
Kyunghee Koh Lab
at Thomas Jefferson University
People

Kyunghee Koh,
Principal Investigator
Professor of Neuroscience
Co-Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Positions available
We are looking for highly motivated and creative individuals. For more information, go to Contact.

Sho Inami,
Postdoc

Ruky Akpoghrian,
PhD student

Sara Gallagher,
Research Technician

Alex Strich,
Research Technician
Lab Alumni
Former Postdocs:
Arzu Osturk-Colak, 2015-2020, now a research
Jose Duhart, 2019-21, now a PI, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina
Dinis Afonso, 2015-18, now a physician in Portugal
Die Liu, 2013-15, now a physician in China
James Jepson, 2010-14, now a PI, University College London, UK
Angelique Lamaze, 2011-13, now a Research Associate, University of Munster, Germany
Yong Yang, 2010-11, now a Research Associate, Rutgers University
Former Graduate Students:
Ruky Akpoghiran, 2020-25, PhD, 2018-19, MS, now a clinical research coordinator, Dallas
Daniel Machado, 2013-18, MD/PhD, now a physician in Portugal
Alex Kenny, 2016-17, MS
Dinis Afonso, 2011-14, MD/PhD, now a physician in Portugal
Former Technicians:
Alex Strich, 2023-25, now a research technician, University of Utah
Joey Buchler 2019-22, now a PhD student, Thomas Jefferson University
Yanan Zhang, 2019-21, now a biotechnician in China
Andri Cruz 2017-19, now a PhD student, University of Texas at El Paso
Luke Kim 2018-19, now a medical student, University of Colorado
Victoria Baccini 2016-18, now a postdoc, Tulane University
Huihui Pan, 2010-16, now a lab manager in China
Katelyn Kallas, 2011-13, now a biotechnician at Merck
Drew Peterson, 2009-11, now a senior scientist, Spark Therapeutics
Corinne Smith, 2009-10, now a senior scientist, Spark Therapeutics
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Former Undergraduate Students:
Liz Matthews 2024-25
Harshini Ravi 2023
Katerina Pratsos, 2022
Eeshan Khurana, 2022
Irene Cooper 2021
Kyle Kennedy 2019-22
Jarod Olson, 2018-19
Melanie Hilman, 2018
Yash Shah, 2018
William Wei, 2017-18
Isabelle Roman, 2017
Rafael Ellis, 2016
Andrea Nam, 2014
Robert Simmons, 2013
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