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Principal Investigator

YifanWang

Yifan Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Chemistry
Adjunct professor in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
wang.yifan@uga.edu

B.S. in Applied Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China 
Ph.D. in Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio

Research Interests: metalloenzymes related to oxidative stress, amino acid/carotenoid metabolism, C–H/C-F/C-C bond cleavage, natural product biosynthesis, and protein cofactor biogenesis


Graduate Students

StephanieJordan

Stephanie Jordan
Lab manager
Stephanie.Jordan1@uga.edu

Joined in Fall 2021
B.S. in Biomedical Science, Brenau University
Post-Bacc in Chemistry, University of North Georgia

Research Interests: Histidine-ligated nonheme iron enzymes in thiol and carotenoid metabolisms

 

BingnanLi

Bingnan Li
bingnan.li@uga.edu

Joined in Summer 2022
B.E. in Bioengineering, Huaqiao University, China
M.S. in Applied Chemistry, Huaqiao University, China

Research Interests: Oxidoreductases in pyrrolnitrin biosynthesis

 

Katie Nolan

Katie Nolan
katie.nolan@uga.edu

Joined in Fall 2022
B.S. in Chemistry, Georgia Southern University

Research Interests: Novel cytochrome P450 enzymes in natural product biosynthesis

 

Jackson Campbell

Jackson Campbell
jackson.campbell25@uga.edu

Joined in Fall 2023
B.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Georgia

Research Interests: Iron-dependent enzymes in pyrrolnitrin biosynthesis; novel cytochrome P450 enzymes in natural product biosynthesis
 

Davis Rutan
davis.rutan@uga.edu

Joined in Fall 2024
B.S. in Biochemistry, Georgia Southern University

Research Interests: carotenoid cleavage oxygenase and heme-dependent regulation

Michael Areola
michael.areola@uga.edu

Joined in Fall 2024
B.S. in Industrial Chemistry, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria

Research Interests: metalloenzymes in bacterial sulfur metabolism


Undergraduate Students

Ashley Hufton
anh15059@uga.edu 

Joined in Fall 2024
B.S. in Chem (Pre-Dental), Class of 2026
 

 

Jordan Scott
Jordan.Scott2@uga.edu

Joined in Summer 2025
B.S. in BCMB, Class of 2027

 

Morgan Razewski
Morgan.Razewski@uga.edu

Joined in Summer 2025
B.S. in Chem, Class of 2027


Alumni
Name  Tenure  Major/Next position/Awards
Postdoc Fellows
Remigio Usai 2022-2025 Establishment of RR spectrometer
Spectroscopic characterization of RufO and PrnB
Undergraduate Students
Hannah Ralls  2021 – 2023  B.S. BCMB 2023
Graduate Student at North Carolina State Univ. 
Experimental Learning Scholarship 
Wesley James  2022  B.S. BIOL 2022
Doctor of Dental, Augusta University 
Fred Lee  2022  B.S. BCE 2022 
Graduate student at Georgia Tech. 
Charishma Kalicheti  2022 – 2023  B.S. CHEM 2023 
Graduate student at GSU and UGA
Zell Miller Scholarship; Presidential Scholar 
Gianluca Ramirez  2021 – 2022  B.S. BCMB 2023 
Macwan Sringam  2022  B.S. CHEM 2024 
Taylor Gerald  2022  B.S. CHEM 2022 
Yuta Hagiya  2022-2023  B.S. CHEM 2024 
Shiv Patel  2023-2024 B.S. BCMB 2026 
Stsiapan Lakhvich 2024 B.S. CHEM 2024
Chief Executive Officer at FlowDent LLC
Grace Tran 2024-2025 B.S. CHEM 2025
Graduate student at Ohio State Univ.
L.B. “Buck” Rogers Award
SURO students
Alexis Juarez Summer 2024 Undergraduate student at University of la Verne
UGA Young Dawgs
Adsila Ringdahl  2023 Oconee County High School