People
Principle Investigator
Dr. Edgar A. Arriaga
Pronouns (He, him, his)
Northey Professor, Departments of Chemistry
Biomedical Engineering and Biochemistry
Molecular Biology and Biophysics
The Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism
Phone: 612-624-8024
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students and Others
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Undergraduate
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Alumni (LinkedIn)
Ph. D. Students
Yijia Li, January 2018 – August 2023
Current position: Field application scientist, Izon Scientific US, Medford, MA 02155
Thesis title: BIOINFORMATICS STRATEGIES TO INTERROGATE THE HALLMARKS OF AGING IN SINGLE-CELLS
Zoë Maxwell, September 2017 – August 2022
Current position: Analytical Quality Control Supervisor, BioTechne, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Thesis title: Novel Methodology to Study the Relationship Between Cholesterol Biosynthesis, Prenylation and Autophagy in Aging
Adrian Anderson, January 1999 – August 2003
Current position: Associate Director-QC Chemistry, Gilead Sciences, Oceanside, California
Thesis title: Strategies for the Elucidation of Doxorubicin Metabolism by Capillary
Electrophoresis with Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection.
Dmitry Andreyev, June 2001 – September 2007
Current position: Head of Analytics, Bind Therapeutics, Moscow, Russia
Thesis title: Development of Models and Analytical Approaches for Individual Mitochondria.
Heather (Grundhofer) Brown, November 2013 – August 2018
Current position: Assistant Professor, St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN
Thesis title: Profiling the heterogeneity of intracellular recycling in aging skeletal muscle at the individual cell and organelle levels
Yun Chen, December 2002 – December 2006
Current position: Associate Professor, Dept. Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, China
Thesis title: Determination of Doxorubicin Content in Individual Acidic Organelles by Capillary Electrophoresis with Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection.
Angie Eder, December 2002 – May 2006
Current position: Principal Chemist, 3M, Maplewood, MN.
Thesis title: The Effect of Drug Delivery Systems on the Subcellular Metabolism of Doxorubicin And Cellular Response.
Juan Feng (Biomedical Engineering), October 2004 – November 2007
Current position: Engineering Program Director, Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC), Shreveport, LA.
Thesis title: Feng, J. Monitoring Age-associated Carbonylation in Rat Skeletal Muscle.
Kathryn Fuller, January 1999 – July 2003
Current position: Forensic Scientist, MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, St. Paul, MN.
Thesis Towards a Subcellular Description of Cholesterol Homeostasis title: Analysis of Individual Mitochondria and Acidic Organelles by Capillary Electrophoresis with Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection.
Nilhan Gunasekera (Co.Advisor: KMF), January 1999 – August 2003
Current position: Teacher, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI.
Thesis title: Investigations into the Use of Capillary Electrophoresis for the Analysis of Nuclear Preparations and the Nuclear Localization of Fusion Proteins at the Single Cell Level.
Joseph Katzenmeyer, November 2004 – September 2010
Current position: Analytical Director, Land O’Lakes, Arden Hills, MN.
Thesis title: HPLC-LIF-MS methods to monitor the metabolic profile of doxorubicin and its alteration with age.
Elyse Krautkramer, November 2011 – December 2017, Thesis submission pending Danni Li, December 2002 – March 2007
Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Thesis title: Mitochondrial Superoxide Production and Its Oxidative Damage to Proteins University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2007.
Katherine Muratore, January 2013 – January 2018
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University California – Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
Thesis title: Towards a Subcellular Description of Cholesterol Homeostasis, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2007.
Bobby G. Poe, June 2001 – April 2007
Current position: Research Scientist, Life-Science Innovations, Willmar, MN.
Thesis title: Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA in Individual Mitochondrial Particles.
Marzieh Ramezani, November 2012 – March 2018
Current position: Waters
Thesis title: Liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry reveals that aging affects lipid droplet composition.
Chad P. Satori, October 2007 – April 2012
Current position: Senior Scientist, Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN.
Thesis title: Advancing Organelle Analysis: Development Of Methods For The Enrichment Of Endocytic Organelles And For The Determination Of Endocytic And Autophagy Organelle Properties.
