Members

Principal Investigator

Gabrielle (Gabby) Rudenko
Professor
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Sealy Center for Structural Biology & Molecular Biophysics
Center for Addiction Research

Telephone: (409) 772-6292
Fax: (409) 772-9642
E-mail: garudenk@utmb.edu
Campus Location: 5.114B Basic Science Bldg.
Mail Route: 0647

Current Members

Alumni

Rudenko Laboratory (August 2013, University of Michigan)
from left to right: Anthony Hage (Perrigo Fellow); Suchi Seshadrinathan (Research Technician); Gabrielle Rudenko (PI); Fang Chen (Research Technician); Hui Chen (Postdoctoral Fellow); Yun Wang (Post-doctoral Fellow); Juhye Kang (Visiting Scientist); missing John Bell (Research Assistant).

Senior Technical Staff:

• Hien Huynh (Nov 2021 - June 2024, UTMB)
• Galina Aglyamova (May 2018 - July 2021, UTMB)
• Mukund Bhandari (June 2016 - May 2019, UTMB), UT San Antonio, Graduate School
• Xiaoying Zhong (Jan 2015 - April 2017, UTMB), UTMB
• John Bell
• Vignesh Prabhu (2009 - 2010, UM), Veterinary Medicine, MSU
• Fang Chen (2008 - 2013, UM), Pharmacy Graduate School, Wayne State
• Prashant Rajbandari (2007 - 2008, UM), Graduate School, University of Wisconsin
• Sha Huang (2007 - 2010, UM), Cancer Center, UM
• Kaiser Shen (2006 - 2008, UM), Graduate School UM, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
• Beverley Murray (2006 - 2007, UM), Micromyx, Michigan
• Krish Gourneni (2006 - 2007, UM), MBA program, UT Dallas, Texas
• Dorota Kuczynska (2005 - 2005, UM), Pfizer, California
• Lauren Sheckler (2004 - 2005, UM), GSK, North Carolina

Post-doctoral Fellows and Visiting Scholars:

• Ashwani Kumar (Nov 2020 - Jun 2024, UTMB)
• Harikanth Vennkannagari (Dec 2016 - Dec 2019, UTMB), Baylor College of Medicine
• Shanti Pal Gangwar, PhD (Sept 2014 - Jan 2019, UTMB), Columbia University
• Anurag Misra ( Sept 2016 - Jan 2019, UTMB), UT San Antonio
• Zhou Yin (Aug 2014 - July 2017, UTMB), Rutgers University
• Sekhar Reddy (Feb 2014 - Nov 2016, UTMB), Baylor University
• Juyhe Kang (2013, UM), UNIST, Korea
• Hui Chen Ph.D. (2013, UM), Grand Rapids, MI
• Yun Wang Ph.D. (2010 - 2013, UM), Novi, MI
• Vandavasi Venugopal Ph.D. (2010 - 2013, UM), India
• Tesesa Cesena Ph.D. (2008 - 2009, UM), MMS Holdings
• Helena J. Jorissen Ph.D. (2005 - 2007, UM), Netherlands

Under-Graduate/Graduate Students:

• Hubert Lee (2019 - 2024, UTMB)
• Meikole Parnell (Oct 2022-April 2021; School of Nursing, UTMB)
• Kenneth Zon, UTMB Medical Student
• Miranda Clifford, graduated UTMB Clinical Sciences, currently Medical Laboratory Scientist at Memorial Hermann Greater Heights
• Ryan Murphy, UTMB Grad. Student
• Valeria Gonzales, Graduated UT Rio Grande Valley
• Victoria Weade, NSURP
• Scott Rush (Aug 2016, UTMB), Graduate school Dartmouth
• Ana Kalichava (Aug 2016, UTMB), Democratic Republic of Georgia
• Charles (Sam) Umbaugh (2014, UTMB), Graduate Cell Biology and Neuroscience
• Devan Rostorfer (2013, UM), Undergraduate Lab Assistant
• Anthony Hage (2013, UM), Undergraduate Perrigo Fellow; Medical School UM
• Shayna Bradford (2013, UM), Graduate Pharmacology
• Stephanie Gates (2012 - 2013, UM), Graduate Chemical Biology
• Zachary Wickline (2012 - 2013, UM), Undergraduate UROP
• John Yoon (2012 - 2013, UM), Undergraduate Lab Assistant
• Christopher Dao (2011 - 2012, UM), Undergraduate Lab Assistant; Pharmacy School University of Illinois
• Megan McLeod (2011, UM), Undergraduate Perrigo Fellow
• Vivian Lam (2009 - 2011, UM), Undergraduate Perrigo Fellow, Lab Assistant, Honors Thesis; Medical School UM
• Sukanya Punthambaker (2006 - 2012, UM), Graduate MCDB; Post-doctoral fellow UM
• Samina Bhumbra (2006 - 2009, UM), Undergraduate UROP, Perrigo Fellow, Lab Assistant; Medical School U. of Toledo
• William Cunningham (2009, UM), Undergraduate SROP, Cooke Fellow
• Richella Wasem (2008 - 2009, UM), Undergraduate UROP
• Yutian Xie (2008, UM), Pre-undergraduate student UM; Undergraduate UM; Medical School Wayne State
• Mikhael Kondrashov (2008, UM), Undergraduate EMU
• Adam Kirry (2007, UM), Graduate Pharmacology
• Cherisse Loucks (2006, UM), Graduate Pharmacology
• Andrew Harrison (2006, UM), Undergraduate Perrigo Fellow
• Sarah Schumacher (2006, UM), Graduate Pharmacology
• Irene Wu (2005 - 2007, UM), Undergraduate UROP, Lab Assistant; Pharmacy School UM
• Bharath SM (2005, UM), Graduate Biophysics
• Sarah Lawson (2004 - 2005, UM), Undergraduate UROP; Graduate School Duke, Post-doctoral fellow Duke