Members of the Charest lab

Principal Investigator

Pascale G. Charest, Ph.D.

Research Staff

AFM Tariqul (Tariq) Islam, Ph.D.

Graduate Student Researchers

Shannon Collins
MD/PhD Program
​Biological Chemistry Graduate Program, Biochemistry track









Stephen Smith
Biological Chemistry Graduate Program, Biochemistry track











Agata Orlinski
Biological Chemistry Graduate Program, Biochemistry track











Alyssa Werner
Biological Chemistry Graduate Program, Biochemistry track











Genesis Cahigas
Biological Chemistry Graduate Program, Biochemistry track

Undergraduate Student Researchers

​Ethan Weiss
Major: Biochemistry











Isabella Brown
Major: Biochemistry
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology










Jamie Takashima
Major: Chemistry











Avani Kumar
​Major: Biochemistry

Alumni

Postdoc

Anita Chavan, 2015-2017

Graduate students

Maggie Scavello, Ph.D. Biochemistry, 2013-2018
Dustin Daniel, M.Sc. Applied Biosciences, 2014-2016
Amanda Hanson, M.Sc. Biochemistry, 2013-2016
Alexandra Petlick, M.Sc. Analytical Chemistry, 2012-2014
Nieves Montano, M.Sc. Biochemistry, 2012-2014

Undergraduate students

McKenna Schultz, B.Sc. Biochemistry, B.Sc. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2016-2019
Ramya Ramesh, B.Sc. Biochemistry, B.Sc. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2014-2018
Pearce Haldeman, B.Sc. Biochemistry, 2015-2017
Matthew O'Mara, B.Sc. Biochemistry, 2014-2017
Joseph Cada, B.Sc. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2013-2015
Branden Stepanski, B.Sc. Biochemistry, B.Sc. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2012-2014

Research staff

Pouya Lotfi, 2012-2016
Valery Thompson, 2012-2014

High school KEYS intern

Zoe Benson, summer 2018
Jordan Pilch, summer 2017
Ethan Weiss, summer 2016