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George Georgiou Research Group


Former Post-Doctoral Fellows & Visiting Scientists

 

Name

 

Position

 

Dates

 

Current Employment
Dr. Georgios Skretas (Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Princeton Univ.
Post-Doctoral Fellow 06/06-06/09  
Dr. Yariv Mazor (Ph.D Biotechnology, Tel Aviv, Univ.),
Post-Doctoral Fellow 08/06-01/09 Scientist, Antibody Discovery & Protein engineering, MedImmune, Inc.
Dr. Haiying Hang (Ph.D Molecular Biology, Columbia University)
Visiting Scientist 04/07-06/08 Professor, Mechanisms of Tumorigenesis, Inst. of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Navin Varadarajan (Ph.D, ChE UT Austin)
Post-Doctoral Fellow 01/07-05/08 Post-Doctoral Fellow, MIT, Christopher Love Lab
Dr. Bum Yeol Hwang (Ph.D Seoul National University)
Post-Doctoral Fellow 08/04-05/08 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Schaffer Laboratory Univ. of California, Berkeley

Dr. Eva Maria Strauch (Ph.D. ChE, UT Austin)

 Post-Doctoral Fellow 01/08-05/08 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Baker Laboratory, Univ. of Washington/HHMI

Dr. Lluis Masip       
(Ph.D. ChE, UT Austin)

Post-Doctoral Fellow     9/06-5/07 Genentech, South San Francisco, CA

Dr. Jamie Link (Ph.D. ChE, Caltech)

Post-Doctoral Fellow

8/05-7/07

Asst. Professor, Dept of Chemical Eng., Princeton U., Princeton NJ

Dr. Karl Griswold (Ph.D. Chemistry & Biochemistry, UT Austin)                                     

 

 Post-Doctoral Fellow 8/05-05/07  

Asst. Professor, School of Eng.  Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
                                     

                                      

Dr. Philip Lee                        
(Ph.D. Microbiology, John Innes Inst, UK)

 Post-Doctoral Fellow  1/04-9/06   Post-Doctoral Fellow, Scripps Univ.

Dr. Robert Mabry                   
(Ph.D. Biochemistry, UT Austin)

 Post-Doctoral Fellow 8/05-1/06  Scientist, Zymogenetics, Seattle, WA

Dr. Arti Pothukuchy             
(Ph.D. Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India)

 Post-Doctoral Fellow 11/04-5/05    Research Scientist, Accacia International Austin, TX
Dr. Barrett Harvey
(Ph.D., Univ. of Texas at Austin)
 Post-Doctoral Fellow 01/04-8/04

Assistant Professor, Dept of Molecular Medicine UT Health Science Center, Houston, TX

brharvey@gmail.com

Dr. Yasuaki Kawarasaki        
(Ph.D. Nagoya U., Japan Agricultural Engineering)

 Post-Doctoral Fellow 7/02-7/04   Asst. Professor, Dept of Biotechnology Nagoya U., Nagoya, Japan
Dr. Edgardo Farinas
(Ph.D., Univ. of California, Santa Cruz)
 Research Fellow 5/03-7/04 Asst. Professor
Dept. of Chemistry
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, New Jersey
Farinas@adm.njit.edu
Dr. Andrew Hayhurst
(Ph.D., National Institute for
Medical Research, UK)
 Sr. Research Associate 9/98-12/03 Asst. Scientist
Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research & Adjunct Professor
UT Health Science Center
San Antonio, TX
ahayhurst@sfbr.org
Dr. Matthew P. DeLisa
(Ph.D., U. Maryland)
 Post-Doctoral Fellow 1/01-6/03 Asst. Professor
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Cornell University
md255@cornell.edu
Dr. Catharina Braat-Maassen
(Ph.D., U. Utrecht, Netherlands)
 Post-Doctoral Fellow 11/00-11/02 Senior Scientist
Symbigene BV
kbraat@symbigene.com
Dr. Patrik Samuelson
(Ph.D., Royal Institute of Technology)
 Post-Doctoral Fellow 9/99-12/01 Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Biotechnology
Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Dr. Scott Happe
(Ph.D., St. Louis University)
 Post-Doctoral Fellow 4/99-5/01 Staff Scientist
Stratagene/BioCrest, Ceder Springs, TX 

