The Weinert
Lab
Current Lab Members
Graduate and undergraduate students
Ariana Santos
Hometown: Tiffin, OH
Education: B.S., University of Dayton
Project: Bacterial Oxygen Sensing
Fun fact: I've written several fantasy novels
Awards:
Joe Lopez
Hometown: Riverton, Utah
Education: B.S., University of Utah
Project: Cyclic Nucleotides
Fun fact: I enjoy just about any game that you can play whether it be video, board, or card.
Awards:
Nyarie Moyo
Hometown: Gweru, Zimbabwe
Education: B.S., M.S., Zimbabwe National University of Science and Technology
Project: Cyclic Nucleotides
Fun fact: I'm a foodie and love travelling to experience different cultures.
Awards: Fulbright Foreign Student Award
Mahib Ullah
Hometown: Chattogram, Bangladesh
Education: B.S., Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Project: Bacterial Oxygen Sensing
Fun fact: I love to play Soccer and Cricket
Awards: Althouse Outstanding Graduate Assistant Teaching Award, 2024
Natalie Ableson
Hometown: Byram, NJ
Education: B.S., New Jersey Institute of Technology
Project: Bacterial Oxygen Sensing
Fun fact: I like crafts, running, baking, and playing the Cello
Awards: First Year Graduate Student Award (Braucher)
Ayan Das
Hometown: Chattogram, Bangladesh
Education: B.S., University of Chittagong
Project: Cyclic Nucleotides
Fun fact: I enjoy travelling & getting lost into wild forests
Current Undergraduate Students
Lab alumni
Graduate students
Postdocs
Former Undergraduate Students
Xin Jia
Ph.D. 2015
Current position: Assistant Professor at China Agriculture University
Jacob Potter
Ph.D. 2022
Current position: postdoc, NCI
Jian-bo Wang, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2014
Current position: Professor at Hunan Normal University
Parth Jariwala
Shawn Walsh
Laura Briggs
Yuqi Wu
Paul Young
Carmern Metzler
Yitao Dai
Benjamin Fontaine
Ph.D. 2018
Current position: Lifemine Therapeutics
Nushrat Hoque
Ph.D. 2024
Current position: postdoc, FIU
Justin Burns, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2015
Current position: Assistant Director, Licensing at Emory University
Deanna Dailey
Hyerin Yoon
Elana Shaw
Adam Young
Lydia Jordache
Yashar Yaxiaer
Lauren Hendricks
Shannon Rivera
Ph.D. 2019
Current position: Merck
Nick Marotta
Ph.D. 2024
Current position: Postdoc, Montana State
Johnnie Walker, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2019
Current position: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Bobby Liu
Navin Rana
Noah Brady
Salina Mali
Dayna Patterson
Ph.D. 2021
Current position: Postdoc in Amy Rosenzweig's lab at Northwestern
Florian Fekete
Ph.D. 2025
Current position: Postdoc, University of Maryland
Ariel Shuelke-Sanchez, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2020
Current position: Merck
Emily Short
Indigo Kim
Troy Alexander
Sanika Rane
Adam Engelka
Yasha Duggal
Ph.D. 2021
Current position: Science writer for the Broad Institute
Haiyun Liu
Ph.D. 2026
Current position: Postdoc, New York
Shikha Singh Chauhan, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2022
Current position: Southern Illinois University