Lab Members

Lab pictures


picture of the lab at AU in 2023

Picture of the lab at Aarhus University.

picture of the lab and friends in 2023

Picture of the lab at UC San Diego with collaborators.



Please expand to see lab pictures since 2015.


picture of the lab in 2015
Picture of the lab in 2015

Picture of the lab in 2016

Picture of the lab in 2017
picture of the lab and friends in 2018
Picture of the lab and friends of the lab in 2018
picture of the lab in 2019
Picture of the lab in 2019
Picture of the lab in 2020
picture of the lab and friends in 2021
Picture of the lab and friends of the lab in 2021
picture of the lab and friends in 2022
Picture of the lab with friends and collaborators in 2022
Madison is unfortunately missing this time.




Stephan Lange, PhD Stephan Lange, PhD
Associate Professor. Aarhus University,
Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus, Denmark
Associate Professor. UC San Diego, La Jolla, USA

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UCSD
Team members at UC San Diego

AU
Team members at Aarhus University
and Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus


Virginia Actis Dato Virginia Actis Dato
Postdoctoral Fellow (joint appointment with the lab of Dr. Cho)

UC San Diego
Jeppe Høegh Kallesøe Jeppe Høegh Kallesøe
Lab Manager

Aarhus University
Brigita Medelyte Brigita Medelyte
Laboratory Technician

Aarhus University
Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus
Virginia Fochi


Robert Johnson


Lena Nielsen


Jon Herskind
Virginia Fochi
PhD student
  • 2024 recipient of a Helga og Peter Kornings Fond Scholarship
Aarhus University


Robert Johnson
Postdoctoral Fellow

Aarhus University






Lena A.M. Nielsen
PhD student

Aarhus University






Jon Herskind
Postdoctoral Fellow

Aarhus University



Lab alumni

Alex Alexander Lun
Lab Assistant, 2012-2014
Volunteer, 2015
Nour Nour Marogy
Undergraduate Researcher, 2014-2015
  • 2015 recipient of a Ledell Family Science and Engineering Undergraduate Research Scholarship

UC-San Diego
Stephanie Myers Stephanie Myers
Undergraduate Researcher, 2014-2016
Paige Shapiro Paige Shapiro
Undergraduate Researcher, 2014-2015
BS/MS student, 2015-2016
  • 2014 recipient of the Ledell Family Research Scholarship
  • 2016 graduated MSc
UC-San Diego
Meagan Meagan Wu
Volunteer, 2013-2014

Canyon Crest Academy
Stanford University
Stephanie Yuan Stephanie Yuan
Volunteer, 2014-2015

Torrey Pines High School
Georgetown University
Alice Alice Schweiger
High School Volunteer, 2015-2016

Canyon Crest Academy
UC Los Angeles
Lauren Waller Lauren Waller
Undergraduate Researcher, 2014-2016
  • 2015 recipient of a UCSD Frontiers of Innovation Scholars Undergraduate Fellowship
  • 2016 recipient of a Ledell Science and Engineering Undergraduate Research Scholarship
UC-San Diego
Louisa Louisa Habich
Undergraduate Researcher, 2016-2017

University of Bielefeld, Germany
Jennifer Jennifer Yuan
High School Volunteer, 2016-2017

Torrey Pines High School
SDSU
Allyson Xie Allyson Xie
High School Volunteer 2016-2017

Westview High School
MIT
Matthew Wright Matthew Wright
Undergraduate Researcher 2017
Cal Poly Pomona
Patrick Desmond Patrick Desmond, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar 2016-2017


Anush Velmurugan Anush Velmurugan
Undergraduate Researcher 2017-2018

UC-San Diego
Valeria Valeria Marrocco, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar 2016-2019


Luisa Lengenfelder Luisa Lengenfelder
Visiting Undergraduate Researcher 2018-2019

University of Bielefeld, Germany
Sarah Alsbach Sarah Alsbach
Visiting Undergraduate Researcher 2018-2019

University of Bielefeld, Germany
Kavya Tallapaka Kavya Tallapaka
Undergraduate Researcher, 2017-2019
  • 2017 recipient of a UC San Diego Chancellor’s Research Summer Undergraduate Research Award for Science and Engineering
UC-San Diego
Jim Nguyen Jim Nguyen
Undergraduate Researcher, 2017-2019
  • 2018 recipient of a UC San Diego Julia Brown Research Scholarship for Medical Research
UC-San Diego
Sanja Zenker Sanja Zenker
Visiting Undergraduate Researcher, 2019-2020

University of Bielefeld, Germany
Lydia Sagath Lydia Sagath
Visiting PhD student, 2019-2020

University of Helsinki, Finland
Eric Esteve Eric Esteve, PhD
Visiting Associate Professor, 2018-2020

University of Grenoble Alps, France

Andrea Biju Andrea Biju
Undergraduate Researcher, 2019-2021

UC-San Diego
Jordan Jordan Blondelle, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar 2014-2021

Kyohei Fujita Kyohei Fujita, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (joint appointment with the lab of Dr. Sheikh) 2020-2024

  • 2023 CVBE Abstract Award
  • 2023 UCSD Schulman Award for Cardiovascular Research
UC-San Diego
Madison Clark Madison Clark
Undergraduate Researcher 2018-2022
Research Assistant &
affiliated Researcher 2022-2023

Aarhus Universty/UC San Diego


Collaborators
Our research is done in collaboration with groups in other universities or with partners from industry. Here is a list of collaborators that partner with us for our research projects:

  • Dr. Eric Esteve. UC-San Diego, USA & Univeristy of Grenoble, France
  • Dr. Carina Wallgren-Pettersson. University of Helsinki, Finland
  • Dr. Katarina Pelin. University of Helsinki, Finland
  • Dr. Jane Seto. Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
  • Dr. Vincenzo Sorrentino. University of Siena, Italy
  • Dr. Elisabeth Ehler. King's College London, UK
  • Dr. Katja Gehmlich. University of Oxford, UK
  • Dr. Bjarne Udd. University of Helsinki, Finland
  • Dr. Jeffrey Singer. Portland State University, USA
  • Dr. Carol Gregorio. University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
  • Dr. Guy Benian. Emory University, USA
  • Dr. Richard Lieber. UC-San Diego, Rehabilitation Institute Chicago, USA
  • Dr. Andrea Domenighetti. Rehabilitation Institute Chicago, USA
  • Dr. Emma Borgeson. University of Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Dr. Andrew McCulloch. UC-San Diego, USA
  • Dr. Kirk Peterson. UC-San Diego, USA
  • Dr. Majid Ghassemian. UC-San Diego, USA
  • Dr. Karen Christman. UC-San Diego, USA
  • Dr. Entela Bollano and Dr. Niklas Bergh, Sahlgrenska University Hospital,
    Gothenburg, Sweden
  • ACEA Bioscience. San Diego, USA. More info >


Volunteer work and positions
Aarhus University Undergraduate student and prospective PhD student who would like to start in the laboratory are encouraged to contact Dr. Lange directly.