Dr. Gang Chen
(Ph.D., U. Texas, Austin)    

Research Scientist

5/97-5/00

Senior Scientist, 
Diazyme, San Diego, CA
  

Dr. Richard Loo
(Ph.D., U. Toronto)   

Post-Doctoral Fellow

5/97-6/00

Research Associate, 
U. Toronto
  

Dr. Laura Segatori

Exchange Student

6/99-5/00

Asst. Professor, Rice University
 

Dr. Michael Cieslewitz 
(Ph.D., U. Illinois)   
  

Post-Doctoral Fellow  

5/97-2/99

Instructor in Medicine
Channing Laboratory
Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

michaelc65@rcn.com

Dr. Jeffrey G. Thomas
(Ph.D., U. Washington)    

Post-Doctoral Fellow   

6/98-1/99

Research Scientist, 
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
  

Eileen Fehskens
(M..S. Yale)   

Research Scientist   

8/97-5/99

Self-employed
 

Dr. Hua Zhang
(Ph.D., U. Arizona) 

Post-Doctoral Fellow   

11/96-9/98

Research Scientist, 
Loma Linda Medical Center
 

Anna Maria Caruana 

(M.S., U. of Malta, Malta)   

Research Associate    

3/98-10/98

Research Associate, 
University College, London  

 

Dr. Jose Cotto
(Ph.D.,Northwestern U.) 

Post-Doctoral Fellow   

8/97-8/98

Research Scientist, 
Abbott Labs, Puerto Rico

 

Dr. Amihay Freeman 
(Ph.D., Tel-Aviv University)  

   

Visiting Professor   

10/95-5/96

Professor,
Dept. of Biotechnology, 
Tel-Aviv University, Israel 
amihayf@post.tau.ac.il

Dr. Pascal Valax
(Ph.D., U.Texas)    

Research Associate   

1/95-11/96

Head of Unit, DSP-Development

Serono S.A.

Zone Industrielle B

CH1809 Fenil-sur-Corsier

Switzerland
Pascal.Valax@serono.com 

Dr. Patricia Phelps
(Ph.D., U. Colorado)    

Research Associate   

10/90-8/93

Assoc. Professor, 
Dept. of Biology, 
Northwestern State U., LA.    

Dr. Sung-Chyr Lin
(Ph.D., U. Texas)  
   

Post-Doctoral Fellow  

9/93-2/94

Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering

National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

sclin@nchu.edu.tw

 
Former Graduate Students
Name
Degree Dates Current Employment

Tae Hyun Kang

MS Thesis: “Expression and Characterization of Human Fc gamma Receptors and Immunoglobulin G Expressed in Escherichia coli”.  

MS 07/2009 BIGG LAb, UT Austin

Dr. Sang Taek Jung (Ph.D. ChE UT Austin)

Dissertation: "Engineering of Aglycosylated Antibody Fc for Effector Functions

Ph.D. 07/2009 Postdoctoral Fellow, BIGG Lab, UT Austin

Dr. Tom Van Blarcom (Ph.D. ChE UT Austin)

Dissertation: "Antibody Discovery and Engineering using the Anchored Periplasmic Expression (APEx) Escherichia Coli Display System with Flow Cytometric Selection".

 Ph.D. 06/2009

Sr. Scientist, Protein Engineering, Pfizer Rinat

Dr. Silvia Arredondo (Ph.D, ChE UT Austin)

Dissertation: " Engineering and Characterization of Disulfide Bond Isomerases in Escherichia coli"

 Ph.D. 05/2009

Postdoctoral Fellow BIGG Lab, UT Austin

 

Dr. Clinton E. Leysath (Ph.D, ChE UT Austin)

Dissertation: " Structure and Engineering of Neutralizing Antibodies to Anthrax Toxin"

Ph.D.  10/08 Postdoctoral Fellow w/ Stephen Leppla, NIH/NIAID, Bethesda, MD cleysath@gmail.com

Dr. Meng Zhao:                                             
Dissertation: “The role of RNase E Inhibitors RraA and RraB on the degradation of RNA in Bacteria”

