Above: Group Meeting in 2024 at Earle Hall, Clemson University.
MARC BIRTWISTLE, PHD
Principal Investigator/Associate Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department of Bioengineering
E-mail: mbirtwi@clemson.edu
Hobbies: Volleyball, tennis, crossfit, obstacle racing
Project: All of them (mwwwaaaaahhhahhhahh)
Xiaoming Lu
Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: xiaomin@clemson.edu
Hobbies: Reading and movies
Project: Using MuSIC for High Throughput Single Cell Genetic and Genetic Interaction Screening
Afrid Mazhar Shirsekar
PhD Student, ChE
Email: ashirse@g.clemson.edu
Hobbies: Playing cards, watching football, playing video games
Project: PSON
TIRTHANKAR BISWAS
PhD Student, Chemistry
Email: tbiswas@clemson.edu
Hobbies: Listening to music, Singing, Reading
Project 1: Predicting Cell Fate using Cell Signaling Dynamics
Project 2: Light Induced Phase Separation of Monoclonal Antibodies
Jonah Huggins
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Data Science and Informatics
Email: jrhuggi@g.clemson.edu
Hobbies: Weightlifting,Gearhead/Hot-Hatch Enthusiast, Moderator of the Marc Birtwistle Fan Club MySpace Page
Project: Mechanistic Pharmacodynamic Modeling of Single Cell Drug and Drug Combination Responses
OLUWAFERANMI OGUNLEYE
PhD Student, Chemistry
Email: oluwafo@clemson.edu
Hobbies: Singing, Watching Detective Fictions, Webmaster of Birtwistle Lab
Project: Developing a Novel, Non-Destructive Technique for High-Dimensional Cell-Type Profiling using Spectral Flow Cytometry
Atalanta Harley-Gasaway
Chemistry Graduate Student
Email: amhrnnd@g.clemson.edu
Hobbies: Writing, Gaming, Reading
Project: SPARCED model
OLIVIA LAURINE
Laboratory Technician
Email: olaurin@g.clemson.edu
Hobbies: Cooking, Reading, Running
Project: Cell Cycle Feedbacks
EVAN JONES
Biochemistry Laboratory Technician
Email: etj2@clemson.edu
Hobbies: Triathlon, ultra running, backpacking, reading
Project: Single Cell Fate
Undergraduates
Liv Christensen
Undergraduate, Biochemistry
Email: livc@clemson.edu
Hobbies: I enjoy working out, taking my dogs on walks, and hanging out with my family and friends!
Project: TBD
MaryKate Stewart
Undergraduate, Biological Sciences Major, Chemistry Minor
Email: mkstewa@clemson.edu
Hobbies: Photography, working out, spending time with friends
Project: Investigation and comparison of targeted drug-combination therapies on regular breast tissue and breast cancer
SEELY REEDING
Undergraduate, Biological Sciences
Email: seelyr@clemson.edu
Hobbies: Reading, crocheting, and painting
Project: TBD
Katelyn Simancik
Undergraduate, Microbiology-Biomedicine
Email: ksimanc@g.clemson.edu
Hobbies: Running, dance, and pickleball
Project: TBD
SEMAJ WOODS
Undergraduate, Biochemistry
Email: semaj@clemson.edu
Hobbies: Running, gaming, Chess
Project: Using MuSIC for High Throughput Single Cell Genetic and Genetic Interaction Screening
Previous Members
Mehdi Bouhaddou
PhD Student, 2013-2017
Current: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, UCLA
Rick Koch
Senior Associate Researcher, 2014-2017
Current: Staff Scientist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
luis santos
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2015-2017
Current: Postdoc in the Chipuk Lab at Mount Sinai
Deanalisa Jones
PREP Scholar, 2015-2017
Current: MD/PhD student at Mount Sinai
Greg Smith
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2015-2017
Current: Postdoc in the Sealfon Lab at Mount Sinai
Hadassa Holzapfel
Volunteer, 2013-2015, Associate Researcher, 2015-2017
Current: Resident, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, University of Illinois College of Medicine
Emilce carrasco
Senior Associate Researcher, 2012-2016
Current: Teaching at Nassau Community College
Harish muppirisetty
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013-2015
Current: ??
Sulaiman Somani
MD Student Research Volunteer, 2014-2015
Current: Resident Physician, Stanford Health Care
Taylor Thompson
PREP Scholar, 2014-2015
Current: MD/PhD student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
CAITILYN ANGLIN
Research Associate, 2017-2019
Current: Process Development Scientist, KBI Pharma
anne marie barrette
PhD student, 2016-2019
Current: Head of GBM, True Binding
Jesse westfall
MS Student, 2017-2019
Current: Research Associate, Bedrosian Lab, IGM, NCH
Charles Wang
MS Student, 2017-2020
Current: R&D Associate II, AstraZeneca
Orrod Zadeh
MS Student, 2018-2020
Current: Graduate Research Assistant, Pilla Research Lab, CU-ICAR
Alan Stern
PhD Student, 2015-2020
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Azeloglu Lab, Mount Sinai
XIANG ZHANG
PhD Student, 2019-2022
Current: TuSimple
Deepraj Sarmah
PhD Student, 2017-2022
Current: Postdoctoral Researcher, Husson Lab, Clemson
Madeline McCarthy
PhD Student, 2018-2023
Current: Meso Scale Diagnostics
Cemal Erdem, PhD
LINCS Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Assistant Professor at Umeå University, Sweden
Arnab Mutsuddy, PHD
PHD Student
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow at Vivarium Lab, University of Connecticut Health Center
DANIEL PRITKO
MS Student 2022-2024
Current: Manufacturing Specialist II at KBI Biopharma