{"id":365,"date":"2025-01-24T19:15:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T19:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/mitchell-lab\/?page_id=365"},"modified":"2026-01-13T09:03:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:03:01","slug":"former-lab-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/mitchell-lab\/former-lab-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Lab Members"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Post-Docs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/th>\nYears<\/th>\nLast Known Position<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Ashley Kretsch, PhD<\/td>\n2019-2023<\/td>\nnatural product bioanalytical research scientist, Corteva Agriscience
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yuanyuan Si, PhD<\/td>\n2018-2022<\/td>\nsenior research scientist, AstraZeneca
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nilkamal Mahanta, PhD<\/td>\n2015-2018<\/td>\nassistant professor of chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad
\n website<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uzma Zakai, PhD<\/td>\n2015-2016<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evelyn Molloy, PhD<\/td>\n2013-2015<\/td>\npostdoctoral fellow (Christian Hertweck), Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mikhail Metelev, PhD<\/td>\n2014<\/td>\npostdoctoral researcher (Magnus Johansson), Uppsala University
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abhishek Sharma, PhD<\/td>\n2012-2013<\/td>\nassociate professor of chemistry, Stevens Institute of Technology
\n LinkedIn<\/a>
\n website<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jae-heon Lee, PhD<\/td>\n2011-2012<\/td>\nsenior research scientist, FMC Corporation
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 
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Former Graduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/th>\nYears<\/th>\nLast Known Position<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Shravan Dommaraju, PhD<\/td>\n2019-2025<\/td>\npostdoctoral researcher (Bradley Moore), Scripps Oceanography at University of California, San Diego
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alexander Battiste, PhD<\/td>\n2019-2025<\/td>\n\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrew Rice, PhD<\/td>\n2019-2024<\/td>\npostdoctoral researcher (Squire Booker), Pennsylvania State University
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Susanna Barrett, PhD<\/td>\n2019-2024<\/td>\npostdoctoral researcher, Los Alamos National Laboratory
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dinh Nguyen, PhD<\/td>\n2018-2024<\/td>\npostdoctoral researcher (Michael Laub), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sangeetha Ramesh, PhD<\/td>\n2017-2024<\/td>\npostdoctoral researcher (Pamela Ronald), University of California, Davis
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kyle Shelton, PhD<\/td>\n2016-2023<\/td>\nassociate technology manager, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lonnie Harris, PhD<\/td>\n2016-2023<\/td>\npostdoctoral researcher (Christopher Voigt), Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tim Precord, PhD<\/td>\n2017-2023<\/td>\npostdoctoral researcher (Laura Dassama), Stanford University
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas Pires, MS<\/td>\n2020-2022<\/td>\nscientist II, VC-Backed Biotech NewCo
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Laura Daigh, MS<\/td>\n2018-2021<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matt Georgiou<\/td>\n2017-2021<\/td>\nassistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, Pennsylvania State University
\n website<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adam DiCaprio, PhD<\/td>\n2015-2021<\/td>\nsenior structure elucidation scientist, Merck
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andi Liu, PhD<\/td>\n2015-2021<\/td>\nscientist II, Immunome
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Xiaorui Guo, PhD<\/td>\n2014-2020<\/td>\nsenior scientist I, Empress Therapeutics
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Graham Hudson, PhD<\/td>\n2013-2020<\/td>\npostdoctoral fellow (Jay Keasling) at University of California, Berkley
\n website<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arash Firouzbakht<\/td>\n2016-2020<\/td>\npostdoctoral researcher (Huong Kratochvil), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris Schwalen, PhD<\/td>\n2011-2017<\/td>\nprincipal scientist, Novartis
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brandon Burkhart, PhD<\/td>\n2012-2017<\/td>\nscientist, Janssen Pharmaceuticals (J&J)
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Patricia Blair, PhD<\/td>\n2011-2016<\/td>\nacademic editor, Scientific Publishing House
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jonathan Tietz, PhD<\/td>\n2012-2016<\/td>\nassociate, Perkins Coie
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Caitlin Deane, PhD<\/td>\n2010-2016<\/td>\nscience research writer, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tucker Maxson, PhD<\/td>\n2010-2015<\/td>\nmicrobiologist, CDC
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Katie Molohon, PhD<\/td>\n2009-2015<\/td>\noutreach coordinator, Center for the Physics of Living Cells, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joel Melby, PhD<\/td>\n2009-2015<\/td>\nassociate director of scientific data engineering, Treeline Biosciences
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Courtney (Cox) Fenlon, PhD<\/td>\n2009-2015<\/td>\nassistant professor of biology, Salt Lake Community College
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kyle Dunbar, PhD<\/td>\n2009-2015<\/td>\nprincipal scientist, Hexagon Bio
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jake Claes<\/td>\n2011-2013<\/td>\ndata strategy and innovations, Entergy
