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)