Principal Investigator
Oriana S. Fisher
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Wesleyan University
Email: ofisher @ wesleyan.edu
Office: Hall-Atwater 228 | Phone: (860)-685-2443
Prior Professional Appointments
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Lehigh University, 2019-2024
NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University, 2015-2019
Education
PhD in Pharmacology, Yale University, 2015
BS/MS in Biochemistry, BA in English and American Literature, Brandeis University, 2009
Funding and Awards
NIH R35 MIRA 2023-2028
NSF LEAPS-MPS 2021-2024
NIH Ruth L Kirchstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow, 2016-2019
Current Lab Members
Research Scientists
Daniel Zhitnitsky
B.Sc. in Biology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
M.Sc. in Microbiology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Postdoctoral fellows
Marissa Berry
B.S. in Biochemistry, St. Michael’s College
Ph.D. in Microbiology; The Ohio State University
Undergraduates
Furuzon Atobekova
Major in MB&B
Wesleyan University, class of 2027
Abigail Oduro
Major in MB&B, Neuroscience
Wesleyan University, class of 2027
Jai Tavera
Major in MB&B
Wesleyan University, class of 2027
Flora Wang
Major in Microbiology, Biochemistry
Wesleyan University, class of 2028
Graduate Rotation Students
Arianna McDaniels (Spring 2025)
BA in Biology, Skidmore College
Samantha Palermo (Fall 2024)
BS in Biology, University of New Haven
MS in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of New Haven
Fisher Lab Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows
Yuri Rafael de Oliveira Silva
Ph.D. in Genetics and Molecular Biology, UNICAMP, Brazil
In the lab: 2022-2024
Now: Postdoc, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Undergraduates
Nina Bautista
BS in Biochemistry, Lehigh University, 2024
In the lab: Spring 2024
Hailey Price
BS in Molecular Biology, Lehigh University, 2026
In the lab: 2023-2024
Christopher Jennings
BS in Neuroscience, Lehigh University, 2025
In the lab: 2023-2024
Samuel J Geathers
BS in Biochemistry, Cabrini College, 2024
In the lab: Summer 2023 (BOUNDS)
Now: Research technician, Thomas Jefferson University
Elisa Daniela In Dallo
BS in Biology, Lycoming College, 2024
In the lab: Summer 2023 (BOUNDS)
Now: PhD student, MBSB program, University of Pittsburgh/Carnegie Mellon University
Mu Hu
BS in Biology, Lehigh University, 2023
In the lab: 2022-2023
Now: PhD student, Biochemistry, McGill University
Jueun (David) Han
BS in Biochemistry, Lehigh University, 2023
In the lab: 2022-2023
Now: EPIC
Emerald Kan
BS in Biochemistry, Lehigh University, 2023
In the lab: 2021-2023
Now: Research technician, Baylor College of Medicine
Dia Zheng
BS in Biochemistry, Lehigh University, 2023
In the lab: 2021-2023
Now: Postbac, National Institutes of Health
Jing Guo
BS in Biochemistry, Lehigh University, 2022
In the lab: 2020-2022
Now: PhD student, Microbial Pathogenesis, Washington University in St. Louis