Payne Lab:People
From Left to Right: Amy, Ashlee, Mindi, Kevin, CKP and Chip
The Boss:
Christine received an S.B. in Chemistry from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California Berkeley.
Post Docs:
Ashlee St. John: Ashlee earned her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Georgia Tech in Dr. Andrew Lyon's group where she studied colloidal assembly. She received a B.A. in Chemistry from the New College of Florida. In the Payne Lab, she will be tracking single particles in live cells.
Graduate Students:
William H. Humphries IV: Chip received a B.S. in Chemistry and a B.M. in Music Performance from Ohio Northern University. Chip is interested in developing new methods for live cell imaging and determing the rate of lysosomal degradation.
Melinda Ogden: Mindi graduated from Michigan State University with a B.S. in Chemistry. Mindi is interested in developing new two-photon techniques for live cell imaging.
Amy Jablonski: Amy attended the University of Alabama-Birmingham and recieved a B.S. in Chemistry. Amy's research focus is using quantum dots for imaging intracellular transport.
Undergraduate Students:
Kevin Hardin: Kevin is a senior in Chemistry at GaTech. He is studying Huntington's disease with flow cytometry.
Past Students:
Nicole Fay (undergraduate, 3/07 to 5/08): Nicole was a Biology and Biochemistry student at GaTech. Nicole is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley.
Jenna Tomlinson (REU, Summer '08): Jenna is a Cell/Molecular Biology student at Grand Valley State University. As an REU student, Jenna created a stably transfected cell line.
Jesse Haulk (undergraduate, 4/08 to 8/08): Jesse was in the Payne lab for his junior year as a Chemistry student at GaTech. He wrote Matlab software for single particle tracking.