Team

Oleh Khalimonchuk

 

Oleh "Chuck" Khalimonchuk, Ph.D.

PhD, TU Dresden / Max Planck Insitute for Cell Biology & Genetics, Germany

Postdoctoral, University of Utah School of Medicine

Willa Cather Professor of Biochemistry

 

Research Interest:

I am interested in fundamental understanding of processes that underlie vital mitochondrial functions, and their contribution to complex maladies in humans. 

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Iryna Bohovych

 

 

Iryna Bohovych, Ph.D.

PhD, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

Senior Research Associate

Research Interest:

I am interested in functional crosstalk between proteases- and ubiquitin/proteasome-mediated mitochondrial quality control in yeast and human cells.

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GunjanPurohit

 

 

Gunjan Purohit, Ph.D.

PhD, New Delhi Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, India

Postdoctoral Research Associate

 

Research Interest:

My research focus is to understand how failing mitochondrial fidelity contributes to aging and the development and progression of neurodegenerative diseases.

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Nataliya Zahayko

 

Nataliya Zahayko

MS, Lviv National University, Ukraine

Research Technician

 

Research Interest:
I am interested in developing genetic tools in the roundworm  Caenorhabditis elegans model that will allow us to study how mitochondrial dysfuntion contributes to aging-related neuromuscular diseases in humans.

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Alondra Torres

 

 

 

 

Alondra Torres-Gerena

BS, Interamerican University, Puerto Rico

Graduate Student
 

 

Research Interest:

I am interested in delineating molecular basis of redox regulation of mitochodnrial quality control factors to elucidate their role in mitochondrial stress remodeling and relevant disease states.

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PolashGhosh

 

 

Polash Ghosh

BS and MS, Mawlana Bhashani Science & Technology University, Bangladesh

Graduate Student

 

Research Interest:

I am interested in delineating the role of a conserved metalloprotease in the mitochondrial protein homeostasis and its contribution to human neuromuscular disorders.

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Emma Bergmeyer

 

 

 

Emma Bergmeyer

BS, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Graduate Student 

 

Research Interest:

I am interested in understanding the role of a novel mitochondrial AAA+ ATPase and its contribution to cellular protein homeostasis and aging.

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SaieedaFabiaAli

 

 

Saieeda Fabia Ali

MS, Tzu Chi University, Taiwan

Graduate Student 

 

Research Interest:

I am interested in understanding the mechanisms of mitochondrial heme transport and associated pathological states.

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