MEET THE TEAM
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KC Mei, PhD
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
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Zitao Ma, MSc
PHD STUDENT
Pharm. Sci. 29
2024 NSF I-Crops
2024 SUNY S4MS Pharmacology & Toxicology
LIU Brooklyn
BScPharm
Xinhua College of Sun Yat-Sen University -
Arielle Tsai, MSc
RESEARCH SPECIALIST
2024 NSF I-Crops
2024 SUNY S4MSc Clinical Pharmacy
University College London, UKBScPharm
Taipei Medical University
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May 2025
Biotage no more! Moe graduated as an ACS certified chemist with an honors thesis studying inorganic chemistry.
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May 2025
Maeko, Sunny, and the newly graduated MEI lab survivors, Katelyn, Sho, Taylor, Willis, and Moe
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Jan 2025
Busy working on primary cell isolation and immune analysis!
Maeko, Sherman, Vincnet, Reena, Zitao -
Dec 2024
End-of-year dinner after our last lab meeting of 2024
Zitao, Reena, Vincent, KC -
July 2024
We are celebrating our first NIH grant - and the successful completion of a new in vivo experiment.
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June 2024
Attending the annual Cell and Gene Therapy conference in Philidephilia
Ziitao, Yuanjun, Arian, Mei, Arielle, Yuli, Vincent
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May 2024
Jo, Sherman, Arian, Willis, Aarnav
Arianna, Sho
Sunny, Greshma,
Sri, Maeko, Vincent
Katelyn, Shannon, Evelyn
(Missing: Yuanjun, Shivani, Moe & Tylor)
*Nagasri, Greshma, Sunny, and Arianna are graduating from BU
** Katelyn is entering the PharmD program at Binghamton University -
June 2023
Willis (back), Nagasri Moe (blue coat), James, Katelyn, and Evelyn (front)
Alumni
University of Utah
SUNY Binghamton (2022 - 2025: 32)
Postdocs
Reena Jatyan, PhD (2024-2025)⇨ Postdoc, Conroy Sun/Gaurav Sahay Lab, Oregon State University, College of Pharmacy , July 25 -
Pu-Sheng (Vincent) Wei, PhD (2023-2025) ⇨ Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Aug 25 -
MSc Student
Nagasri (Sri) Thota | MS Pharm. Sci. 24 ⇨ Scientist II, Parexel/Merck, Philadelphia ⇨ Scientist, Alta Sciences, Seattle
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Class of 2027
Shivani Manimaran | BS Biochem 27
Amira Castillo | BS Biology 27
Mia Chen | BS Biochem 27
Class of 2026
Maeko Plotena | BS Biochem 26
Sherman Yen | BS Biochem 26
Joseph Galperin | BS Biochem 26
Damian Zhao | BS Biochem 26
Sophia Kladias | BS Biol. Chem. 26
Arian Rahman | BS Integrative Neuroscience 26
Class of 2025
Shotaro Odaka | BS Biochem 25 ⇨ RA, SUNY Binghamton (J. Fetse Lab)
Shannon Wodicka | BA Biology 25 ⇨ PharmD, SUNY Buffalo, 2029
Evelyn Chang | BS Integrative Neuroscience 25 ⇨ PhD Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, U Florida (F. Zhang Lab) 2030
Tyler Friedlander | BS Biochem 25 ⇨ PhD Med Chem & Mol. Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Purdue, 2030
Moe Fakhri | BS Chemistry 25 (Hons, ACS certified) ⇨ Clinical Lab Tech., Syracuse NY
Willis Ng | BS Biochem ⇨ MD, Albany Medical College 2029
Yuanjun Wang | BS Biochem 25
Aarnav Gharse | BS Integrative Neuroscience 25 ⇨ MD, Rutgers NJMS 2029
Class of 2024
Arianna Anderson | BS Biology 24 ⇨ RA, Cold Spring Harbor Lab (C. Amor Lab)
Katelyn Woo | BA Biochem 25 ⇨ PharmD, SUNY Binghamton 2028
Sunjae (Sunny) Lee | BS Biochem 24 ⇨ RA, Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine (W. Béguelin/Melnick Lab)
Greshma John | BS Integrative Neuroscience 24 ⇨ Mount Sinai, NYC
Jeffery Purnomo | Fall 22, Spring 23, Fall 23 | ⇨ Production Associate · Enzo Biochem Inc, NY
Allen Ni | BCHM497 | Spring 23, Fall 23 | ⇨ Dental Assistant, NYC
PharmD
Kahaan Shah, PharmD 28
Mariya Khan, PharmD 26 (Capstone Project 2025)
Cierra Girardi, PharmD 26 (Capstone Project 2025)
Nikki Crowley, PharmD 26 (Capstone Project 2025)
Akeile Smith, PharmD 26 (Capstone Project 2025)
Summer Intern
James Johnson | ANTH595 | MS Biomed Anthropology 24 (via the Fleishman Center Internship Fund)
UCLA (2018 - 2020: 3)
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Mercedeh Khazaieli | BS Biophys ⇨ MS, Duke ⇨ MD, CUSM
Michelle Chiang | BS MCDB ⇨ DDS, School of Dentistry, UCLA 2025
Branda Melano | BS MCDB ⇨ Ph.D., School of Pharmacy, UCSF (Sweed-Cordero Lab)