant Professor at Medipol University Medical School in Istanbul
suleyman@alumni.emory.edu<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Emrah Simsek
Graduate Student
Fall Rotation 2013
emrah.simsek@emory.edu<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Diane Wiener
Postdoc Fellow 2012-2013
Sr. R&D Engineer, Bioengineering at Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
dianemariewiener@gmail.com<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
M\ufffdnica Fern\ufffdndez Sierra
Postdoc Fellow 2011-2013
Now senior Scientific Director at Vaniam Group, Articulate Science
monica.fersier@gmail.com<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Shengming Zhang
Rotation Student 2012-2013
Now at Dept. of Physics, University of Georgia<\/td><\/tr>
Ning Gao
Postdoc Fellow 2011-2012
Now postdoc at Dept. of Surgery, Emory University
ning.gao@emory.edu<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Haowei Wang
Graduate Student 2005-2011, Postdoc Fellow 2011-2012
Now Associate Professor at Dept. of Optics,
University of Science and Technology of China
haowei.wang@gmail.com<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Sachin Goyal
Postdoc Fellow 2010-2011
Now Assistant Professor at Dept. of Mechanical Eng.,
University of California at Merced
sgoyal2@ucmerced.edu<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Qing Shao
Graduate Student 2005-2011 and PRISM fellow 2009-2011
Now Associate Professor at Georgia Gwinnett College
qshao@ggc.edu<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Neslihan Ucuncuoglu
Graduate Student
Summer Rotation 2010<\/td><\/tr>
Chiara Zurla
undergrad, graduate student and postdoc
2001-2008
Now at Emory, Department of Biomed Eng.
chiara.zurla@bme.gatech.edu<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Carlo Manzo
postdoc
2006-2008
Now Associate Professor at Universitat de Vic ?Universitat Central de Catalunya,Spain
carlo.manzo@icfo.es<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Fiorella Guerra
Graduate Student and Post-Doctoral Fellow
2003-2006
Lab Manager, King’s College, London
rosalinda.guerra@unimi.it<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Zhiyong Dong
Graduate Student
Spring Rotation 2006<\/td><\/tr>
Doriano Brogioli
Post-Doctoral Fellow
2003\/05<\/td><\/tr>
Giuseppe Lia
Master Student
2002\/04
Now at Univerista degli Studi di Torino
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Alessandra Favalli
Master Student
2002\/05<\/td><\/tr>
Roberto Ziano
Master Student
2003\/05<\/td><\/tr>
Laura Imperadori
Master Student
2003\/05<\/td><\/tr>
Elena Consoli
Master Student
2003\/05<\/td><\/tr>
Walter Colnaghi
Master Student
2003\/05<\/td><\/tr>
Alberto Franzini
Undergraduate Student
2004\/05<\/td><\/tr>
Giorgio Galli
Undergraduate Student
2004\/05
Lab head Investigator II, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR), Basel<\/td><\/tr>
Alessandro Rozza
Undergraduate Student
2004\/05<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>
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Lab Members Professor Laura Finzi Ph.D.University of New Mexico, 1990 Department of Physics, Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate program – facultyChemistry Department – affiliated faculty email: lfinzi@physics.emory.edu Senior Scientist David Dunlap Ph.D.University of Oregon, 1993 Director of the C-Trap facility, Biophysics of DNA, DNA supercoiling, single-molecule approaches (atomic force microscopy, tethered particle microscopy, magnetic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-262","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/finzi-dunlap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/finzi-dunlap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/finzi-dunlap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/finzi-dunlap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/finzi-dunlap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/finzi-dunlap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/finzi-dunlap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}