Kane Lab Research Team
Current Lab Members:
Principal Investigator:
Maureen A. Kane, PhD
Research Scientists:
Weiliang Huang, PhD
Jianshi Yu, PhD
Pengcheng Wang, PhD
Ning Pan-Bernhardt, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow:
Dominique Figueroa, PhD
Research Fellow:
Tian Liu, MS
Graduate Students:
Luke Brewer (joint with Mandy Oglesby-Sherrouse)
Stephanie Shiffka (joint with Peter Swaan)
Amy Defnet (joint with Paul Shapiro)
Stephanie Zalesak
Student Intern:
Victoria Baskerville, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
Lab Alumni
Research Assistant Professor:
Jace W. Jones, PhD
Current Position: University of Maryland School of Pharmacy – Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Assistant Professor
Research Scientists:
Changxing Shao, PhD
Current Position: Par Pharmaceutical, Senior Scientist
Jace W. Jones, PhD
Current Position: University of Maryland School of Pharmacy – Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Assistant Professor
Postdoctoral Fellows:
Attilio Pingitore, PhD
Current Position: Kings College (London)- Adjunct Professor, Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences Division; Previous Position: Kings College (London) – EU Marie Curie Fellow
Mariarita Perri, PharmD, PhD
Current Position: University of Calabria (Rende, Italy); Research Scientist – Department of Pharmacy, Health, and Nutritional Sciences
Bao Tran, PhD
Current Position: U.S. Army CBRNE Analytical & Remediation Activity (Gunpowder, MD) – Chemist
Fe Li, PhD
Current Position: FDA – Principal Investigator/Research Chemist
Raghavendhar Kotha, PhD
Claire Carter, PhD
Current Position: Rutgers University – Research Scientist
PhD/MS Graduate Students:
Keely Pierzchalski, PhD
Current Position: Senior Laboratory Research Technologist at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI); Previous Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Maastricht University, M4I, Ron Heeren
Jenna Alloush, MS
Wenjing Li, PhD
Current position: Waters Corporation – Scientist, Research & Development
PharmD Students:
Jessica Wong
Nicole Kim
Natalia Ceaicovscaia
Benedicta Asamoah
Matthew Levit
Visiting Scholars:
Mariarita Perri, PharmD, PhD – University of Calabria
Jingkun Miao, PhD – Associate Professor, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Undergraduate Student Interns:
Somayah Eltoweissy – University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP)
Amanda Czyz – Notre Dame of Maryland
Max Ruge – Boston College
Zachary Clifford – University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
High School Interns:
Victoria Norman – Bryn Mawr HS – Summer Research Program
Kirsten Adams – Bryn Mawr HS – Summer Research Program
Ja Tia Pledger – Vivian T. Thomas Internship