The Gonzalez Laboratory

People


Gonzalez Group 2011


Standing: Margaret, Dileep, Dan, Wei, Mike, Peggy, Jiangning, Kelvin, Som, Madeleine
Sitting: Colin, Corey, Ruben, Victor, Jan Willem
Not pictured: Bo, Heather


Principal Investigator



Prof. Ruben Gonzalez

Email: rlg2118@columbia.edu
Tel: 1.212.854.1096

 

Postdoctoral Research Scientist



Dr. Dileep Pulukkunat

Ph.D. Biochemistry
The Ohio State University

Email: dp2444@columbia.edu
Tel: 1.212.854.0162
   

Dr. Somdeb Mitra

Ph.D. Biochemistry
Albert Eistein College of Medicine

Email: sm3398@columbia.edu
Tel: 1.212.854.0162
   

Dr. Jiangning Wang

Ph.D. Chemistry
Columbia University

Email: jw2330@columbia.edu
Tel: 1.212.854.0162
   

Dr. Kelvin Caban

Ph.D. Molecular Genetics
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Email: kc2703@columbia.edu
Tel: 1.212.854.0162
   

Dr. Jan Willem van de Meent
(Joint with Prof. Chris Wiggins)
Rubicon Fellowship

Ph.D. Physics
University of Leiden

Email: janwillem.vandemeent@columbia.edu
Tel: 1.212.854.0162
   

Dr. Michael Englander
(Joint with Prof. Virginia Cornish)

Ph.D. Cellular, Molecular,Structural and Genetic Studies
Columbia University

mte2002@columbia.edu
1.212.854.0162
   

Dr. Margaret Elvekrog

Ph.D. Chemistry
Columbia University

mme2109@columbia.edu
1.212.854.0162

 

Graduate Students



Daniel MacDougall

Department of Chemistry

ddm2112@columbia.edu
1.212.854.0162
   

Wei Ning

Department of Chemistry

wn2126@columbia.edu
1.212.854.0162

   
Bo Chen
(Joint with Prof. Joachim Frank)

Department of Biological Sciences

bc2357@columbia.edu
1.212.305.9524
   
Victor Naumov

Department of Biological Sciences

mutantgene@gmail.com
1.212.854.0162
   
Colin Kinz-Thompson
Biophysics Training Program

Department of Chemistry

cdk2119@columbia.edu
1.212.854.0162
   
Bridget Huang

Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

byh2107@columbia.edu
1.212.854.0162

 

Undergraduate Students



Madeleine Jensen
Amgen Scholar (Summer 2011)

Biochemistry

mkj2109@columbia.edu
1.212.854.0162
   

Margaret "Peggy" Bermel
SURF Student (Summer 2011)

Biological Sciences
mmb2209@columbia.edu
1.212.854.0162

 

Laboratory Technician



Corey Perez
(Joint with the Prof. Virginia Cornish)
Bridge to the Ph.D. Program

B.A. Chemistry

Columbia University
cep2116@columbia.edu
1.212.854.0162

 

Contracts Coordinator



Heather Horgan

hh176@columbia.edu

1.212.851.0719




 

Gonzalez Laboratory Alumni

Graduate Students


Name

Dates in Group

Current Position

Margaret Elvekrog
Biophysics Training Program
Department of Chemistry
2007-2011 Postdoctoral Researcher
Prof. Ruben Gonzalez's Laboratory
Columbia University
mme2109@columbia.edu
     
Michael Englander
(Joint with Prof. Virginia Cornish)
Biophysics Training Grant
Integrated Program in Cellular,
Molecular,Structural, and Genetic
Studies
2006-2011 Postdoctoral Researcher
Prof. Ruben Gonzalez's Laboratory and
Prof. Virginia Cornish's Laboratory
Columbia University
mte2002@columbia.edu
     
Jiangning Wang
Department of Chemistry
2006-2010 Postdoctoral Researcher
Prof. Ruben Gonzalez's Laboratory
Columbia University
jw2330@columbia.edu
     
Jonathan Bronson
(Joint with Prof. Chris Wiggins)
NSF Graduate Fellowship
Department of Chemistry
2007-2010 Consultant
Boston Consulting Group
jonathan.bronson@gmail.com
     
