Current Lab Members

Razvan L. Cornea, Ph.D. - Principal Investigator

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics Department
School of Medicine
​University of Minnesota
Robyn Rebbeck
Researcher 6 (2014 - current)
Research Focus: Structural dynamics of ryanodine receptor modulators in health and disease. 
E-mail: rrebbeck@umn.edu
Bengt Svensson
Researcher 6 (2010 - current)
Research Focus: Molecular dynamics simulations of the ryanodine receptor. 
E-mail: svens005@umn.edu
Jingyan Zhang 
Researcher 6 (2018 - current)
Research Focus: 
E-mail: jingyan@ddt.umn.edu
Megan McCarthy
Graduate Student (BMBB; 2014 - current)
Co-advised by Drs. Cornea and Thomas​
Research Focus: Structural dynamics of calmodulin in regulation of cardiac calcium release. 
E-mail: mmccarth@umn.edu
Michael Wold 
Researcher 2
​(2018 - current)
E-mail: wold@ddt.umn.edu
Jacob Schwarz 
Researcher 2
​(2019 - current)
Research Focus: Structural dynamics of skeletal and cardiac ryanodine  receptor.
E-mail: jake@ddt.umn.edu
Lindsey McGurran
Undergraduate Research Assistant 
​(2018 - current)
Research Focus: Regulation of the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium release channel, ryanodine receptor, for therapeutic applications. 
E-mail: mcgur041@umn.edu
Levy Treinen
Undergraduate Research Assistant 
​(2019 - current)
​E-mail: trein017@umn.edu
 

Former Lab Members

Claire Haskin 
Position in lab: Undergraduate Research Assistant
​Period in lab: 2016 - 2018
​Current Position: 
Opoku Akyeampong
Position in lab: Junior Scientist
​Period in lab: 2016 - 2018
​Current Position: 
Maram Essawy
Position in lab: Junior Scientist
​Period in lab: 2015 - 2016
​Current Position: 
Megan Ryan
Position in lab: Undergraduate Research Assistant 
​Period in lab: 2015 - 2017
​Current Position: Assistant Scientist at R&D Systems
Florentin Nitu
Position in lab: Postdoctoral Associate
Period in lab: (2011 - 2015)
Current Position:
Trinh Nguyen
Position in lab: Junior Scientist
​Period in lab: 2010 - 2011
​Current Position: Assistant Scientist at R&D Systems
Anton Popa
Position in lab: Undergraduate Research Assistant
Period in lab: 2011 - 2012 
Current Position: Medical student at St. George's University 
Tyler D. Miller
Position in lab: Junior Scientist
Period in lab: 2009 - 2012
​Current Position: Family Practice Resident at MidMichigan Medical Center
Elizabeth Lockamy
Position in lab: Graduate Student (BMBB) - Co-advised by Drs. Cornea and Thomas​
Period in lab: 2007 - 2011
Current Position: Senior Scientist at Beckman Coulter
Simon Gruber
Position in lab: Graduate Student (BMBB) - Co-advised by Drs. Cornea and Thomas​
Period in lab: 2008 - 2013
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Mt. Sinai
Xiaoqiong Dong
Position in lab: Graduate Student (BMBB) - Co-advised by Drs. Cornea and Thomas
Period in lab: 2010 - 2014
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Davis
Bonnie Fedor
Position in lab: Junior Scientist
​Period in lab: 2006 - 2007
​Current Position: Graduate Student (BMBB), University of Minnesota