Meet the Director
Jeff Peters
Distinguished Professor of Molecular Toxicology & Carcinogenesis
Deputy Director, The Penn State Cancer Institute
Associate Director of the Center for Molecular Toxicology & Carcingenesis
312 Life Sciences Building
Telephone: 814-863-1387
FAX: 814-863-1696
Email: jmp21@psu.edu
Department of VBS faculty webpage
Current Members
- Xiaoyang Zhu, (Assistant Research Professor); Email: xzz145@psu.edu
- Kyle Oldro, (Laboratory Technologist)
- Udeshi Wickramarachchi, (Graduate student, Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences)
- Yahya Kahn, (Schreyers Honor College Undergraduate, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
- Annalee Schmidt, (Undergraduate, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
- Katherine Bleil, (Undergraduate, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
- Angelina Kramer, (Undergraduate, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
- Sarah Hamilton, (Undergraduate, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
- Edimaobong (Eddy) Akpan, (Undergraduate, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
- Justin Deekollu, (Schreyers Honor College Undergraduate, Biology)
- Taylor James, (Schreyers Honor College Undergraduate, Immunology & Infectious Disease)
- Allison Vilasi, (Undergraduate, Biobehavioral Health)
Former Graduate Students (Degree, Major, Years, Current position)
- Dae Joon Kim, Ph.D. IBIOS Molecular Toxicology (2000-2004), Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX
- Fred Harman, M.S. Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology (2001-2004), Instructor – Human Anatomy, Physiology, & Biochemistry, Devry University
- Meghann Devlin-Durante, M.S. IBIOS Molecular Medicine (2003-2005), Research Associate, Penn State, University Park, PA
- Holly (Marin) Hollingshead, Ph.D. Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology (2003-2007), Instructor – Middlesex Community College, Bedford, MA
- Weiwei Shan, Ph.D. Genetics (2003-2007), Biostatistician, Syneos Health, Morrisville, NC
- Moses Bility, Ph.D. IBIOS Molecular Toxicology (2004-2009) Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases & Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- Michael Borland, Ph.D. Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology (2006-2010), Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA
- Bokai Zhu, Ph.D. IBIOS Molecular Medicine (2006-2012) Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- Gayathri Balandaram, Ph.D. IBIOS Molecular Medicine (2010-2015), Research Toxicologist, Charles River Laboratories, Shrewsbury, MA.
- Douglas Ralph (M.S. candidate) Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology (2019), Research Assistant C, Department of Dermatology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
- Xoaiohan Wang (M.S.) Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology (2019) Research Technician, Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Experimental, LLC, Lancaster, PA.
- Katrin Gandy, (M.S.) Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology (2023) Scientist, Phibro Animal Health Corp., State College, PA.
Former Postdoctoral fellows (Years, Current position)
- Andrew Burdick, Ph.D. (2004-2006), Director, Investigative Toxicology, Pfizer, Inc., Groton, CT
- Marjorie Peraza, Ph.D. (2004-2006), Regulatory and Project Toxicologist, Drug Safety R&D, Pfizer, Inc., Groton, CT
- Pengfei He, Ph.D. (2007-2009), Research Engineer, National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products, Beijing, China
- Shakilur Rahman, Ph.D. (2010-2011), Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA
- Michael Borland, Ph.D. (2011), Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA
- Lauren Markell, Ph.D. (2011), Senior Investigative Toxicologist, FMC Agricultural Solutions, Newark, DE
- J. Luis Morales, Ph.D. (2010-2011), Information Technologies, Altoona Regional Health System, Altoona, PA
- Prajakta Albrecht (Palkar), Ph.D. (2007-2011), Adjunct Faculty, Department of Math, Engineering and Science, Olympic College, Bremerton, WA
- Jennifer Foreman, (2007-2012), Toxicologist, Exon Mobil Biomedical Sciences
- Combiz Khozoie, (2009-2012), Senior Research Associate, Imperial College London, London, England
- Takayuki Koga (2012-2014), Assistant Professor, Kyushi University, Japan
- Prasad Krishnan (2012-2014) Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Penn State University
- Kartick Pramanik (2012-2014), Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Pikeville, Pikeville, KY
- Pei-li Yao (2011-2016), Health Science Evaluator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC
- Shengzhong Su, (2018-2022; Assistant Research Professor)
- Xiaoyang Zhu, (2017-2023; Assistant Research Professor, Penn State University)
Former Visiting Scholars
- Josina Grossman, M.S., Marburg University, Marburg, Germany
Former Sabbatical Scholars
- Boo-Hyon Kang, D.V.M., Ph.D., Korea Institute of Toxicology
Former Undergraduate Students
- Cheryl Domitrovich, Animal BioScience
- Kathleen McGinnis, Schreyer’s Honor Student, Animal BioScience
- Joe Sorg, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Kelly Gerschultz, Schreyer’s Honor Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Kathleen Rhoads, Schreyer’s Honor Student, Animal BioScience
- Tom Hays, Schreyer’s Honor Student, Environmental Resource Management
- Michael Borland, Schreyer’s Honor Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Carrie Ellis, Animal BioScience
- Moses Bility, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Tina Lee, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Robert Bai, Premed
- Priya Joshi, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
- Domonique Trujillo, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Susan Mitchell, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
- Lance Kramer, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
- Satbyol Kang, Schreyer’s Honor Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Jyoti Singh, Biology
- Maggie Scavello, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- William Eckroth, Engineering
- Ayesha Ali, Schreyer’s Honor Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Dylan Phillips, McNair’s Scholar, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Thomas Fausnaught, Undergraduate, Biology
- Li Ping Michelle Chen, Integrated Master Student, Biotechnology
- Stephanie Kim, Chemistry
- Tomasz Dobrzanski, Schreyer’s Honor’s Student, Biology
- Rebecca Miller, Biology
- Megan Campbell, Engineering
- Elaine Demopolis, Engineering
- Killian McNeil, Schreyer’s Honor’s Student, Biotechnology
- Jacqueline Krevitz, Schreyer’s Honors Student, Engineering
- Tejas Kollu, Premed
- Kevin Consevage, Schreyer’s Honors Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Maddie Marshall, Biology
- Gavin Rallis, Biology
- Katie McNeil, Schreyer’s Honors Student, Biotechnology
- Andrew Kelly, Eberly College of Science
- Kacie Lee, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Richard Ni, Immunology and Infectious Disease
- Cullen Young, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Tyler Achuff, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Mitchell Valone, Toxicology
- Taylor Young, Toxicology
- Anjali Patel, Premed
- Nikola Maricic Toxicology
- Rachel Luke, Biology
- Rongon Das, Biology
- Anam Syed, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Colin Mansfield, Toxicology
- Paige Yamate, Toxicology
- Molly Kindschuh, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Dana Geisenberger, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Savithra Krishna Battula, Biotechnology/Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Urvi Gadgil, Biotechnology/Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Hannah Lapoint, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Elizabeth Peters, (Undergraduate, Communications/Journalism)
Former Research Associates
- Laura Billy
- Ann Kusnadi
- Christina Ferry