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:
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:
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:
Undergraduate students
Navin Rana
Noah Brady
Lab alumni
Graduate students
Benjamin Fontaine
Shannon Rivera
Undergraduate students
Deanna Dailey
Bobby Liu
Hyerin Yoon
Elana Shaw
Adam Young
Lydia Jordache
Yashar Yaxiaer
Lauren Hendricks
Xin Jia
Ph.D. 2015
Current position: Assistant Professor at China Agriculture University
Jian-bo Wang, Ph.D.
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
Dayna Patterson
Ph.D. 2021
Current position: Postdoc in Amy Rosenzweig's lab at Northwestern
Postdoc 2020
Current position: Merck
Ph.D. 2021
Current position: Science writer for the Broad Institute
Shikha Singh Chauhan, Ph.D.
Postdoc 2022
Current position: Southern Illinois University