Dr. Özlem Yilmaz' Laboratory
Oral Health Sciences Department
Featured Past Lab Members
Former Graduate/Dental Students
Ayana Paul
Ayana Paul, former MUSC PREP student. She has accepted admission to Emory University, and will begin pursuing her PhD in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in Fall 2022.
Dr. JoAnn Roberts
Dr. JoAnn Roberts successfully obtained her PhD in December 2018 from MUSC. She is currently a developing scholar and faculty track post-doctoral trainee at UCLA Medical School.
Dr. Ralee Spooner
Dr. Ralee Spooner, a lieutenant officer in the US Navy and graduate student in Dr. Yilmaz's lab, successfully defended his Masters in Dental Sciences Degree in May 2019 at MUSC, and also completed his residency degree in MUSC's periodontics department as chief resident.
Kyulim Lee
Kyulim Lee is a former DMD/PhD Student (University of Florida)
Dr. Carolina Jermanus
Dr. Carolina Jermanus is a former DMD/MS Student (University of Florida)
Former Faculty/Postdoctoral Trainees
Dr. ChulHee Choi, PhD
Former Post-doctoral associate and Research Assistant Professor.
Currently, he serves as an Assistant Professor at Chungam University, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, South Korea
Dr. Kalina Atanasova, DVM, PhD
Former Post-doctoral Associate.
Currently, Dr. Kalina Atanasova is a Biological Scientist in the Biological Chemistry Department of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Florida.
Dr. Jungnam Lee, PhD
Former Post-doctoral Associate.
Currently, Dr. Jungnam Lee is an Assistant Scientist in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine at the University of Florida.
Visiting Professor/Scholars
Dr. Je Chul Lee, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea
Dr. Ana Carolina Morandini Ramos, DDS, PhD
FAPESP Post-Doctoral Fellow, Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru. Universidade de São Paulo, Bauru, Brazil
Assistant Professor, University of Pacific, Arthur A. Dugani School of Dentistry
Former Staff
Casey Derieux
Former Research Specialist
Currently a PhD Student at the University of Delaware, Department of Microbiology
Zach Messick, JD
Former Research Specialist
Currently a Research Assistant at the University of Georgia School of Law