Post-Doctoral & Research Fellows

Lei joined the Rentschler Lab in March 2020 as a postdoctoral research associate. He received his doctoral degree in 2018 in Forensic Medicine from Zhongshan School of Medicine at Sun Yat-se University. His research focused on the epigenetic regulation of the heart post-irradiation. Outside of lab Lei enjoys watching movies and TV shows, visiting US cities, and hiking.

Jesus was a Cardiology Fellow and a trainee on the T32 Training Grant.  He joined the Rentschler Lab in July 2018.  He received his M.D., Ph.D in 2013 from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, then completed his internal medicine residency training and adult general cardiology training at Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine. His research focused on the interplay between electrophysiology and heart failure, specifically investigating how gene expression dictates electrophysiological properties in both normal and diseased hearts. Jesus is currently an instructor of medicine in the Cardiovascular Division at Washington University School of Medicine.

Aditi joined the Rentschler Lab in September 2013 after completing her PhD at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Her research focused on Wnt and Notch signaling in various regions of the heart in relation to disease. She is currently a consultant in science education and communication at the Gyan Prakash Foundation.

 

 

Kentaro joined the Rentschler Lab in December 2017 as a postdoctoral research associate.  After he graduated medical school at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) and worked for 5 years as a cardiologist in Japan, he started his career in basic research at Tetsushi Furukawa Lab in TMDU in 2011. He came from Japan after earning his PhD at TMDU in 2016. His research focused on revealing the pathophysiology of atrial arrhythmias by elucidating  transcription network and epigenetic modulation which can regulate the gene expression of ion channels. He is currently a postdoc at SUNY Upstate Medical University. He loves playing with his son, and listening to jazz/classical music.