Lab alumni

Pollard alumni photos
Name Position Dates Title of project Current position
Keigi Fujiwara Postdoc 1973-78 Cytoplasmic myosin localization Retired Professor of Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Ctr
Rick Niederman DMD 1973-75 Cytoplasmic myosin assembly Professor of Epidemiology, NYU Dental School
Linda M Griffith Predoc 1976-81 Actin microtubule interactions Medical officer, NIH, NIAID
Mary E Porter Res asst 1975-77 Proteins of the contractile ring Retired Professor of Genetics Cell Bio Devel, U Minnesota
Pamela Maupin Res asst 1976-95 EM of actin & contractile rings Retired
Mark S Mooseker Postdoc 1977-78 Brush border myosin Professor of Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology, Yale
Susan McLean Res Asst 1977-79 Actin & cytochalasin Stanford MD, Retired Physician, Santa Clara CA
Ira M Herman Postdoc 1978-83 Actin localization in cells Sr Dir, Biological Sciences, Lumicell, Inc.
Gerhard Isenberg Postdoc 1979-80 Capping protein Retired from faculty of Technical University of Munich
Daniel P Kiehart Postdoc 1980-85 Myosin monoclonal antibodies Prof Biology, former Dean of Science, Duke University
Donald A Kaiser Res Asst 1982-99 Profilin, monoclonal antibodies Retired
Susan J Hagen Postdoc 1983-87 Localization of myosin-I Assoc Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Nancy Crisona Postdoc 1980-81 Actin localization in motile cells Retired, Research Assoc MCD Biol UC Berkeley
John A Cooper MD/PhD 1981-86 Profilin & actophorin Prof & former chair Biochem Biophys Washington U Med
S Charles Selden Postdoc 1981-83 Actin-microtubule interactions Retired from staff of NIH Director
Peter C Tseng Res Asst 1981-83 Profilin biochemistry Johns Hopkins MD, ER physician, Torrence CA
David Rimm MD/PhD 1982-89 Molecular biology of myosin-II Professor of Pathology, Yale Medical School
Chi Van Dang MD 1982-83 Cytoskeleton Professor Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical School
Marschall S Runge MD 1982-83 Profilin characterization Dean, Univ. Michigan Medical School
Masahiko Sato Postdoc 1983-86 Rheology of actin filament gels Retired Scientist at Eli Lily Research Labs
Richard J Adams Postdoc 1984-88 Myosin-I - membranes Lecturer, Dept of Physiology, Cambridge University
John H Sinard MD/PhD 1984-90 Assembly of myosin-II Professor of Pathology, Yale Medical School
Dhansukhlal Bhandari Postdoc 1985-87 Actomyosin cycle intermediates Last contact: Staff Scientist, FMBRA, Herts UK
Karen Magnus Postdoc 1985-89 Structure of profilin Last contact: Sci staff, Duke U Marine Laboratory
Lisa L Satterwhite Predoc 1986-92 Myosin regulation by cell cycle Assoc Res Prof, Dept Civil Environ Engineering, Duke U
Sutherland Maciver Postdoc 1987-91 Characterization of actophorin Lecturer, U Edinburgh, Scotland
Daniel Wachsstock MD/PhD 1987-93 Biophysics of actin filaments Pediatrician, St Louis
Pascal Goldschmidt-Clermont Postdoc 1988-91 Profilin - phosphoinositides Dean emeritus, University of Miami Medical School
Henry Zot Postdoc 1988-91 Myosin-I interaction with lipids Professor, former chair of Biology, W Georgia University
Steve Doberstein Predoc 1988-93 Myosin-I - membranes Biotechnology Consultant, Independent Board Member
Laura Machesky Predoc 1988-93 Profilin – lipids, Arp2/3 complex Sir Henry Dale Professor University of Cambridge
Shigenobu Yonemura Postdoc 1989-90 Localization of myosin isozymes Professor, University of Tokushima
Steven Almo Postdoc 1990-93 Structure of profilin Chair Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Simon J. Atkinson Postdoc 1990-94 Actin related proteins Vice Chancellor for Research, UC Davis
Stephen Quirk Postdoc 1991-94 Structure of actophorin Director of R & D, Kimberly Clark Corp
Anne Bresnick Postdoc 1991-96 Regulation of cytokinesis Professor, Biochemistry Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Eugene Petrella Postdoc 1992-96 Profilin polyproline interactions President & CSO, TargetRNA Inc
Valda Vinson Postdoc 1992-96 Structure of profilin Executive Editor of Science Journals
Joseph Kelleher Predoc 1992-97 Actin-related proteins Sr VP of Biology, Empress Therapeutics
Jingyuan Xu Predoc 1992-97 Biophysics of actin filaments Staff Scientist, USDA, Peoria, IL
E Michael Ostap Postdoc 1993-96 Mechanism of myosin-I ATPase Prof Physiology, Sr V Dean & CSO, U Penn Medical School
Enrique De La Cruz Predoc 1993-97 Actin filament assembly Prof, former chair Molec Biophysics & Biochem, Yale Univ.
