{"id":99,"date":"2024-06-09T23:22:14","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T03:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/the-dabney-smith-protein-transport-lab-at-miami-university\/?page_id=99"},"modified":"2024-11-06T03:58:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T08:58:31","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/the-dabney-smith-protein-transport-lab-at-miami-university\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Principal Investigator<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide-wrap\" data-block=\"media-text\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:27% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/the-dabney-smith-protein-transport-lab-at-miami-university\/files\/2024\/06\/dabney-smith-carole.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Volwiler Distinguished Research Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plant Biology Group, Cell, Molecular and Structural Biology Graduate Program, Chemistry and Biochemistry<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graduate Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide-wrap\" data-block=\"media-text\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-default\" style=\"grid-template-columns:32% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/the-dabney-smith-protein-transport-lab-at-miami-university\/files\/2024\/06\/Online-photo-Thilini.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-154 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thilini Maddethalawe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ph.D. Student, 2018 &#8211; Present<br>BSc., University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2011-2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Research: Study the protein-protein interactions in the chloroplast Twin Arginine Transport (cpTAT) system in higher plants.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide-wrap\" data-block=\"media-text\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-default\" style=\"grid-template-columns:32% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/the-dabney-smith-protein-transport-lab-at-miami-university\/files\/2024\/06\/1716139037263.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-154 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vidusha Weesinghe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ph.D. Student, 2019 &#8211; Present<br>BSc., University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2014-2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Research: <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide-wrap\" data-block=\"media-text\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-default\" style=\"grid-template-columns:32% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"247\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/the-dabney-smith-protein-transport-lab-at-miami-university\/files\/2024\/07\/1682976810272-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nimarsha Kamaradiwela Arachchige<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ph.D. Student, 2021 &#8211; Present<br>BSc., University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (2016-2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Research:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide-wrap\" data-block=\"media-text\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:32% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"899\" height=\"973\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/the-dabney-smith-protein-transport-lab-at-miami-university\/files\/2024\/11\/photo_2024-11-06_03-12-272.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-262 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/the-dabney-smith-protein-transport-lab-at-miami-university\/files\/2024\/11\/photo_2024-11-06_03-12-272.jpg 899w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/the-dabney-smith-protein-transport-lab-at-miami-university\/files\/2024\/11\/photo_2024-11-06_03-12-272-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/the-dabney-smith-protein-transport-lab-at-miami-university\/files\/2024\/11\/photo_2024-11-06_03-12-272-768x831.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Victory Olagunju<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ph.D. Student, 2022 &#8211; 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