Alumni
Lab Members Through The Years
Doctorate Degree
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Sanghee Yoo
Sanghee.Yoo at gmail.com
University of Utah. Ph.D., 1997
B.S., Seoul National University, Korea, 1987
M.S., Seoul National University, Korea, 1990
Thesis Title: “Biochemical and Structural Characterization of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 Capsid Protein and Its Interaction with Human Cyclophilin A.”
Current Position: Director, HanAll Biopharma, Houston, Texas
Lab Member 1993 - 1997
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Hui Wang
Huiwang at chubb.com
University of Utah. Ph.D., 2001
B.S., University of Science and Technology, China, 1995
Thesis Title: “Mechanisms and Inhibition of HIV-1 Assembly.”
Last Known Position: Vice President & Actuary, Personal Risk Services 202 Halls Mill Road, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889, USA
Lab Member 1995 - 2001
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Su (Sam) Li
Sam.li at ucsf.edu
University of Utah. Ph.D., 2000
B.S., Peking University, Beijing, China, 1991
M.S., Academia Sinica, Shanghai, 1994
Thesis Title: “Structure of the HIV-1 Capsid.”
Current Position: Research Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, University of California San Francisco (Agard)
Lab Member 1995 - 2000
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Owen W. Pornillos
Owen at biochem.utah.edu
University of Utah. Ph.D., 2002
B.S., University of the Philippines, 1995
Thesis Title: “Ligand Interactions of the HIV-1 Gag p6 Domain.”
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt lake City Utah
Lab Member 1996 - 2002
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Bin Wang
wangbn at gmail.com
University of Utah. Ph.D., 2003
B.S., University of Science and Technology, China, 1996
Thesis Title: “Biochemical and Structural Studies of HIV-1 MA Membrane Interactions and Ubiquitin Recognition.”
Current Position: Patent Attorney, Cooley, Goodward, Kronish, LLP, Palo Alto, CA
Lab Member 1997 - 2003
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Barbie Ganser-Pornillos
Barbie.pornillos at cores.utah.com
University of Utah. Ph.D., 2002
B.S., University of Montana, 1997
Thesis Title: “Retroviral Capsid Assembly.”
Current Position: Research Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Lab Member 1998 - 2003
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Jennifer Garrus
University of Utah. Ph.D., 2002
B.S., Colorado State University, 1996
Thesis Title: “Cellular Factors and HIV Budding.”
Deceased 2018
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Melissa Stuchell Brereton
mbrere at gmail.com
University of Utah. Ph.D., 2006
B.S., University of Missouri, 2000
Thesis Title: “ESCRT-III Recognition by VPS4 ATPases.”
Current Position: Instructor, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Lab Member 2001 - 2006
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Julia Anna Scott
dr.anna.scott at gmail.com
University of Utah. University of Utah. Ph.D., 2005
B.S., University of Kansas, 1992
Thesis Title: “Structure and Function of the Human VPS4 Proteins.”
Current Position: Owner, Waterpocket Distillery, West Valley City, UT
Lab Member 2001 - 2005
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Hyo-Young Chung
hchung at kbio.kr
University of Utah. Ph.D., 2007
B.S., Yonsei University, Korea, 1996
M.S., Yonsei University, Korea, 1998
Thesis Title: “HIV-1 Uses Multiple Late Domains and Cellular Binding Partners for Egress.”
Current Position: Principle Researcher, New Drug Development Center, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea
Lab Member 2002 - 2007
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Collin Kieffer
collink at illinois.edu
University of Utah. Ph.D., 2008
B.S., University of Wisconsin, 1998
Thesis Title: “The Mechanism of VPS4 and ESCRT-III Mediated Membrane Fission.”
Current Position: Assistant professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
Lab Member 2003 - 2008
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Angela Katsuyama
University of Utah. Ph.D., 2011
Vet. Doc. Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2002
Thesis Title: “Biochemical Characterization of ESCRT Complexes Involved in HIV-1 Budding.”
Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (Ailion)
Lab Member 2005 - 2011
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Michael Landesman
University of Utah. University of Utah. Ph.D., 2012
B.S., Pomona College, CA, 1999
Thesis Title: “Characterization of the Retroviral Budding Factor ALIX.”
