Lab Leader

Janet Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Institute Director, Rita Willis Professor of the Life Sciences and Center for Structural Biology Faculty Director, U-M Life Sciences Institute
Martha L. Ludwig Distinguished University Professor of Biological Chemistry, U-M Medical School
Professor of Biophysics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Lab Manager

Research Laboratory Specialist
Research-Track Faculty

David L. Akey, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Scientist
Research Staff

Luiza Castro Jorge, Ph.D.
Research Laboratory Specialist
Graduate Students

Nicholas Bockhaus
Graduate Student, Biological Chemistry

Vishakha Choudhary
Graduate Student

Kenia Contreras
Graduate Student

Natalia Harris
Graduate Student, Biological Chemistry

Yihua Li
Graduate Student, Biophysics

Xunkun Liu
Graduate Student on Rotation

Zoe Yeoh
Graduate Student, Biological Chemistry
Undergraduate Students

Najeeb Baig
Undergraduate Volunteer

Leeam Baldridge
Undergraduate Student

Elizabeth Clark
Undergraduate Student

Anya Dhar
Undergraduate Student
Administrative Staff

Mindy Mackey
Faculty Support Supervisor
Supporting: Managing Director Anna Schork, Associate Institute Director Janet Smith, and faculty member Tzumin Lee