Daniela Nicastro
Associate Professor
Ph.D. (2000) Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
daniela.nicastro@utsouthwestern.edu
Zhiguo Shang
Senior research scientist
Ph.D. (2010) Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan
Projects: TYGRESS and image processing
zhiguo.shang@utsouthwestern.edu
Xiaowei Zhao
Senior research associate
Ph.D. (2006) Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Projects: Cryo-ET/FIB of ciliary/basal body structures
xiaowei.zhao@utsouthwestern.edu
Gang Fu
Postdoctoral researcher
Ph.D. (2013) Hokkaido University, Japan
Projects: Cryo-ET and biochemistry of cilia
Thomas Ni
Postdoctoral researcher
Ph.D. (2016) Colorado State University
Projects: Technical development & imaging of cancer-related macromolecules
Long Gui
Postdoctoral researcher
Ph.D (2016) University of Washington, Seattle
Projects: Cryo-ET
Xiaochu Lou
Postdoctoral researcher
Ph.D (2015) Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Projects: Cryo-ET
xiaochu.lou@utsouthwestern.edu
Yanhe Zhao
Postdoctoral researcher
Ph.D (2016) University of Chinese Academy of Sciense, China
Projects: Cryo-ET
Nhan Phan
Research technician
Projects: Biochemistry
Evan Reetz
Research technician
Projects: FIB
Past lab members
| Trainee | Position | Training Period | Current contact |
| Qian Wang | Senior Scientist | 06/2015 – 12/2017 | Senior Scientist in the Alluri Lab at UTSW, Dallas, TX |
| Jianfeng Lin | Instructor | 06/2008 – 10/2017 | Applications Specialist at FEI/Thermo Fisher Scientific |
| Daniel Stoddard | Graduate Student | 06/2012 – 06/2017 | EM facility manager at UTSW, Dallas, TX |
| Aguang Dai | Postdoc | 04/2015 – 05/2017 | EM facility manager at UT Austin |
| Kangkang Song | Postdoc | 01/2010 – 03/2017 | Cryo-EM facility, UMass Med School |
| Cristina Berciu | Postdoc | 08/2008 – 05/2016 | EM facility manager at Maclean Hospital, Boston |
| Michael Cardone | Master’s | 11/2013 – 08/2015 | |
| Si Yan | Postdoc | 06/2014 – 05/2015 | Postdoc at Novartis |
| Thomas Heuser | Postdoc | 07/2007 – 01/2014 | EM facility director, Vienna Biocenter Core Facilities (VBCF), Austria |
| Xiaofeng Fu | Postdoc | 01/2010 – 12/2013 | postdoc in Zhang lab, Pittsburg |
| Cynthia Barber | Postdoc | 02/2009 – 07/2013 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals |
| Blanca Carbajal-González | Master’s | 06/2011 – 03/2013 | EM facility manager, Mount Holyoke College |
| Kyoko Okada | Postdoc | 08/2011 – 11/2012 | Utah |
| Milen Raytchev | Postdoc | 01/2008 – 12/2011 | postdoc in Johnson Lab, Boston University School of Medicine |
| Noreen Francis | Research Technician | 06/2008 – 05/2011 | Dana Farber Institute, Boston |
| Saumya Sankaran | Research Technician | 08/2009 – 08/2010 | PhD student at Stanford University |
| Vivian Tang | Research Technician | 06/2007 – 04/2008 | University of Illinois |
| Joshua Rosenberg | Postdoc | 08/2007 – 03/2008 | Olympus light microscopes |