         
Ph.D.
5/07   
Post-Doctoral Fellow @ Baylor College of Medicine

Dr. Christian W. Cobaugh                                   
(co-supervised w/ B.L.Iverson)                                                
Dissertation: “Single Scaffold
Antibody Libraries Created with High Rates of Mutagenesis or Diversity Focused for Peptide Recognition”

     Ph.D.     12/07   Scientist, KaloBios,  CA

Dr. Eva-Maria Strauch                                        
Dissertation: “A Tat-Based Two Hybrid System"

  Ph.D.  12/07        Post-Doctoral fellow w/Georgiou

Dr. Lluis Masip                                                      
Dissertation: Engineering of Novel Pathways for Protein Oxidation”                                            

 Ph.D.     8/06     Post-Doctoral Fellow Genentech, CA

Dr. Danielle Tullman                                   
Dissertation: “The Twin Arginine  Transporter Pathway of E.coli”                                            

   Ph.D.             12/06     Post-Doctoral Fellow  w/ Chris Voigt, UCSF

Dr. Brian Ribnicky                                               
Dissertation: “Engineering Protein
Function and Expression by Flow Cytometry”

 Ph.D.     12/06     Engineer, Genentech, CA

Dr. Navin Varadarajan                                        
(co-supervised w/ B.L. Iverson                                 
Dissertation: “Engineering Substrate
Selectivity in the Protease OmpT”

 Ph.D.       12/06     Post-Doctoral Fellow   w/ Georgiou
Dr. Karl Griswold
Dissertation: Engineering Highly Active Enzymes with Altered Substrate Selectivity
 Ph.D. 8/05 Assistant Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth
Karl.E.Griswold@Dartmouth.edu
Dr. Laura Segatori
Dissertation: Structure, Function, and Engineering of Disulfide Bond Isomerization in Escherichia coli
 Ph.D. 8/05 Assistant Professor, Rice University
laurasegatori@hotmail.com
Dr. Roz Sweeney
Dissertation: Biological Approaches to Synthesis and Assembly of Semiconductor and Metallic Nanomaterials
 Ph.D. 8/05 Analyst, Nerac
rsweeney@gmail.com
Dr. Junjun Gao
Dissertation: Functional and structural studies of protein inhibitors of RNase E that globally modulate mRNA abundance in Escherichia coli
 Ph.D. 8/05 Post-Doctoral Fellow
UC, San Francisco
Dept of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
San Francisco, CA
Dr. G. Robert Mabry
Dissertation: Engineering Therapeutic Antibody Fragments Targeting the Anthrax Toxin
 
 Ph.D. 8/05 Post-Doctoral Fellow
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
grmabry@hotmail.com
Dr. Jongsik Gam
Dissertation:  Toward High Throughput Directed Evolution of Protease Specificity Using Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting
 Ph.D. 5/04 Post-Doctoral Fellow
Penn State University
University Park, PA
jug13@psu.edu
Dr. Raphael Levy
Dissertation: Enhancement of Antibody Fragments Expression in Escherichia coli: Innovative Cytoplasmic Screening Approaches
 Ph.D. 5/04 Post-Doctoral Fellow
UC, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
levyr@anesthesia.ucsf.edu
Dr. Mark Olsen
Dissertation: High Throughput Directed Enzyme Evolution Using Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting
 Ph.D.  5/03 Post-Doctoral Fellow
Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Boston, MA
olsen@mit.edu
Dr. Barrett Harvey
Dissertation:  Anchored Periplasmic Expression (APex): A Versatile Technology for the Flow Cytometric Selection of High Affinity Antibodies from Escherichia coli Expressed Libraries
 Ph.D. 12/03 Professor, UT Health Science Center Houston, TX
Barrett.Harvey@uth.tmc.edu
  
Dr. Jennifer Maynard
Dissertation: Engineering Antibody Therapeutics Approaches to Toxin Neutralization
 Ph.D. 05/02 Assistant Professor
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
jmaynard@umn.edu
Dr. Xiaoming Zhan
Dissertation: Genetic and Biochemical Studies of Disulfide Bond Isomerization in Escherichia coli
 Ph.D. 12/02 Scientist
Nuvelo, Inc.
mzhan@nuvelo.com

Daren L. Stephens
Thesis: “Localization and Biochemistry of OmpT.”  