Current Position: Analytical Chemist I at Biofire Diagnostics, LLC Salt Lake City, UT 84108
Lab Member 2005 - 2011
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Viswanathan Chandrasekaran
University of Utah. B.S., Anna University, India, 2006
Thesis Title: “Retroviral Capsid Recognition by the Host Restriction Factor TRIM5alpha”
Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Ramakrishnan)
Lab Member 2007 - 2015
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Yen-Li Li
University of Utah. B.S., National Tsing Hua University, 2003 M.S., National Taiwan University, 2005
Thesis Title: “The Restriction Factor TRIM5 Forms Hexagonal Nets on HIV-1 Capsids”
Current Position: Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica Taipei, Taiwan
Lab Member 2009 - 2016
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Lauren (Williams) Strohacker
University of Utah. B.S., Walla Walla University
Thesis Title: “Abscission Checkpoint Control of the ESCRT Pathway”
Current Position: Research Scientist, BioFire
Lab Member 2014 - 2020
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Lara Rheinemann
University of Utah. B.Sc., Albert-Ludwigs-Universität
Thesis Title: “Host-Virus interaction During ESCRT-Dependent Virus Budding”
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Virology, Technische Universität München (Pichlmair)
Lab Member 2015 - 2021
M.D. / Ph.D.
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Charles Langlier
University of Utah. Ph.D., 2009
B.A., Colby College, ME, 2000
Thesis Title: “Biochemical studies of retroviral replication and TRIM5α restriction.”
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco (DiRisi)
Lab Member 2005 - 2009
Masters Degrees
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Paul White
University of Utah. M.S., 2005
B.S., Utah State University, 2001
Thesis Title: “The Involvement of LIP5, CHMP6, and Ubiquitin Conjugating Enzymes in HIV-1 Budding.”
Current Position: Process Engineer, ATK Launch Systems Group, Brigham City, UT
Lab Member 2002 - 2005
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Jason Gaspar
University of Utah. M.S., 2005
B.S., University of West Virginia, 2002
Thesis Title: “Structural and Mechanistic Studies of Human VPS4A Proteins.”
Current Position: Director, Engineering - Merck Animal Health, Biotechnology Solutions, Elkhorn, Nebraska
Lab Member 2004 - 2005 -
Brandon Henrie
University of Utah. B.S., Brigham Young University, 2009
Thesis Title: “Analysis of ESCRT-III Protein Functions in the Abscission Step of Cytokinesis”
Current Position: Vice President of Strategy and Finance - PEGUS Research, Salt Lake City, UT
Lab Member 2012 - 2013
Postdoctoral Fellows
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Allyson M. Christensen
University of Utah. Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1992
Research Project: Structural Studies of Retroviral Matrix Proteins
Current Position: Retired
Lab Member 1992 - 1997
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Uta K. von Schwedler
University of Utah. Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco, 1990
Research Project: The role of the vacuolar protein sorting pathway in HIV budding
Deceased 2011
Lab Member 1996 - 2008
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Timothy L. Stemmler
Timothy.Stemmler at wayne.edu
University of Utah. Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1996
Research Project: Biophysical and structural studies of the HIV-1 assembly
Current Position: Professor and Director of Research, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wayne State Medical Center, Detroit, MI
Lab Member 1996 - 2000
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Eiji Morita
Moritae at hirosaki-u.ac.jp
University of Utah. Ph.D., Tohoku University School of Medicine, Japan, 2002
Research Project: ESCRT functions in HIV budding and cytokinesis
Current Position: Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hirosaki University, Japan
Lab Member 2002 - 2008
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Nathan Uter
Nathanuter at hotmail.com
University of Utah. Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2005
Research Project: Enzymology of VPS4 ATPases
Current Position: Director of Technology Transfer for Sutro Biopharma
Lab Member 2005 - 2009
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Virginie Sandrin
Virginie.sandrin at roche.com
University of Utah. Ph.D., University of Lyon, Lyon, France, 2005
Research Project: ESCRT-III proteins in retrovirus budding
Current Position: Senior Principal Scientist & Project Team Leader- Discovery- Immunology, Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel, Switzerland
Lab Member 2005 - 2013
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Monika Bajorek
Monika.bajorek at inrae.fr
University of Utah. Ph.D., Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, 2006
Research Project: Role of IST1 in cytokinesis
Current Position: CR1 Experienced Scientist at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research
Lab Member 2006 - 2009
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Mary Anne Karren
Maryannekarren at gmail.com
University of Utah. Ph.D., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 2007
Research Project: Role of the ESCRT pathway in cytokinesis
Current Position: Independent Wildlife Photographer https://www.maryannekarren.com/
Lab Member 2007 - 2009
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Leremy Colf
Leremy at stanfordalumni.org
University of Utah. Ph.D., Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 2008
Research Project: Roles of ESCRT proteins in cell division
Current Position: Director, Disaster Science at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), ASPR, Washington, D.C.
