Faculty
Post-Docs
Students
Students
Jessica Arden
IIT First Year Student
Hometown: Shelby Township, MI
Project: TBD
Advisor: Dr. R. Mark Wooten
Email: jessica.arden@utoledo.edu
Michael Bechill, B.S.
IIT First Year Student
Vice President: Graduate Student Assn.
Hometown: Wauseon, OH
Project: TBA
Advisor: Dr. R. Mark Wooten
Email: michael.bechill@utoledo.edu
Elizabeth Beil, B.S.
IIT Third Year M.S. Student
Fall 2009, Second year UT Medical School
Hometown: Amherst, NH
Project: "Fc receptor signal transduction"
Advisor: Dr. Randall Worth
Email: elizabeth.beil@utoledo.edu
Sara Campbell, B.S.
IIT Fifth Year Student
Finalist! 2009 UT COM Graduate Student Research Forum
Hometown: Hope, Indiana
Project: "Studies on Moraxella catarrhalis induced host immune responses"
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Pan
Email: sara.campbell@utoledo.edu
Miao Chen, M.Sc., B.S.
IIT Fifth Year Student
Finalist! 2009 UT COM Graduate Student Research Forum
Winner!
UT 2008 Retiree's Scholarship in the IIT Track!!

Hometown: Nanjing, China
Project: "Moraxella catarrhalis induced innate immune responses in human pulmonary epithelial cells"
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Pan
Email: miao.chen@utoledo.edu
Yutein (Andy) Chung, M.Sc., B.S.
IIT Fourth Year Student
Overall Winner! N. Paul Hudson Award for Research Excellence - Ohio 2009 ASM
Third Place Winner!
2009 UT COM Graduate Student Research Forum!

Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
Project: "Identification of Antigen-Presenting Cell Functions Dysregulated by Borrelia burgdorferi-elicited IL-10: Implications for Lyme Disease"
Advisor: Dr. Mark Wooten
Email: yutein.chung@utoledo.edu
Jason French, B.S.
IIT Third Year M.S. Student
Finalist! 2008 UT COM Gradute Research Forum
Hometown: Snellville, GA
Project: "Molecular analysis of mutation in sindbis virus resulting in a conversion mutant phenotype"
Advisor: Dr. Dorothea Sawicki
Email: jason.french2@utoledo.edu
Shuo Geng, M.Sc., B.S.
IIT Fourth Year Student
Finalist! 2008 UT COM Gradute Research Forum
Hometown: Shijiazhuang, China
Project: "Characterization of a novel dendritic cell precursor"
Advisor: Dr. Akira Takashima
Email: shuo.geng@utoledo.edu
Benjamin Hart, M.P.H.
IIT Fifth Year Student
Third Place winner! 2008 UT COM Gradute Research Forum
Hometown: Pandora, OH
Project: "The role of the amino terminus of the global regulatory protein Lrp in DNA recognition"
Advisor: Dr. Robert Blumenthal
Email: benjamin.hart@utoledo.edu
Mithun Khattar, M.Phil., M.S., B.S.
IIT Third Year Student
Second Place Winner! 2009 UT Graduate Student Research Forum
Hometown: New Delhi, India
Project: "The role of JAK3 and STAT5 signaling in T cell mediated transplant tolerance"
Advisor: Dr. Stanislaw Stepkowski
Email: mithun.khattar@utoledo.edu
John-Paul Lavik, B.A. Biology & Chemistry
IIT Second Year Student - M.D./Ph.D. Program  
Hometown: Mentor, OH
Project: "Host/pathogen interactions in Lyme disease"
Advisor: Dr. R. Mark Wooten
Email: john-paul.lavik@toledo.edu
Byung Cheol Lee
IIT First Year Student  
Hometown: South Korea
Project: "Interaction with GPCR and TCR"
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Pan
Email: byungcheo.lee@utoledo.edu
Ran Lu, M.S. in Cell Biology
IIT First Year Student  
Hometown: Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China
Project: "In vivo behaviors of Longhen cells"
Advisor: Dr. Akira Takashima
Email: ran.lu@utoledo.edu
Junbo Mai, B.S.
IIT Fifth Year Student  
Hometown: Shantou, Guangdong Province, China
Project: "Analysis and impact of continuous minus strand RNA synthesis on alphavirus replication"
Advisor: Dr. Dorothea Sawicki
Email: junbo.mai@utoledo.edu
Minal Mulye, M.S., B.S.
IIT First Year Student  
Hometown: Mumbai, India
Project: TBA
Advisor: Dr. R. Mark Wooten
Email: minal.mulye@utoledo.edu
Paul Schroder
IIT First Year Student  
Hometown: Strongsville, OH
Project: "Synergystic activation of Defensins by stimulation with LPS and fMLP"
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Pan
Email: paul.schroder@utoledo.edu
Vipul Shukla, B.S.
IIT Second Year M.S. Student  
Hometown: Troy, MI
Project: "Intravital Imaging of Borrelia burgdorferi in Murine Skin"
Advisor: Dr. R. Mark Wooten
Email: vipul.shukla@utoledo.edu
Daniel Wells
Hometown: Dayton, OH
Project: "Borrelia Burgdorferi"
Advisor: Dr. R. Mark Wooten
Email: daniel.wells@utoledo.edu
Jian Wu, M.S., Bachelor of Medicine in
Preventative Medicine
IIT First Year Student  
Hometown: Wang Jiang, An Qing, An Hui, China
Project: "Regulatory T Cell"
Advisor: Dr. Stanislaw Stepkowski
Email: jian.wu2@utoledo.edu
Joshua Vieth, M.Sc., B.S.
IIT Sixth Year Student  
Hometown: Oregon, OH
Project: "Lipid raft involvement in phagolysome biogenesis"
Advisor: Dr. Randall Worth
Email: joshua.vieth@utoledo.edu
 
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