Alumni & Collaberators
Over the 45 years that Dr. Lederer has had his lab at the University of Maryland, many world renowned scientists have joined the research team and have left to go on and pursue their scientific careers. On this page we have compiled all the alumni of the lab and our current collaberators.
The Alumni
Josh Berlin, PhD- Professor Pharmacology, Physiology and Neurosciece, Rutgers New Jersery Medical School
Colin Nichols, PhD - Carl Cori Professor, Director of CIMED, Professor of Cell Biology/Physiology University of Washington, St. Louis
Robert Hadley, PhD- Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies for Pharmacology, and Associate Director of Educational Activities University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Mark Cannell, PhD - Chair of Cardiac Cell Biology, University of Bristol, School of Physiology, Pharmacolgy and Neuroscience
Mark Nelson, PhD - Chair and University Distinguished Professor Department of Pharmacology, The University of Vermont, Larnar College of Medicine
Karen MacEachern, DVM, Senior Lecturer, Veterinary Science and Education, University of Glasgow
Godfrey Smith, PhD - Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology, University of Glasgow
Ernst Niggli, MD - Professor Emeritus at University of Bern, Switzerland
Heping Cheng- PhD - Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor, College of Future Technology, Peking University
Director, National Biomedical Imaging Center, Peking UniversityChief Scientist, China Multimodality and Trans-scale Biomedical Imaging Facility
Hector Valdivia, PhD - Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of the Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Wisconsin.
Ana Maria Gomez , PhD- Director of Reserach, Inserm France, Associate Editor Journal of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Keith Dilly, PhD- Medical Director, Global Medical Affairs, Novartis Gene Therapies
Laura Martin, PhD- Lecturer, Towson University
Abdul Ruknudin, PhD- Retired Scientist
Luis Fernando Santana, PhD - Vice Dean for Basic Sciences, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology Santana Lab
Jadar Cruz- PhD - Associate Professor, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Silvia Guatimosim, PhD- Professor, UFMG Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Aristide Chikando, PhD - Data Science SME, US Navy
Valeriy Lukyanenko, PhD - Lead Laboratory Research Specialist at University of Maryland School of Medicine
Brian Hagen, PhD - Senior Biosystem Service Specialist, Nikon Instruments
Andrew Ziman, PhD - Advanced Imaging Specialist, Nikon Instruments
Libet Garber, PhD- Director of Regulatory Affairs, AtaCor Medical, Inc
Andrew Wescott, MD, PhD - Cardiology Fellow at University of Washington
George S. B. Williams, PhD- Affiliate Faculty, George Mason University
Aaron Kaplan, MD, PhD- Internal Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Andrew Coleman, PhD- Research Scientist at Vita Therapeutics
Liron Boyman, PhD- University of Oxford
Our Collaberators
Christoper Ward, PhD- Professor, Department of Orthopedics at University of Maryland School of Medicine, Co- Founder and Scientific Officer at Myologica, LLC
Ramzi Khaiallah, PhD - Co-Founder, President at Myologica, LLC
Thomas A, Longden, PhD- Assistant Professor at University of Maryland, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Drug
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