Principal Investigator

Taekjip Ha
My research is focused on pushing the limits of single-molecule detection methods to study complex biological systems. His group develops state-of-the-art biophysical techniques (e.g., multicolor fluorescence, super-resolution imaging, combined force and fluorescence spectroscopy, vesicular encapsulation, single-molecule pull-down) and applies them to study diverse protein–nucleic acid and protein-protein complexes, and mechanical perturbation and response of these systems both in vitro and in vivo.
Graduate Students
Postdoctoral Fellows
Undergraduate Students
Administrative Staff
Research Staff
Visiting Scientists
Past Visitors
Alumni
Current Positions of Alumni
Trainee Name | Position in Ha Lab | Training Period | Current Position | Current Institution |
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Byoung Choul Kim | Postdoc | 2014-2017 | Assistant professor | Incheon National University |
Chirlmin Joo | Grad student | 2002-2007 | Associate professor | Delft Technical University |
Christopher J. Thibodeaux | Postdoc | 2011-2013 | Assistant professor | McGill University |
Eli Rothenberg | Postdoc | 2005-2010 | Associate professor | New York University |
Farhan Chowdhury | Postdoc | 2012-2015 | Assistant professor | Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
Gwangrog Lee | Postdoc | 2006-2012 | Assistant professor | Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology |
Hajin Kim | Postdoc | 2009-2013 | Assistant professor | UNIST, South Korea |
Hamza Balci | Postdoc | 2007-2009 | Associate professor | Kent State University |
I-Ren Lee | Postdoc | 2012-2014 | Assistant professor | National Taiwan Normal University |
Ibrahim Cisse | Grad student | 2004-2009 | Assistant professor | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Isaac Li | Postdoc | 2012-2015 | Assistant professor | University of British Columbia at Okanagan |
Jayil Lee | Visiting graduate student | 2004-2005 | Assistant professor | UNIST, South Korea |
Jiajie Diao | Grad student | 2005-2010 | Assistant professor | University of Cincinnati |
Jingyi Fei | Postdoc | 2010-2015 | Assistant professor | University of Chicago |
Kaushik Ragunathan | Grad student | 2006-2012 | Assistant professor | University of Michigan |
Kyu Young Han | Postdoc | 2011-2015 | Assistant professor | University of Central Florida |
Matthew Comstock | Postdoc | 2008-2012 | Assistant professor | Michigan State University |
Michael Schlierf | Postdoc | 2008-2010 | Assistant professor | Technical University of Dresden |
Peter Cornish | Postdoc | 2005-2010 | Associate professor | University of Missouri, Columbia |
Qiucen Zhang | Postdoc | 2012-2014 | Analyst | Bloomberg Financial |
Reza Vafabakhsh | Grad student | 2006-2012 | Assistant professor | Northwestern University |
Sua Myong | Postdoc | 2002-2007 | Associate professor | Johns Hopkins University |
Sungchul Hohng | Postdoc | 2002-2006 | Professor | Seoul National University |
Tae-Young Yoon | Postdoc | 2005-2007 | Professor | Seoul National University |
Vasudha Aggarwal | Grad student | 2012-2017 | Research scientist | Quantapore, Inc |
Xuefeng Wang | Postdoc | 2010-2015 | Assistant professor | Iowa State University |
Yuji Ishitsuka | Postdoc | 2006-2011 | Research associate | University of Illinois |