Saad Lab Alumni
Jiri Vlach, Ph.D.
Former Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Microbiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham (2010-2017)
Ph.D. – Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic – 2009 (Laboratory of Dr. Tomas Ruml)
B.Sc./M.Sc – Department of Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic, 2002 (Laboratory Prof. Ivan Stibor)
Currently: Research Associate, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, UGA, Athens, GA
Ali AbdelHamid, Ph.D.
Former Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Microbiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham (2010)
Ph.D. – Biosciences, University of Nottingham, U.K., 2010 (Prof. Stephen E. Harding)
B.S. – Pharmaceutical Sciences – Minia University, Egypt, 2005.
Currently: Professor, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
R. Elliott Murphy, Ph.D.
Former Ph.D. student in the Saad Lab (2015-2020)
Ph.D. – Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2010 (Prof. Jamil S. Saad)
B.S. – Biology and Biochemistry – College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 2014
Currently: Pursuing his postdoctoral fellowship at the NIH in the laboratory of Anirban Banerjee, Head, Unit on Structural and Chemical Biology of Membrane Proteins, Cell Biology and Neurobiology Branch
Constance Agamasu, Ph.D.
Former Ph.D. student in the Saad Lab (2011-2016)
Ph.D. – Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2010 (Prof. Jamil S. Saad)
B.S. – Biology – Towson University, Baltimore, MD, 2009
Postdoctoral Fellowship: National Cancer Institute, NIH, 2016-2020.
Currently: Scientist,Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.
Gunnar N. Eastep
Former undergraduate researcher (2016-2019)
B.S. – Chemistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2019
Currently: Research Assistant, The Saad Lab, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Leo Putzeys
Visiting student from the University Institute of Technology of Brest, France (2017)
B.S./M.Sc. – Biology, University Institute of Technology of Brest, France, 2021
Currently: FH Orthopedics, France.
Bliss Chang
Former undergraduate researcher (2013-2015)
B.S. – Chemistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2015
M.D. – Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2019.
Currently: Medical Resident, Columbia University, NY.
Timothy Fernandez
Former undergraduate researcher (2010-2013)
B.S. – Chemistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2013
M.D. – The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2017.
Medical Residency:Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2020
Currently: Physician Scientist, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2020.
Hannah Bowers
Former undergraduate researcher (2012)
B.S. – Biology/Spanish, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2014
M.D. – The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2018.
Medical Residency:The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2018-2021
Currently: Family Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Lauren Nolen
Former undergraduate researcher (2011)
B.S. – Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2011
Currently: Clinical Program Coordinator, UCB Biosciences Inc, North Carolina.
Emily Fledderman
Former undergraduate researcher (2008-2010)
B.S. – Chemistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2010
M.Sc. – Epidemiology,University of Pittsburgh, PA, 2012
Currently: Staff Research Associate, UC Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA.
Maxime Jean
Visiting student, Barry University, FL (2009)
B.S. – Chemistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2010
MD/Ph.D –School of Medicine, University of Rochester, NY, 2020
Currently: Resident, Neurology: University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital.
Angela Clements
Former undergraduate researcher (2008)
B.S. – Chemistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2009
Doctor of Pharmacy – Samford University,Birmingham, AL, 2015
Currently: Pharmacist, Birmingham, AL.
