Lab Members
Daniel Janies, Ph.D.
Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor
Alfred Hubbard
Graduate Researcher
Adesoji Ademiluyi
Graduate Researcher
Colby T. Ford, M.S., Ph.D.
Visiting Researcher
Sayal Guirales
Graduate Researcher
Shirish Yasa
Undergraduate Researcher
Anthony Ford, M.S.
Graduate Researcher
Bioinformatics & Genomics
Philippe Alves Ph. D.
Visiting Researcher
Vladimir Mashanov Ph. D.
Visiting Researcher
David Brown, Ph.D.
Former Postdoctoral Fellow
Alumni
Gezahegn Alemayehu
Former Visiting Researcher from Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology
Now: Assistant Professor of Medical Parasitology
Ethiopian Defense University, College of Health Science, Research and Community Service
Bishufto, Ethiopia
Kayla Blackburn
Former Undergraduate Researcher '20
Now: Medical Student at Duke
Victoria Bonnell
Former Undergraduate Researcher '20
Now: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ph.D. student at Penn State
Ian Boyles
Undergraduate Researcher
Tamar Carter, M.P.H., Ph.D.
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
Now: Assistant Professor of Biology at Baylor University
Michael Cioce
Former Undergraduate Researcher '20
Lambodhar Damodaran
Former Undergraduate Researcher '18
Now: Ph.D. Student at The University of Georgia
Jacob Ferrier
Former Undergraduate Researcher '20
Shantoy Hansel
Former MPH Student and Lab Assistant
Denis Machado, M.S., Ph.D.
Former Postdoctoral Fellow
Now: Assistant Professor at UNC Charlotte
Jan Kofsky, M.S., Ph.D.
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
Now: Working at Benson Hill
Gregorio Linchango, M.S., Ph.D.
Former Doctoral Student '18
Now: Postdoctoral Fellow at Los Alamos National Lab
Karen Lopez
Former Research Specialist
Branden Mabe
Former Undergraduate Researcher '20
Now: Medical Student at UNC Chapel Hill
Callum Montgomery
Former Undergraduate Researcher '18
Now: Major League Soccer Player for Minnesota United
Mary Tess Overton
Former Undergraduate Researcher '20
Now: Microbiology Ph.D. Student at NC State
Adriano Schneider, M.S., Ph.D.
Former Doctoral Student '18
Now: Postdoctoral Scholar at UC Santa Cruz
Rachel Scott
Former Undergraduate Researcher
Kevin Smith
Former Undergraduate Researcher '20
Now: Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. Student at University of Michigan
John Williams
Former Research Engineer
Now: Developer at Lowes
Siwen Wu
Former Graduate Researcher '20