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kate (Woodall) Alsop<\/td>\n2009-2011<\/td>\nadjunct faculty, College of DuPage
\n LinkedIn<\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 
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Former Undergraduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/th>\nYears<\/th>\nLast Known Position<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Oyin Ashiru<\/td>\n2022-2024<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adelia Solarman<\/td>\n2023-2024<\/td>\nsoftware development engineer, Amazon, LinkedIn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gloria Wang<\/td>\n2022-2023<\/td>\nLinkedIn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tyler Schwarz<\/td>\n2021-2023<\/td>\nchemistry graduate student (Ralph Kleiner), Princeton University, LinkedIn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abdullah Mubarik<\/td>\n2021-2023<\/td>\nMD candidate, University of Illinois College of Medicine, LinkedIn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nathan Kumar, MD<\/td>\n2019-2022<\/td>\ndirector of external strategy, Code Grand Rounds, LinkedIn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Calli Hall<\/td>\n2019-2021<\/td>\nPharmD candidate, University of Florida, LinkedIn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Haley (Penkala) Bridge<\/td>\n2018-2020<\/td>\nbiochemistry PhD candidate (Amy Weeks), University of Wisconsin-Madison, LinkedIn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yinzhe “Ian” Liu<\/td>\n2019-2020<\/td>\nchemical biology graduate student, Cornell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bryce Kille<\/td>\n2017-2019<\/td>\ncomputer science PhD student, Rice University, LinkedIn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Max Malter<\/td>\n2018-2019<\/td>\nMD candidate, University of Virginia, LinkedIn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emily Xiao<\/td>\n2018-2019<\/td>\ninternal medicine resident, Baylor College of Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tyler Maggio<\/td>\n2017-2018<\/td>\nprogrammer, University of Chicago Medical Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parth Patel<\/td>\n2017-2018<\/td>\nmedical student, Southern Illinois University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gina Yoo<\/td>\n2015-2016<\/td>\nmolecular biologist, ACGT, LinkedIn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alice Lin<\/td>\n2015-2016<\/td>\ndental student, LinkedIn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Karol Sokolowski, PharmD, PhD<\/td>\n2012-2015<\/td>\ndirector of strategic growth, Portal Innovations, LinkedIn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kevin He<\/td>\n2013-2014<\/td>\ninvestment banking analyst, BMO Capital Markets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Agnieszka Maniak, MD<\/td>\n2012-2014<\/td>\ngastroenterologist, Rush University Medical Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aziz Susarrey, DMD<\/td>\n2012-2014<\/td>\ngeneral dentist, Premier Dental Clinic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeanna Wong<\/td>\n2012-2014<\/td>\nphysician assistant student, Midwestern University, LinkedIn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Xiangpo Li<\/td>\n2012-2013<\/td>\nchemistry graduate student, University of Delaware<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kellie Taylor<\/td>\n2011-2013<\/td>\nprofessional development program, Abbott Laboratories<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ancy Mohan, MD<\/td>\n2010-2012<\/td>\npediatric intensivist, Rush Children’s Hospital Specialty Pediatrics, LinkedIn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nhat Trinh, MD<\/td>\n2010-2012<\/td>\nemergency medicine, Baptist Medical Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maura Walsh, MD<\/td>\n2010-2011<\/td>\nassistant clinical professor of emergency medicine, University of California, San Francisco (Fresno)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nicole Ethridge<\/td>\n2009-2011<\/td>\noptometrist, Cheyenne Veteran Affairs Medical Center, LinkedIn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nathan Nard<\/td>\n2009-2011<\/td>\nsoftware development technical lead, Midwest Insurance Company, LinkedIn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stephan Hanowsky, OD<\/td>\n2009-2010<\/td>\noptometrist, Visionworks of America, LinkedIn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Post-Docs Name Years Last Known Position Ashley Kretsch, PhD 2019-2023 natural product bioanalytical research scientist, Corteva Agriscience LinkedIn Yuanyuan Si, PhD 2018-2022 senior research scientist, AstraZeneca LinkedIn Nilkamal Mahanta, PhD 2015-2018 assistant professor of chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad website Uzma Zakai, PhD 2015-2016 Evelyn Molloy, PhD 2013-2015 postdoctoral fellow (Christian Hertweck), Leibniz…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page_onecolumn.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-365","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/mitchell-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/mitchell-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/mitchell-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/mitchell-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/mitchell-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/mitchell-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":857,"href":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/mitchell-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/365\/revisions\/857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/mitchell-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/mitchell-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}