Michal T. Boniecki, Ph.D.
University of Adam Mickiewicz, Poland - M.S. Biotechnology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA - Ph.D. Biochemistry
Research Interest: Group I Intron Splicing, RNA-Protein Interactions
mboniec2@life.uiuc.edu



Li Li
Ph.D. Student
Fudan University, China - B.S. Biological Science
lili4@uiuc.edu


Katie McTavish
Ph.D. Student
KMcTavi2@illinois.edu



Joy Pang
Ph.D. Student
University of California San Diego, USA - B.S. Microbiology
pang2@uiuc.edu



Jaya Sarkar
Ph.D. Student
St. Xavier's College, University of Calcutta, India - B.S. Chemistry
University of Kalyani, India - M.S. Biochemistry
jsarkar2@uiuc.edu







Former Laboratory Members:

Rachel Hellmann, Ph.D.
rhellman@uiuc.edu


Yuxin Zhai, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Texas, Houston, TX
Research Interest: mRNA degradation
Yuxin.Zhai@uth.tmc.edu


Aswini Kumar Betha, Ph.D.
Commercialization and IP Analyst, Office of Technology Management
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
abetha@uiuc.edu


Amy Williams, Ph.D.
Visigen Biotechnologies, Houston, TX
awilliams@visigenbio.com


Mir Hussain Nawaz, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular Biology
The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, CA
hussain@scripps.edu


Vrajesh Karkhanis, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Worcester, MA
Vrajesh.Karkhanis@umassmed.edu


Michael Vu, Ph.D.
mvu2@life.uiuc.edu


Anjali Mascarenhas, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
 amascare@chemistry.ohio-state.edu


Kiranmai Poruri, Ph.D.
kporuri@uh.edu


Jennifer Hsu, Ph.D.
jlhsu3@uiuc.edu