Victoria Wolff-Long Postdoc 1994-95 Myosin phosphorylation Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific, MD
R Dyche Mullins Postdoc 1994-98 Function of Arp2/3 complex Professor of Pharmacology, UCSF
Wei-Lih Lee Predoc 1995-01 Myosin-I and membranes Professor of Biology, Dartmouth College
Jia Lu Predoc 1995-01 Functional analysis of profilin Medical Director, Novartis, NJ
Kirsi Turbedsky Predoc 1995-01 Myosin-II Arp2/3 complex structure Retired from science
Laurent Blanchoin Postdoc 1996-01 Actin filament severing by cofilin Research Dir Biosciences & Biotechnology Inst, Grenoble
Magdalena Bezanilla Predoc 1996-01 Genetics of cytokinesis Professor of Biology, Dartmouth College
Harry Higgs Postdoc 1997-01 Function of Arp2/3 complex Professor & Chair Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School
Jean-Baptiste Marchand Postdoc 1999-01 Regulation of Arp2/3 complex Scientist, Avidis Corp, France
Kurt Amann Postdoc 1999-01 Regulation of Arp2/3 complex Assoc Professor Integrative Biology, Univ. Wisconsin
Ernesto Andrianantoandro Predoc 2000-05 Mechanism of ADF/cofilin Scientific editor, Cell Systems
Vladimir Sirotkin Postdoc 2001-07 Function of myosin-I Asst Professor CDB Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse
Christopher Beltzner Predoc 2001-07 Dynamics of Arp2/3 complex Biotech Consultant Portland OR
Rachel Mahaffy Postoc 2001-06 Regulation of Arp2/3 complex Lost contact
David R Kovar Postdoc 2001-06 Cytokinesis biochemistry Prof Molecular Genetics Cell Biology U Chicago; Grad Dean
Ryan Littlefield Postdoc 2001-02 Arp2/3 complex structure Asst Professor Biology, University of South Alabama
Matthew Lord Postdoc 2001-05 Myosin-II in cytokinesis Head of R&D, Atiresh Ltd, UK
Jian-Qiu Wu Postdoc 2001-06 Cytokinesis genetics Professor Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University
Jeffrey Kuhn Postdoc 2001-06 Microscopy, actin dynamics Manager Microscopy Core, MIT Koch Institute
Ikuko Fujiwara Postdoc 2003-06 Actin dynamics Assoc Professor, Bioengineering, Niigata University
Bradley Nolen Postdoc 2003-08 Arp2/3 complex structure Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Univ of Oregon
Janice Friend Predoc 2003-08 Myosin-II in cytokinesis Instructor, Chemistry, Virginia Military Institute
Adithya Paul Predoc 2004-09 Formin mechanisms Res Sci, Immunology & Infect Dis, Harvard Sch Pub Health
Dimetrios Vavylonis Postdoc 2004-06 Models of formins & cytokinesis Professor of Physics Lehigh University
Paul Dalhaimer Postdoc 2004-09 Arp2/3 complex dynamics Assoc Professor, Bioengineering, University of Tennessee
Charmaine Chan Predoc 2005-09 Mechanism of cofilin Portfolio Manager, Thrivent Asset Management
Chad McCormick Predoc 2006-13 In vivo equilibrium constants Assoc Director, FASEB Research Integrity
Obidimma Ezezika Postdoc 2006-08 Structure of profilin Asst Professor, Health Sciences, Western Univ, Canada
Jacob Baum Postdoc 2006 Malaria formins Head, School of Biology, Univ New S Wales, Australia
Rajesh Arasada Postdoc 2006-17 Cdc15p in cytokinesis Senior Data Scientist, Johnson & Johnson
Qian Chen Postdoc 2006-15 Functions of cofilin in yeast Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo
Shih-Chieh Ti Predoc 2007-11 Mechanism of Arp2/3 complex Asst Professor, Hong Kong University
Shambaditya Saha Predoc 2007-12 Anillin Mid1p in cytokinesis Group leader, IMBA, Vienna Austria
Julien Berro Postdoc 2008-13 Modeling of endocytosis Assoc Professor Molecular Biophysics Biochemistry, Yale 
Caroline Laplante Postdoc 2008-16 Structure of the contractile ring Assoc Professor Mol Biomed Sci, North Carolina State Univ.
Naomi Courtemanche Postdoc 2008-15 Mechanism of formins Assoc Prof Genetics Cell Biology Development U Minnesota
Irene Reynolds-Tebbs Predoc 2008-13 IQGAP Rng2p in cytokinesis Scientific Reviewer, FDA
John Goss Postdoc 2009-13 Functions of S. pombe Blt1p Associate Professor of Biology, Wellesley College
Christopher Jurgenson Postdoc 2009-13 Structure of Arp2/3 complex Professor of Biochemistry, Delta State University
Matthew Akamatsu Predoc 2010-15 Contractile ring assembly Asst Professor of Biology, University of Washington
Shalini Nag Postdoc 2011-15 Structure of anillin Mid1p Author, Founder of EvidaSolve consulting
Sofia Espinoza-Sanchez Predoc 2012-18 Arp2/3 complex conformations McKinsey & Company, Philadelphia
Mark Zweifel Postdoc 2015 Optical trap construction Research Assistant, University of Minnesota
Steven Z Chou Postdoc 2015-22 Actin filament structure Asst Professor of Biochemistry Biophysics U CT Health Ctr
Moon Chatterjee Postdoc 2015-21 Structure of Mid1, Arp2/3 complex Senior Research Scientist, Gilead Sciences, Oceanside CA
Wasim Sayyad Postdoc 2015-23 Super resolution microscopy Research Scientist, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Sumit K Dey Postdoc 2015-18 Regulation of cytokinesis Senior Research Scientist, Memorial Sloan Kettering 
Alexander Epstein Undergrad 2015-18 Arp2/3 complex phosphorylation PhD candidate, Rockefeller University
Mengyuan Helen Sun Predoc 2016-21 Super resolution microscopy Associate, CurieBio
Samantha R Dundon Postdoc 2016-20 Regulation of cytokinesis Patent agent, McCarter & English LLP
Aahron Rosenbloom Predoc 2016-21 WASp and actin Chemistry Lead, Barcode Nanotech