People
Jason Kwan, Principal Investigator
Associate Professor, 2020–Present, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Assistant Professor, 2013–2020, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Postoc, 2010–2013, University of Utah (Eric Schmidt Lab)
Ph.D., 2005–2010, University of Florida (Hendrik Luesch Lab)
MPharm, 2004, University of Bath
John Barkei, Researcher
B.S., Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Annecie Benatrehina, Postdoc
Ph.D., 2018, Pharmacognosy, The Ohio State University (Douglas Kinghorn Lab)
Chase Clark, Postdoc
Ph.D., 2020, Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago (Brian Murphy Lab)
B.S., 2012, Biochemistry, Berry College, Georgia
Andrew Lail, Pharmaceutical Sciences Ph.D. Student
B.S., 2019, Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology
Christine Mlot, Research Associate
B.S., Bacteriology and French, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Evan Rees, Pharmaceutical Sciences Ph.D. Student
B.S., 2016, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Siddarth Uppal, Pharmaceutical Sciences Ph.D. Student
B.S., 2019, Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India
Sam Waterworth, Postdoc
Ph.D., 2018, Rhodes University (Rosemary Dorrington Lab)
B.Sc., 2014, Rhodes University
Kyle Wolf, Biophysics Ph.D. Student
B.S., 2014, Case Western Reserve University
Former lab members, current affiliation:
Michael Lafeyette
Rene Ramos, Lodo Therapeutics
Ian Miller, National Center for Quantitative Biology of Complex Systems
Jennifer Ross, Pharmaceutical Product Development
Angela Xu, Zymergen Inc.
Skylar Carlson, Smithsonian Marine Station
Jared Baxa, University of Utah
Tessa Burghardt, UW-Madison
Juan Lopera Peña, ATCC Microbial Genetics
Kelly Montgomery, UCSF
Heather Seo, UW-Madison
Noah Budi, UW-Madison
Izaak Miller, Alleghany College
Ian Tham, UW-Madison
Ted Weyna
John Barkei, UW-Madison (Mansfield Lab)
Christopher Andrews, Navigent
Max Wrobbel
Lab Photos
Lab Thankstmas Party 2021
Front row from left: Anthony Rende, John Barkei, Jason Kwan, Siddarth Uppal. Back row from left: Andrew Lail, Sam Waterworth, Annecie Benatrehina, Christine Mlot
Welcoming new postdoc Annecie Benatrehina during ASP 2019
Left to right: Jason Kwan, Christine Mlot, Annecie Benatrehina, Sam Waterworth, Kyle Wolf, Michael Lafayette
Lab holiday party 2018
Left to right: Jason Kwan, Evan Rees, Sam Waterworth, Kyle Wolf, Christine Mlot. Honorary lab member: Hari Patel-Kwan
Lab outing at the Terrace
Left to right: Ian Tham, Kelly Montgomery, Juan Lopera Peña, Ian Miller, Skylar Carlson, Izaak Miller, Jason Kwan
Jennifer and Angela discover a whole shrimp lodged in a marine sponge!