Jonathan Griffin
Major: Biology
Research Active: 2014-
Project(s): Langmuir Monolayer Measurements of aHL
Posters:

Jacob Walhout
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2015-
Projects: Comsol Modeling of aHL
Posters:

Rebecca Hyndman
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2014-
Project(s): Ion Channel Recording and Vesicle Imaging
Posters: Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2014; Electrical Measurements of Alpha-Hemolysin (pdf)

Kayla Solstad
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2013-
Project(s): Derivatizing the Cap of aHL with PEG
Posters: Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2014;Towards the Separation of PEG-Labeled α-Hemolysin from Unlabeled α-Hemolysin (pdf)

Natasha Narang
Major: Biology
Research Active: 2014-
Project(s): Protecting A549 Lung Epithelial Cells From Alpha-Hemolysin Attack
Posters: Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2014; Protecting A549 Lung Epithelial Cells From Alpha-Hemolysin Attack (pdf)

Andreas Geiger
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2013-2016
Project(s): Stimulus-Response Nanopores
Pursuing Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, Purdue University

Topher McCauley
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2013-
Project(s): Langmuir Monolayer Measurements of aHL
Posters: Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2014; The role of cholesterol in the binding/heptamerization of alpha-Hemolysin to phosphocholine monolayers (pdf)

Julie Fink
Major: Biology
Research Active: 2011-
Project(s): Cellular dynammics of alpha-hemolysin exposure
Posters: Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2012; “Protecting Lung Epithelial Cells from the Toxic Effects of Alpha Hemolysin” (pdf)
Co-mentor: Dr. Lisa Keranen Burden
Graduation Year: 2013
Current Pursuit: Student

Zack Barton
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2010-2012
Project(s): FCS of red blood cells lysis by aHL, Laser micromachining
Posters: Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2010; “FCS
characterization of aHL after hemoloysis” (pdf)
Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2011; “Small changes: micromachining in a big way” (pdf)
Publications: Lam, J, Culbertson, M.J., Skinner, N.P. Barton, Z., Burden, D.L., “Information Content in Fluorescence
Correlation Spectroscopy: Binary Mixtures and Detection Volume Distortion,” Anal. Chem., 83, 5268-5274, 2011.
Presentations:
Graduation Year: 2012
Current Pursuit: Ph.D., Chemistry, Univ. of IL, Urbana-Champaign

Catherine Baker
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2010-2011
Project(s): Langmuir trough measurements of aHL at a lipid interface, expression of aHL
Posters: Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2010; “Protein Surfing at an Air-Water Interface” (pdf)
Presentations: Video of seminar given to Wheaton faculty, Fall 2011. For access to this video presentation, please contact Dr. Daniel Burden (daniel.l.burden@wheaton.edu). Please include the presenter’s name, date, and brief description of
intended use.
Co-mentor: Dr. Lisa Keranen-Burden
Graduation Year: 2011
Current Pursuit: Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Philipp Prinz
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2010-2011
Posters: Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS), Oct 17, 2010,
Raleigh, NC; “Recognizing Patterns in Single Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy using Multivariate Analysis” (pdf)
Graduation Year: 2011
Current Pursuit: Business consulting, Accenture, New York, NY

Patti Blair
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2010-
Project(s): Electrophysiology measurements of aHL and PA63, expression of aHL
Posters: Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2010; “Channel Characterization of Pore Forming Proteins” (pdf)
Presentations: Video of seminar given to Wheaton faculty, Spring 2011. For access to this video presentation, please contact Dr. Daniel Burden (daniel.l.burden@wheaton.edu). Please include the presenter’s name, date, and brief description of intended use.
Co-mentor: Dr. Lisa Keranen-Burden
Graduation Year: 2011
Current Pursuit: Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Amy Larson
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2008-2010
Project(s): Expression of mutant a-Hemolysin, red blood cell lysis assays
Posters: Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2009; “Hemolytic Characterization of Alpha hemolysin Mutants” (pdf)
Presentations: Video of Seminar Given to Wheaton Faculty, Fall 2009 (Co-presented with Donna Van Cott) For access to this video presentation, please contact Dr. Daniel Burden (daniel.l.burden@wheaton.edu). Please include the presenter’s name, date, and brief description of intended use.
Co-mentor: Dr. Lisa Keranen-Burden
Graduation Year: 2010
Current Pursuit: Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Donna Van Cott
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2009-2010
Project(s): Exploration of quantum dots as protein labels, expression of mutant a-Hemolysin
Posters: Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2009; “Mutagenesis and Fluorescent Labeling of aHL” (pdf)
Presentations: Video of Seminar Given to Wheaton Faculty, Fall 2009 (Co-presented with Amy Larson) For access to this video presentation, please contact Dr. Daniel Burden (daniel.l.burden@wheaton.edu). Please include the presenter’s name, date, and brief description of intended use.
Co-mentor: Dr. Lisa Keranen-Burden
Graduation Year: 2010
Current Pursuit: High School Chemistry and Biology Teacher, Roanoke, VA

