Current Members:

Headshot of Mahder Abate Mahder Abate — Graduate Student
MS, pharmaceutical sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore
BS, biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park
Lena Grogan Lena Grogan — Graduate Student
BS, chemistry, Bethany College
Danielle Jateng Danielle Jateng — Graduate Student
MS, regulatory sciences, Johns Hopkins University
BS, biological sciences, University of Maryland, College Park
Nathaniel McClean — Graduate Student
BS, chemistry, Coppin State University

Former Members:

The individuals listed below previously worked in the Shapiro Laboratory, and are now pursuing successful careers at a variety of organizations.

  • Hyukjin Cha (PhD 2004) Associate Professor, Seoul National University College of Pharmacy, Seoul, Korea
  • Surabhi Dangi-Garimella (PhD 2005) Associate Editorial Director, The American Journal of Managed Care, Cranbury, NJ
  • Chad Hancock (PhD 2005) Clinical Trials Manager, Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH
  • Kimberly Raines (PhD 2006) Research Associate at FDA, Silver Spring, MD
  • Fengming Chen (PhD 2009) Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn State University
  • Sarice Boston (PhD 2011) Medical Scientist, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD
  • Kerrick Nevels (PhD 2011) Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biology at the William Carey University School of Natural and Behavioral Sciences, Hattiesburg, MS
  • Jun Zhang (PhD 2014) Lead Scientist, Vigene Biosciences, Rockville, MD
  • Ramin Samadani (PhD 2015) Clinical Scientist at Relay Therapeutics, Boston, MA
  • Amanda Brophy (MS 2015) Research Scientist at Becton Dickinson, Hunt Valley, MD
  • Kim Burkhard, PhD, Fellow at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Washington, DC
  • Vesna De Serrano, PhD, Research Scientist, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
  • Kirsty Chesko, MS, Research Scientist at Becton Dickinson, Hunt Valley, MD
  • Amy Defnet (PhD 2021), Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry School of Sciences, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
  • Ramon Martinez (PhD 2021), Science Communications Officer, Precision Medicine, California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, Sacramento California