Parishmita Sarma
Parishmita completed her Ph.D. in December 2024 from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, where she studied the molecular mechanisms underlying intrinsic bias and transducer coupling in seven-transmembrane receptors. Outside the lab, she finds joy in hiking, engaging in crafts like crocheting, quilling, and mandala art, listening to music, and cooking.
Sunyoung Jeong
Sunyoung received a Bachelor of Journalism and a Bachelor of Science from Korea University, where she fell into the fascinating world of microbiology. She then moved to Germany to explore antibiotic-resistant bacteria in agricultural settings. Joining the pathobiology PhD program in 2023, she hopes to investigate deeper into the role of the microbiome in different […]
Rebeca Rodriguez
Rebeca graduated with a B.S in Biomedical Sciences in 2021. Afterwards, she completed a two-year post baccalaureate program at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. She began the Cellular and Molecular Physiology doctoral training program in August of 2024. Outside of lab, she enjoys spending time with her friends and family, […]
Jessica Zhang
Jessica is currently an undergraduate student at JHU majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology. In her free time, she enjoys photography and watching anime.
Rachel Muir
Rachel received her PhD in April of 2023 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she studied the impact of early life stress on inflammatory bowel disease. She joined the Pluznick lab in September of 2023. In her free time she enjoys music, hiking, and going to breweries and museums.
Mackenzie Kui
Mackenzie’s first exposure to lab research began as an undergraduate at UCSB where he studied reproductive diapause in fruit flies. After earning his degree in 2018, Mackenzie transitioned into small molecule development while working at City of Hope and Oncovalent Therapeutics. Outside of the lab, you can find him rock climbing or playing beach volleyball.
Jiaojiao Xu
Jiaojiao Xu graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong with her PhD in Oct of 2017, where she studied the modulation of salty taste in human taste cells by dipeptides. She joined the lab in October of 2018 as a postdoctoral fellow, and was promoted to Research Associate in July 2023.
Jennifer Pluznick
Jen Pluznick is a Professor of Physiology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (Baltimore, MD). She received her Ph.D. in Renal Physiology from the University of Nebraska Medical Center (Omaha, NE) in 2005. During her postdoctoral training at Yale University (New Haven, CT) she studied both renal physiology and sensory biology systems (in particular, olfaction). […]