Our Alumni

Past Graduate Students

• Maxim Abakumov, Ph.D., MSU (2010-2012)
• Daria (Dasha) Y. Alakhova, Ph.D., UNMC (2006-2012)
• Ali Altitinchi, M.S., UNC (2018-2019)
• Anna Brynskikh, Ph.D., UNMC (2007-2013)
• Pavel Chelushkin, Ph.D.*, MSU (2003-2007), (A.V. Kabanov, T.A. Lysenko, co-supervisors)
• Tatiana Dorodnykh, Ph.D.*, RCMDT (1990-1996)
• Jimmy Fay, Ph.D., UNC (2016-2022)
• Zagit Gaymalov, Ph.D., UNMC (2004-2009)
• Zhijian (Jimmy) He, Ph.D., UNC (2010-2015)
• Duhyeong Hwang, Ph.D., UNC (2015-2020)
• Yuhang Jiang, Ph.D., UNC (2012-2016)
• Maria M. Khrutskaya, Ph.D.*, MSU (1987-1990), (V.A. Kabanov, A.V. Kabanov, co-supervisors)
• Jong-Oh Kim, Ph.D., UNMC (2007-2010), (T.K. Bronich, supervisor)
• Dasha Kovaleva, Ph.D., UNMC (2007)
• Vivek Mahajan, Ph.D., UNMC (2009-2015)
• Sergey N. Nametkin, Ph.D.*, MSU (1986-1989), (A.V. Levashov, A.V. Kabanov, co-supervisors)
• Irina R. Nazarova, Ph.D.*, MSU (1990-1994), (A.V. Kabanov, A.A. Yaroslavov, co-supervisors)
• Andrew Nehls, M.S., UNMC (1997-2002)
• Natalia Nukolova, Ph.D.*, MSU (2006-2010)
• Kyung (“Kevin”) T. Oh, Ph.D., UNMC (2001-2006)
• Gaurav Sahay, Ph.D., UNMC (2005-2009)
• Youngee Seo, Ph.D., UNC (2011-2019)
• Amit Sharma, UNMC (2004-2008)
• Vladimir I. Slepnev, Ph.D.*, RCMDT (1989-1992)
• Sergey Solomatin, Ph.D., UNMC (1999-2005)
• Srikanth (“Sri”) Sriadibhatla, Ph.D, UNMC (2001-2007)
• Poornima Suresh, M.S., UNMC (2010-2013)
• Yulia G. Suzdaltseva, Ph.D.*, RCMDT (1989-1993), (A.V. Kabanov, O.P. Zhirnov, co-supervisors)
• Jing Tong, Ph.D., UNMC (2009-2013)
• Natasha Vinod, Ph.D., UNC (2016-2021)
• Hemant M. Vishwasrao, M.S., Ph.D., UNMC (2009-2015)
• Xiaomeng Wan, Ph.D., UNC (2012-2018)
• Philise Williams, Ph.D., UNMC (2009-2014)
• Xiang Yi, Ph.D., UNMC (2005-2010)
• Dina Yamaleyeva, Ph.D., UNC (2016-2022)
• Dongfen Yuan, Ph.D., UNC (2011-2017)
• Yi Zhao, Ph.D., UNMC (2008-2013)
• Jian Zhu, M.S., UNMC (2003-2004)

* Candidate of Sciences (USSR/Russian equivalent of Ph.D.)

Undergraduate Visiting/Summer Students

• Daria (Dasha) Y. Alakhova, Moscow State University, Russia (2004, 2005)
• Timothy Cherry, Cornell University, U.S.A. (1997)
• Sage Copling, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2021-2022)
• Sloane Fussell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2018-2021)
• Patrick Halpin, University of Sherbrooke, Canada (1999)
• Mikhail Kozlov, Moscow State University, Russia (1998-1999)
• Brent J. Night, Creighton University, U.S.A. (2001)
• Milena Otdelnova, Moscow State University, Russia (1999-2000)
• Alexei Popov, Moscow State University, Russia (1998)
• Sergey Solomatin, Moscow State University, Russia (1998)
• Steve Stroeger, UNMC College of Pharmacy, U.S.A. (2000)
• Christopher Tofade, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2021-2022)
• Kimi Ueda, UNMC College of Pharmacy, U.S.A. (2001)

Visiting Graduate Students

• Morten Østergaard Andersen, Aarhus University, Denmark (2009)
• Matteo Gazzarri, University of Pisa, Italy (2008)
• Nikola Mannová, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic (2022)
• Anita Schulz, Technical University of Munich, Germany (2008, 2009)

Post-doctoral Trainees and Visiting Scientists

UNMC

• Shaheen Ahmed, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2009-2012)
• Elena Batrakova, Ph.D., Research Associate (1995-2003)
• Tatiana Bronich, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Assistant (1995-1997)
• Zagit Gaymalov, Ph.D., Research Manager and Deputy Director of CDDN for Translational Research (2010-2012)
• Catherine Gebhart, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Research Associate (1998-2000)
• Yingchao Han, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2010-2012)
• Natalia Klyachko, Ph.D., Visiting Professor (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
• Yuan Li, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2005-2008)
• Robert Luxenhofer, Ph.D., Visiting Scientist, Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2007-2008)
• Eugenie Lysenko, Ph.D., Visiting Scientist (1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009)
• Devika Manickam, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2008-2010), Research Instructor (2011-), Leader, Biopolymer Nanoformulations Group (2011-2012)
• Hong Khanh Nguyen, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Assistant (1997-1998)
• Motoi Oishi, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor (2007-2008)
• Tatiana Panova, Ph.D., Visiting Scientist (2008)
• Svetlana Romanova, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2009)
• Carolyne Roques, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2008-2009), Research Associate (2010)
• Marina Sokolsky, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2009-2012), Research Associate (2011-), Leader, Magnetic Nanomaterials Group (2011-2012)
• Sergey Vinogradov, Ph.D., Visiting Scientist (1994-1997)
• Zhihui Yang, M.D., Research Associate (2004-2007)
• Zigang Yang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2008-2010)
• Xiang Yi, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2010-2012), Leader, Protein Therapeutics Group (2010-2012)
• Li Zhang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2004-2005)
• Wenguang Zhang, M.D., Research Instructor (2008-2009)
• Xiaobin Zhang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2004-2008)

UNC-Chapel Hill

• Juan Beltran Huarac, Ph.D., T32 Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2018-2019)
• Ayelet David, Ph.D., Visiting Scientist (2018-2020)
• Yusuf Kemal Demir, Ph.D., Research Associate (2017)
• Jing Gao, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2013-2015)
• Lida Ghazanfari, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2016-2021)
• Olesia Gololobova, Ph.D., Research Specialist (2017-2020)
• Yuchun Han, Ph.D., Visiting Scientist (2018-2019)
• Ryo Kojima, Ph.D., Visiting Scientist (2018-2019)
• Chaemin Lim, Ph,D., Postdoctoral Research Associate (2017-2021)
• Anton Lopukhov, Ph.D., Visiting Scientist (2016-2017)
• Naoki Makita, M.S., Visiting Scientist (2017-2019)
• Alyssa Master, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Associate (2014-2016)
• Alexander Piroyan, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2012-2014)
• Si Qin, Ph.D., Research Associate (2016-2017)
• Elizabeth Wayne, Ph.D., T32 Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2015-2019)
• Mingzhen Zhang, Ph.D., Research Associate (2016-2018)