Jingyi Fei
Department of Chemistry
2006-2010

Postdoctoral Researcher
Prof. Taekjip Ha's Laboratory
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
jingyi.jf2276@gmail.com

     
Phillip Effraim
(Joint with Prof. Virginia Cornish)
NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA
Integrated Program in Cellular,
Molecular,Structural and Genetic
Studies
2006-2009

Medical School Student
Columbia University Medical College
pre2001@columbia.edu

 

Undergraduate Students


Name

Dates in Group

Current Position

Esther Wolf
Mathematics
2009-2011

Graduate Student
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
estherwolff@gmail.com

     
Arianne Richard
Biochemistry
2009-2010

Graduate Student
Dr. Richard Siegel's Laboratory
NIH OxCam Scholars Program
acr2122@gmail.com

     
Noam Prywes
Chemistry
2007-2010

Graduate Student
Prof. Jack Szostak's Laboratory
Massachusetts General Hospital
prywes@fas.harvard.edu

     

Anthony Testa
Biological Sciences

2009

Undergraduate Researcher
Prof. John Hunt's Laboratory
Columbia University
ajt2132@columbia.edu

     
Joseph Ho
Biological Sciences
2007-2009

jkh2107@columbia.edu
yojoho@gmail.com

     
Rathi Srinivas
NSF-REU (Summer 2007)
Biomedical Engineering
2006-2009

Graduate Student
Prof. Patrick Doyle's Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
rls2131@columbia.edu
rathi@mit.edu


     
Samuel Sternberg
NSF-REU (Summer 2006)
Biohemistry
2006-2009

Graduate Student
Prof. Jennifer Doudna's Laboratory
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemistry
shs2107@columbia.edu
shsternberg@berkeley.edu
shsternberg@gmail.com

     
Ann Cheung
Chemistry
2006-2007 Research Assistant
Prof. Sanford Simon's Laboratory
Rockefeller University
acheung@rockefeller.edu

 

Rotation Students


Name

Dates in Group

Current Position

Bridget Huang
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

Spring 2011

Graduate Student
Prof. Ruben L. Gonzalez's Laboratory
Columbia University
byh2107@columbia.edu

     
Scott Ugras
Integrated Program in Cellular,
Molecular,Structural and Genetic
Studies

Summer 2010

Graduate Student
Prof. Jim Shorter's Laboratory
University of Pennsylvania
ugras@mail.med.penn.edu

     
Rachel Kolster
M.D./Ph.D.

Spring 2009

M.D./Ph.D. Student
Prof. Jonathan Javitch's Laboratory
Columbia University Medical College
rak128@columbia.edu

     
Kelly McGrath
M.D./Ph.D.

Summer 2008

M.D./Ph.D. Student
Columbia University Medical College
kam2203@columbia.edu

     
Daphne Anastasiades
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

Spring 2007

Graduate Student
Prof. Alla Grishok's Laboratory
Columbia University Medical College
dca2106@columbia.edu

     
Rohitha SriRamaratnam
Chemistry

Spring 2007

Graduate Student
Prof. Brent Stockwell's Laboratory
Columbia University
rs2373@columbia.edu

     
Pallav Kosuri
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

Spring 2007

Graduate Student
Prof. Julio Fernandez's Laboratory
Columbia University
pk2232@columbia.edu

     
Michael Englander
(Joint with Prof. Virginia Cornish)
Biophysics Training Grant
Integrated Program in Cellular,
Molecular,Structural and Genetic
Studies

Summer 2006

Postdoctoral Researcher
Prof. Ruben Gonzalez's Laboratory and
Prof. Virginia Cornish's Laboratory
Columbia University
mte2002@columbia.edu

 

Highschool Students


Name

Dates in Group

Current Position

Merilyn Varghese
Hunter College High School

2006-2007

Undergraduate/M.D. Student
Davis School of Biomedical Education
City College of New York
merilyn.varghese@gmail.com

 

Laboratory Technicians


Name

Dates in Group

Current Position

Wendy Tse
School of Public Health

2009 wendy.y.tse@gmail.com
     
Subhasree Das


2007-2009

Microbiology Technician
Kelley Scientific
mail_subhasree@yahoo.com

     

Benjamin Cahan
Postbaccalaureate Program

2006-2007

Medical School Student
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
bcahan@ucla.edu