Buck-Koehntop Research Group Members - Department of Chemistry - The University of Utah

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	Jared Boster Graduate Student Education: B.S. in Biology from BYU-Idaho with a Minor in Chemistry Research: Investigating zinc finger binding interactions with methylated DNA and protein-protein interactions in transcription Other Interests: Hanging out with my wife and daughter, playing the piano, and playing pickle ball
	Gabriela Eyring Undergraduate Student Education: Biochemistry and Latin American Studies major with a minor in Spanish Research: investigating the biomolecular binding scope of the C-term zinc fingers of ZBTB4 Other Interests: Playing the piano, going to the gym, and going to see movies.
	Leonel Guerra Graduate Student Education: Chemical Engineering degree from the University of the Valley of Guatemala (UVG) Research: Biophysical means for studying the structure-function relationship of biomolecules, epigenetics, cancer, and nucleic acids/protein interactions. Other Interests: Collecting books, playing the ukulele, drinking coffee; favorite molecule is water, favorite virtues are kindess and resilience.
	Nicholas (Nico) Lang Graduate Student Education: B.S. Biochemistry and Biology, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse Research: Characterizing zinc finger MBP biomolecular interactions using biophysical and computational methodologies Other interests: Traveling, aviation, cars, hiking, YouTube, listening to music, crafts/making things/tinkering, etc.
	Abigayle Lizotte Graduate Student Education: B.S. in Health Sciences from Western New England University with a minor in chemistry Research: Investigating ZBTB MBP biomolecular interactions. Other Interests: Traveling, hiking, tennis, spending time with my family, and playing with my puppy.
	Lotfa Haque Lovely Visiting Research Scholar Education: M.B.B.S, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Research: Investigating epigenetic transcriptional regulation by zinc finger methyl-CpG binding proteins in prostate cancer Other interests: Collecting exotic indoor plants, travelling, hiking, exploring new cultures, reading

Last Updated: 9/22/23