MOGHE LABORATORY RESEARCH ADVISORY ACTIVITIES (1995-2007)

Note: The Moghe clan is growing steadily! All Moghe lab alumni (posdocs, graduates, undergraduates) are urged to contact Dr. Moghe regarding any oversight and help update his records regarding their new jobs, job titles, job promotions, or relocation.

Postdoctoral Researchers (Past and Present)

• Rene S. Schloss (Ph.D, Harvard University) (1997-2002)
• Evangelos Tziampazis (Graduate Student, Georgia Institute of Tech.) (97-99) — currently, a research faculty at the University of Michigan Medical School.
• Marian Pereira (Ph.D, University of Rochester) (2003-5) — currently, Staff Scientist, Celgene Corporation, NJ
• Patrick Johnson (Ph.D, Columbia University) (2004-6) -- currently, tenure-track Assistant Professor, U. Wyoming
• Robert Dubin (Ph.D., City University of New York) (2004–2006) (Jointly supervised with Professor Joachim Kohn)
• Hak-Joon Sung (Ph.D., Emory University and Georgia Tech) (2006-Present), Research Assistant Professor (Jointly supervised with Professor Joachim Kohn)
• Maria Pia Rossi (Ph.D., Drexel University) (2006-8)
• Tamar Andelman (Ph.D., Columbia University) (2007-9) (Jointly supervised with Professor Richard Riman)

Graduate Researchers (Past and Present)

Charlie Chang (BS, Rutgers; PhD received Jan 2000)Thesis: Analysis and Control of Leukocyte Motility on Prosthetic Vascular Biomaterials.Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; MBA Program, Cornell University; Northwest Mutual, Milwaukee, WI.

Colette S. Ranucci (BS, Rutgers; PhD received Jan 2000) Thesis: Substrate topography driven hepatocellular morphogenesis and function. Employment: Merck and Company, Inc., PA. Senior Research Biochemical Engineer.

Jane S. Tjia (BS, MIT; PhD received Oct 2000) Thesis: Analysis of Phagokinetically Coupled Epidermal Cell Migration at Ligand-Polymer Interfaces. Placement: Harvard Medical School (Postdoc); Currently: Intercytex, Inc., MA, Research Scientist

Eric J. Semler (BS, Rutgers; MS received August 2000; PhD received Jan 2004) Thesis: Mechanochemical Control of Morphogenesis and Function of Cultured Hepatocytes. Placement: Cell Biologics, Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, NJ

Thomas A. Brieva (BS, Rutgers; PhD received Oct 2003) Thesis: Hepatocellular Engineering Via Micropresentation of E-cadherin Placement: Research Scientist, Celgene Corporation, NJ

Evangelia Chnari (BS, U. Athens; PhD received Oct 2005) Thesis: Studies of Lipoprotein-Retentive and Cell-Interactive Nanoscale Substrates. Placement: Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, NJ

Anouska Dasgupta (BS, Massey U., New Zealand; PhD received Oct 2005) Thesis: Hepatic and Embryonic Stem Cell Engineering through the Cell-Cell Adhesion Molecule, E-Cadherin. Placement: Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, NJ

Ram I. Sharma (BS, Rutgers, PhD received Oct 2006) Thesis: Biodynamic Nanoscale Substrates for Cell Motility; Placement: ETH Zurich; University of Zurich

Rebecca (Hughey) Moore (BS, U. Rochester; PhD expected Oct 2008) Thesis: Molecular and Microscale Engineering for Liver Specification of Stem Cells

Nicole Iverson (BS, U. Minnesota; PhD expected Oct 2008) Thesis: Synthetic Nanoparticles for Inhibition of Intracellular Lipoprotein Uptake: Biological Mechanisms and Consequences

Jinzhong Wang (BS, Peking U.; PhD expected Oct 2007) Thesis: Controlled Functionalization of Amphiphilic Nanoparticles (Jointly supervised with Professor Kathryn Uhrich)

Nicole Plourde (BS, U. Massachusetts; PhD expected Oct 2008) Thesis: Design and Analysis of Anionic Macromolecules for Receptor-Mediated Interactions and Effect on Atherogenesis.

Matthew D. Treiser (BS, Columbia U.; PhD expected Oct 2008) Thesis: Profiling of Cell-Material Interactions via High Content Single Cell Imaging and Bioinformatics.

Er Liu (BS, Wuhan Tech. U.; PhD expected Oct 2009) Thesis: To be proposed, 12/2007

Christopher Langhammer (BS, Princeton U.; Rutgers/RWJMS MD/PhD Student) Rotation in Moghe Lab from 8/2006-6/2007; Currently Advised by Drs. Firestein and Craelius

Jocie Cherry (BS, St. Louis U.; PhD expected Oct 2010) Thesis: To be proposed, 3/2008

Jing Xu (MS, Peking University Medical College; PhD expected Jan 2010) Thesis: To be proposed, 6/2008

Vanesa Figueroa-Tanon (BS, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; PhD expected Jan 2010) Thesis: To be proposed, 6/2008

Aaron Carlson (BS, Duke University; In Rotation)

Jonathan Gonzalez (BS, University of Puerto Rico; In Rotation)

BS/MS Candidates

Nayyereh Rajaei (BS, Rutgers U.; MS expected May 2007) Thesis: To be determined

Hiral Patel (BS, Rutgers U.; MS expected May 2008) Thesis: To be determined