People


Peter J. Espenshade, Ph.D.

Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Biomedical Education
peter.espenshade@jhmi.edu
Phone: (443) 287-5026
Fax: (410) 502-7826
Espenshade CV

Current Lab Members

Chiaki Tsuge Ishida, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
cishida1@jhmi.edu

Debaditya Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D.

Senior Research Specialist
dmukhop1@jhmi.edu

Joshua Laffin

Graduate student, BCMB program
jlaffin1@jhmi.edu

Casie Kubota

Graduate student, BCMB program
ckubota1@jhmi.edu

Skyler Lemmon

Graduate student, BCMB program
slemmon2@jh.edu

Rohan Panaparambil

Graduate student, BCMB program
rpanapa1@jh.edu

Mikayla Chen

Graduate student, BCMB program
mchen165@jh.edu

Cindy Ren

Undergraduate student
xren15@jh.edu

Shan Zhao

Research Technician
szhao6@jhmi.edu

Murphy Espenshade

Lab Mascot

Past Lab Members

Stephanie Myers, DVM, DACVP, Ph.D. (2016-2022)
Graduate Student
Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine

Chune Liu, Ph.D. (2016-2022)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Project Manager, Pharmaron

Wei Shao, Ph.D. (2012-2020)
Faculty Instructor
Director, Cell Line Engineering. Loxo Oncology @ Lilly

Meredith McGuire, Ph.D. (2013-2019)
Graduate Student
ORISE Fellow, Food and Drug Administration, Maryland

He Gu, Ph.D. (2013-2018)
Graduate Student
Investment Professional, GL Capital, Beijing, China

Jiwon Hwang, Ph.D. (2014-2017)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Investigator, Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School

Sara Clasen, Ph.D. (2011-2017)
Graduate Student
Postdoctoral fellow, Ley Lab, Max Planck Institute, Tubingen, Germany

Risa Burr, Ph.D. (2011-2017)
Graduate Student
Postdoctoral fellow, Haber Lab, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA

Cezar Stoica, Ph.D. (2016-2017)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Associate Scientist III, MilliporeSigma, Rockville, MD

Sumana Raychaudhuri, Ph.D. (2011-2015)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Associate, Watanabe Lab, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Rita Brookheart, Ph.D. (2010-2014)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Diedre Ribbens, Ph.D. (2010-2013)
Graduate Student
Clinical Research Program Manager, Medtronic

Zongtian Tong, Ph.D. (2009-2013)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Pharmacy Manager, Pharmaron

Rocky Cheung, Ph.D. (2009-2013)
Graduate Student
Project Team Lead, Senior Scientist, Senti Bio, South San Francisco, CA

S. Julie-Ann Lloyd, M.D., Ph.D. (2009-2013)
Graduate Student
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

Chih-Yung Lee, Ph.D. (2006-2011)
Graduate Student
Investigator at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)

Emerson Stewart, Ph.D. (2004-2011)
Graduate Student
Deputy Sheriff, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

John Burg, Ph.D. (2004-2011)
Graduate Student
Head of Biochemistry, Ab Initio Biotherapeutics, San Francisco, CA

Christine Nwosu (2007-2010)
Graduate Student
Clinical Pharmacist at The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Clara Bien Peek, Ph.D. (2005-2010)
Graduate Student
Assistant Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Medicine, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Alfica Sehgal, Ph.D. (2004-2008)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Chief Scientific Officer, Atlas Venture New Co, Cambridge, MA

Bridget Todd Hughes, Ph.D. (2003-2008)
Graduate Student
Director, Research and Science, University of Utah School of Medicine Dean’s Office Research Unit, Salt Lake City, UT

Adam Hughes, Ph.D. (2003-2008)
Graduate Student
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Anu Gokhale, J.D. (2003-2005)
Research Technician
Staff Attorney, NAD, New York, NY

Raymond Chai, M.D. (2003-2004)
Research Technician
Associate Professor, Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai, New York, NY