Lab Members
Elias M. Puchner, Associate Professor, PI, epuchner@umn.edu
Postdoctoral Fellow: Lim lab, University of California San Francisco
Postdoctoral Fellow: Gaub lab, University of Munich
PhD: Physics and Biophysics, Gaub lab, University of Munich
Dipl. (M.S.): Physics/Biophysics with minor in Biochemistry, University of Munich
Jacob Ritz, Physics Graduate Student
BS: UC Irvine
Yu Xu, Physics Graduate Student
BS: Beijing Normal University
Laura Schoenzeit, Physics Undergraduate Student
Former Lab Members:
Angel Mancebo, Physics Graduate Student
PhD: University of Minnesota, School of Physics and Astronomy (Supervisor: Elias M. Puchner)
BS: Physics, University of Florida
Subsequent position: Scientific Computing Consultant, Minnesota Supercomputing Institute
Santosh Adhikari, Physics Graduate Student
PhD: University of Minnesota, School of Physics and Astronomy (Supervisor: Elias M. Puchner)
B.S.: Physics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
Subsequent position: Postdoctoral Fellow, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania
Dushyant Mehra, Visiting Graduate Student
PhD: Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN (Supervisor: Elias M. Puchner)
Subsequent position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Chiranjib Banerjee, Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Postdoctoral Fellow: Aarhus University - Aarhus, Denmark
PhD: Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
MS: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
BS: B.N. College, Itachuna, Khanyan
Subsequent position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University
Joe Moscatelli, Undergraduate Researcher
BS: Middlebury College
Subsequent position: Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PHD), University of Cincinnati
Maria Paz Ramirez Lopez, MS student, Researcher
PhD: University of Minnesota, College of Biology
M.S.: Biochemistry, University of Chile (Supervision: Dr. Christian Wilson and Dr. Elias M. Puchner)
Subsequent position: PhD student, University of Minnesota, College of Biology
Ragnar Stefansson, Physics Graduate Student
MS: University of Minnesota, School of Physics and Astronomy (Supervisor: Elias M. Puchner)
BS: Physics and Mathematics, University of Iceland
Subsequent position: Scientist Analytical Development, Alvotech, Iceland
Elizabeth M. Smith, Post-Doctoral Research Associate
PhD: Physics, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
MS: Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin - Madison
BS: Physics and Mathematics, Alma College
Subsequent position: Data Scientist, UnitedHealth Group, MN
Zhixian Han, Undergraduate Researcher
BS: Physics, Physics, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Subsequent position: PhD student, Purdue University, College of Health and Human Sciences
Luke DeMars, Undergraduate Researcher
BS: Physics, Physics, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Subsequent position: PhD student, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Physics and Optical Science
Lucy Chen, Undergraduate Researcher
BS: Physics, Physics, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Subsequent position: PhD student, Georgia Institute of Technology (Now at Google Live Sciences)
Chris Ertsgaard, Undergraduate researcher
PhD: University of Minnesota, ECE
BS: Bethel University
Subsequent position: PhD student, University of Minnesota
Tobey Haluptzok, Undergraduate Researcher
Christina Wentz, Undergraduate Researcher
Emily Chan, Undergraduate Researcher
Joe Eix, Undergraduate Researcher
Thomas Vennemann, Undergraduate Researcher
BS: Physics, Physics, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Jack Lange, Web and Network Assistant
Physics undergraduate, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Dong Wang, Undergraduate Intern
Mark Howard, NSF Research Experience for Teachers (RET)