Lab Members

Graduate Students

William Chozen Chang (2006-2012)

• Graduate Student, Yale Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (MB&B)
• Thesis: Autotaxin Structure, Function, & Inhibition
• Placement: FDA/CBER Division of Blood Products Evaluation and Research

Hsin-Hao Hsiao (2005-2010)

• Graduate Student, Yale Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (MB&B)
• Thesis: Structural Basis of FIR Mediated Transcription and Splicing
• Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH/NCI/ Laboratory of Pathology

Undergraduate Students

Mariel Covo (2015-2016)

• Yale Undergraduate, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (EEB)
• Senior Thesis: Glycosylation and Catalytic rate of ENPP1: Novel modes of regulation for an essential enzyme
• Placement: VMD program, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine

Isabelle Mullen (2014-2016)

• Yale Undergraduate, Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics, and Development (MGCD)
• Senior Thesis: Physiologic function and therapeutic activity of ENPP1 in diseases of ectopic calcification
• Placement: City Year, New Orleans, LA

Anurag Deconda (2011-2013)

• Yale Undergraduate, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (MB&B)
• Senior Thesis: Structural studies of ENPP4
• Placement: Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons

Po-Han Chen (2003-2008)

• Yale Undergraduate, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (MB&B)
• Senior Thesis: Crystallization of FIR/FUSE Protein-DNA Complexes
• Placement:
  
  • 2008: Fulbright Scholar, Laboratory of Elena Conti, Director of the Max Plank Institute, Martinsried, Germany
  • 2009-present: Northwestern Medical School, MD-PhD Program

Postdoctoral Fellows

James Zia (2012-2013)

• Fellow, Molecular Pathology
• Placement: Genentech, Pathology Department

Amy Ouellette (2006-2007)

• Postdoctoral Scientist
• Placement: Research Scientist, Ikonysis

Visiting Scientists

Logan Calderone (Summer 2016, Summer 2017)

• High School Intern, Hamden High School, Hamden, CT
• Placement: Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Aaron Wang (Summer 2015)

• High School Intern, Jericho High School, Jericho, NY
• 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist
• Placement: Brown University, Providence, RI; UC-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Xiaomi Du (Summer 2011, Summer 2012)

• High School Intern
• Placement: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

Bonnie Hawkins (Summer 2010)

• High School Intern, Hamden High School, Hamden, CT
• Awards:

1. 3rd Place, CT Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, 2011
2. Invited Presenter, National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium 2011, San Diego, CA
3. Finalist, CT Science, 2011

• Placement: Smith College, Northampton, MA

Isaac Young (Summer 2005; Fall 2010)

• Undergraduate, Calvin College
• Medical Student, UHSU, Bethesda MD
• Placement: Surgical Resident, Oregon Health Science University

Maxime Debrosse (2006-2007)

• STARS Post-Baccalaureate Year in Physical Science
• Placement:
  
  • 2007: Rutgers Medical School
  • 2009-2010: HHMI Medical Fellows Program, NIH