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  • Research
    • Overview
    • Systems Biochemistry
    • CoQ Biosynthesis
    • Mitochondrial Regulation
  • Publications
    • Featured
    • All by year
  • Team
  • News
  • Contact

The Pagliarini Lab consists of a diverse group of scientists with backgrounds including organic chemistry, mechanistic biochemistry, cell & molecular biology, genetics, neuroscience, medicine & physiology, mass spectrometry, and computational biology. 

**We are currently accepting DBBS rotation students — Join the team**

Staff

Dave Pagliarini

Dave Pagliarini

Dave Pagliarini

Principal Investigator

pagliarini [at] wustl [dot] edu

Merima Forny

Dave Pagliarini

Dave Pagliarini

Scientist

MS Human Biology, 2018, University of Zurich  fornym [at] wustl [dot] edu

Rachel Guerra

Dave Pagliarini

Rachel Guerra

Scientist

PhD Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, 2018, Harvard University  guerra [at] wustl [dot] edu

Andrew Smith

Chelsea Hackbart

Rachel Guerra

Scientist

PhD Biomolecular & Biomedical Science, 2019, University College Dublin

 smith.andrew [at] wustl [dot] edu

Zak Baker

Chelsea Hackbart

Chelsea Hackbart

Scientist

PhD Biochemistry, 2018, University of Saskatchewan

 bakerz [at] wustl [dot] edu

Chelsea Hackbart

Chelsea Hackbart

Chelsea Hackbart

Lab Manager 

MS, 2016, Loyola University, Chicago

 crwhite [at] wustl [dot] edu 

Juan Liu

Juan Liu

Juan Liu

Mass Spec Lab Manager 

PhD Analytical Chemistry, 2012, Georgia State University

 luan [at] wustl [dot] edu 

Postdoctoral Fellows

Vaibhav Deshmukh

Vaibhav Deshmukh

Vaibhav Deshmukh

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD Molecular Physiology and biophysics, 2022, Baylor College of Medicine


Caroline Fecher

Vaibhav Deshmukh

Vaibhav Deshmukh

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD Systemic Neuroscience, 2020, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich & Technical University of Munich

fecher [at] wustl [dot] edu

Patrick Forny

Vaibhav Deshmukh

Juan Cruz Herrero Martín

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD Pediatric Metabolic Medicine, 2016, University Children’s Hospital Zurich

MD Cancer Biology, 2012, University of Zurich
forny [at] wustl [dot] edu


Juan Cruz Herrero Martín

Juan Cruz Herrero Martín

Juan Cruz Herrero Martín

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD Molecular Biosciences, 2022, 

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

juancr [dot] herrero [at] gmail [dot] com

Sean Rogers

Juan Cruz Herrero Martín

Xinyu (Sam) Zhu

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD Cell and Molecular Biology, 2021, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

rsean [at] wustl [dot] edu


Xinyu (Sam) Zhu

Juan Cruz Herrero Martín

Xinyu (Sam) Zhu

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD Biological Sciences, 2024, 

Auburn University

zxinyu [at] wustl [dot] edu


Graduate Students

Eric Lu

Jimmy Mo

Jimmy Mo

Graduate Student (MSTP)

BS Biochemistry, MCB, 2021, 

University of Arizona

 Eric [dot] lu [at] wustl [dot] edu

Jimmy Mo

Jimmy Mo

Jimmy Mo

Graduate Student 

BS Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 2021

MPhil Life Sciences, 2023

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

 h [dot] mo [at] wustl [dot] edu

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Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Paul Grimsrud
    Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010 – 2014
  • Natalie Niemi
    Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Scientist, 2012-2020 
  • Dan Pensinger
    Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020
  • Mateusz Manicki
    Postdoctoral Fellow and Staff Scientist, 2016-2022 


Graduate Students

  • Joshua Carson
    Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2010 – 2015
  • Brendan Floyd
    Graduate Student (M.D./Ph.D.), 2010 – 2015
  • Xiao Guo
    Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2012 – 2017
  • Danielle Lohman
    Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2012-2017
  • Molly McDevitt
    Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2011 – 2019
  • Andrew Reidenbach
    Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2011 – 2017
  • Jarred Rensvold
    Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2009 – 2015
  • Jonathan Stefely
    Graduate Student (M.D./Ph.D), 2011 – 2015
  • Amelia (Still) Nestler
    Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2010 – 2015
  • Michael Veling
    Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2013-2018
  • Kelly (Werner) Eckart
    Graduate Student (M.S.), 2011 – 2014
  • Zack Kemmerer
    Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2014 – 2021 
  • Kyle Robinson
    Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2015 – 2021
  • Nate Murray
    Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2016 – 2022
  • Edrees Rashan
    Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2016 – 2022
  • Jonathan Schmitz (Ph.D.)
    Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2016 – 2023
  • Jonathan Tai
    Graduate Student (M.D./Ph.D.), 2016 – 2023
  • Laura Steenberge (M.D./Ph.D.)
    Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2018 – 2023
  • Andrew Sung (M.D./Ph.D.)
    Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2018 – 2023
  • Abigail Bartlett (Ph.D.)
    Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2017 – 2023


Undergraduate Students

  • Temi Ayodele
    Undergraduate, 2013 – 2014
  • Grant Barber
    Undergraduate, 2009 – 2012
  • Sarah Bohl
    Undergraduate, 2013 – 2016
  • Brendan Dolan
    Undergraduate, 2013 – 2014
  • Michael Drahnak
    Undergraduate, 2014- 2016
  • Drew Gunderson
    Undergraduate, 2013 – 2014
  • Athavi Jeevananthan
    Undergraduate, 2012 – 2014
  • Isabel Johnson
    Undergraduate, 2013 – 2015
  • Sheila Johnson
    Undergraduate, 2017 – 2019
  • Amy Lin
    Undergraduate, 2017 – 2019
  • Jacob Sokol
    Undergraduate, 2015 – 2017
  • Matthew Stefely
    Undergraduate, 2013 – 2016
  • Kate (Stone) Reed
    Undergraduate, 2009 – 2014
  • Lainy Von Bank
    Undergraduate, 2016 – 2018
  • Galen Hicks
    Undergraduate, 2022– 2023
  • Galen Hicks
    Undergraduate, 2020– 2023


Staff

  • AJ Bureta
    Graphic Designer, 2010 – 2013
  • Jenelle Gierhart-Sutter
    Assistant Director of Metabolism Operations, 2016-2020
  • Adam Jochem
    Senior Research Specialist, 2010-2020
  • Jaclyn Mabry
    Research Specialist, 2017 – 2019
  • Nicholas Ryan
    Assistant Research Specialist, 2009 – 2010
  • Zixiang Fang
    Research Specialist, 2021 – 2022

2024 Pagliarini Lab

Last updated July 2024