Meet The Team
Primary Investigator, Assistant Professor
Sunil Kumar
B.Sc. in Chemistry from University of Delhi
M.Sc. in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology
PhD in Chemical Biology from Clemson University
Post doc in Biophysics/biochemistry at Yale
Stanley Fahn Juniour Faculty Award
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Post doctoral fellow
Emily Oldani
B.A. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from the University of Colorado- Boulder
PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biophysics from the University of Denver
MDF Young Investigator Pilot Grant
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"My background is in structural biology of proteins and nucleic acids. I like fiber arts, vintage pulp novels, and bad YA movies."
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Graduate Student
Nick Stillman
Graduate Student
Charles Zuwu Baysah
B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Liberia
M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering from Tianjin University
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Graduate Student
Tyler Ball
B.Sc. in Applied Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Stout
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Graduate Student
Peter Cocoran
B.S. in Biochemistry from Bates College
"I like working out, painting rocks, and taking confocal images."
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Graduate Student
Kushani Rajapaksha Mudiyanselage
B.S. with First Class honors in Chemistry from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura​
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"I was honored with the Professor W. S. Fernando Gold Medal for achieving the highest performance in Physical and Inorganic Chemistry. I love traveling, gardening, skiing, hiking, and hanging out with my friends in my free time."
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Graduate Student
Ryan Dohoney
B.S. in Chemistry with a minor in biochemistry from Metro State University
"My​ current research focus and passion remains in the development of new synthetic strategies to produce therapeutics towards the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases."
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Graduate Student
Cole Jernigan
B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Denver
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"I'm a synthetic organic chemist, surrounded by my brothers."
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Graduate Student
Kwesi Akrofi
BSc chemistry 2016 - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
M.S Chemistry 2019 - North Carolina A&T State University
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Undergraduate researcher
Andrew Beggins
​Studying at the University of Denver.
Undergraduate Researcher
Calista Burke-Conte
Studying Molecular Biology with a concentration on Neuroscience and minors in Chemistry and Psycholgy at the University of Denver.
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Undergraduate Researcher
Naya Ogbonna-Ukuku
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Studying Biological Science with a concentration in Neuroscience at the University of Denver.
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Undergraduate researcher
Lauren Roberts
Lab Alumni
Grad Students
Dr. Jemil Ahmed, the St. Jude Research Hospital
Johnson Joseph, NYU
Undergraduates
Amalya Mahlock
Tessa Finch, U. Penn
Stacia Fritz, CU Anschutz
Ally Thomas
Claire Dickson​
Mikaela Bassil
Daniela Leon-Alvarez