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ASBMB welcomes new members

ASBMB Today Staff
Nov. 1, 2021

The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology welcomed 130 new members in May.

 

Samer Abed, Acharya Nagarjuna University
Ilechukwu Agu, University of California-Davis
Vanessa Aidoo, East Carolina University
Anabelle Aiken, JHU
Michael Airola, Stony Brook University
Tasnim Al Rashaideh, University of Iowa
Asia Anderson, Humboldt State University
Alexander Angerhofer, University of Florida
Kathia Antillon, University of Kansas
Chandra Kanth Bandi, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Anirban Banerjee, National Institutes of Health
Manjunath Basavaraj, Takeda
Matthew Berezuk, Azusa Pacific University
Bonnie Berger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Souvik Bhattacharjee, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Korliss Britt, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Isabella Brown, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Joshua Clem, Frostburg State University
Jasmine Collins, Humboldt State University
Alyssa Cortes, Wesleyan University
Ricardo Couto Rodriguez, University of Florida
Christine Cucinotta, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Susan Curtis, Retired - Bennett College, Greensboro, NC 27406, STEM Unit
Eugena Davies, Pace University-New York
Cole Davis, Duke University
Sravani Dhavala, Pace University-New York
Sashana Dixon, Nova Southeastern University
Hung Do, Amicus Therapeutics Inc
Alex Dowd, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Emily-Claire Duffy, Bates College
Justine Egbe, University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria
Sarah-Maria Fendt, VIB - KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology
Yuwei Gao, University of California-Riverside
Michael Godsey, Oregon Health & Science University
Scott Gordon, University of Kentucky
Jianguo Gu, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University
Siyi Gu, University of California-San Diego
Stephanie Gupton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Leah Gutzwiller, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Rebecca Haeusler, Columbia University
Megan Harmon, East Carolina University
Brittany Hart, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Emily Hartley, Juniata College
Christine Helsen, Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, KU Leuven
Jessica Hess, The University of Texas at El Paso
Christopher Hoffer, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jacob Holmes, East Carolina University
Grace Hooks, Duke University
Alli Horton, Purdue University-Main Campus
Ruth Jacobs, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Wenya Jian, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sydney Johnson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Aditi Karlekar, Pace University-New York
Jasdeep Kaur, University of Texas at Austin
Naseebia Khan, Pace University-New York
Takashi Kikukawa, Hokkaido University
Justin Kim, University of Georgia
Josiah King, Hampden-Sydney College
Kaushik Komandur, University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Francis Lamberti, AgNovos Healthcare LLC
Paola Laurino, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Pengfei Liang, Duke University
Mieshia Liburd, Pace University
Ying Lin, Chempartner
Jiapeng Liu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  Christoph Loderer, Technical University Dresden
Chloe Lopez, University of California-Santa Barbara
Eleazar López, Front Range Community College
Augustus Lowry, Duke University
Noah Lyons, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Nadiia Lypova, University of Louisville
Richard Maas, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Eliana Mabe, Rhodes College
Masashi Masuda, Tokushima University Graduate School
Aaron May, Duke University
Mecaila McClune, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Jade McDaniel, Vanderbilt University
Lori McGrew, Lincoln Memorial University - DCOM
Justin McKinney, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Kathryn Meurs, North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Angela Meyer, Purdue University-Main Campus
Harvey Millar, The University of Western Australia
Marvin Miller, University of California, Berkeley
Anurag Modak, Rutgers University-Newark
Arnab Modak, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Madan Babu Mohan, St Jude Children's Research Hospital
Saira Montermoso, University of Pennsylvania
John Monyror, University of Alberta
Olga Morzhanaeva, Pace University-New York
Tam Nguyen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Sergei Noskov, University of Calgary
Olufunmilayo Olatunji-Johnson, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis
Morenike Osinubi, Federal institute of Industrial Research
Marisa Otegui, University of Wisconsin-Madison
John Parkinson, University of Utah
Michelle Patterson, California state university Fresno
Derrick Pena, Pace University
Hanna Pesniak, University of California-Berkeley
Dzung Pham, The University of Texas at Austin
Thanh Pham, UCLA
Alina Pituch, Pace University-New York
Matthew Pratt, University of Southern California
Rahul Rajala, University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center
Nada Rbil, Pace University-New York
Samantha Reed, Emory University
Sage Robine, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Laura Rodriguez-Bonilla, University of Puerto Rico- Rio Piedras
Subhadeep Roy, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Chelsea Rusche, Health Atlas Guide
Valentina Schiro, Pace University-New York
Meredith Schmehl, Duke University
Renate Schreiber, University of Graz
Charles Sheehan, Duke University
Harriet Song, University of California-San Diego
Or Szekely, Duke University
Jie Tian, University of Gerogia
Amber Traylor, Austin Community College District
Johnathan Trosa, Pace University-New York
Han Truong, University of Debrecen
Caden Tuinstra, Purdue University-Main Campus
Hieu Van, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Ayla Vaughn, University of Florida-Online
Julia Walker, Bellevue College
Erykah Walton, Loyola Marymount University
Carika Weldon, Bermuda Government
Kathryn Wellen, University of Pennsylvania
Shelby Williams,
Alexzandrea Woudenberg, Iowa State University
Alison Yu, University of the Sciences
Ellie Zhang, Duke University

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