MEMBERS

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Alexei Kananenka

Assistant Professor, 2020 – present
Postdoctoral Scholar, The University of Chicago, 2017 – 2019
Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2017
M.Sc. Western University, Canada, 2013

CURRENT MEMBERS

Kyle Billings

Postdoctoral Researcher, 2023 – present
Ph. D. West Virginia University, 2023
B. Sc. Salisbury University, 2017

Nikhil Maroli

Postdoctoral Researcher, 2023 – present
Postdoctoral Fellow,  Indian Institute of Science, 2020-2021
Ph. D. DRDO Center for Life Sciences, India, 2020
M. Sc. Pondicherry Central University of India, 2012
B. Sc. Kannur University, India, 2010

Aarti

Postdoctoral Researcher, 2024 – present
Postdoctoral Fellow,  IIT Bombay, 2023-2024
Ph. D. IIT Bombay, India, 2023
M. Sc. IIT Jodhpur, India, 2018
B. Sc. MDU Rohtak, India, 2016

Aritri Biswas

Postdoctoral Scholar, 2024 – present
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2022-2024
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India, 2017-2022
M.Sc., Banaras Hindu University, India, 2015-2017
B.Sc., University of Calcutta, India, 2012-2015

James (Shea) Fitzgerald

Postdoctoral Scholar (with Lyman), 2024 – present
Ph.D., University of Delaware, 2024
B.Sc., Temple University, 2018

Luis Eduardo Herrera Rodríguez

Graduate Student, 2022 – present
M. Sc. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia, 2021
B. Sc. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia, 2019

Kennet Julian Rueda Espinosa

Graduate Student, 2023 – present
B. Sc. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia, 2023

Dayanara Yánez

Graduate Student, 2024 – present
B. Sc. Universidad de Investigación de Tecnología Experimental Yachay, Ecuador, 2023

Skyler Lindsey

Graduate Student, 2024 – present
B. Sc. Texas State University, 2024

Natalia Munoz Barraza

Visiting Undergraduate Researcher, 2024
B. Sc. Universidad del Valle, Colombia, 2019-present

ALUMNI

Rashed Alyammahi
M. Sc., 2021-2024

David Clymer
M. Sc., 2022 – 2023

Nikolas Urrea
Visiting Student, 2022

Amna Ejaz
Graduate Student, 2020 – 2022

Jaebeom Han
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020 – 2021