Former Lab Members

Postdoctoral Researchers

Dr. Wen Yi Low
Postdoctoral Researcher in the lab, 2022-2024
Now Assistant Instructional Professor, University of Chicago
Postdoctoral Associate Lecturer, Boston University
Ph.D. in Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 2022
B.Sc. (Hons) in Chemistry, Highest Distinction, National University of Singapore, 2017

Dr. Kinjal Dave
Postdoctoral Researcher in the lab, 2019-2020
Postdoctoral Fellow, New England Biolabs
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Weslyan University

Dr. Kelly Gay
Postdoctoral Researcher in the lab, 2015–2017
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago, 2015
B.A. Smith College

Dr. Xin Sun
Postdoctoral Researcher in the lab, 2011–2014
Ph.D. Brandeis University, 2014
B.A. University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Jin Gao
Postdoctoral Researcher in the lab, 2010–2012
Ph.D. State University of New York at Stony Brook

Graduate Students

Dr. Anastasiya Buzuk
Current Position – Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Daniel Nocera at Harvard University
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Boston University, 2024
M.S. in Analytical Chemistry, Belarusian State University, 2016
B.S. in Chemistry, Belarusian State University, 2015

Dr. Jackson Ho
Current Position -Postdoctoral Fellow with the Shalhout Lab at Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Ph.D. Student in Chemistry, Boston University, 2025
B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University, 2019
B.S. in Chemistry, Penn State University, 2016

Hannah Braverman
Now Staff Scientist, Columbia University
M.A. Student in Chemistry, Boston University, 2025
B.A. in Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College, 2023

Dr. Christa Molé
Now postdoc at New England Biolabs
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Boston University, 2022
B.A. in Biochemistry, Quinnipiac University, 2016

Dr. Melissa Marquez
Now postdoc at Harvard University, Dan Kahne’s Lab
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Boston University, 2022
B.S. Mount Saint Mary’s University

Chris Park
BA/MA student in the lab, 2019-2022 – Student Research Award for Best Talk at Chemistry Undergraduate Research Symposium (2022)
M.A. in Chemistry, Boston University, 2022
B.A. in Chemistry, Boston University, 2022

Max Brown
BA/MA student in the lab, 2021-2023
M.A. in Biotechnology, Boston University
B.A. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boston University, 2023

Sunnie Kong
BA/MA student in the lab, 2019-2021
Now Ph.D. Student at University of California Berkeley
M.A. in Biotechnology, Boston University, 2021
B.A. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boston University 2021

Yaxi Liu
Graduate Student in the lab, 2019-2021
M.A. in Chemistry, Boston University, 2021
B.S. in Chemical Biology, Peking University, 2018

Dr. John Grossman
Graduate Student in the lab, 2012–2020
Ph.D. Boston University, 2020
B.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Dr. Amanda Vo
Graduate Student in the lab, 2012–2018
Ph.D. Boston University
B.S. University of Missouri at Columbia

Stephanie Esonwune
Undergraduate & Graduate Student in the lab, 2015–2018 (Claire Luce Boothe Scholar, Summer 2018)
M.A. in Biotechnology, Boston University, 2018
B.A.in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boston University, 2018

Claudia Lee
Undergraduate and Graduate Student in the lab, 2015–2017
Currently Research Scholar, Duke University in Rojagopal lab
Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Duke University, 2024
M.A. in Biotechnology, Boston University, 2017
B.A.in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boston University, 2017

Nick Fleischman
Graduate Student in the lab, 2013–2015
M.A. in Chemistry, Boston University, 2015
B.S. University of California at Davis

Christopher Neil
Undergraduate researcher in the lab, 2014–2015
Currently Ph.D. Student in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado
IMED program at AstraZeneca, 2016-2018
M.A. in Biotechnology, Boston University, 2015
B.A. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boston University, 2015

