Alumni

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Arvind Dev

E-mail: aad224@cornell.edu
Field: Applied Physics (Postdoc, Research Associate)
Education: Ph.D. Physics University of Strasbourg
M.S. Applied Physics University of Twente
B.S. SSGMC College of Engineering

Arvind studied nucleic acid biopolymer systems such as RNA triplexes using X-ray scattering techniques in combination with microfluidics. 

 

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Suzette Pabit

E-mail: sap73@cornell.edu
Field: Applied Physics (Postdoc, Research Associate)
Education: Ph.D. Physics University of Florida
B.S. Physics University of the Phillipines

No molecule is ever alone, and Suzette wanted to understand how different types RNA folds in the presence of binding partners, like small and big proteins, inside and outside complex molecular machines and when surrounded by different types of counterions and ligands. Special shoutout to Suzette for her joyous and productive tenure of >10 years in the lab!

Next position: Associate Principle Scientist at Merck

 

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Alex Kurland

E-mail: apk57@cornell.edu
Field: Materials Science (B.S.)

Alex developed single molecule fluorescence methodologies.

 

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Josue San Emeterio

E-mail: js3262@cornell.edu
Field: Applied Physics (Ph.D.)
Education: B.S. Applied Physics, RPI

Josue worked on viral ssRNA packaging and assembly.

Next position: Application scientist at Xenocs

 

Brady Sites

E-mail: bas339@cornell.edu
Education: B.S. Engineering Physics, Cornell University

Brady applied the method of contrast variation SAXS to study the formation of biomolecular complexes, such as viruses.

Next position: Internship at NASA

Shuo Sui

E-mail: ss4257@cornell.edu
Field: Applied Physics (Postdoc)
Education: Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Shuo developed innovative methods to investigate structural dynamics of biomolecules (proteins and nucleic acids) using advanced X-ray sources and microfluidic devices.

Next position: Senior Scientist at Pfizer

Elisa Kelly

E-mail: eck92@cornell.edu
Field: College of Engineering (B.S.)

Elisa worked with mix-and-inject serial crystallography devices.

Yen-Lin Chen

E-mail: yc2253@cornell.edu
Field: Applied Physics (Ph.D.)
Education: B.S. Physics National Taiwan University

Yen’s research focused on studying RNA conformations using single-molecule techniques and SAXS, high-throughput forward modeling of solution X-ray scattering profiles with explicit ions and solvent molecules, wide-angle X-ray scattering, and statistical modeling of experimental observables.

Next position: Computational biologist / data scientist at ReviveMed Technologies

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Derrick Lin

E-mail: drl222@cornell.edu
Field: Applied Physics (M.S.)
Education: B.S. Applied Physics & B.S. Computer Science, Cornell University

Derrick worked on discovering the structure of RNA through techniques like electron microscopy and computational analysis.

Next position: Data scientist

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Alex Mauney

E-mail: awm88@cornell.edu
Field: Physics (Ph.D.)
Education: B.S. Physics, North Carolina State University

Alex analyzed the structural dynamics of nucleosomes using novel computational modeling methods.

Next position: Senior system engineer at Raytheon

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Alex Plumridge

E-mail: ap866@cornell.edu
Field: Physics (Ph.D.)
Education: M. Physics, University of Sheffield

Alex developed experimental tools and technologies to address challenging problems in RNA-directed therapeutics, including microfluidic platforms for high-throughput screening of small molecule inhibitors to functional RNA elements such as riboswitches.

Next position: Systems integration scientist at PacBio

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George Calvey

E-mail: gdc66@cornell.edu
Field: Applied Physics (Ph.D.)
Education: B.S. Physics & Mechanical Engineering, Clarkson University

George developed methods and instrumentation for time-resolved structural studies on XFEL and synchrotron beamlines.

Next position: Physicist at Kimball Physics

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Andrea Katz

E-mail: amk362@cornell.edu
Field: Applied Physics (Ph.D., Postdoc)
Education: B.S. Physics, Trinity University

Andrea designed and built technology for time-resolved studies at XFELs and synchrotrons.

Next position: Physicist at Kimball Physics

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Luke Meyer

E-mail: lcm227@cornell.edu
Field: Applied Physics (B.S.)

Luke developed agarose electrophoresis methods for analyzing RNA-protein complexes.

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Joyce Liu

E-mail: jll332@cornell.edu
Field: Biomedical Engineering (B.S)
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Xiaowen Wang

E-mail: xw453@cornell.edu
Field: Applied Physics (M.S.)

Favorite technique: Molecular biology
Favorite Molecule: NCPs

Next position: Software engineer at Amazon Lab126

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Jeffrey Huang

E-mail: jh2279@cornell.edu
Field: Applied Physics (B.S.)

