Who we are
Fred heberle
principal investigator
Fred received his PhD from Cornell University, where he studied phase separation in model membranes with Gerald Feigenson. That was followed by a postdoc with John Katsaras in the Neutron Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Lab. At ORNL, Fred used innovative neutron contrast variation methods to investigate the three-dimensional organization of lipids in complex biomimetic membranes. Fred is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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Kristen kennison
graduate student
Kristen received her B.S. in Chemistry from Appalachian State University in 2019. She joined the Heberle Lab in Fall 2019.
karan sharma
graduate student
Karan received his masters degree in Chemistry (with honors) in 2019 from Panjab University, Chandigarh. His research focused on modelling and investigation of unconventional non-covalent interactions in modified DNA base pairs. He joined the Heberle Lab in Fall 2020.
emily chaisson
graduate student
Emily double majored in Math and Chemistry, receiving a B.S. from University of Mount Olive in 2020. She joined the Heberle Lab in Fall 2020.
Elizabeth crumley
graduate student
Elizabeth received her B.S. in Chemistry from Lincoln Memorial University in 2020. She joined the Heberle Lab in Fall 2020.
Deeksha mehta
graduate student
Deeksha completed a masters in Chemistry (with honors) from Panjab University, Chandigarh. Her work focused on the synthesis of lanthanide doped metal oxide nanoparticles and their biological application. She joined the Heberle Lab in Fall 2021.
ZIDAN KHAN
GRADUATE STUDENT
Zidan received his Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh. He joined the Heberle lab in Fall 2022, where his research is focused on the phase behavior of bacterial membrane models.
anupam sarker
GRADUATE STUDENT
Anupam completed his B.Sc. (2021) and M.Sc. (2023) from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, majoring in Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. He joined the Heberle lab in Fall 2023.
Loretta akakpo
GRADUATE STUDENT
Loretta received her B.S. in Chemistry from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in 2021. She joined the Heberle Lab in Fall 2023.
Averi cooper
undergraduate student
Averi is a Neuroscience major at the University of Tennessee with an expected graduation date of May 2024.
maryam ahmed
undergraduate student
Maryam is a Chemistry major at the University of Tennessee with an expected graduation date of May 2025.
riley shepard
undergraduate student
Riley is a Chemistry major at the University of Tennessee with an expected graduation date of May 2025.
Alumni
anna weitzer
post-masters intern
Anna received her masters degree from the University of Graz, under the mentorship of Georg Pabst. She conducted two internships in the Advanced Membrane Biophysics Group in 2017, in which she investigated the kinetics of cyclodextrin-mediated lipid exchange.
tatiana miti
graduate intern
Tatiana earned her PhD in Physics from the University of South Florida. For her 2015 internship in the Advanced Membrane Biophysics Group, she studied lipid flip-flop using proton NMR, and lipid phase behavior in giant unilamellar vesicles using confocal fluorescence microscopy.