Mary Froehlich
Student Researcher in the lab, 2012–2014
M.D. University of Nevada, 2019
M.A. in Biotechnology, Boston University, 2014
B.A. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boston University, 2014

Dimitar Panayotov
Graduate Student in the lab, 2012–2013

Alex Fronduto
Graduate Student in the lab, 2011–2012
B.S. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Postbaccalaureate Fellows

Melissa Valqui
Postbaccalaureate Fellow in the Perlstein Lab, Boston University, 2023-2024
Currently Research Technician, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
B.A. in Chemistry: Biochemistry, Boston University, 2023

Kazuma Kondo
Postbaccalaureate Fellow in the Perlstein Lab, Boston University, 2023-2024
Currently Research Assistant in Prof. Martin Taylor’s lab, Brown University
B.A. in Chemistry: Chemical Biology, Boston University, 2023

Undergraduate Researchers

Soyoon Kang
Undergraduate Researcher in the lab, 2022-2024
B.A. in Chemistry: Chemical Biology, Boston University, 2024

Beatrice Wang
Undergraduate Researcher in the lab, 2022-2024
Now Research Technician in the Eck lab at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
B.A. in Chemistry, Minor in Biology, Boston University, 2024

Kassandra Wu
Undergraduate Researcher in the lab, 2021-2023
Now medical student at University of Kansas
B.A. (Honors) in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boston University, 2023

Leah Yim
Undergraduate Research in the lab, 2021-2022
Now MD student, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
B.A. (Honors) in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boston University, 2022

Anna Natrakul
B.A. in Biology: Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Boston University, 2022
Undergraduate Research Volunteer in the lab, Fall 2019

Anthony Hushka
Now Postdoctoral Associate Lecturer, Boston University
Ph.D. in Chemical Biology at Harvard Medical School, 2025
B.A. (Honors) in Chemistry, Boston University, 2020

Chen Cheng Qi
Now MD student at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore
B.A. (Honors) in Chemistry, Boston University, 2019

Bryan Seguinot
Undergraduate researcher in the lab, 2016–2019
Now Ph.D. student at Harvard University
B.A. (Honors) in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boston University, 2019

Aissatou Diallo
Undergraduate Student in the lab, 2016–2017
B.A. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boston University, 2017

Calina Glynn
Undergraduate in the lab, 2013–2016
Ph.D. Biochemistry, UCLA, 2021
B.A. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boston University, 2016

Jessica Cosman
Undergraduate in the lab, 2014–2016
B.A. (Honors) in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boston University, 2016

Cameron Peyvan
Undergraduate student in the lab, 2014–2015
B.A. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boston University, 2015

Grace Thole
Undergraduate Student Researcher in the lab, 2012–2014; UROP NEB Scholar, Summer 2012
M.A. in Biotechnology, Boston University, 2014
B.A. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boston University, 2014

Mihayl Petkov
Undergraduate Student in the lab, 2010–2012; CAS Summer Scholar, 2012
B.A. Boston University

Tudor Gradinariu
Undergraduate Student in the lab, 2011–2012
B.A. Boston University

Harry Griffin
Undergraduate Student in the lab, 2012–2013

Summer & Special Program Researchers

Abdul Foday
Summer Undergraduate Researcher, 2018 (NSF-REU Program)

Kharastin Chea-Howard
Undergraduate Student, Summer 2016 (NSF-REU Program)

Zanub Hassan
Undergraduate Student, Summer 2014 (NSF-REU Program)

Mierzhati Mushajiang
Undergraduate Student, Summer 2014 (NSF-REU Program)

Isaac Banda
Undergraduate Researcher, Summer 2012 (NSF-SURF Program)

Alexxandra Guir
High School Student, Summer 2016 (GROW Program)

Mikayla Grace
High School Student, Summer 2013 (RISE Program)

Brahm Gardner
High School Student, Summer 2012 (RISE Program)

Visiting Scholars

Iryana Ostash
Visiting Scholar in the lab, 2010–2011