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Meet Our Team | Overview

 

Chinnapen Lab Members

 

Principal Investigator

Current Group Members

Elvira Sandin

Elvira Sandin
Visiting Graduate Student – University of Lübeck

I am a PhD student visiting from Prof. Dr. Markus Schwaningers lab in Lubeck, Germany. I am interested in the role of the blood-brain barrier in obesity. I specifically focus on how leptin, a hormone secreted from the fat cells, is transported across the blood-brain barrier and how this may influence feeding behavior.
 

Rick Duclos, PhD

Rick Duclos, PhD
PhD, University of California Berkeley

Rick is a synthetic organic chemist / biochemist primarily known for syntheses of sphingolipids and glycerolipids, including the endocannabinoids.  He is interested in the molecular organization of lipids in vitro and in vivo, including cellular lipid metabolism.  He is investigating at the role of sphingolipid structure on cellular endosomal trafficking of novel bioconjugates.
 

Xiaoling Chen

Xiaoling Chen
BS, UMass Amherst
 

 


 

Michael Rufo

Michael Rufo
BS, Trinity University

Mike is interested in translating novel lipid-based chemical conjugates to in vivo drug delivery systems. Specifically the delivery of peptides and proteins across mucosal surfaces such as the GI tract and nose as a new mode of treatment.
 

Kiara Blue Kiara Blue
BS, Northeastern University

Former Group Members

Elisha Fielding, PhD

Elisha Fielding, PhD  -  Senior Scientist
PhD, Chemistry – Boston College
Postdoc. Scripps Institute, CA

 

 

 

Michele Pacheco

Michele Pacheco  -  Research Assistant
BS, Biochemistry  -  Northeastern University, MA
 

 


 

Emma Chistolini

Emma Chistolini – Summer Research Student

 

 

 

 

Paul Mykos

Paul Mykos  -  COOP Research Assistant
 

 



 

Valerie Kahkezian

Valerie Kahkezian  -  Harvard University Student
 

 



 

small female avatar Daniela Maria Garcia-Castillo, PhD  -  Postdoctoral Fellow 
(co-mentored Dr. Wayne Lencer)
PhD, Molecular & Cellular Biology – Institut Curie, France




 
small faceless male avatar Alexander Losher
Research Technologist
MS. Chemistry – Belarus State University