Jean-Marie Ruysschaert, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist, 1973
Head, Centre of Structural Biology and Bioinformatics
Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)

Leaf Huang, Ph.D.
First Post-doc, 1974-76
Director, Lab of Drug Targeting
University of North Carolina
School of Pharmacy
Chapel Hill, NC
Has founded two Biotechnology companies
Photo taken 5/99

Masatoshi Takeichi, Ph.D.
Post-doc, 1974-76
Director
RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology Discovered E-cadherin

Alex Sandra, Ph.D.
Post-doc, 1976-78
Professor
University of Iowa

Doug Struck, Ph.D.
Post-doc, 1977-80
Professor
Texas A & M

Alan Schroit, Ph.D.
Post-doc, 1977-80
Professor, M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center

Ona C. Martin, M.S.
Senior Research Technician, 1978-94
Guiding light to numerous post-docs & students

J. Wylie Nichols, Ph.D.
Post-doc, 1979-82
Professor
Emory University

Dick Hoekstra, Ph.D.
Post-doc, 1980-82
Professor
University of Groningen

Ken Longmuir, Ph.D.
Post-doc, 1980-82
Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
Associate Dean for Medical Education
University of California, Irvine

Naomi Lipsky, Ph.D.
Post-doc, 1981-84
First paper on C6-NBD-Cer & Golgi
Judaica Artist, Rochester, MN

Rich Sleight, Ph.D.
Post-doc, 1981-85
Associate Dean
Yale University

Paul Uster, Ph.D. (far right)
Post-doc, 1983-86
SEQUUS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Also shown: REP, O. Martin, R. Sleight, N. Lipsky, F. Moshiri

Mike Koval, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student, 1985-90
Assistant Professor
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Med.
Emory Univ. School of Med.

Tony Ting, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student, 1985-91
Senior Scientist,
Athersys, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio

Toshi Kobayashi, Ph.D.
Post-doc, 1986-88
Research Scientist
Inst. of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Japan

Pagano Lab
Summer 1987
Rear: REP, Tony Ting, Gunter Schwarzmann
Middle: Toshi Kobayashi, Mike Koval
Front: Tony Winiski, Ona Martin, Debbie Angster (now Koval!)

Gunter Schwarzmann, Ph.D.
Sabbatical, 1987
Sphingolipid Chemist with K. Sandhoff

Tony Futerman, Ph.D.
Post-doc, 1987-90
Professor
Weizmann Institute of Science

Tony Winiski, Ph.D.,
Post-doc, 1987-89
Research Scientist
Novartis Research Institute (Vienna)

Peter Hoffmann, Ph.D.
Post-doc, 1988-90
Genzyme Corporation

Howard Y. Ando, Ph.D.
Sabbatical, 1989-90
Director of Discovery Lead Optimization
Pfizer Global Research & Development

Anne Rosenwald, Ph.D.
Post-doc, 1989-93
Asst. Professor
Georgetown University

Yasushi Kamisaka, Ph.D.
Post-doc, 1990-92
Staff Scientist
National Inst. Bioscience and Human Technology (Japan)

Jining Bai, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student, 1990-95
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Ed Neufeld, Ph.D.
Post-doc, 1991-93
Staff Associate
NIH (Bethesda)

Kentaro Hanada, Ph.D.
Post-doc, 1993-95
Staff Scientist
NIH (Japan)

Chii-Shiarng Chen, Ph.D.
Post-doc in Pagano Lab, 1993-97
Professor
Inst. of Marine Biotechnology
Natl. Tung-hwa Univ.
Taiwan, Rep. of China

Pascal Paul, Ph.D.
Post-doc, 1993-97
Staff Scientist
Synthelabo Recherche, France

"Three Sons"
K. Hanada, A. Futerman, D. Hoekstra
Lipid Meeting, Italy, 1994

Michael Salman, Ph.D.
Post-doc, 1995-96
Research Scientist
SmithKline Beecham

Kangjian Wu, M.D.
Post-doc, 1995-1998
Staff Scientist
Discovery Research
Wyeth Research

Rikio Watanabe, M.D., Ph.D.
Post-doc, 1996-2000
Assistant Professor
Niigata University
Japan

Gideon Bach, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist, Summer 1997
Professor and Dept. Head
Human Genetics
Hadassah University Hospital

Xiaofeng Sun, Ph.D.
Post-doc in Pagano Lab, 1998-2000
Research Technologist
Mayo Foundation

Michel Dominguez, Ph.D.
Post-doc in Pagano Lab, 1998-2001
Senior Scientist
HyperOmics Farma
Pierrefonds, Qc.

Niveda Rajan, Ph.D.
Post-doc in Pagano Lab,
1998-2001

Vishwajeet Puri, Ph.D.
Post-doc in Pagano Lab, 1999-2003
Assistant Professor
Molecular Medicine Program
Univ. Mass. Medical School
Worcester, MA

John Jefferson, Ph.D.
Sabbatical in Pagano Lab, 2000-2001
Professor of Chemistry
Luther College

Hector Y. Caro
Visiting Pre-doctoral student in Pagano Lab, 2002-2003
Ph.D. Student
Stanford Univ.

Deepak K. Sharma
Post-doc, 2000-2004
Applications Specialist
Photometrics Corp.
Tucson, AZ

Keishi Narita, Ph.D.
Post-doc, 2001-2004
Assistant Prof., Dept. of Anatomy
Univ. of Yamanshi Faculty of Medicine
Yamanashi, Japan

Asami Makino
Visiting Scientist, 2004
Sphingolipid Functions Laboratory
RIKEN Frontier Research System
Saitama, Japan

Jennifer C. Brown
Ph.D. Student, 2000 - 2005
Medical Student
Mayo Medical School

Chia-Wei ("Jenny") Chang
Univ. of Wisconsin
SURF student, 2005

Carlos Bessa
Univ. of Oporto, Portugal
Visiting 2005 Predoc student

Laura Monturiol Gross
Visiting pre-doctoral student, 2006 & 2008
Universidad de Costa Rica
San Jose, Cost Rica

Seong-Youl Kim, Ph.D. Post-doc in Pagano Lab, 2005-2006
Group Leader
Bioneer Corporation
Molecular Diagnostic Institute
Daejeon, Korea

Zhijie "Jie" Cheng, Ph.D.
Post-doc, 2003-2007
Staff Scientist, Promega Corp.
Madison, Wisconsin

Amit K. Choudhury, Ph.D.
Post-doc, 2001-2007
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Iowa

Tengke Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
Post-doc, 2006-2008
Resident, Pulmonary Department
Chao Yang Hospital
Beijing, China