Jonathan Kooiman
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2009-2012
Project(s):Expression of Protective Antigen in E. coli
Posters: Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2009; “Expression, Purification, and Characterization of Bacillus anthracis Protective Antigen under Non-denaturing Conditions” (pdf)
Presentations: Video of Seminar Given to Wheaton Faculty, Fall 2009, Spring 2012 For access to these video presentations, please contact Dr. Daniel Burden (daniel.l.burden@wheaton.edu). Please include the presenter’s name, date, and brief description of intended use. Co-mentor: Dr. Lisa Keranen-Burden
Graduation Year: 2012
Current Pursuit: Medical School
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Kelsey Schuster
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2009-2011
Project(s): Single molecule diffusion in PEM thin films
Posters: Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2009; “Characterizing Properties of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Thin films Using Single-Molecule Spectroscopy” (pdf)
Co-mentor: Dr. Peter Walhout
Graduation Year: 2011
Current Pursuit: Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

Dan Fager
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2009-2010
Project(s): Single molecule diffusion in PEM thin films
Posters: Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session
Co-mentor: Dr. Peter Walhout
Graduation Year: 2010
Current Pursuit: Industry

Jared Kindt
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2008-2009
Project(s): Single molecule microscopy, expression of mutant a-Hemolysin
Publications: Spectroscopy Letters, 43, 586, 2010
Posters: Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS), Oct 17, 2010, Raleigh, NC; “Recognizing Patterns in Single Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy using Multivariate Analysis” (pdf) Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2008; “Optical Tracking of Fluorescently Derivatized Molecules” (pdf)
Presentations:Seminar Given to Wheaton Faculty, Fall 2008 (Co-presented with Derek Bailey) For access to this video presentation, please contact Dr. Daniel Burden (daniel.l.burden@wheaton.edu). Please include the presenter’s name, date, and brief description of intended use. Single-Molecule Tracking of Fluorescently Derivatized a-Hemolysin (pdf)
Co-mentor: Dr. Lisa Keranen Burden
Graduation Year: 2009
Current Pursuit: Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Jonathan Lam
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2008-2010
Project(s): Computer simulations of Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy, NFCS measurements Posters: Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2008; “Computer Simulations of Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy in Complex Situations” (pdf)
Graduation Year: 2010
Current Pursuit: Medical Student, Ben-Gurion University, Israel

Derek Bailey
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2007-2009
Project(s): Expression of mutant a-Hemolysin, Ion channel electrophysiology, Single molecule
microscopy
Publications: Spectroscopy Letters, 43, 586, 2010
Posters: Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS), Oct 17, 2010, Raleigh, NC; “Recognizing Patterns in Single Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy using Multivariate Analysis” (pdf) ASBMB 2008, San Diego, CA: Electrophysiology Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2007; “Characterizing Single-Molecule Pore Formation of Fluorescently Labeled α-Hemolysin” (pdf)
Presentations: Seminar Given to Wheaton Faculty, Fall 2008 (Co-presented with Jared Kindt) For access to this video presentation, please contact Dr. Daniel Burden (daniel.l.burden@wheaton.edu). Please include the presenter’s name, date, and brief description of intended use. Wheaton College Summer Research Program, “Characterzing Single-Molecule Pore Formation of alpha-Hemolysin: Electrophysiology of Lipid Bilayer nanopores” (pdf) Wheaton College Summer Research Program, “Characterizing Single-Molecule Pore Formation of alpha-Hemolysin: Protein Engineering, Purification and Fluorescent Labeling” (pdf)
Co-mentor: Dr. Lisa Keranen-Burden
Graduation Year: 2009
Current Pursuit: Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Ryan Himes
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2004,2005
Project(s): Single molecule diffusion investigations in polyelectrolyte multilayers
Presentations: Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area (ACCA) Student Symposium, Fall 2005; “Single Molecule Diffusion Studies in Polyelectrolyte Thin Films” (pdf)
Publications: Langmuir, 25, 8330, 2009
Co-mentor: Dr. Peter Walhout
Graduation Year: 2006
Current Pursuit: Lab Associate, Loyola Medical Center

Wayland Cheng
Major: Chemistry (with Honors)
Research Active: 2003-2005
Project(s): Numerical Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (NFCS);
Posters: Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2003; “Stabilizing Lipid Membranes”
Publications: Anal. Chem., 79, 4031, 2007
Graduation Year: 2005
Current Pursuit: MD/PhD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Daniel Kim
Major: History
Research Active: 2004-2005
Project(s): Stabilizing lipid membranes
Poster: Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2004; ” Stabilizing Planar Lipid Bilayers”
Graduation Year: 2005
Current Pursuit: Bioethicist

Travis Lowens
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2002
Project(s): Separations of fluorescent labeled proteins
Presentations:
Graduation Year : 2003
Current Pursuit: Pharmaceutical Development: Exoxemis, Omaha, NE