Students


Bascuro

CARLOS BUENO BASURCO (Wolynes lab)

  • physical biology
  • protein stability and allostery
  • direct coupling analysis
Bhakta

SHYAM BHAKTA (M. Bennett lab)

  • synthetic biology
  • probe design rules of oscillators
  • genetic circuits in gut microbiome
Kathryn

KATHRYN BRINK (Tabor lab)

  • synthetic biology
  • bacterial two-component systems
  • biosensor characterization
Lucas

LUCAS BROWN (Bao and Bashor labs)

  • synthetic biology
  • in vivo delivery of genetic circuits
  • tissue specific expression of genetic circuits
Carpenter

MATTHEW CARPENTER (Ajo-Franklin lab)

  • synthetic biology
  • genetic circuits
  • biological computation
Y Chen

YUJIE CHEN (Kimmel lab)

  • systems biology
  • branching processes
  • cancer
Chen

ZHUO CHEN (Igoshin lab)

  • systems biology
  • mathematical modeling
  • bacterial cell differentiation
Sammi

SAMANTHA COFFLER (incoming student)

  • synthetic biology
  • engineering synthetic circuits
  • bioelectronics
Jacopo

JACOPO DE ROSSI (incoming student)

  • synthetic biology
  • aging
  • cell-based therapeutics
Kessra

ILENNE DEL VALLE KESSRA (Silberg lab)
Google Scholar Page

  • synthetic biology
  • engineered soil microorganisms
  • signaling in the rhizosphere
Zheng

ZHENG DIAO (Bashor lab)

  • synthetic biology
  • synthetic signaling pathways
  • synthetic regulatory pathways
Esteban

ESTEBAN DODERO-ROJAS (first year student)

  • physical biology
  • theoretical biophysics
  • computational biology
Matt

MATTHEW DYSART (incoming student)

  • systems biology
  • genetic circuits
  • personalized medicine
Olivia

OLIVIA FRASHER (Bashor lab)

  • synthetic biology
  • genetic and epigenetic control
  • biosensor design
Fulk

EMILY FULK (Silberg lab)
Google Scholar Page

  • synthetic biology
  • microbial tools for biosensing in soil
  • soil microbial community dynamics
Gambill

LAUREN GAMBILL (Chappell lab)
Google Scholar Page

  • synthetic biology
Charis

CHARILAOS GIANNITSIS (incoming student)

  • synthetic biology
  • engineering synthetic gene and signaling circuits
  • biomolecular computing and control systems
Andrew

ANDREW GILMOUR (incoming student)

  • synthetic biology
  • protein engineering
  • metabolic engineering
Cole

NICOLAS (COLE) GRANDEL (M. Bennett lab)

  • synthetic biology
  • systems biology
  • engineering the gut microbiome
Max

MAXWELL HUNT (incoming student)

  • synthetic biology
  • mammalian cell engineering
  • genetic logic circuits
Jeannette

JEANNETTE INGABIRE (Robinson lab)

  • environmental synthetic biology
  • systems biology
  • computational/mathematical modeling
Dhiraj

DHIRAJ JAIN (incoming student)

  • synthetic biology
  • site specific therapeutics
  • protein engineering
Zach

ZACH JANSEN (incoming student)

  • synthetic biology
  • metabolic engineering
  • bioremediation
Prashant

PRASHANT KALVAPALLE (Stadler and Silberg labs)

  • synthetic biology
  • engineering microbial symbiosis
  • soil microbial communities
Biki

BIKI BAPI KUNDU (Ajo-Franklin lab)

  • synthetic biology
  • systems biology
  • metabolic engineering
J Lee

JIHWAN LEE (St. Pierre lab)

  • synthetic biology
  • high-throughput screening
  • antibody-based biosensors
S Lee

SUNGMIN LEE (Ma lab)

  • physical biology
  • computational evolutionary analysis in influenza
  • population dynamics, virus evolution, molecular phylogenetics
Wei

WEI-HAO LEE (incoming student)

  • systems biology
Li

JIAMING LI (Zhang lab)

  • physical biology
  • molecular diagnostics
  • artificial intelligence applied on multiplexed DNA reactions
Liu

BAIYANG LIU (M. Bennett & Chappell labs)
Google Scholar Page

  • synthetic biology
Carlos

CARLOS D. LLANOS (incoming student)

  • synthetic biology
  • microbial engineering
  • genetic circuits design
X Lu

XIAOYU LU (St. Pierre lab)
Google Scholar Page

  • systems biology
  • synthetic biology
  • physical biology
Kareem

KAREEM MEHRABIANI (Onuchic lab)
Google Scholar Page

  • physical biology
  • molecular simulation
  • actin fiber structure
Elena

ELENA MUSTEATA (Tabor lab)

  • synthetic biology
  • genetic circuit engineering
  • biosensor development
Peng

XIAO PENG (M. Bennett lab)

  • synthetic biology
  • optogenetic control, modeling biological system
  • microbial community and cell communication
Kshitj

KSHITIJ RAI (Bashor lab)
Google Scholar Page

  • synthetic biology
  • high throughput screening
  • synthetic microbial consortia
Rosa

ROSA GUERRA RESENDEZ (Hilton lab)

  • synthetic biology
  • epigenome editing
  • cancer disease models
KR

KIARA REYES GAMAS (Stadler & Silberg labs)

  • synthetic biology
  • environmental remediation
  • art in science
Caleigh

CALEIGH ROLECK (Tabor lab)

  • synthetic biology
  • biosensing
  • bioremediation and biomanufacturing
Swetha

SWETHA SRIDHAR (Masiello & Ajo-Franklin labs)

  • synthetic biology (environmental)
  • biosensor development
  • physical biology
Bobby

ROBERT (BOBBY) TESORIERO (Ajo-Franklin lab)

  • synthetic biology
  • environmental remediation
  • bioelectronics
Shubham

SHUBHAM TRIPATHI (Levine lab)
Google Scholar Page

  • physical biology
  • dynamics of evolution in antibiotic and drug gradients
  • network mechanisms underlying cancer progression
Sofia

SOFÍA VARGAS HERNÁNDEZ (incoming student)

  • physical biology
  • systems biology
  • biomaterials
Meidi

MEIDI WANG (M. Bennett lab)

  • synthetic biology
  • genetic networks in microbial communities
  • mathematical modeling of genetic circuits
Qi Wang

QI WANG (Treangen lab)

  • synthetic biology
  • metagenomics
  • forensic genomic and pathogen detection
Yang

WANGFEI YANG (Clementi lab)

  • physical biology
Yang

XIAOYU YANG (Bashor lab)

  • synthetic biology
  • cell-based therapies
  • posttranslational circuits in mammalian cell