Current Lab Members
Wesley R. Legant Ph.D., Principal Investigator
Positions:
Associate Professor Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacology
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Training:
Post Doc, HHMI Janelia Research Campus, 2012-2017
Ph.D., Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2006-2012
B.S., BME, Washington University in St. Louis, 2002-2005
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Max Hockenberry
Cell Biology Graduate Student
Training:
B.S., Quantitative Biology, B.A. Biological Physics, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, 2020
Chelsea Yang
Biophysics Graduate Student
Training:
B.S., Chemistry, U.C. Berkeley, 2020
Christian Arthur
BME Graduate Student
Training:
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 2022
Victoria Augoustides
Biophysics Graduate Student
Training:
B.S., Biological Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2022
Andrew Ulmer
BME Graduate Student
Training:
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Mississippi, 2023
Justin Ellis
Pharmacology Graduate Student
Training:
B.S., Biology and Biochemistry, Colorado State University, 2024
M.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University 2025
Mahboob Ali
Computer Science Masters Student
Training:
B.E., Information Technology, Osmania University, 2024
Lab Alumni
Fariha Rahman
Current Position:
Legant Lab Position: BME Graduate Student
Training:
M.S., Bioengineering, University of Washington, 2020
B.A., Molecular and Cell Biology, U.C. Berkeley 2018
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, UNC – Chapel Hill 2024
Regan Moore Ph.D.
Current Position: Field Application Scientist, ONI Microscopy
Legant Lab Position: Post Doctoral Researcher
Training:
Ph.D., Biology, Duke University 2018
B.S., Biology, Ohio University, 2012
Yu Shi Ph.D.
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Physics, Western University, Ontario CA
Legant Lab Position: Post Doctoral Researcher
Training:
Ph.D., Physics, Johns Hopkins University 2019
M.S., Physics, Johns Hopkins University 2015
B.S., Physics, University of Science and Technology China, 2012
Timothy Daugird Ph.D.
Current Position: Post Doctoral Researcher, UNC – Chapel Hill
Legant Lab Position: Pharmacology Graduate Student
Training:
B.A., Biology, UNC – Chapel Hill 2017
Ph.D., Pharmacology, UNC – Chapel Hill 2024
Legant Lab Undergraduate Alumni
Keshav Patel – Ph.D. Candidate, University of Utah Mathematics
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