Lab Alumni
Chazin Lab members have gone on to various roles in academia, industry, and other work sectors. Read about a recent Chazin alum’s journey:
Vanderbilt basic science alum Q&A: Randy Perera
If you are a lab alumni and need your information updated, please email Dr. Chazin!
| Name | Current Position |
| Amit Aggarwal | |
| Mikael Akke | Professor, Physical Chemistry, University of Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Ileana Alers | Independent Energy Broker |
| Arun Kumar Alphonse Ignatius | Alphonse Ignatius Biopharmaceutical Scientist, Macrogenics, Rockville, MD |
| Anindita Basu | Scientific Writer Lead at Indegene, India |
| Swati Balakrishnan | |
| Shibani Bhattacharya | Scientist at the New York Structural Biology Center |
| Alexandra Blee | |
| Giuseppe Bifulco | Professor of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Italy |
| Marivic Botuyan | Res. Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic – Rochester, MN |
| Christopher G. Bunick | Associate Professor (Dept. of Dermatology) at Yale University |
| Chris Brosey | Research Instructor, MD Andersen |
| Goran Carlstrom | Research Scientist, Astra Pharmaceuticals, Sweden |
| Benjamin Chagot | Associate Professor at the University of Nancy, France |
| Marie-Eve Chagot | Lab Manager |
| Daniel Chazin | Physical Therapist, St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, TN |
| Shiow-Meei Chen | Consultant, Nu-Mega Inc., San Diego, CA |
| Huiqing Chen | |
| Seth Chitayat | Research Faculty at the University of Western Ontario, Canada |
| John Christodoulou | Professor at the University College, London UK |
| Yongseok (Sam) Cho | |
| John Cordoba | |
| Orlando Crescenzi | Professor at the University of Naples, Italy |
| Steve Damo | Asst. Professor and Chair of Chemistry, Fisk University |
| Brian Dattilo | Director, Business Development at Waisman Biomanufacturing, Madison, WI |
| Adalberto Diaz | Asst. Professor |
| Yoana Dimitrova | Senior Scientist at Genentech |
| Andrew Dorfeuille | Grad Student, MIT |
| Torbjorn Drakenberg | Deceased |
| Joshua Eggold | Graduate student, Stanford |
| Aaron Ehlinger | Scientist, Abbvie |
| Peggy Eis | Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Population Bio, Inc., Madison, WI |
| Mark Ehrhardt | Research Scientist at Monsanto |
| Patricia Fagan-Jones | Consultant, San Diego, CA |
| Michael Feldkamp | Research Scientist, Janssen Pharmaceuticals |
| Brian Fuller | |
| Kaitlyn Gallagher | Graduate Student, Vanderbilt |
| Carlos Garcia | MD |
| Yue (Ryan) Gao | |
| Nicholas P. George | Independent Consultant |
| Benjamin Gilston | Contract Scientist, KBI Biopharma |
| Brad Girod | MD, Salem, OR |
| Judd Glasser | Staff Physician at La Jolla Emergency Specialists, Encinitas, CA |
| Luigi Gomez-Paloma | Deceased |
| Denille Gonzales | |
| Ryan Guillen | Medical school student, U of Miami, FL |
| Casey Gullet | |
| Simone Harrison | Graduate student, UCSF |
| Laura Hench | |
| Marilyn Holt | Data Scientist, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center |
| Haitao Hu | Senior Analytical Chemist in Discovery Chemistry Research & Technologies at Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN |
| Kristen Huseman | Data Scientist, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center |
| Michael Hunter | Scientist, Centocor (Johnson and Johnson) San Diego, CA |
| Sophie Jouan | Research Programs Manager, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN |
| Christopher Johnson | Assistant Professor at Mississippi State University |
| Mrinmoyee Kalasikam | |
| Sarvesh Kaushik | Anesthesiology Resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA |
| Randal R Ketchem | Research Scientist, Immunex – Seattle, WA |
| Johan Kordell | Senior Partner, Lustgarten Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Natasha Kozlyuk | Research Scientist, Janssen Pharmaceuticals |
