Moradi Lab

Principal Investigator Mahmoud Moradi Associate Professor Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry (CHBC), Cell & Molecular Biology Program (CEMB), and Microelectronics & Photonics Program (microEP), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Office: CHEM 129; Lab: CHEM 104 Phone: 479-575-6459 Email: moradi@uark.edu Address: 345 N Campus Dr., Fayetteville, AR 72701 Education/Training Postdoctoral Associate, 2011-2015 Beckman Institute and Department of Biochemistry University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D., Physics, 2011, North Carolina State University M.Sc., Physics, 2005, Sharif University of Technology B.Sc., Physics, 2002, Sharif University of Technology Former Mentors: Emad Tajkhorshid (UIUC), Chris Roland (NCSU), Celeste Sagui (NCSU), and Shahin Rouhani (SUT)
Postdoctoral Researchers
Mortaza Derakhshani Research Interests: Activation dynamics of mutated coronaviruses Office: Virtual Phone: 479-575-8497 Email: mderakhs@uark.edu
James Losey Research Interests: Generation and analysis of smFRET data from simulation Office: Virtual Phone: 479-575-8497 Email: losey@uark.edu
Graduate Students
Vivek Govind Kumar Program: Cell and Molecular Biology Research Interests: Fibroblast Growth Factor Signaling Protein Aggregation Lysenin - a beta-pore forming toxin Office: Virtual Phone: 479-575-8497 Email: vgovindk@email.uark.edu
Curtis Goolsby Program: Chemistry and Biochemistry Research Interests: Protein Conformational Landscapes Deep Learning Development of Water Force Field Using Neural Networks Novel Enhanced Sampling Method for Protein Dynamics Riemannian Manifolds Office: Virtual Phone: 479-575-8497 Email: cgoolsby@email.uark.edu
Dylan Ogden Program: Cell and Molecular Biology Research Interests: Lipid Modulation of Membrane Protein Function ABC Transporters Office: Virtual Phone: 479-575-8497 Email: dsogden@email.uark.edu
Adithya Polasa Program: Cell and Molecular Biology Research Interests: Membrane Insertases Mechanosensitive Channels Office: Virtual Phone: 479-575-8497 Email: apolasa@email.uark.edu
Ugochi Isu Program: Chemistry and Biochemistry Research Interests: cannabinoid receptors Class C GPCRs Office: Virtual Phone: 479-575-8497 Email: uhisu@email.uark.edu
Matthew Brownd Program: Chemistry and Biochemistry Research Interests: Office: Virtual Phone: 479-575-8497 Email: mgbrownd@uark.edu
Shadi A Badiee Program: Cell and Molecular Biology Research Interests: Office: Virtual Phone: 479-575-8497 Email: sasadian@uark.edu

Undergraduate Students
William Strickland Program:Biology (Major) Research Interests: Office: Virtual Phone: 479-575-8497 Email: wdstrick.uark.edu

Former Members
Kalyan Immadisetty Postdoctoral Researcher, 2016-2018 Current Position: Loyola University Chicago (Researcher)
Jeevapani Hettige Postdoctoral Researcher, 2016-2017 Current Position: Los Alamos National Lab (Postdoctoral Researcher)
S. Hamid Tabari Masters Student, 2017-2019
Mitchell Benton Honors Student, 2016-2018 Current Position: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (Medical Student)
Thomas Harkey Honors Student, 2016-2018 Current Position: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (Medical Student)
Reid Shelton Undergraduate Researcher, 2016 Current Position: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (Medical Student)
Tariq Salem Undergraduate Researcher, 2018-2019
Elwnay Yehualashet Honors Student, 2018-2019
Muhammad Almahayni Honors Student, 2017-2018
Hayden Hairston Undergraduate Researcher, 2017