Lab Member 2008 - 2014
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Gaelle Yeates
Gmercenne at gmail.com
University of Utah. Ph.D., Recherche Scientifique Institut de Biologie Moléc et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France
Research Project: Host factors in HIV replication
Current Position: Senior Manager Drug Discovery and Digital Innovation Lead SDP Oncology, Lehi, UT
Lab Member 2009 - 2015
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Matthew Lalonde
Matthew.s.lalonde at gmail.com
University of Utah. Ph.D., Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, 2009
Research Project: ESCRT complex assembly in vitro
Current Position: Preclinical Development Manager, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Oncology, Lehi, UT
Lab Member 2010 - 2016
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Jun Arii
Jun-arii at ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp
University of Utah. Ph.D., University of Tokyo, Japan, 2010
Research Project: Cellular co-factors for HIV budding
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo
Lab Member 2010 - 2012
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Nicole Monroe
Nicolemonroe81.nm at gmail.com
University of Utah. Postdoctorial Fellow Dr.Sc., University of Zurich, Switzerland
Research Project: Structure and function of the Vps4 complex
Current Position: Scientist, Clinical Affairs at BioFire Diagnostics, LLC
Lab Member 2011 - 2017
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Dawn Wenzel
Dawnwenzel at gmail.com
University of Utah. Postdoctoral Associate Ph.D., University of Washington, 2011
Research Project: MIT domain proteins in cytokinesis
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Lab Member 2011 - 2020
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Jörg Votteler
Joerg.votteler at icloud.com
University of Utah. Postdoctoral Fellow Ph.D., Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen, Germany, 2011
Research Project: Design and characterization of enveloped protein nanoparticles
Current Position: Senior Scientist Group Leader, AskBio, Research Triangle Park, NC
Lab Member 2012 - 2020
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Chris Fillmore
University of Utah. Ph.D., Utah State University, Logan, 1997
Research Project: Analyses of HIV-1 uncoating in vitro
Current Position: Biorepository Director at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Lab Member 2003 - 2005
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Marissa Saunders
Marissasaunders at yahoo.com
University of Utah. Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2012
Research Project: Computational aspects of ESCRT-III and MIT activities
Current Position: Associate Director, Data Science - Partnerships, Recursion,
Salt Lake City, UTLab Member 2013 - 2015
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Ruth Pumroy
RuthAnne.Pumroy at pennmedicine.upenn.edu
University of Utah. Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 2014
Research Project: Structural biology of HIV restriction by TRIM5α
Lab Member 2014-2017
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Kristen Davenport
Kristen.a.davenport at gmail.com
University of Utah. Postdoctoral Associate D.V.M./Ph.D., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Research Project: Transferring virus resistance between species
Current Position: Senior Clinical Research Scientist, IDEXX, Westbrook, ME
Lab Member 2019 - 2021
Faculty
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Jarrod S. Johnson
Jarrod.johnson at cidresearch.org
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Ph.D., 2010 B.S., University of Florida, Gainesville
Research Project: Innate Immune Responses to HIV Infection
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Utah
Lab Member 2018 - 2021
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Steven Alam
Steve.alam at biofiredx.com
University of Utah. Ph.D., Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 1994
Current Position: Scientist at BioFire Diagnostics, LLC
Lab Member 2002-2016
Lab Support
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Ruby Kazemi
Rkazemi96. at gmail.com
Lab Technician 2019-2020
Current Position: Student at the University of Michigan School of Medicine
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Matthew Austin
Mc.austin93 at gmail.com
Lab Technician 2019-2020
Current Position: Student at Indiana University School of Medicine
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Cameron Meikle
Meiklec.cameron at gmail.com
Lab Technician 2020-2022
Current Position: Education Coordinator, The Great Basin Institute South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Peter Hackett
Peter.hackett at colorado.edu
Lab Technician 2021-2022
Current Position: Student at the University of Utah School of Medicine
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Jessica Song
J_song at coloradocollege.edu
Lab Technician 2019-2021
Current Position: Graduate Student at The University of Colorado, Boulder
Summer Interns
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Benjamin Schneider
Summer Intern