Jones Laboratory


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picture of the Jones Laboratory
picture of the Jones Laboratory

Graduate Students



PhD student
Focuses on fibroblasts and fibrosis.

PhD student
Makes macrophage mechanisms.

MD/PhD student

Postdoctoral Fellows



Senior Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Ramalingam investigates the mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmia. With AHA support of his project, he is currently elucidating the relationship between metabolic cues and arrhythmias.

Staff



Research Manager
Keeps the wheels on the bus.

Undergraduate Students



Bioengineering co-op student (2023–2025)
Sam has already been accepted to medical school...just has to finish her undergraduate degree first.

Bioengineering co-op student (2024–2026)

Biomedical Engineering Co-op Student (2024–2026)
Jackson Tipton

Jones Lab Alumni



Bioengineering co-op student (2022–2024)
Casey is earning a MS in Physiology before medical school.

Bioengineering co-op student (2022–2024)
Emma is training to become a nurse anesthetist.

Summer undergraduate student (2022–2024)
Ms. Belcher is a GEMS (guaranteed entry to medical school) undergraduate from the University of Louisville. She is also a Fulbright Scholar.

Summer undergraduate student (2023)
Ms. Washington was an AHA-funded student from Appalachian State University. She presented her work at AHA BCVS Conference in Boston in July 2023.

Undergraduate student (2022–2023)
Mr. Lukudu has accepted an offer to attend medical school at the University of Pennsylvania.

Bioengineering student (2021–2023)
Ms. Smith is an M Eng student at the University of Louisville.

PhD student (graduated 2021)
Dr. Audam is currently a postdoctoral research associate at the Broad Institute (MIT/Harvard).

Bioengineering student (2020–2022)
Ms. Garrett is currently an M Eng student at Purdue University.

Bioengineering co-op student (2018–2020)
Mr. Zhang currently works for Humana.

Postdoctoral Fellow (2011–2015)
After completing his postdoctoral training, Dr. Muthusamy returned to India where he is now Head of Research and Development at Cologenesis Healthcare Products in Salem, Tamil Nadu.

Postdoctoral Fellow (2009–2015)
Dr. Zafir was an American Heart Association-funded postdoctoral fellow while in the laboratory. She is now an Instructor at Sullivan University.

PhD student (graduated 2012)
After graduating from the laboratory, Dr. Brainard completed a postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. Dan Kelly (Sanford-Burnham; currently at U Penn) before becoming Assistant Professor of Physiology at the University of Louisville.

Postdoctoral Fellow (2011–2012)
After finishing his postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory, Dr. Readnower has worked for several pharmaceutical companies, including as a Medical Science Liaison for Novartis.

PhD student (graduated 2011)
After graduating from the laboratory, Dr. Watson joined Dr. Howard Rockman's group (Duke Univ) for a postdoctoral fellowship. Dr. Watson is currently Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

Summer medical student (2010)
Dr. Stoler worked in the lab one summer while he was a medical student at the University of Louisville.

Postdoctoral Fellow (2007–2010)
Dr. Facundo was an American Heart Association-funded postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory. He now leads a Professor and leads his own research laboratory at Univ. Federal do Ceará—Campus Cairi (Brazil)

Summer medical student (2009)
Dr. Lemma worked in the lab one summer while she was a medical student at the University of Louisville.

PhD student (graduated 2009)
After graduating from the laboratory, Dr. Nchaw (Ngoh) was a postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Ken Walsh (Boston Univ; currently at Univ of Virginia). Dr. Nchaw (Ngoh) is now a Biomarker Scientist at Jansen Pharmaceuticals in Boston, MA.

Summer medical student (2008)
Dr. Brown worked in the lab for one summer while he was a medical student at the University of Louisville.

Summer undergraduate student (2008)
Dr. Shirk worked in the lab one summer while she was an undergraduate at Indiana University.
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