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The Lab of Payne

	February, 2009. From Left to Right: Don, Kevin, Emily, Arron, Ashlee, CKP, Chip, Amy and Mindi

Principle Investigator

	[Christine K. Payne, Ph.D.] Assistant Professor of Chemistry 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 Iyer 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.		Don-Ricardo Miller Don earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from Morehouse School of Medicine where he studied proteins related to circadian rhythm and received a B.S. in Chemistry from Morgan State University. In the Payne Lab, Don works to target optical probes in live cells.

Graduate Students

	William Humphries Everhart 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.		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.

	Aaron Danberry Aaron graduated from Minnesota State University, Mankato with a B.S. in Chemistry.		Emily Herman Emily graduated from Saint Mary's College with a B.S. in Chemistry.

Undergraduates

	Solaire Finkenstaedt-Quinn Solarie is a summer REU student from Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She will be assisting on a number of diverse projects in the lab.

Past Students

	Melinda Ogden (Graduate Student, 11/07 to 5/09) Mindi graduated from the Payne Lab with a Masters in Chemistry. Mindi was interested in developing new two-photon techniques for live cell imaging and is currently pursuing a career as a high school teacher.		Kevin Hardin (undergraduate, 9/08 to 5/09) Kevin graduated from GaTech with a B.S. in Chemistry. He studyied Huntington's disease using flow cytometry. His presentation at the 2009 Undergraduate Research Symposium was awarded Best Oral Presentation for the College of Sciences.

	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.