{"id":17,"date":"2017-04-28T14:12:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T18:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-05-30T16:55:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T20:55:05","slug":"lab-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/lab-members\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-17\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-17-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-17-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-17-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_metaslider_widget panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div id=\"metaslider-id-753\" style=\"max-width: 1000px; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-80-0 ml-slider-pro-2-36-0 metaslider metaslider-responsive metaslider-753 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"people\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_753\">\n        <ul 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src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2021\/10\/IMG_5263-scaled-e1711032683751-1000x350.jpg\" height=\"350\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-753 slide-962\" title=\"IMG_5263\" \/><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-3'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2024\/03\/IMG_2943-scaled-1000x350.jpg\" height=\"350\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-753 slide-1027\" title=\"IMG_2943\" \/><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-4'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2024\/03\/IMG_5807-scaled-e1710961132843-1000x350.jpg\" height=\"350\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-753 slide-754\" title=\"IMG_5807\" \/><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-5'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2024\/03\/IMG_3745-e1711032725650-1000x350.jpg\" height=\"350\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-753 slide-1030\" title=\"IMG_3745\" \/><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-6'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2024\/03\/emilie-e1710965428988-1000x350.jpeg\" height=\"350\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-753 slide-756\" title=\"emilie\" \/><\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-17-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3>Principal Investigators<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-17-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-17-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-17-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2025\/05\/bezsonova-2023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2025\/05\/bezsonova-2023-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-1086 size-thumbnail alignleft\" \/><\/a><strong>Irina Bezsonova, Ph.D. <\/strong><br \/>\nbezsonova[at]uchc.edu<br \/>\n860-679 2769<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-17-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-17-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2017\/04\/photo_korzhnev-e1634148161877.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-19\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2017\/04\/photo_korzhnev-e1634148161877.jpg\" alt=\"Dmitry Korzhnev, Ph.D.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dmitry Korzhnev, Ph.D.<\/strong><br \/>\nkorzhniev[at]uchc.edu<br \/>\n860-679-2849<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-17-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-17-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-17-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3>Current Students<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-17-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-17-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-17-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2020\/10\/Emilie-e1604088472111.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-890 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2020\/10\/Emilie-e1604088324264-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Emilie Korchak, Ph.D. Student\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nkorchak[at]uchc.edu<\/p>\n<p>Emilie works on understanding the mechanism and developing potential treatments for the Hao-Fountain syndrome caused by mutations of the de-ubiquitinating enzyme USP7.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-17-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-17-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2019\/01\/sam-e1547830021859.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-543 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2019\/01\/sam-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong>Sam Mahdi, Ph.D. Student\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nmahdi[at]uchc.edu<\/p>\n<p>Sam works on dynamics and interactions of gamma clamp loader in <em>E. coli<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-17-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-17-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-17-4-0-0\" 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Fairchild,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Ph.D.\u00a0 Student\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\ndfairchild[at]uchc.edu<\/p>\n<p>Daniel studies human promyelocytic leukemia protein PML and its role in anti-viral stress response.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-17-4-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-17-4-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"8\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220214_115137_375-e1644879675103.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-971 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220214_115137_375-e1644879675103-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong><span>Dane Geddes-Buehre<\/span>, Ph.D.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Student <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span autoid=\"_rpc_6\" class=\"_rpc_41 ms-font-s allowTextSelection ms-font-color-themePrimary _rpc_p1\">geddesbuehre<\/span>[at]uchc.edu<\/p>\n<p>Dane studies<span>\u00a0inter-molecular interactions between scaffolding components of the DNA damage tolerance response that occurs during Translesion DNA Synthesis.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-17-5\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-17-5-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-17-5-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-17-6\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-17-6-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-17-6-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"9\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3>Staff<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-17-7\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-17-7-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-17-7-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"10\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2021\/10\/IMG_3834.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2021\/10\/IMG_3834-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-946 size-thumbnail alignleft\" \/><\/a><strong>Irina Semenova, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Associate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>isemenova[at]uconn.edu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-17-7-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-17-8\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-17-8-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-17-8-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"11\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3>Former Postdoctoral Fellows<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Nancy Jaiswal, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yulia Pustovalova, Ph.D.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mariana Quezado, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Former Students<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Gianluca Arianna<\/strong>, Ph.D.\u00a0 2024 (Dr. Korzhnev's lab)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kerry Silva McPherson<\/strong>, Ph.D.\u00a0 2022 (Dr. Korzhnev's lab)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Socheata Lim<\/strong>, Ph.D.\u00a0 2022 (Dr. Korzhnev's lab)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thomas Bregnard<\/strong>, Ph.D.\u00a0 2022<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affrin Ahmed,<\/strong> M.S. 2021<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gabrielle Valles<\/strong>, Ph.D. 2021<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alessandro Rizzo<\/strong>, Ph.D. 2019 (Dr. Korzhnev's lab)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexandra Pozhidaeva<\/strong>, Ph.D. 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