{"id":32,"date":"2021-05-24T11:22:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T11:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martemyanovlab.com\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2026-07-14T18:24:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T22:24:40","slug":"lab-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/martemyanovlab.com\/index.php\/lab-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our Lab Team"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our laboratory hails from across the globe, including members from Russia<\/strong>, China<\/strong>, India<\/strong>, Canada<\/strong>, France<\/strong>, Italy<\/strong>, New Zealand,<\/strong> Taiwan, Japan,<\/strong> Azerbaijan,<\/strong> South Africa<\/strong> and the United States<\/strong>, and it keeps changing. The diversity of ethnic, cultural and educational backgrounds as well as our mutual respect for each other is what makes our lab productive and the environment comfortable to work in. We enjoy hanging out together both in the lab and outside of work.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Kirill Martemyanov, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Professor & Chair
Likes:<\/strong> running, biking, brewing,
cooking, and hiking.
Contact: <\/strong>kmartemyanov@miami.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Yan Cao, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Scientist
Likes:<\/strong> calligraphy.
Contact: <\/strong>yancao@miami.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Jacob B. Rowe, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/strong>
Postdoctoral Scholar
Likes: <\/strong><\/strong>fishing, walking his dog,
automotive maintenance\/repair,
and any outdoor activities
Contact:<\/strong> <\/strong><\/a>jacobbrowe@med.miami.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Colten Lankford, Ph.D.<\/strong>
<\/strong>Postdoctoral Scholar
Likes:<\/strong> <\/strong>music, video games, going to the beach, and playing with his cat & dog.
Contact:<\/strong> <\/strong>lankfordcolten@miami.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Xiaona Li, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Assistant Scientist
Likes:<\/strong> music, hiking, and playing
with her cat.
Contact: <\/strong>xiaona.li@miami.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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William “Grant” Ludlam, Ph.D.
<\/strong><\/strong>Postdoctoral Scholar
Likes:<\/strong> music, cooking, and jiujitsu.
Contact:<\/strong> wgl32@med.miami.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Shubhi Pandey, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Postdoctoral Associate
Likes: <\/strong>music, watching movies,
travelling, and gardening.
Contact<\/strong>: shubhipandey@miami.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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<\/meta>Gloria Brunori, Ph.D.<\/strong>
<\/strong>Assistant Scientist
Likes: <\/strong><\/strong>cooking, music, travelling and spending time with family.
Contact:<\/strong> <\/strong>gloria.brunori@med.miami.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Chu-Ting Chang, Ph.D.
<\/strong><\/strong>Postdoctoral Associate
Likes:<\/strong> travelling, playing with their cat, and spending time with family.
Contact:<\/strong> chutingchang@miami.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Chuanping Zhao, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Postdoctoral Associate
Likes:<\/strong> cooking, walking, and
watching movies.
Contact:<\/strong> cxz724@miami.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Yiming Chen, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Postdoctoral Associate
Likes:<\/strong> Detective stories, movies, food, hiking, swimming, spending time with my cat.
Contact:<\/strong> yiming.chen@miami.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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<\/meta>Natalia Martemyanova,<\/strong> B.S.<\/strong>
<\/strong><\/strong>Research Assistant III
Likes:<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong>painting, drawing, traveling, hunting, Latin dancing, and training her dog.
Contact: <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>nxm1620@med.miami.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Hayley Green, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Postdoctoral Associate
Likes:<\/strong> music, cooking, going to the
beach, and playing squash!
Contact: <\/strong>hayley.green@miami.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Jin Cho, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Postdoctoral Associate
Likes:<\/strong> Watching movies, traveling, spending time with family, and walking
Contact:<\/strong> hwajin.cho@miami.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Sevinj Ahmadova, M.S.<\/strong>
Research Assistant II
Likes:<\/strong> drawing mandalas, working with data using Python, and cooking.
Contact:<\/strong> sevinjahmadova@miami.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Mitchell Harberson, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Postdoctoral Fellow
Likes:<\/strong> Running marathons, brewing beer, hiking, playing video games, and drinking Matcha green tea.\u00a0
Contact:<\/strong> mth155@med.miami.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Marianna Franco, B.S., M.S.<\/strong>
Doctoral Student
Likes:<\/strong> Turtles, playing with my dog Lili, drawing, dancing salsa, cooking and traveling.
<\/em>Contact:<\/strong> mxf1784@med.miami.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dani Antoine, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Postdoctoral Associate
Likes:<\/strong> Playing tennis, reading suspenseful novels, going to the gym, traveling, and spending quality time with my loved ones.
<\/em>Contact:<\/strong> dxa795@med.miami.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Safoura Salar, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Postdoctoral Associate
Likes:<\/strong> Baking, poetry, long walks, hiking, and photography
<\/em>Contact:<\/strong> salars@miami.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Yahnell Judah, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Postdoctoral Associate
Likes:<\/strong> Traveling, visiting botanical gardens and art museums, painting, and reading a good book
<\/em>Contact:<\/strong> yxj201@miami.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Zhenzhen<\/strong> Zhang<\/strong>
Research Associate III
Likes:<\/strong> Growing flowers and plants, keeping cats, reading history books, and traveling
<\/em>Contact:<\/strong> zaz333@med.miami.edu<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Our laboratory hails from across the globe, including members from Russia, China, India, Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand, Taiwan, Japan, Azerbaijan, South Africa and the United States, and it keeps changing. The diversity of ethnic, cultural and educational backgrounds as well as our mutual respect for each other is what makes our lab productive and the environment comfortable to work in. We enjoy hanging out together both in the lab and outside of work. Check out our lab photos to see what we’ve been up to. hjk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-32","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/martemyanovlab.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/martemyanovlab.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/martemyanovlab.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martemyanovlab.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martemyanovlab.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":382,"href":"https:\/\/martemyanovlab.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4381,"href":"https:\/\/martemyanovlab.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions\/4381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/martemyanovlab.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}