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

Chune Liu, M.D., Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
cliu117@jhmi.edu

Debaditya Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D.

Senior Research Specialist
dmukhop1@jhmi.edu

Stephanie Myers, D.V.M.

Graduate student, CMM program
smyers40@jhmi.edu

Joshua Laffin

Graduate student, BCMB program
jlaffin1@jhmi.edu

Casie Kubota

Graduate student, BCMB program
ckubota1@jhmi.edu

Shan Zhao

Research Technician
szhao6@jhmi.edu

Murphy Espenshade

Lab Mascot

Past Lab Members

Wei Shao, Ph.D. (2012-2020)
Faculty Instructor
Manager, Shanghai ZhenGe Biotech Co., Ltd.

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
Postdoctoral fellow, 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
Technical Writer, CVG Technical Communications at Medtronic

Zongtian Tong, Ph.D. (2009-2013)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Pharmacist at Pharmaron, formerly SNBL CPC

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

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
Public Safety Officer, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

John Burg, Ph.D. (2004-2011)
Graduate Student
Head, 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
VP, Head of Discovery, CAMP4 Therapeutics, 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