| Young-Tae Lee | Senior Staff Scientist at University of Minneosta |
| Remy Le Meur | Staff Scientist, Institut Curie, Paris, France |
| Srinivas Malliahgari | |
| Kateryna Le Meur (Ogorodnik) | |
| Michael Lubienski | Patent Attorney, Smith, Kline Beecham, London, UK |
| Jens Chr. Madsen | Applications Scientist, Bruker Spectrospin, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Lena Mäler | Professor, Royal Institute – Stockholm University, Sweden |
| Anders Malmendal | Professor at the University of Copenhagen |
| Sheryll Mangahas | |
| Noel Maxwell | Research Analyst at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN |
| Georges Mer | Professor, Mayo Clinic – Rochester, MN |
| Tycho E.T. Mevissen | Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University |
| Susan Meyn | |
| Siobhan Miick | Senior Research Scientist, Nanogen, Inc. San Diego, Ca |
| Wesley Murphy | |
| Melanie Nelson | Independent Consultant in Informatics, San Diego, CA |
| Anais Naretto | Research Scientist SARomics, Lund, Sweden |
| Drew Neufer | Research Assistant, Vanderbilt University |
| Giang Nguyen | |
| Kyle Nordquist | Staff Scientist at the University of Illinois-Chicago |
| Mohiuddin Ovee | Associate QC Scientist, Bristol-Myers Squibb |
| Durbis J. Castillo Pazos | |
| Keven Pereira | High school teacher, Nashville TN |
| Randika “Randy” Perera | Scientist, MilliporeSigma – St. Louis, MO |
| Kelly Perry | Public Heath Researcher and Scientific Officer, Washington, DC |
| Megan Pierce | |
| Linh Phung | |
| Barbara Potts | Patent Agent, LaJolla, Ca. |
| Dalyir Pretto | Staff Clinical Scientist, UC Davis |
| Reid Putney | Startup in North Carolina |
| Christian Ramsoomair | |
| Antonio Randazzo | Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Naples, Italy |
| Subodh Rathi | |
| Barat Reddy | |
| Jessica Estevez Rios | |
| Amalchi Castillo Rodriguez | |
| Aslin Rodriguez-Nassif | Laboratory Scientist, Pfizer |
| Michelle Roh | Endodontics Residents at NYU School of Dentistry, New York, NY |
| Jan Rydzewski | Director – Analytical Chemistry, Molecular Medicine Research Institute, UC-Santa Cruz, Sunnyvale, CA |
| Jeffrey Rymer | Amazon, Nashville, TN |
| Lauren Salay | Postdoctoral fellow |
| Mallika Sastry | Research Scientist, NIH |
| Skanda Sastry | Research Associate, Apex, NC |
| Libbey Schwertman | Scientist, Pfizer, St. Louis |
| Vikas Shah | Assistant Professor at Emory University |
| Mike Shell | Asst. Professor, University of Virginia-Wise |
| Nick Skelton | Senior Research Scientist, Genetech, Inc, San Francisco, CA |
| Jarrod Smith | Research Professor, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University |
| Jonathan Sheehan | Research Associate Professor, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis |
| Sarah Soss | Deceased |
| Michael Starling | Kentucky Teachers Training Program |
| Melissa Stauffer | President, Scientific Editing Solutions, Inc. |
| Norie Sugitani | Postdoctoral Fellow, U of Pittsburgh |
| Jennifer Sun | MD |
| Matthew Thompson | Assistant Professor, University of Alabama |
| Agnieszka Topolska-Wos | Biotech Startup |
| Christina Troll | |
| Craig Vander Kooi | Associate Professor, University of Kentucky |
| Drew Vartia | Radiochemist, Lawrence, KS |
| Sudha Veeraraghavan | Scientific Review Officer- CSR, NIH |
| Victoria Washington | |
| Christoph Weber | Chief Technology Officer, MyShroom, San Diego,CA |
| Brian Weiner | Scientist, Project Development Team at Monsanto |
| Kevin Weiss | Research Scientist, Structural Biology Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Brian Wile | Director Scientific Affairs at Teknova, Atlanta, GA |
| Christina Williams | Director of the IMSD Program at Vanderbilt University |
| Brian Wimberly | Research Scientist, U of Colorado- Boulder |
| Rachel Wright | Research Associate at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX |