Principle Investigator
Prof. Nathan Wittenberg
B.S. in Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University
Postdoctoral:
University of Edinburgh (Chemistry)
University of Minnesota (Chemistry, Electrical Engineering)
Mayo Clinic (Neurology)
Graduate Students
Ashley Baxter (PhD Candidate)
B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, DeSales University
M.S. in Chemistry, Lehigh University
Research Projects: Lipid oxidation and its effects on the chemical and physical properties of a lipid bilayer, and the consequences of lipid oxidation on the interactions between biomembranes and solid substrates.
Jennie Cawley (PhD Candidate)
B.S. in Chemistry, DeSales University
Research Projects: Characterization of MAG-ganglioside interactions, Lift-off nanocontact printing of proteins for high-throughput capture and subsequent characterization of membrane models, Giant unilamellar vesicle formation and developing probes for the detection of lipid rafts
Dane Santa (First year graduate student)
B.S. in Biochemistry, East Stroudsburg University
Adeyemi Odudimu (First year graduate student)
B.S. in Chemistry, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta
M.S. in Industrial Chemistry, University of Ibadan
Undergraduate Students
Thera Hibbler
Major: Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Alexandria Pellett
Major: Biochemistry
Ryan Antar
Major: Biochemistry
Jenna Kim
Major: Pre-Dental track
Former Group Members
Postdoctoral (current position)
Dr. Luke Jordan (Research Specialist, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign)
Graduate Students (current position)
Megan Blauch (QA Laboratory Supervisor, Pharmaloz Manufacturing, Lebanon, PA)
Ariana McDarby (Graduate student, Department of Chemistry Education, North Dakota State University)
Undergraduates (current position)
Shivani Shah (Undergraduate student, Lehigh University)
Conner Calzone (Undergraduate student, Lehigh University)
Hailey Nguyen (Undergraduate student, Knox College)
Joey Saba (Undergraduate student, Lehigh University)
Brianne Barker (Graduate student in Immunology, Trinity College, Dublin)
Matt Grapel (Dental student, New York University)
Steven Imburgio (Medical student, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Seton Hall University)
Michael Farley (Medical student, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine)
Joe Belcastro (Analyst, Healthcare Leveraged Finance, CIT Group, Inc.)
Lara Reid (Associate Specialist Engineer, Merck)