Previous Graduate Students
Walter Gonzalez, PhD
B.S. Physics, Florida International University
B.S. Chemistry, Florida International University
Ph.D. Chemistry, Florida International University
Thesis: "Protein-Ligand Interactions and Allosteric Regulation of Activity in DREAM Protein" defended March 2016
Postdoctoral Fellow
Lois Group, California Institute of Technology
David Butcher, PhD
B.S. Chemistry, Florida International University
Ph.D. Chemistry, Florida International University
Thesis: "Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Ligand Photodissociation in Heme Proteins and Formation of DNA i-Motif" defended July 2017
Postdoctoral Fellow: National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Khoa Pham, PhD
B.S. Chemistry, Florida International University
Ph.D. Chemistry, Florida International University
Thesis: "Conformational Dynamics and Stability Associated with Magnesium or Calcium Binding to DREAM in the Regulation of Interactions between DREAM and DNA or Presenilins" defended June 2016
Postdoctoral Fellow
Yeh Group, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Luisana Astudillo, PhD
B.S. Chemistry, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela
Ph.D. Chemistry, Florida International University
Thesis: "Conformational Dynamics Associated with Ligand Binding to Vertebrate Hexa-coordinate Hemoglobins" defended March 2014
Postodoctoral Fellow
Capobianco Group, University of Miami
Antonija Tangar, PhD
B.S. Chemistry, Valdosta State University
B.A. Mathematics, Valdosta State University
Ph.D. Chemistry, Florida International Univeristy
Previous Undergraduate & High School Research Assistants
Andres Arango
B.S. Chemistry
B.S. Physics, Florida International University
Currently, graduate student at
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Peter Dorchner, MD
B.S. Chemistry, Florida International University
M.D., Northwestern University
Mauricio Diaz
TERRA Environmental Research Institute, Miami
Currently, undergraduate student at MIT
Adrian Rodriguez
B.S. Chemistry, Florida International Univeristy
Currently attending University of Florida Pharmacy School
Reinier Cartaya, PharmD
B.S. Chemistry, Florida International University
PharmD, University of Florida
Micheal Goncalves
TERRA Environmental Research Institute, Miami
Currently attending Vanderbilt University
Ruben Fernandez
B.S. Chemistry, Florida International Univesity
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Univeristy of Florida
Currently, Chemical Engineer at GE Power