Postdoctoral Fellows

Lian Cai, PhD

Information forthcoming.

Steven Fleck, PhD

Lab:  Trevor Krabbenhoft
Current project: Evolutionary genomics of Great Lakes fishes

Email: sjfleck@buffalo.edu
Campus Address: 550 Hochstetter Hall

Educational History:

  • BA (University at Buffalo, 2011) 
  • MS (University at Buffalo, 2021)
  • PhD (University at Buffalo, 2024)
Carolyn Graham.

Carolyn Graham, PhD

Lab: Costello

Email: graham29@buffalo.edu
Campus address: 639 Cooke Hall

Educational History

  • BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University

  • PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan

 

Seon Ung Hwang.

Seon Ung Hwang, PhD

Lab: Jae Lee
Current project:  iPSCs in deciphering the etiology of FOXG1 syndrome

Email:  seonungh@buffalo.edu
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
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

Charikleia Karageorgiou, PhD

Lab: Gokcumen

E-mail:  charikle@buffalo.edu
Campus address: 520 Hochstetter Hall

Liwen Li.

Liwen Li, PhD

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

Email:  lli88@buffalo.edu
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
Alix E. Matthews.

Alix E. Matthews, PhD

Lab: Baiz Lab

Email: alixmatt@buffalo.edu
Campus Address: 520 Hochstetter Hall

Research Associate, Buffalo Museum of Science

Current project: Evolutionary ecology of avian symbionts

Educational History:

  • BS Environmental Sciences, Rhodes College
  • MS Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University
  • PhD Molecular Biosciences, Arkansas State University
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, PhD

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

E-mail:  Jaeinpar@buffalo.edu
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
Kasturika Shankar.

Kasturika Shankar, PhD

Lab: Sarah Walker

Email: kasturik@buffalo.edu
Campus address: 550 Cooke Hall

Noteworthy: UB Art of Research 2025 Winner, Data Visualization

Educational History

  • PhD: Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
  • M.Sc.: Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India
  • B.Sc. : University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

 

Darren Shoemaker.

Darren Shoemaker, PhD

Lab: Corey Krabbenhoft

Email: djshoema@buffalo.edu
Campus address: 615 Hochstetter Hall

Educational history:

  • BS: Purdue University
  • MS: Purdue University
  • PhD: Mississippi State University
Christine Song.

Christine Song, PhD

Lab: Lees

Email: eunahchr@buffalo.edu
Phone: 716-645-4990