Team

Former Lab Members

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dipanwita Bhattacharya, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2024)
PhD - Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow - Dr. Wenqi Yu Lab

Ashley (Cross) Ingles, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-2021)
PhD - Emory University
Current Position: Analyst at inThought Research

PhD Students

Robert Brzozowski
PhD Student (2015-2020)
Current Position: Senior Scientist - BioSqueeze Inc.

Maria White
PhD Student (2018-2022)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow (Kristina Jonas Lab - Stockholm University)

Lauren Hammond
PhD Student (2018-2022)
Current Position: Associate Director at Envision Communications

Masters Students

Catherine Spanoudis
MS Student (2015-2017)
Current Position: Research Assistant (HCW Biologics)

Sameeksha Alva
(NT) MS Student (2016-2017)
Research Technician (Curtiss/Clark-Curtiss Labs - University of Florida)

Megan Rada
(NT) MS Student (2018-2019)
 
Mrinalini Batra
MS Student (Biotech) (2020)
Current Position: Research Technician at University of South Florida

Haley Inselberg
(NT) MS Student (2019-2020)

Undergraduate Students

Francisco Pascual
(2015-2017)
USF Morsani College of Medicine (MD program)

Kenneth Onimus
(2016)
Process Development Associate - Iovance Biotherapeutics

Vaani Ohri
(2016)
PhD Candidate - Purdue University

Juwairiah Mohammad
(2016)
 
Cristal Narvaez
(2016)
 
Shanetta Roundtree
(2016)
 
Bryann Tan
(2016)
 
Neha Patil
(2016-2017)
 
Anika Ali
(2016-2017)
USF-CMMB Graduate Student

Julia Banek
(2016-2017)
 
Judy Chen
(2016-2018)
CMMB Undergraduate Scholarship (2017); CMMB Special Recognition Award (2018); Medical Diagnostic Laboratories 

Hannah Lewis
(2017)
 
Amanda Maliva
(2017)
 
Jacqueline Smith
(2017)
 
Rylee Wagner
(2017)
 
Mercedes Tatum
(2017-2018)
CMMB Special Recognition Award (2018)

Merryck Walker
(2017-2018)
CMMB Student Excellence Award (2018)

Tasnif Rahman
(2017-2018)
PhD Candidate - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Bailee Hanle
(2017-2018)
 
Keerthana Nimmagadda
(2018)
 
Madison Teague
(2018-2019)
USF College of Pharmacy (PharmD program)

Joanne Grant
(2018-2019)
Microbiology Technician III at Bausch & Lomb

Michael Velez
(2019)
 
Brenay Greenslade
(2019)
 
Julie Piedade
(2019)

Amanda Osborn
(2019-2020)
M.D. student at University of Kentucky College of Medicine
 
Saloni Bhimani
(2019-2020)
Graduate student at University of Florida
 
Nikhil Patel
(2019-2020)
 
Emilee Mustor
(2020)
Graduate student at USF (CMMB; Shaw Lab)

Caitlyn Deam
(2020)
 
Aubrey Carey
(2021)
 
Nicole Giboyeaux
(2020)
Graduate student at USF - College of Public Health

Kira Mulcahey
(2023)

Anya Wojtkowiak
(2022-2024)
Graduate student at Case Western Reserve University

Madison Cooper
(2023-2024)
Graduate student at USF-Health

Other Members

Gianni Graham
Lab Technician (2016)
 
Julia Banek
Lab Technician (2017)
 
Ryan Henry
Graduate Student (2016-2017)
 
Freyda Mannering
Summer Research (2018)
B.S. Student - University of Calgary

Mirella Huber
UG Researcher (2017-2018)
Lab Technician (2018-2019)
Life Sciences Advanced Technologies Inc.

Olufolakemi “Fola” Olusanya
Summer Research (2019)
B.S. Student - Howard University

Lidia Lopez
Guest Researcher (2019-2020)
Indiana University School of Medicine (MD program)

Jonathan Shiferaw
Summer Research  (NSURP  Fellow) (2020)
University of Maryland at College Park

Julia Goni
Summer Research (NSURP Fellow) (2020)
Seton Hall University

Carlos Koudouovoh
Summer Research (NSURP Fellow) (2021)
University of Maryland at College Park

Yerman Munoz
Graduate Student (2020-2021)
 
Gabriella Beharry
UG Researcher (2020)
Guest Researcher (2021-2022)
 
Sebastian Khan
UG Researcher (2018-2019)
Lab Technician (2019-2022)
PhD Student - National Institutes of Health/Johns Hopkins Graduate Partnerships Program