Favorite technique: Ensemble modelling of SAXS data
Favorite molecule: SAM2, mixed sequence ssRNAs

Next position: Material Science and Engineering Ph.D. student at UIUC

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Joshua Tokuda

E-mail: jmt326@cornell.edu
Field: Biophysics (Ph.D.)
Education: B.S. Biophysics, UCLA

Favorite technique: Time-resolved SAXS
Favorite molecule: Cryptochrome (when it doesn’t aggregate!)

Next position: Scientist at Amgen

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Yujie Chen

E-mail: yc864@cornell.edu
Field: Applied Physics (Postdoc)
Education: Ph.D. Physics, Michigan State University; B.S. Physics, Fudan University

Favorite technique: Time-resolved SAXS, contrast matching
Favorite molecule: pRNA and cns2

Next position: Engineer at ASML

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Julie Sutton

E-mail: jls535@cornell.edu
Field: Applied Physics (Ph.D.)
Education: B.A.Sc. Engineering Science, University of Toronto

Favorite technique: Single-molecule FRET
Favorite molecule: dT30

Next position: Research scientist at MIT

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Yunsheng Wang

E-mail: yw658@cornell.edu
Field: Applied Physics (M.S.)
Education: B.S. Physics, Hefei University of Technology

Favorite technique: PDMS microfluidics
Favorite molecule: PDMS

Next position: Graduate research assistant at Villanova University

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Abhijit Lavania

E-mail: jls535@cornell.edu
Field: Applied Physics (B.S.)

Favorite technique: Computational approaches
Favorite molecule: dT30 and dA30

Next position: Applied physics Ph.D. student at Stanford

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Seong Ha Park

E-mail: sp2274@cornell.edu
Field: Biophysics (Ph.D.) rotation student
Education: B.S. Physics, KAIST

Favorite technique: SAXS
Favorite molecule: phyX174 and ST-1

Next position: Graduate student in Michelle Wang’s lab at Cornell

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Steve Meisburger

E-mail: spm82@cornell.edu
Field: Applied Physics (Ph.D.)
Education: B.A. Physics, Carleton College

Favorite technique: Time-resolved SAXS

Next position: Postdoctoral associate in Nozomi Ando’s lab at Princeton (then back to Cornell down the hall)

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Huimin Chen

E-mail: hc236@cornell.edu
Field: Applied Physics (Ph.D.)
Education: B.S. Physics, Cornell University

Favorite technique: Pointillism
Favorite molecule: Mouse acetylcholinesterase-TZ2PA6 anti complex

Next position: Postdoctoral Fellow (visiting) in Daniel Larson Lab at NIH

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Mark Landy

E-mail: mal289@cornell.edu
Field: Applied Physics (B.S.)

Favorite molecule: ATP synthase

Next position: Research assistant at Tisch Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York

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Peter Gu

E-mail: psg46@cornell.edu
Field: Applied Physics (B.S.)

Favorite technique: ICP-AES
Favorite molecule: Biotin

Next position: Intern at MITRE → Translational Sciences Intern at Medimmune → Engineer at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

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Christopher Jones

Field: Applied Physics (Postdoc)

Next position: Senior Staff Scientist at Advanced Reconnaissance Corp, Principal Scientist at MakerBot

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Josh Blose

Field: Applied Physics (Postdoc)
Education: B.S. Applied Physics & B.S. Computer Science, Cornell University

Next position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry at SUNY Brockport

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Yizui Yu

Field: Applied Physics (M.S.)

 

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Natalie Paquette

Field: Applied Physics (B.S.)

Next position: Theoretical Physics Ph.D. student at Stanford

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Jiecheng Zhang

Field: Applied Physics (B.S.)

Next position: Theoretical Physics Ph.D. student at Stanford

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Li Li

Field: Biophysics (Ph.D.)

Next position: Analyst at Goldman Sachs

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Jessica Lamb

Field: Applied Physics (Ph.D.)

Next position: Postdoctoral Fellow at NIH → Staff Fellow at FDA

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Kurt Andresen

Field: Applied Physics (Ph.D.)

Next position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Colgate University → Visiting Professor at Colgate University → Assistant Professor of Physics at Gettysburg College

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Hye Yoon Park

Field: Applied Physics (Ph.D.)

Next position: Research Fellow at Albert Einstein College of Medicine → Visiting Scientist at Janelia Farms Research Campus of HHMI → Associate at Albert Einstein College of Medicine → Assistant Professor at Seoul National University

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Lisa Kwok

Field: Applied Physics (Ph.D.)

Next position: Senior Scientist at US Genomics → Senior Scientist, Chemistry Development at Illumina

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Silena Paik

Field: Applied Physics (M.S.)
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Xiangyun Qiu

Field: Applied Physics (Postdoc)

Next position: Research Fellow at NIH → Visiting Scientist at UMass Amherst → Assistant Professor at George Washington University