 M.S. 05/01 Research Associate, 
UTHSC 
San Antonio, TX
stephensd@uthscsa.edu

Dr. Paul H. Bessette
Dissertation: “Engineering and Physiology of Disulfide Bond Isomerization in E. coli” 

 Ph.D.  05/00 Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow
UC Santa Barbara, CA
bessette@engineering.ucsb.edu

Dr. Ji Qiu
Dissertation:  “Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of Disulfide Bond Formation in Escherichia coli” 

 Ph.D.  12/00 Research Fellow, 
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
quiji@umich.edu

Dr. Patrick Daugherty
Dissertation: “Screening Combinatorial Polypeptide Libraries Using Bacterial Surface Display and FACS” 

 Ph.D.  8/99 Asst. Professor, 
Dept. of Chemical Eng 
UC Santa Barbara, CA
psd@engineering.ucsb.edu

Dr. Annetta Razatos
Dissertation: “Studies of Bacterial Adhesion by Atomic Force Microscopy 

 Ph.D.  12/99 Assistant Professor, 
Dept. of Chemical Engineering Dept.,
Arizona State U. Tempe, AZ Anneta.Razatos@asu.edu
Dr. Mark W. Fitch
Dissertation: "Trichloroethylene Degradation by Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b in a Hollow Fiber Reactor" 
Ph.D.  3/96 Asst. Professor
Civil, Arch & Environ Engr
University of Missouri, Rolla
mfitch@umr.edu
Dr. Marc Ostermeier
Dissertation: "Oxidative Folding of Multidisulfide Proteins in the Periplasm of Escherichia coli" 
Ph.D.  12/95 Asst. Professor,
Chemical Eng.Dept., 
Johns Hopkins U. 
osterm@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
Dr. Chris Stathopoulos
Dissertation: "Topological Analyses and Biotechnological Applications of Escherichia coli Outer Membrane Proteins" 
Ph.D.  12/95 Asst Professor,
Dept. of Biochemistry &Biophysics, 
U. Houston, TX 
Dr. Joseph A. Francisco
Dissertation: "The Expression of Proteins on the External Surface of Escherichia coli" 
Ph.D.  5/94 Research Scientist
Seattle Genetics
Seattle, WA
jfrancisco@seagen.com
Dr. Hendrikus J. Meerman
Dissertation: "Construction and Characterization of Strains Deficient in the Degradation of Periplasmic Proteins" 
Ph.D.  8/94 Senior Staff Scientist
Genencor International
Rochester, NY
hmeerman@genencor.com
Dr. Pascal Valax
Dissertation: "In vivo and In vitro Folding and Aggregation of ß-lactamase in Escherichia coli" 
Ph.D.  8/93

Group Manager -
Biotech Process Development,
DSP, Merck-Serono, Switzerland

Pascal.Valax@serono.com
Dr. Sung-Chyr Lin
Dissertation: "Production and Characterization of a Lipopeptide Surfactant from B. licheniformis JF-2"  
Ph.D.  12/93 Professor
National Chung Hsing University
Taiwan
sclin@dragon.nchu.edu.tw
Dr. Gregory A. Bowden
Dissertation: "The Formation of ß-lactamase Inclusion Bodies in Escherichia coli 
Ph.D.  8/91 Senior Engineer
Hoechst-Celanese
Corpus Christi, TX
gabowden@celanese.com  

Dr. Francois Baneyx
Dissertation: "Affinity Immobilization and Degradation of Protein A-ß-lactamase" 

Ph.D.  1/91 Professor
Chemical Engineering Dept.
Univ. of Washington
Seattle, WA
baneyx@cheme.washington.edu  
Christy Cronau
Thesis: Immobilization of Thioredoxin 
M.S. 1/91 Research Associate
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
John Knoblauh
Thesis: Design of a Continuous Selection System to Isolate Thermotolerant Yeast Mutants 
M.S. 8/90 Process Engineer
Dow Chemical
Freeport, TX
Jean-Christoph Goursaud
Thesis: Production of a Biosurfactant by Bacillus licheniformis JF-2
 M.S. 12/89 Engineer
Proctor & Gamble
Amiens, France
Markus Fitza
Thesis: "Phage Display under Adverse Conditions"
 M.A.  08/02 MBA Student,
Said Business School
University of Oxford 
Oxford, UK
markus@fitza.de