Dr. Yusuke Okuno
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
okuno@wustl.edu | 314-935-9503 | Louderman Hall, RM 336
- Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health, 2018 -2023
- PhD in Biophysics, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 2017
- B.A.Sc., Double Major in Chemistry & Molecular Biology (High Distinction), Minor in Mathematics & Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, 2011
Graduate Students
Sydney Griggs
Project: the effect of electrostatic interactions on Amyloid Beta
Education: 2nd year graduate student
B.S. in Chemistry from Millikin University, 2023
Hometown: Decatur, IL
Hobbies: Drawing, Writing, Roller skatingFavorite
TV Shows: New Girl, Kingdom (2019), FROM, The Last of Us
Huanran Sun
Project: Encapsulation of Amyloid Beta in Reverse Micelle
Education: 1st year graduate student
Hometown: Shenzhen, China
Outside the class: (British) football (FC Bayern München fan), video games lover (Sid Meier’s Civilization IV, Heart of Iron VI, Battlefield V, Wargame: Red Dragon, CrossFire, Grand Theft Auto V), amateur director, novels and sci fic (The Three-Body Problem, 1984, Crime and Punishment, To Live)
Favorite Movies: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Dark Knight
Patrick Randolph
Project: Analysis of hydration of Amyloid Beta
Education: 1st year graduate student
B.S. In Chemistry from James Madison University, 2024
Hobbies: Costume production, Caving, Video Games
Favorite Video Games: Hollow Knight, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Outer Wilds, Majora’s Mask
Postbacs
Johnny Yang
Project: Encapsulation of Amyloid Beta in Reverse Micelle
Education: Graduated 25′ Major in Chemistry from WashU
Hometown: Guangzhou, China
Favorite Food: French fries, Chicken Wing, Katsu, Chinese cuisine, and etc.
Favorite Movies: Avatar
Jake Page
Project: Simulating NMR relaxation using Brownian Dynamics
Graduated 25′ Major in Chemistry from WashU
Undergraduate Researchers
Tess Agoglia
Project: Encapsulation of proteins in Reverse Micelle
Education: WashU 2028 Graduate, Major in Chemistry: Biochemistry
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Outside the class: soccer player, movie lover, photographer
Favorite Movies: Little Miss Sunshine,
The Darjeeling Limited, Almost Famous, The Social Network
Bella Shao
Project: Machine Learning to assign NMR peaks
Education: Graduate 27′
Major in Biology: Genomics and Computational Biology from WashU
Hometown: Shanghai, China.
Jennifer Hong
Project: The Encapsulation of Amyloid Beta in Reverse Micelle
Education: WashU 2028 Graduate, Chemistry major
Hometown: St. Louis
Advik Lalam
Education: Graduating in 2029
Hometown: Munster, IN
Favorite Movies: The Dark Knight, Interstellar, The Shawshank Redemption, Inception
Hobbies: watching football, playing basketball, watching movies
Alumni
Holly Restad graduated 25′