Yaohua Wang, October 2004 – September 2010
Current position: Senior Chemist, Henkel, Madison Heights, Detroit, MI.
Thesis title: Novel capillary electrophoretic strategies for investigating subcellular metabolism in vivo and in vitro.
Chris Whiting, February 2002 – October 2007
Current position: Research Scientist, Dayton Research Institute, Dayton, OH.
Thesis title: Statistical Analysis of Electrophoretic Mobility Distributions of Individual Mitochondria.
Gregory Wolken, December 2007 – October 2013
Current position: Lignatech, WI.
Thesis title: Bioanalytical Techniques For The Analysis Of Mitochondrial Heterogeneity In Aging Models.
Xin Xu, October 2004 – June 2010
Current position: Forensic Scientist, Columbus Crime Laboratory, Columbus, MS.
Thesis title: Monitoring Superoxide Levels in Skeletal Muscle and Cell Models by Capillary Electrophoresis with Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection.
M. S. Students
Peymon Baghernejad, June 2018 – June 2019
Current position: Product Analyst, Panasonic
Scott Brown, January 2004 – August 2005 – August 2007
Current position: Graduate Student, School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota
Ryan Clark, December 2013 – March 2015
Current position: Unknown
Jennifer (Sarafolean) Gonerka , January 2004 – October 2005
Current position: Research Scientists Boston Scientific Corporation, Forest Lake, MN
Michelle (Henderson) Kuhns, December 2009 – Dec 2011
Current position: Unknown
Zachary Kelliher, January 2017 – May 2018
Current position: Boston Scientific, Minneapolis, MN
C.J. Kurth, April 2001 – May 2003
Current position: Vice President of Engineering, NanoH2O, El Segundo, CA
Shu Luan, November 2011 – April 2013
Current position: Unknown
China Deirdre Manion-Fischer, January 2010 – April 2016
Current position: Free lance writer
Apurv Mishra, June 2017 – August 2018
Current position: Unknown
Balazs Novotny, 2020 Scott Rose (Masters, CBS), May 2009 – April 2012
Current position: Quality Assurance Medical Engineer, Medivir, Plymouth, MN
Rongxiao Sa, October 2004 – May 2010
Current position: High School Teacher, Shaoxing, Zhe Jiang, China
William Sanow, November 2004 – September 2007
Current position: Unknown
Thane Taylor, (co-advisor M. Bowser), November 2008 – August 2014
Current position: Family business
Erik Tyrell, November 2011 – January 2020
Current position: Unknown
Lucas Ulmer (Masters BME), May 2012 – August 2013
Current position: Ph.D. Program at the University of Utah
Megan Wolgamot, November 1998 – January 2000
Current position: Principal Chemist, Ecolab Inc, Eagan, MN
Post-Doctoral Researchers
Hossein Ahmadzadeh, September 2002 – August 2005
Current Position: Professor, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
Nameera Baig, September 2002 – August 2022
Current Position: Professor, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
Dr. Margaret Donoghue, Ph.D., Indiana University, April 2010 – October 2012
Current Position: Instructor, Appalachian State University, NC
Ciarán F. Duffy, April 2000 – March 2001
Current Position: National Contact Point - Health, Enterprise Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Chris Eddy, May 2004 – March 2006
Current Position: Researcher, Seagate, Shakopee, MN
Vratislav Kostal, February 2006 – June 2011
Current Position: Applications Specialist, Tescan, Czech Republic
Omprakash Nacham, September 2017 – May 2018
Current Position:
Marian Navratil, April 2004 – July 2008
Current Position: General Manager, R&D, Beckman Coulter, Ramsey, MN
Lee Parsons, June 2013 – October 2016
Current Position: Bioinformatician, Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, UMN, MN
Daniel Roncancio, July 2018 – November 2019
Current Position:
Hongjun Shu, Jan 1999 – April 1999
Current Position: Unknown
Christian Toonstra, July 2018 – October 2019
Current Position:
Richard Walsh, June 2002 – July 2004
Current Position: Principal Chemist, Ecolab Inc., Eagan, MN
Guohua Xiong, November 2001 – December 2004
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Analytical Bio-Chemistry Laboratories Inc., Columbia, MO