The Weinert
Lab
Current Lab Members
Postdoctoral researchers
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
Graduate and undergraduate students
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
Awards:
Noah Brady
Navin Rana
Florian Fekete
Hometown: Budapest, Hungary
Education: B.S., Cal State University, Sacramento
Project: Bacterial Oxygen Sensing
Fun fact: I enjoy baking and building models
Awards:
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
Ariana Santos
Hometown: Tiffin, OH
Education: B.S., University of Dayton
Project: Bacterial Oxygen Sensing
Fun fact: I've written several fantasy novels
Awards:
Haiyun Liu
Hometown: Dalian, China
Education: B.S., Fudan University
Project: Cyclic Nucleotides
Fun fact: I'm great at giving pills to cats
Awards:
Undergraduate students
Lab alumni
Graduate students
Xin Jia
Benjamin Fontaine
Shannon Rivera
Dayna Patterson
Yasha Duggal
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: Lifemine Therapeutics
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
Ph.D. 2021
Current position: Postdoc in Amy Rosenzweig's lab at Northwestern
Ph.D. 2021
Current position: Science writer for the Broad Institute
Shikha Singh Chauhan, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2022
Current position: Southern Illinois University
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