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GRADUATE RESEARCHERS
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS
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HIGH SCHOOL RESEARCHERS
FORMER RESEARCHERS
POSTDOC:
Dr. Carola Staedele, Ph.D. (currently group leader at the University of Goettingen, Germany)
GRADUATE:
Dr. Kiley Hughes-Wiles, Ph.D. (4 pubs, currently Postdoc at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA)
Dr. Chance Bainbridge, Ph.D. (5 pubs, currently Postdoc at Univ. Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY)
Rajit Roy. MS. (1 pub, currently Research Assistant at Univ. of Mass., Boston, MA)
Anjelica Rodriguez. MS. (2 pubs, currently Research Specialist/Lab Manager at Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI)
Casey Gahrs, MS. (1 pub, currently Research Associate II at A2 Biotherapeutics, Inc., LA, CA)
Abi Benson, MS. (1 pub, currently Law School Applicant)
UNDERGRADUATE:
Austin Alhlert
Adora Akahome
Victoria Andriulis
Emily Ausmus
Lucas Barickman
Kristen Barlett
Zach Benefield
Emily Berry
Blake Bracht
Natalie Burrell
Carlee Chihak
Michael Cisneros
Adam Conely
Kori Cucciarone
Belle De Dianous
Peter DeVries
Kaitlyn Donovan
Victoria Edelman
Allison Fritz
Adriana Garcia
Casey Gahrs
Yasmine Giliana
Srishti Goel
Evan Gustafson
Kayla Haines
Sarah Hannah
Bryce Hendren
Joshua Hernandez
Annemarie Hyer
Janelle Jackson
Jake Kaidn
Ian Kenny
Alex Kew
Moe Khalil
Umme Kulsum
Jocelyn McDonald
Braidy Megeff
Boyowa Mene-Okotie
Matt Mert
Yigit Mert
Bill Milanick
Shawn Mohammed
Alison Myers
Dana Niswonger
Jacinda Nunez
Samantha Padia
Pari Patel
Dayton Oblinger-Hammon
Kehinde Owoyemi
Taiyelolu Owoyemi
Gina Quiriconi
Vidhi Rakholia
Trevor Rickert
Brian Rodemoyer
Andrew Rodriguez
Lauren Ruhe
Erin Sawilchik
Andrew Schuler
Jonathan Schuller
Ashka Shah
Brianne Sutter
Alysia Thorn
Kaitlyn Termine
Kevin Tragesser
Ranija Turner
Samantha Vemuri
Hannah Watson
Madison Westbrook
Brooke Willis
Teagan Zach
HIGH SCHOOL:
S – Summer Research Academy Graduate
H – High School Intern
Y – Year-round lab member
Rohan Agarwal – S
Hannah Ahmed – H
Eesha Alaparthi – S
Alexander Albert – S
Akash Anbu – S
Blake Thomsom – S
Rachel Bolden – S
Lydia Brown – S
James Bundy – S
Peyton Carlock – H Y
Casey Clubb – S
Samaya Danthurthy – S
Rahul Darbhakul – H Y
Maanasa Devebhaktuni – S
Katie Elbert – S Y
Jacqueline Espinoza – S
Joshua Gantert – H
Harshith Gorla – H
Neha Gutta – S Y
Julian Hawley – S
Avery Hedican – S
Julianna Heptinstall – S
Jaleh Johnson – S
David Kim – S
Laura Kelly – S H
Ananya Kommalapati – Y
Alex Kullman – S Y
Rachel Kullman – S
Arun Kumar – S
Nikitha Lakshiminarayanan – S
Calis Lim – S Y
Ayesha Mahmood – S
Devnanda Manjunadth – S
Amanda Mala – S
Mira Malavia – S Y
Manaswini Mannam – S
Zach Mohammed – Y
Denzel Namadurai – H
P Nivita – S
Saispurthi Palavalli – S
Yami Panchal S
Irene Park – S
JuWon Park – S
Akshaya Raghavan – S
Aila Rahman – S
Nikith Rao – S
Nikhil Salmayan – Y
Lavanya Sathyamurthy – Y
Jack Sauser – S Y
Alanya Schippert – S
Neal Shah – S
Neehar Shah – S
B Showri – S
Evan Tsubaki – S
Peter Waller – Y
Rosie Socrates – Y
Summer Will – S
Shahan Yalavarthi – S
Britany Ziemer – S Y
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