Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Dr. Katharine White (more info)
Ph.D. Chemistry, MIT 2012
B.S. Chemistry, Saint Mary’s College 2007

CV

Research Technician

Lina Marchi (more info)
B.S. Biology
Indiana University South Bend 2022

Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Keelan Trull (more info)
Ph.D. Chemistry, Purdue University 2019

B.S. Biochemistry, B.A. Biology
Benedictine College 2014

Graduate Students


Julia Spear (more info)
B.S. Biology
Susquehanna University 2018


Brandon Czowski (more info)
B.S. Biochemistry
Grand Valley State 2018


Jacob Wagner (more info)
B.S. Biochemistry and Mol. Biology
Missouri Western State 2019


Leah Lund (more info)
B.S. Biotechnology and Forensic Biology
Ferris State University 2016


Kobby Van Dyck (more info)
B.S. Cell and Molecular Biology
DePauw University 2020

Lindsey Harris (more info)
B.S. Biochemistry
B.A. Russian Studies
Muhlenberg College 2022

Châu Nguyen (more info)
B.S Biomedical Science and Technology
Univ. of Science and Technology of Hanoi 2023

Undergraduate Students

Regan Maronick (more info)
Biochemistry, ND c/o 2024

Eduarda Tartarella Nascimento (more info)
Chemistry, Saint Mary’s College c/o 2025

Declan Creaney
Biochemistry, ND c/o 2024

Abraham Guadiano
Biochemistry, Notre Dame c/o 2025

Tom Oppman
Biochemistry, Wabash College c/o 2025

Lab Alumni

Graduate Students:
Caitlin Donahue, Graduate Student 2019-2023
Ph.D. Biochemistry ’23
Now: Postdoctoral Scholar at OHSU (Beatty Lab) (LinkedIn)

Postdoctoral Scholars:
Dr. Ricardo Romero-Moreno, Postdoctoral Scholar 2019-2022
Now: Senior Scientist, Astra Zeneca (LinkedIn)

Technicians:
Chad Sallaberry Technician, 2021-2022
Now: Research Scientist, Siemens Healthineers (LinkedIn)
John Ochieng Technician, 2020-2021
Now: Medical Student, Michigan State University (LinkedIn)
Jacob Smith Technician, 2019-2020
Now: IBMS Graduate Program, University of Notre Dame (LinkedIn)
Michelle Hasse Richmond Technician, 2019
Now: Operations Manager, Clarix Imaging (LinkedIn)

UG Researchers:
Megan Gehl (ND ’25, Biology)
Christina Troll (ND ’23, Biochemistry)
Now: Ph.D. program UT Southwestern
Natalie Waschbusch (ND ’23, Biochemistry, Neuroscience concentration)
Now: M.Res. University College London (Perkins Lab) (LinkedIn)
Josh Abebe (ND ’23, Science Business)
Now: Gap Year
Lily Gile (ND ’23, Biochemistry)
Now: Gap Year
Casey Knuth (ND ’23, Biochemistry)
Now: Gap Year
Jessamine Kuehn, 2019-2022 (ND ’22, Biochemistry)
Now: Ph.D. program in Pharmacology, University of Wisconsin (LinkedIn)
Michael Lee, 2019-2022 (ND ’22, Biochemistry)
Now: J.D/M.D. program, Southern Illinois University (LinkedIn)
Michael Siroky, 2019-2021 (ND ’22, Biochemistry, Neuroscience concentration)
Now: Ph.D program, Scripps (LinkedIn)
Cameron Ekanayake, 2019-2021 (ND ’21)
Now: M.D. program, Columbia University (LinkedIn)
Derrick Ekanayake, 2019-2021 (ND ’21)
Now: M.S. program, Boston University

Rotation Students

Joey Markitan, Biochemistry Program, Fall 2023 (Littlepage Lab)
Ekezie Okorigwe, Biochemistry Program, Fall 2023
Jasmine Singh, Biochemistry Program, Fall 2023 (Baker Lab)
Ollie Otulakowski, Chemistry Program, Fall 2023
Evelyn Hance, Chemistry Program, Fall 2023
Latifat Ibrahim, Biochemistry Program, Fall 2022 (Clark Lab)
Kevin Catalfano, Chemistry Program, Fall 2020 (Blagg Lab)
Courtney King, Biochemistry Program, Fall 2020 (Littlepage Lab)
Cedrick Mukinay, Biochemistry Program, Fall 2020 (Clark Lab)
Jacob Smith, Integrated Biomedical Sciences Program, Fall 2020 (C. Smith Lab)
George Gray, Biochemistry Program, Fall 2019 (Baker Lab)