THE BOSS
Tobias Baumgart
baumgart at sas.upenn.edu
Professor of Physical & Biological Chemistry
Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Additionally, member of the graduate groups of Bioengineering, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, and Physics.
Diploma in Chemistry from the University of Clausthal, Germany (1998)
PhD from Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research and Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz (2001)
Postdoctoral associate with Prof. Watt Webb at Cornell University (2001 – 2005)
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Tyler Reagle
email: treagle at sas.upenn.edu
Hometown: Pen Argyl, PA
Graduated From: University of Delaware
Major: Biochemistry, Joined Lab: December 2019
Research: Energy transduction by transmembrane lipid transporters (flippases) and the thermodynamic consequences of membrane asymmetry
Warner Carnero
Email: carnerow@sas.upenn.edu
From: Paterson, NJ
Graduated from: Montclair State University
Joined lab: April 2023
Research: How membrane asymmetry affects transmembrane protein conformations in LUVs/GUVs through smFRET and coarse-grained MD simulations.
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Samsuzzoha Mondal
Email: smondal at sas.upenn.edu
From: West Bengal, India
PhD: TIFR, Mumbai, India; PhD Advisor: Dr. Ankona Datta
PhD Thesis Title: Design and development of optical probes for imaging signal mediating phospholipids.
Joined Lab: Jan 2018
Research: Tracking the dynamics of curvature generating proteins in membrane trafficking pathways.
Honey Priya James
Email: honjames@sas.upenn.edu
From: Kerala, India
PhD: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Research: Effect of phosphorylation on phase separation of proteins
Aparna Swain 
Email: apwsain@sas.upenn.edu
From: Odisha, India
PhD: Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore; Advisor: Prof. Jaydeepkumar Basu
PhD Thesis title: Dynamics and Transport Properties in Polymer Nanocomposites: Role of Interfacial Entropic and Enthalpic Effects
Joined lab: January 2023
Research: Understanding the binding kinetics of protein-protein and protein-lipid interaction via single molecule TIRF microscope.
UNDERGRADUATES
Jason Zheng
Email Address: j3zheng at sas.upenn.edu
Hometown: Holmdel, NJ
Graduated From: Holmdel High School
Major: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Joined Lab: May 2021
Research: FEME-related protein engineering and phase separation
Jason Wang
Email: jwang249@sas.upenn.edu
Joined lab: January 2022
Research: Study the mechanisms of cell behaviour through simulation and analyzing experimental data
Francesco Milano
Email: fmilano@sas.upenn.edu
Joined lab: December 2021
Research: Liquid-liquid phase separation of FEME-related proteins
ALUMNI
Samuel A Botterbush
Position in group: Undergraduate student
Rui Jin
Position in group: Graduate student
Zachary Zimmerman
Position in group: Graduate student
Sankalp Shukla
Position in group: Graduate student
Imania Powers
Position in group: Undergraduate student
Jaclyn Robustelli
Position in group: Graduate student
current position: Senior scientist, research and development at LifeSensors
Sohini Mukherjee
Position in group: PostDoc
Chun Liu
Position in group: Graduate student
Samantha Wilner
Position in group: PostDoc
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Ursinus College
Zachary T Graber
Position in group: PostDoc
Current Position:Associate Professor of Chemistry position at Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Mount Vernon, OH
Ningwei Li
Position in group: Graduate Student
Current position: postdoc in University of Massachusetts Amherst
Zhiming Chen
Position in group: Graduate Student
Current Position: postdoc in UT Southwestern Medical Center
Ehsan Atefi
Position in Group: Post Doc
Katarzyna I Jankowska
Position in lab: Postdoc
Current position: postdoc in CHOP, UPenn
Zheng Shi
Position in lab: graduate student
Current position: postdoc in Harvard
Chen Zhu
Position in lab: graduate student
Tingting Wu
Position in lab:graduate student
Current position: consultant in Deloit
Wan-Ting Hsieh
Position in group: Graduate student
Ben Capraro
Position in group: Graduate Student
Current position: Post Doc at Harvard University
Chih-Jung Hsu
Position in group: Graduate Student
Current Position: Post Doc at NIH
Michael Heinrich
Position in group: Graduate Student
Cinzia Esposito
Position in Group: Post Doc
Current Position: Cinzia is currently working in the Biophysical Chemistry Department at Biozentrum, University of Basel in Switzerland.
Aiwei Tian
Position in Group: Graduate Student
Current Position: Aiwei is a Post Doc at University of California, Berkeley in the Department of Chemistry.
Serenity Wang
Position in Group: Graduate Student
Current Position: Serenity is currently a second-year law student at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law.