Lab Members

Yan Qin

Postdoctoral Associate

Ph.D. - Ohio University

Ph.D. Subject - Neuroscience

Research: Zinc Sensors and Zinc Signaling in Cells

Jose Miranda

7th Year Biochemistry Graduate Student

Ph.D. Subject - Cellular Zinc Homeostasis and Role in Prostate Carcinoma

Undergraduate - University of California Irvine

Kevin Dean

6th Year Biochemistry Graduate Student

Ph.D. Subject - Red Fluorescent Proteins and Microfluidics

Undergraduate - Willamette University

NIH Biophysics Training Grant

NSF-IGERT - Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging

Genevieve Park

5th Year MD/PhD Student

Ph.D. Subject - Mitochondrial zinc homeostasis & development of new genetically encoded zinc sensors

Undergraduate - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Signaling & Cellular Regulation Training Grant

Sarah McQuate

5th Year Biochemistry Graduate Student

Ph.D. Subject - Salmonella Pathogenesis

Undergraduate - University of Puget Sound

Cell Signalling Training Grant

Alexandra (Ali) Young

3rd Year Biochemistry Graduate Student

Ph.D. Subject - Salmonella Pathogenesis

M.S. - Organic Chemistry, Illinois State University

Undergraduate - Illinois State University

Eldon Chou

2nd Year Biochemistry Graduate Student

Ph.D. Subject - Calcium Signaling & Protein Engineering

Undergraduate - University of California, Berkeley

Kyle Carter

2st Year Biochemistry Graduate Student

Ph.D. Subject - Proteomics and Synaptic Zinc Signaling

Undergraduate - Western Washington University

Cloe Pagoda

Undergraduate Researcher

Major - Molecular Biology (MCDB) and Biochemistry

Research - Zinc Sensor Optimization

Palmer Lab Alumni

Post-Docs:

Hairong Ma - Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Drexel University

Emily Gibson - Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Colorado Denver

Graduate Students:

Schuyler VanEngelenburg - Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institutes of Health

Phillip Dittmer - Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Colorado Health Sciences

David Wren - Ph.D. Program, Department of Chemical Education, University of Northern Colorado

Janet McCombs - Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Texas Southwestern

Jennette DeKoekkek

Undergraduate Students:

Linda Nguyen -

Caitlin Stoddard - Ph.D. Program, University of California San Francisco

Nancy Auyeung - Ph.D. Program, Northwestern University

Jue Cao - M.D. Program, Drexell University

Anabel Gonzalez-Gil - Ph.D. Program, Johns Hopkins

Stephanie Morales - Ph.D. Program, Baylor University

Ashley Pratt - Ph.D. Program, The Scripps Research Institute

Jennifer Binder - Ph.D. Program, University of Arizona

Wes Blakeslee - Ph.D. Program, University of Colorado Denver

Alyssa Wiener

Amanda Weaver

Joseph Stech

Kendra Vann

Jessica Weiss