Assistant Scientist

Ying Peng (Lynn), PhD

Lynn joined the group in Fall 2011 after getting
her PhD
in Analytical Chemistry. She is working on comprehensive characterization
of key myofilament proteins using top-down proteomics and developing LCMS method
to fully access the modification of cardiac proteins for investigating
signaling in the early molecular events that contributes to cardiac dysfunction
and progression to HF. She likes reading
and spending time with her family.

Postdoctal Associates

Serife Ayaz Guner, PhD

Serife received her BS and MSc from Middle East
Technical University, Turke, and moved to US for Ph.D. training. She
obtained her Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology in UW-Madison.
Being passionate about PTMs, she joined the group in Jan 2014.
Currently, She is applying a variety of separation and mass
spectrometry techniques to investigate heart disease-related changes in
protein expression and PTMs.

Tania Guardado, PhD

Tania obtained her BS degree from the University of Texas at El Paso majoring in chemistry and microbiology. After that, she pursued her Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry at the UCLA
where she worked in the design, synthesis and characterization of mesoporous silica nanoparticles for drug delivery.
She currently works under the supervision of Prof. Jin and Ge. Her project consists in the design, synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles to act as artificial antibodies.

Leekyoung Hwang, PhD

After receiving PhD degree in the Rosi group of the University of Pittsburgh,
Leekyoung has joined in the Jin and Ge group since June, 2012. She is working on
the nanobiotechnology project.

Undergraduate students

Christopher Tatsuguchi, Sophomore

Chris is a sophomore interested in majoring in pharmacology and toxicology. He has been working in the lab since Sep 2014.

Yoonkyu (Ryan) Lee, Junior

Yoonkyu (Ryan) is a junior in the Biochemistry
Undergraduate Program at UW-Madison. He has been working in the lab
since the Summer 2014.

Justin Doop, Junior

Justin is a junior in the Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Program at UW-Madison.
He has been working in the lab since Jan.
Some of his hobbies are running, hiking and skiing.

Albert Chen

Honorary member

Andrew Alpert, PhD

Former members

Ying-Hua (Edith) Chang, PhD
Currently Senior Scientist in PPD, Inc.

Santosh Valeja, PhD

Senior Scientist in Analytical Development group at SSCI-A division of Aptuit.

Moltu Guy, MDCurrently resident at University of Wisconsin School
of Medicine and Public Health

Humane Proteomic Staff

Matt Lawrence Lab Manager

After receiving a BS in Biochemistry from UW-River Falls, Matt spent 16 years working in UV/HPLC and LCMS in drug research and analytical laboratories, as proteomics. Current duties include instrument training and maintenance. Matt likes spending time with his wife and two children, biking, building things out of junk, and what some would say is “noisy music”.

Huseyin GunerBioinformatics specialist

Graduate students

Ivy Chen, 4th YearChemical Biology Program

Ivy received her BS degree in mathematic and biology from UW- Madison, and has been working on proteomics research ever since
undergrad. She works on cardiac and skeletal troponin complex by both top-down and bottom-up mass spectrometry, and was involved in the development of LC/MS method for myofilament proteins separation and characterization. She enjoys swimming, traveling, and playing music instruments in her free time.

Zachery Gregorich, 4th Year Molecular
and Cellular
Pharmacology Program

Originally from Upper Michigan, Zach actively
engages in the research that involes around investigating the underlying molecular mechanism(s) responsible for cardiac dysfunction after myocardial infarction
to identify key biological pathways involved in the progression to
heart failure that could be therapeuticall targets. When not in the lab,
Zach enjoys working out and playing video games.

Deyang (Charles) graduated from Wuhan University,
China, with a B.S in preventive medicine in 2011. He then worked in Tibet as a medical intern before
he came here in 2012. He is
currently a 3rd-year graduate student in the program of Molecular and Environmental Toxicology.
His current project is to investigate the signaling network of AMP-activated protein kinase(AMPK).

Yang Hu, 2nd year MD/PhD student

Yang hails from Washington state. In 2013, he graduated from California Institute of Technology with a B.S. in biology. He is currently a 2nd year medical student in the medical scientist training program (MSTP) at UW-Madison and will officially join the lab in 2015. Yang finds great interest in translational research. His hobbies include piano, jogging and basketball.

Wenxuan (Vege) Cai, 1st Year Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program

Wenxuan (Vege) received her BS in the Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology. She is interested in the
regulation of cardiac funtion and regeneration. From the Shantou
City in Southeast China, Vege is a crazy tea lover. She also likes
to design and do programming.

Yutong Jin, 1st Year Chemistry Program

Yutong received her BS degree in Chemistry from Nankai University. She is interested in mass spectrometry and top-down proteomics. She likes traveling and collecting postcards.

Bifan Chen, 1st Year Chemistry Program

Bifan graduated from St. Olaf College, where he majored in
Chemistry and Asian Studies. His current research interests include novel instrumentation,
method development, and their applications on biological issues. In his spare time,Bifan
likes to play the violin, watch basketball games, and hang out with friends.

Nicole Lane, 1st Year Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Program

Nicole completed her BS in Microbiology at the University of Iowa.
She then moved to Madison to join the Cellular and Molecular Pathology program.
She joined the Ge lab at the beginning of 2015. In her free time, she likes to stay active--rock
climbing, dancing, and practicing martial arts.