
Dassanayake Lab
COMPARATIVE
FUNCTIONAL
EVOLUTIONARY
GENOMICS
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
