Come join our team! We are recruiting graduate and undergraduate researchers to participate in cutting-edge chemical cartography and drug development research. E-mail lmccall@sdsu.edu for more information.
Laura-Isobel McCall, Ph.D.
Principal investigator
B.Sc. 2006-2009, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Ph.D. 2009-2013, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Postdoc 2013-2017, Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, University of California San Francisco and University of California San Diego
C&E News Talented 12, Class of 2020: one of the “dozen young rising stars who are using chemical know-how to change the world”
2021 Infection and Immunity “Future leader in the field of host-microbe interactions”.
2021 Burroughs Wellcome Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases award
2023 ACS Infectious Diseases Young Investigator Award
Email: lmccall@sdsu.edu
Publication list: http://bit.ly/2oqL0P9
Giovana Macedo, Ph.D.
Lab manager
Joseane Godinho, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow
Godwin Kwakye-Nuako, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow
Guilherme C.M. Paiva, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow
Jeffrey Agyapong, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow
Jarrod Roach
Graduate researcher
Monica Ness
Graduate researcher
Caitlyn Middleton
Undergraduate researcher 2022-2023
Graduate researcher
Luis Ernst
Graduate researcher
Ariel Pernela
Graduate researcher
Kayla Poirier
Graduate researcher
Jordan Edens
Undergraduate researcher
Demetrius Tillery
Undergraduate researcher
Gilberto Lajara
Undergraduate researcher
Caden Ippolito
Undergraduate researcher
Grace Thygeson
Volunteer
Former lab members
Danyang Li
Visiting undergraduate researcher – 2018
Gautham
Undergraduate researcher / Research Assistant 2018-2020
Current position: Laboratory supervisor for COVIDNet
Karina Flores
Undergraduate researcher 2018-2020
Current position: Sales Account Manager at GenScript
Ekram Hossain, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow 2017-2020
Current position: Research Scientist, ThermoFisher
Chaoyi Wu
Graduate student 2019-2020
Shelley Kane
Lab manager 2018-2021
Tarini Singh
Visiting graduate student (data science) 2021-2021
Adwaita Parab
Undergraduate researcher 2018-2019
Graduate student 2019-2021
Current position: PhD student, Baylor College of Medicine
Michael Jimenez Sandoval
Sayre Barron
Graduate rotation student 2021
London Klechka
Undergraduate researcher 2020-2021
Current position: Medical Student, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Miranda Schaefer
Undergraduate researcher 2021
Current position: Student at Louisiana State University
Kate Wheeler
Undergraduate researcher 2021
Current position: PhD student, Baylor College of Medicine
Camil Gosmanov
Undergraduate researcher 2019 and 2021
Danya Dean
Graduate student – PhD granted May 2022
Congratulations Dr. Dean!
Current position: Senior Scientist, Merck
Mitchelle Katemauswa
Undergraduate researcher 2019-2022
Current position: graduate student, Yale University
Nsoua (Henri) Diaba
Undergraduate researcher 2021-2022
Morgan Harris
Graduate student – MSc granted 2022
Shakya Gunasena
Graduate rotation student 2022
Rebecca Ulrich
Graduate student 2020-2023
Taylor Wise
Undergraduate researcher 2023-2023
Ankit Jallipalli
Undergraduate researcher 2023-2023
Micah D’Armand De Chateauvieux
Undergraduate researcher 2022-2023
Current position: Medical Student, UT Southwestern
Rohit Mital
Undergraduate researcher 2021-2023
Current position: Medical Student, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Randy Coats
Research coordinator 2022-2023
Current position: Research Scientist II, ARL Biopharma
Azadeh Nasuhidehnavi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow 2022-2024
Current position: Assistant professor, Binghamton University
Mahbobeh Lesani
Graduate student, PhD granted summer 2023
Congratulations Dr. Lesani!
Current position: Research Scientist III, ARL Biopharma
Jacob Haffner
Visiting graduate student 2018-2023
PhD granted 2023. Congratulations Dr. Haffner!
Visiting researcher 2023
Current position: postdoctoral fellow, Michigan State University
Nathan Colwell
Graduate student 2022-2023
Horvey Palacios
Visiting graduate student 2023
Sahel Faramarzi
Undergraduate researcher 2022-2023
Crystal Okeke
Undergraduate researcher 2023-2024
Zongyuan Liu
Graduate student
PhD granted 2024. Congratulations Dr. Liu!
Current position: Research Scientist, GenScript
Thilini Peramuna, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow (co-supervised with Dr. Cichewicz) 2022-2024
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, University of Oklahoma
