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Lab Members

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Michael J. Ragusa, Associate Professor of Chemistry

Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley
Postdoctoral Research Associate, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI
B.S., Biochemistry, Siena College, Loudonville, NY

Mike enjoys listening to punk music and loves all things related to the bass guitar.

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Devika Andhare, Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India 
M.Sc., Dept. of Biochemistry, M.S. University, Baroda, India 

Devika is a lipid biologist who enjoys exploring cells and their membranes via in-vitro reconstitution and microscopy

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Sarah Najera, Ph.D Student

B.S., Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine

Sarah enjoys cooking/baking, gardening, and exploring different towns and events the New England area has to offer.

Zhanibek Bekkhozhin, Graduate Student

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B.S., Chemistry, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan

John's favorite color is in the hard X-ray region (0.9795 A): it allows us to "see" the beauty of proteins at atomic resolution after solving the phase problem.

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Anna Hill, Research Assistant I

B.A., Biochemistry, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York

Anna is a NH native who loves the outdoors and practicing traditional arts.

Anna is a NH native who loves the outdoors and practicing traditional arts like quilting and woodwork.

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Sylvie Mauras, Undergraduate Student

B.S., Class of 2027, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

Prospective Anthropology Major, Biology minor

Sylvie enjoys running, baking for David's House, exploring nearby thrifting spots, reading, and being outdoors in general!

Lab Alumni

Sarah Katzenell, Postdoctorate

Department of Chemistry, 2024
Currently a Staff Research Scientist with the Cystic Fibrosis Research Group at Dartmouth College

Daniel X. Chen, BS '24

Folasade Akinfe '20

Undergraduate Researcher (2018)

Erin Reinhart, PhD

Department of Chemistry, 2022

Xue (Sherry) Xia, PhD

Department of Molecular Cell Biology, 2020
Currently a Scientist III in Early drug Discover, WuXi AppTec

Skyler Perot, MS '19, BS '18

Department of Chemistry 
Currently a PhD student at CECAD, University of Cologne

Department of Chemistry, 2024

Sam Hedley, BS '23

Department of Chemistry, 2023
Currently a Senior Research Associate at Revel Pharmaceuticals

Kelsie Leary, PhD

Department of Chemistry, 2022
Currently a Scientist II at Adimab

Katherine Bauer, PhD

Department of Molecular Cell Biology, 2021
Currently a Development Scientist at New England Biolabs

Hannah Margolis, BS '20

Undergraduate Researcher (2017-2020)

Currently a Graduate Student at MIT

Alejandro Damasio Gil, PhD

Department of Chemistry, 2019
Currently a Senior Scientist II at AbbVie

Elizabeth Bloom, BS '18

Undergraduate Researcher (2016-2018)
Currently a Resident Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center

Michael Moyo, BE '22

Undergraduate Researcher (2019-2021)

Currently the CEO and Co-Founder of Ocular AI

Rose Dicovitsky, BS '14

B.S. in the Department of Biology; Research Scientist (2014-2016)
Currently a Medical Oncologist, Metropolitan Animal Specialty Hospital

Burke Laboratory 

41 College St

Hanover, NH 03755

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