PEOPLE
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Sangbum Park, PhD
Assistant Professor
Institute for Quantitative Health Sciences and Engineering (IQ)
Department of Medicine
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Sangbum received B.S. in Animal Biotechnology and Ph.D. in Stem Cell Biology at the Seoul National University in South Korea. He completed his postdoctoral training with Dr. Valentina Greco in the Department of Genetics at Yale University. Sangbum is currently an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University (2020 - ). Sangbum has been the receipient of many fellwoships and awards including the 2014 James Hudson Brown – Alexander Brown Coxe Postdoctoral Fellowship, the 2015 State of Connecticut Regenerative Medicine Research Fund (RMRF) seed grant award, the 2017 New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) – Druckenmiller Fellowship and the 2019 International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Merit Award.
POSTDOCS
Artem Kiselev, PhD
Artem received B.S in the field of Hox-genes and a Ph.D. in Cell Biology at the Institute of Cytology Russian Academy of science. Through his Ph.D. project, Artem developed an in vivo model for studying oogenesis in insects. After Ph.D. Artem worked in the field of сardiovascular research where he gained extensive experience with modern OMICS technologies and bioinformatics methods. Artem also participated in studies on anaphylactic shock at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Artem was the head of several Russian Science Foundation grants and awards. Artem joined the Park lab in March of 2022 as a postdoc. He is interested in understanding molecular mechanisms of immune organization in the skin.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Axel Schmitter-Sánchez, MS
Born and raised in Mexico, Axel pursued higher education as a student-athlete in biology and swimming at Eastern Michigan University. Interest in stem cell research led him to enroll at Central Michigan University as a master’s student in the Karp lab. There, he studied stem cell multipotency maintenance during quiescence in C. elegans. Axel began his Ph.D. studies at Michigan State University in the fall of 2019 and joined the Park lab in July of 2020. He is interested in understanding the orchestration of skin regeneration.
Sudhanshu Mishra, MS
Sudhanshu completed his Bachelor of Technology in Biotechnology and Master of Technology in Biotechnology from India. He then worked as a Senior Research Assistant at West Bengal University of Technology where his job was to Investigate the activity of graphene and its derivatives towards the biological systems with special relevance to C. elegans. Sudhanshu received a Fellowship for his master’s by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. Sudhanshu joined the Park lab in May of 2022. In the Park lab, he is interested in chronic wound healing in the diabetic mouse model. He is an outdoorsy person and a big fan of MCU!
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Audrey Bench
Audrey joined the Park Lab as a Professorial Assistant (PA) in the fall of 2021. She is an undergraduate honors student majoring in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and minoring in Spanish. She has a passion for studying the science behind healthcare, especially the molecular aspects within the dermatology field. Audrey plans to continue conducting research and hopes to find a position in the medical field after graduating from Michigan State University.
Nicholas Basista
Nicholas is an undergraduate student at Michigan State University in the honors program majoring in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology through Lyman Briggs. Nicholas joined the Park Lab through the Professorial Assistantship (PA) Program in the fall of 2022. Nicholas plans to apply to medical school with an interest in dermatology.