People

Principal Investigator

Seth L. Robia, Ph. D

E-mail; Office Phone: (708) 216-2522
B.A. Biology, Chemistry, St. Olaf College
M.S., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison

Seth joined the faculty in the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in 2006. He teaches a range of subjects for medical and graduate students including Biochemistry (lipid metabolism, enzyme kinetics) Cell Biology (cell cycle, apoptosis), Biophysics (membrane transport, imaging for drug discovery), and Physiology (reproduction).

Postdoctoral Fellows

Nikolai Smolin, Ph.D.
E-mail ;Lab Phone: (708) 216-5158
Ph. D. University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

Nikolai joined the Robia Lab at the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology at Loyola University Chicago Strich School of Medicine in 2012. Nikolai is currently applying modeling techniques (molecular dynamics simulation, docking, etc.) to study dynamics and interactions of SERCA. His scientific interests are computer simulation in biophysics, protein dynamics, water in biology, nanoscale biophysics, therapeutic proteins, etc. For more details please visit https://sites.google.com/site/nikolaismolin/.

Graduate Students

Olga N. Raguimova

E-mail; Lab Phone: (708) 216-5158

B.S. Biological Sciences, UIC, Chicago, 2011

Olga joined the Robia Lab in the summer of 2014. She is currently investigating SERCA key conformational changes during calcium cycling and molecular mechanism of SERCA relief-of-inhibition by PLB phosphorylation. In her research, Olga utilizes such techniques as molecular dynamics simulations, molecular genetics, biochemical assays, fluorescence resonance energy transfer measurements, etc.

Former Trainees Role Dates Current Position
Eileen M. Kelly Technician 7/06 – 1/09 Accountant, Cosco
Zhihong Hu Technician 6/08 – 9/10 Medical Resident, Loyola
Sebastian Mestril Undergrad Res. 6/10 – 8/10 Grad Student, UNC Chapel Hill
Zachary Jones Undergrad Res. 6/10 – 8/10 Special Education teacher
Paul Hale Research Assistant 6/10 – 10/10 Law School
Qiujing Song Postdoc 6/08 – 6/11 Dentist, Lisle, IL
Eric DeGuevara High School Res. 6/11 – 8-11 Undergrad, Univ. Il. Urbana-Champaign
Edgar Gonzales High School Res. 12/11 – 5/12 College Student
Philip Bidwell Grad student (PhD) 6/08 – 4/12 postdoc, Univ. Cincinnati, (E. Kranias)
Sandeep Pallikkuth Postdoc 1/10 – 5/12 Imaging Facility Director, U. Tennessee
Dane Zieman Undergrad 6/10 – 9/12 Engineer, Thermo-Fisher Scientific
Christian Espino High School Res. 10/12 – 5/13 Undergrad, St. Mary’s Univ., MN
Chris Stefonowicz Technician 6/12 – 7/13 Med student, Stritch School of Medicine
Alex Ticho Technician 2/12 – 6/13 MD/PhD student, Univ. IL, Chicago
Aimee Bueno High School Res. 6/13– 8/14 Undergrad, Univ. IL, Chicago
Michael Sobieraj Postbac student 7/13 – 9/13 MD student
Marsha Pribadi Technician 8/13 – 6/14 Property Consultant, Jakarta, Indonesia
Surtaj Iram Postdoc 9/12 – 9/14 Assistant Professor, South Dakota State
Juan Orozco High School Res. 6/14 – 8/14 Undergrad, DePaul University
Berenis Calleros High School Res. 6/14 – 8/14 High School Student
Neha Abrol Grad student (PhD) 6/11 – 10/14 Postdoc, Johns Hopkins, (M. Anderson)
Zhanjia Hou, PhD Research Asst. Prof. 2/07 – 5/15 Medical Physicist, Mobile, AL
Ryan Himes Grad student (PhD) 6/11 – 7/15 Asst. Professor, Olivet Nazarene Univ.
Vidhya Sivakumaran Postdoc 12/13 – 8/15 Chief Scientific Officer, Kids Science Labs
Daniel J. Blackwell Grad student (PhD) 6/11 – 7/16 Postdoc, Vanderbilt, (B. Knollman)
Taylor Zak MD/PhD student 7/13 – 7-17 MD/PhD program, Loyola
John Wolf MD student 5/17-7/17 MD student, Creighton
Nikolai Smolin Staff Scientist 7/12 – 11/17 Senior Data Scientist, Commerce Signals
Olga Raguimova Grad Student (PhD) 6/14 – 6/18 Senior Scientist, Abbott Labs
Garrett Hauck Undergraduate Res 6/18 – 8/18 Undergrad, The Ohio State Univ.

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