Mohammed Kaplan, PhD
Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor of Microbiology Committee on Microbiology
(Education/Training)
Post-doc at the California Institute of Technology, 2016-2023
Ph.D. in Molecular Biophysics from Utrecht University, 2015
Research Interests: Research in microbiology, cell biology, and Cryo-ET
Wanda Figueroa-Cuilan, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Post-doc at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2019-2024
Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2019
NIH PREP in Biological Sciences from the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2014
B.S. in Natural Sciences from the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, 2012
Research Interests: utilizing Cryo-ET to understand how the cell envelope allows bacterial growth, replication, and pathogenesis
Demin Zhao
Research Scientist, Lab Technician
M.S. in Biotechnology from Northwestern University, 2015
Research Interests: Applicable usage of bacteria in daily lives, cryo-EM
Tengfei Zhong
Postdoctoral Scholar
Ph.D. in Structural Biology from Gachon University, 2023
M.S. in Surgery from Guangxi Medical University, 2019
B.S. in Clinical Medicine from Guangxi Medical University, 2016
Research Interests: Protein purification, negative staining, cryo-ET and cryo-EM
Artur Czajkowski
Graduate Research Assistant, Fulbright Scholar
Pursuing M.S. in Medical Biotechniology, Pomeranian Medical University Class of 2024
B.S. in Biotechnology from the Pomeranian Medical University, 2022
Research interest: Antibiotic resistance crisis, bacteriophages, cryo-EM
aczajkowski@uchicago.edu
Winter Bell
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Pursuing B.S. in Biology and Economics, University of Chicago College Class of 2025. Background in microbiology and clinical immunology research.
Research interests: Structural microbiology, antimicrobial resistance within the human microbiome.
Ethan Li
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Pursuing B.S. in Chemistry with Biological Chemistry Specialization, University of Chicago Class of 2027.
Research Interests: Cell biology, chemical structure/function of molecular level machines