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Former lab members

  • Dr. Guannan Wang, Postdoc (2020-2023)

  • Chathura Wijesinghage, Graduate student (2016-2022)

  • Dr. Dong-Ha Oh, Research assistant professor (2013-2022)

  • Dr. Kieu-Nga Tran, Postdoc (2021-2022)

  • Kieu-Nga Tran, Graduate student (2015-2021)

  • Guannan Wang, Graduate student (2014-2020)

  • Dr. Narender Kumar, Postdoc (2015 - 2017) 

  • Swati Tyagi, Lab manager (2015 - 2017) 

  • Sandra DiTusa, Lab manager (2014-2015) 

  • Dr. Subbaiah Chalivendra, Postdoc (2013 - 2014)


Past undergraduate students

  • Khadijah Taite - 2022-2022 (Biology Major)

  • Saad Chaudhari- 2018-2022 (Pre-med, biochemistry major)

  • Todd Thibodaux- 2018-2022 (Microbiology major)

  • Megan Guilbeau--2018-2021 (President's Student Aid, Biology Major)

  • Jordan Vivien-- 2016-2020 (President's Student Aid, Biology Major)

  • Christine Tran -- 2017-2020 (Biology Major)

  • Sravya Pochana- 2017-2018 (President's Student Aid, Biology Major)

  • Cally Quick- 2017-2018 (President's Student Aid, Biology Major)

  • Ashley Clement- 2017-2018 (Biology Major)

  • Delaney Campagna- 2016-2018 (Biology Major)

  • Lauren Taylor –2015 -2017, graduated Dec 2017 (Honors College; Chancellor's Aide; Biology Major)

  • John Johnson –2014 – 2017, graduated May 2017 (Honors College; Chancellor's Aide; Biochemistry Major)

  • Cameron Fleur –2015 -2017, graduated May 2017 (Biology Major)

  • Harel Schwartzberg – 2017 Spring (Biology Major)

  • Melody Salmanian - 2015-2017 (Honors College; Chancellor's Aide; Microbiology Major)

  • Matthew Johnson –2014 -2016, graduated May 2016 (McNair Scholar; BIOL 3999; Biology Major)

  • Madison Boudreaux – 2014 -2016, graduated May 2016 (BIOL 3999; Honors College; Chancellor's Aide; Biology Major)

  • Blake Delacroix –2015 Fall- 2016 Fall (Honors College; Biochemistry Major)

  • Trey Leiva –2016 Spring (Volunteer; Biology Major)

  • Sadie Thompson –2016 Spring (Volunteer; Biology Major)

  • Emily Asbury –2015 (BIOL 3999; Conservation Sciences Major)

  • Vaibhav Rajora - 2015 Fall (Physics major)

  • Kieu-Nga Tran – 2014-2015, graduated May 2015 (Biology Major)

  • Ross Kelt – 2014 -2015, graduated May 2015 (Biology Major)

  • Mary Bergeron- 2014 (Biology Major)

  • Kendall Dicke – 2013 (Engineering Major)

  • Stephanie Presedo (School of Veterinary Medicine)

  • Thuy-Mai Nguyen – 2013 Fall, graduated December 2013 (Biology Major)


Visiting scholars

  • Michele F da Silva- University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil ; Dissertation research; August, 2022

  • Dr. Patrick Finnegan – University of Western Australia; Sabbatical research; Oct – December 2017

  • Michelle Arland - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel - Ph.D. advisee of Gidon Winters and Simon Barak; Dissertation research; Jun-Sep 2017

  • Mariana Vargas Cruz - Univ. Est de Campinas, Brazil - Ph.D. advisee of Anete Pereira de Souza; Dissertation research; Feb – August, 2016

  • Gil Eshel – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel - Ph.D. advisee of Simon Barak; Dissertation research; Jan-Feb 2016

Former lab members
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