Team

Jennifer Q. Kwong, PhD

Principal Investigator
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Jennifer Kwong is a cell biologist and Assistant Professor with a primary appointment in the Department of Pediatrics and Division of Cardiovascular Biology, and a secondary appointment in the Department of Cell Biology at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Kwong leads a research program dedicated to mitochondrial biology and energetics in excitable tissues.
Ashley Gayle, M.S.

Research Specialist, Lead
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Ashley graduated from Lane College in 2018 with a B.S. in Biology and a minor in Chemistry. Ashley further obtained a M.S. in Biomedical Technology from Morehouse School of Medicine in 2021. Ashley’s current research interest is in understanding the mechanisms underlying congenital heart defects.
Fateemaa Sohani, B.S.

Research Specialist
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Fateemaa graduated from Emory University in 2022 with a B.S. in Biology. Committed to exploring a career in science and biomedical research, Fateemaa’s current research centers on defining the role of post-translational acylations in the regulation of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore.
Chiemela Ohanele, B.S.

Graduate Student
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Chiemela is an MD/PhD student in the Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology Program at the Emory University School of Medicine. Chiemela is interested in Cardiac Anesthesiology and connections to congenital heart disease.
Allie Rodgers

Undergraduate Researcher
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Allie is an Emory Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology major. Allie is interested in medicinal and disease-related research and is assisting with studies on the mitochondrial citrate carrier and heart development.
Adam Malik

Undergraduate Researcher
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Adam is an undergraduate in the Emory SIRE program who is interested in cardiac biology and in particular how the mitochondrial citrate carrier may interact with other genes to impact cardiac development
Cola Cui

Undergraduate Researcher
Cola is a Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology major from Emory University. Cola is interested in medicine and assisting in basic research on how tissue specific loss of the mitochondrial citrate carrier impacts heart development.

Alumni

Nasab Ghazal (2018-2022)

Nasab was a research specialist lead in the lab who spearheaded work on modeling mitochondrial energy dysfunction in the adult heart. She is currently a PhD student in the Biochemistry, Cell, and Developmental Biology Program at Emory.

Jessica N. Peoples (2018-2022)

Jessica was a postdoctoral fellow who joined the lab from the University of Central Florida. She lead our work on cardiac acylome remodeling and the role the citrate carrier in the developing heart. She is now a Scientific Advisor at Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC.

Austin Park (2021-2022)

Austin was an undergraduate work study student intrigued about research in the biological sciences. He is currently a computer science major at Emory.

Tyler Pham (2017-2019)

Tyler was an Emory undergraduate double majoring in Biology and Chemistry who conducted research in the lab as part of the Scholarly Inquiry and Research Experience Program.

Chinhsien Tsai (2017-2018)

Chinhsien was a research specialist in the lab who is now pursuing a masters in Analytics at the University of Georgia

Tahmina (Daisy) Mohuiddin (2017-2020)

Daisy was the first undergrad and truly the first member of the lab! She is currently a medical school student at the Medical College of Georgia.