The Weinert Lab

Current Lab Members
Postdoctoral researchers

Shikha Singh Chauhan, Ph.D.
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Graduate and undergraduate students

Dayna Patterson, 4th Year
Hometown: Houston, TX
Education: B.S., Houston Baptist University
Project: Bacterial Oxygen Sensing
Fun fact: I've seen Beyonce in concert 10 times.
Awards: NSF Graduate Research Fellow (2018-2021)

Nick Marotta
Hometown: Chantilly, VA
Education: B.A. University of Virginia
Project: Cyclic Nucleotides
Fun fact: Enjoys reading and collecting sci-fi and fantasy novels
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Yasha Duggal, 3rd Year
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Education: B.S., Case Western Reserve University
Project: Cyclic Nucleotides
Fun fact: According to my optician, my pupils are perfectly symmetrical
Awards: Emory Laney Fellowship (2017-2019)
Florian Fekete
Hometown: Budapest, Hungary
Education: B.S., Cal State University, Sacramento
Project: Bacterial Oxygen Sensing
Fun fact: I enjoy baking and building models
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Kimberly Beaton, 2nd Year
Hometown: Salem, NH
Education: B.S., Salve Regina University
Project: Microbial Interactions and Cyclic Nucleotides
Fun fact: I love reptiles and have owned 3 snakes
Awards: Homer F. Braddock Biology and Chemistry Fellowship (2018-2020)
Maddy Helm
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Project: Bacterial Oxygen Sensing
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Jacob Potter
Hometown: Madison, West Virgina
Education: B.S., Marshall University
Project: Bacterial Oxygen Sensing
Fun fact: I played an extra in a historical drama
Awards: Homer F. Braddock Biology and Chemistry Fellowship

Nushrat Hoque
Hometown: Middletown, NY
Education: B.A., Bard College
MA Montclair State University
Project: Bacterial Oxygen Sensing
Fun fact: I can speak six languages and french was the hardest to learn
Awards: Science of Achievement Marie Sklodowska Curie Graduate Scholarship in Chemistry, University Graduate Fellowship
Lab alumni
Graduate students
Xin Jia
Benjamin Fontaine
Shannon Rivera
Ph.D. 2015
Current position: Assistant Professor at China Agriculture University
Postdoc 2014
Current position: Professor at Hunan Normal University
Parth Jariwala
Sean Walsh
Laura Briggs
Yuqi Wu
Paul Young
Carmen Metzler
Yitao Dai
Ph.D. 2018
Current position: Postdoc in Dan Nomura's lab at UC Berkeley
Postdoc 2015
Current position: Assistant Director, Licensing at Emory University
Ph.D. 2019
Current position: Merck
Postdoc 2019
Current position: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Justin Burns, Ph.D.
Jian-bo Wang, Ph.D.
Postdocs
Undergraduate students
Elana Shaw
Adam Young
Deanna Dailey
Hyerin Yoon
Johnnie Walker, Ph.D.
Ariel Shuelke-Sanchez, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2020
Current position: Merck