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