Postdoctoral Fellows

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Destiny Brakey.

Destiny Brakey, PhD

Destiny Brakey, PhD

Lab: Daniels

E-mail:  dbrakey@buffalo.edu

Current project: Determining the role of GLP-1 in the control of thirst and hunger

Campus address: 355 Hochstetter Hall

Educational History

  • BA: Marietta College
  • PhD field: Behavioral Neuroscience
  • PhD: Psychology, University at Buffalo
     
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Lian Cai, PhD

Information forthcoming.

 

 

Research.

Seon Ung Hwang

Seon Ung Hwang, PhD

Lab: Jae Lee

E-mail:  seonungh@buffalo.edu

Current project:  iPSCs in deciphering the etiology of FOXG1 syndrome

Campus address: 550 Cooke Hall
Phone: 716-645 4990 (Jae Lee Lab)

Educational History

  • BS: Korea University, Korea
  • PhD field: Veterinary Medicine
  • MS and PhD: Chungbuk National University, Korea

 

Research.

Shin Jeon

Shin Jeon, PhD

Lab: Lees
Current project: Characterization of FoxG1 mouse models.

Educational History

  • Bachelors of Science: Seoul National University, Korea 
  • PhD Field: Molecular Genetics.
  • PhD Institution: Seoul National University, Korea

 

Research.

Charikleia Karageorgiou

Lab: Gokcumen

E-mail:  charikle@buffalo.edu

Campus address: Hochstetter 520

 

Liwen Li.

Liwen Li

Liwen Li, PhD

Lab: Jae Lee
E-mail:  lli88@buffalo.edu

Current project: Genome-wide approaches to understand neurodevelopmental gene regulation network

Campus address: 550 Cooke Hall
Phone: (716) 645 4990 (lab)

Educational History

  • BS and MS: Fujian Normal University, College of Life Science, China
  • PhD Field: Applied Life Science.
  • PhD: Yonsei University, College of Dentistry, Korea

 

Daniel MacGuigan.

Daniel MacGuigan

Daniel MacGuigan, PhD

Lab: Krabbenhoft

E-mail: dmacguig@buffalo.edu

Current project: Evolutionary genomics of fishes. 

Campus address: Hochstetter Hall 540

Educational History

  • Bachelor of Science, University of Rochester
  • PhD area: Fish evolutionary genomics; hybridization; speciation.
  • PhD Institution: Yale University

Related Link:
MacGuigan wins NSF postdoctoral fellowship

 

Ji Hwan Moon.

Ji Hwan Moon

Ji Hwan Moon, PhD

Lab: Lees

Current project:  Bioinformatics analysis of NGS datasets and development of new tools and algorithms for genome-wide dataset analysis.

Educational History

  • Bachelors of Science: Inha University, Korea
  • PhD Field: Bioinformatics 
  • PhD Institution: Seoul National University, Korea 
     
Jaein Park.

Jaein Park

Jaein Park, PhD

Lab: Jae Lee

E-mail:  Jaeinpar@buffalo.edu

Current project: Seizure and other behavioral deficits in the etiology of FOXG1 syndrome

Campus Address: 550 Cooke Hall
Phone: 716-645 4990 (Jae Lee Lab)

Educational History

  • BS: Korea University, Korea
  • PhD field: Molecular Biology
  • MS and PhD: Korea University, Korea
     
Christine Song.

 Christine Song

Christine Song, PhD

Lab: Lees

Email: eunahchr@buffalo.edu

Phone: 716-645-4990

Courtney Szyjka.

Courtney Szyjka

Courtney Szyjka, PhD

Lab: Strobel

Email: ceszyjka@buffalo.edu

Current Project: Development and implementation of high-throughput methods to study cotranscriptional RNA folding.

Campus Address: 635 Hochstetter Hall

Educational History

  • BA, Biological Sciences and Chemistry, University at Buffalo
  • PhD, Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo
     
Matthew Vandermeulen.

Matthew Vandermeulen

Matthew Vandermeulen, PhD

Lab: Cullen

E-mail:  vanderme@buffalo.edu

Current project: Understanding signaling network diversity that drives variation of filamentous growth in wild yeasts.

Campus address: 510 Cooke Hall

Educational history

  • Associates Degree in Nursing, Trocaire College 
  • Bachelor Degree in Nursing, Daemen College 
  • New York State Registered Nursing License
  • Bachelor Degree in Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo
  • PhD, Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo