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Kaitlyn Stepler Passes IRP Exam

Jan. 14, 2021—RASR Lab Ph.D. candidate Kaitlyn Stepler passed the Independent Research Proposal (IRP) exam on January 11, 2021 and now is preparing for her final dissertation defense. Congratulations Kaitlyn!

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RASR Lab Team Welcomes Marsalas Whitaker

Jan. 14, 2021—Marsalas Whitaker joined RASR Lab as a Research Assistant II in January 2021. A native Tennessean from Columbia, TN, he received a B.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Memphis. Most recently Marsalas worked as a research assistant at Vanderbilt University for Dr. Charleson Bell where he conducted research in developing novel protocols and...

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Nadjali Chung Advances to PhD Candidate

Dec. 14, 2020—Nadjali Chung successfully completed her qualifying exam on December 9, 2020 becoming the newest PhD candidate at RASR Lab. Nadjali joined the RASR Lab team in the summer of 2017 where she works on developing an ion mobility-mass spectrometry-based approach to improve lipid annotation and analysis. Dr. John McLean is her co-advisor. Congratulations Nadjali!

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