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Current Lab Members

Wolfram R. Zückert, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Huan Hu, B.E., M.S., Graduate Student

Bryan Murphy, B.S., Graduate Student

Past Lab Members (and where they went and/or *where they are):

Ankita Pramanik, B.S., Research Assistant 2018-2020
Laboratory Specialist, 4M Healthcare, Overland Park, KS

Nicolas Freitas, B.S., K-INBRE Fellow 2019
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

Jacob Lancaster, M.S., M.D. Research Program Student

*Jonathan Eusey, M.S. Student, 2014-2018
Adjunct Instructor, National American Univ., Kansas City, MO

*Jake Wiepen, Research Assistant 2017-2018
Medical Student, Kansas City Univ. of Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City, MO

Clare Mitchell, KEEP Volunteer, 2017
Rockhurst Univ., Kansas City, MO

*Grace Merchant, Student Researcher, Blue Valley HS CAPS Program, 2017
Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

*Alex Dowdell, Ph.D., Graduate Student 2011-2017
Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO

*Erin Andres, B.S., Research Assistant 2013-2015
Graduate Student, Child Language Doctoral Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Ariel Dunn, B.S., Research Assistant 2013
Medical Student, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

*Shiyong Chen, Postdoctoral Fellow 2007-2012
Assistant Professor, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, P.R. China 

*Kristina M. Bridges, Ph.D, Graduate Student 2005-2012
Research Associate, Dept. of Family Medicine, KU Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

Eszter Adany, Research Assistant, 2009-2011
Lab Assistant at Pacific Island Ecosystem Research Center, Hilo, HI

*Ozan S. Kumru, Ph.D., Graduate Student 2006-2011
Research Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Min Kyoung You, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007-2010
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea

*Ryan J. Schulze, Ph.D., Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow 2004-2009
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Christine R. Whetstine, Research Assistant 2004-2009, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO

Alisha Russell, B.S., Research Assistant 2002-2003
Graduate Student, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Jill E. Lloyd, B.S., Research Assistant 2001-2002
High School Science Teacher, Mill Valley High School, De Soto, KS

 

Rotation Students:

2001/02: Jing Liu, David Hout; 2002/03: David Buckley, Dazhi Liu; 2003/04: Jessica Kueker, Ryan Schulze; 2004/05: Kristina Ollison, Melinda Pence; 2005/06: Ozan Kumru; 2010/11: Alex Dowdell; 2012/13: Jonathan Eusey; 2016/17: Zach DeMars.

Summer Students:

2002: Kellen Voss (Univ. of Iowa); 2004: Joe Reardon (Pembroke Hill School/Duke Univ.); 2009: Max Murphy (Stanford Univ.), Christina Azody (Middlebury Coll.); 2017: Grace Merchant (Blue Valley Northwest HS), Clare Mitchell (Rockhurst Univ.).

Colleagues and Friends:

Spirochete Research Community Addresses

KU School of Medicine

University of Kansas Medical Center
Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Mailstop 3029
Kansas City, KS 66160
PHONE: 913-588-7012
FAX: 913-588-7295