Covarrubias Research

Contact

Name: Manuel L. Covarrubias, MD, PhD
Position: Professor

233 South 10th Street
BLSB 231
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Contact Number(s):

Qiansheng Liang, MD, PhD 
Research Assistant and Laboratory Manager

Qiansheng uses electrophysiological and molecular tools to study the modulation of Kv channels by general anesthetics and novel neuroactive compounds.

Tanziyah Muqeem, BS, MD/PhD
 
Graduate Student

Tanziyah uses innovative physiological approaches (whole spinal cord electrophysiology and optogenetics) to study the role of the Kv3.4 channel in nociception.

Elaine Yang, BS, MD/PhD 
Graduate Student

Elaine uses electrophysiological, biochemical and computational approaches to study the modulation of voltage-gated sodium channels by propofol.

Lianteng Zhi, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher

Lianteng uses mutational analysis and electrophysiology to study novel modulatory domains of Kv channels and the mode of action of novel neuroactive compounds. He is also expanding his interest to study pain mechanisms.

Past Team Members

  • Jennifer Miller, BS
  • Tapan Vyas, PhD
  • Laura Escobar, PhD -  Principal Investigator, UNAM, Mexico
  • Ivan Velasco, PhD - Principal Investigator, UNAM, Mexico
  • Henry H. Jerng, PhD - Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Edward J. Beck, PhD - BioCurious, Santa Clara, CA
  • Mohammad Shahidullah, PhD - Investigator, Lancaster Laboratories, Lancaster, PA
  • Thanawath (Harris) Ratanadilok-Phuket, PhD
  • Maria Trinidad Pacheco-Cano, PhD -  Principal Investigator, UNAM, Mexico
  • Ricardo H. Pineda, PhD - Research Associate, Surgery, University of Colorado
  • Andrew R. Graber, MD -  Raleigh Neurology Associates, Raleigh, NC
  • Benjamin Kaplan, MS
  • Carmen A. Rocha, MS
  • Aditya Bhattacharji, MS -  Health Care Lead, Eurasia Group, New York, NY
  • Kelly Ann Dougherty, PhD - Assistant Professor, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
  • Guangyu Wang, PhD -  Research Assistant Professor UC, Davis, CA
  • Jose Antonio De Santiago Castillo, PhD - Software Developer, TopEvent FTA
  • Annika F. Barber, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania
  • David M. Ritter, MD, PhD -  Neurology Resident, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
  • Jeffrey D. Fineberg, PhD -  Managing Consultant, Life Sciences, Navigant, Philadelphia, PA
  • Benjamin Zemel, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow, Vollum Institute, OHSU