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National Biomedical EPR Center

Meet the MCW EPR Center Team

Faculty

Candice S. Klug, PhD

James S. Hyde Professor of Biophysics; Director, National Biomedical EPR Center; Vice Chair for Research in Biophysics

William E. Antholine, PhD

Volunteer Faculty

Brian Bennett, DPhil

Professor and Chair, Physics, Marquette University

Jimmy B. Feix, PhD

Professor

Wojciech Froncisz, PhD

Profesor Emeritus, Molecular Biophysics, Jagiellonian University

Neil Hogg, PhD

Professor; Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, School of Graduate Studies; Vice Chair for Education in Biophysics; Program Director, Biophysics Graduate Program; Director, Redox Biology Program

Balaraman Kalyanaraman, PhD

Harry R. & Angeline E. Quadracci Professor in Parkinson’s Research

Michael T. Lerch, PhD

Associate Professor

Richard R. Mett, PhD

Professor, Physics and Chemistry, Milwaukee School of Engineering; RF Engineer, National Biomedical EPR Center

Jason W. Sidabras, PhD

Assistant Professor

Robert A. Strangeway, PhD

Professor, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Microwave Engineer, National Biomedical EPR Center

W. Karol Subczynski, PhD, DSc

Professor

Jeannette Vasquez Vivar, PhD

Professor; Vice Chair for Research in Biophysics; Associate Director, Redox Biology Program

Jacek Zielonka, PhD, DSc

Assistant Professor; Director, Redox & Bioenergetics Shared Resource

Students and Research/Engineering Staff

Patrick Brennan

Graduate Student (Lerch Lab)

Theodore G. Camenisch

Engineer IV

Nicholas Cina

Graduate Student (Klug Lab)

Alex Garces

Graduate Student (Lerch Lab)

Jennifer V. Gavina

Research Technologist I (Zielonka Lab)

Julian Grosskopf

G4 Student

Agnes Keszler, PhD

Research Scientist I (Hogg Lab)

Richard Scherr

Engineering Technician III

Kathryn Schultz, PhD

Research Scientist I (Klug Lab)

Timothy Thelaner

Engineer II

Steven Traeger

Research Technologist I (Vasquez Vivar Lab)

Joseph Wehrley

Engineering Technician II (Sidabras Lab)

James Woodcock

Research Technologist I (Vasquez Vivar Lab)

Cassie Zehr

Graduate Student (Lerch Lab)

Administration

Lydia Washechek

Grants Operations Coordinator Sr.

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