People

Principal Investigator

Oriana S. Fisher

Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Wesleyan University

Email: ofisher@wesleyan.edu

Office: Hall-Atwater, Room 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 Award, 2023-2028
  • NSF LEAPS-MPS Award, 2021-2024
  • NIH Ruth L. Kirchstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow, 2016-2019
  • NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2010-2015

Current Lab Members

Postdoctoral fellows

Marissa Berry

B.S. in Biochemistry, St. Michael’s College

Ph.D. in Microbiology; The Ohio State University

Undergraduates

Furuzon Atobekova

BS in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; Wesleyan University, 2027

Abigail Oduro

BS in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Neuroscience; Wesleyan University, 2027

Graduate Rotation Students

Samantha Palermo

BS in Biology, University of New Haven

MS in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of New Haven

1st year MB&B PhD student

Fisher Lab Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

Yuri Rafael de Oliveira Silva
  • PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology, UNICAMP
  • 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: 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 at 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: MS 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 at Baylor College of Medicine
Dia Zheng
  • BS in Biochemistry with Honors, Lehigh University, 2023
  • In the lab: 2021-2023
  • Now: Postbac at the National Institutes of Health
Jing Guo
  • BS in Biochemistry with Honors, Lehigh University, 2022
  • In the lab: 2020-2022
  • Now: PhD student, Microbial Pathogenesis, Washington University in St. Louis