Lab Members
Sam Harris
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Lab Manager/Animal Surgeon Fun fact: Sam is a certified wildlife rehabber in New York State. |
Yuyan Wang, PhD
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Postdoctoral Fellow Yuyan received her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University. She received a NSF GRFP award and while at UNC was a CCNTP T32 post-doc fellow. Fun fact: Yuyan likes climbing and baking 3-tier cakes! |
Mark Bannon, PhD
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Postdoctoral Fellow Mark received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia. He is an American Heart Association (AHA) postdoctoral fellow. Fun fact: Mark likes playing and coaching lacrosse. He also plays in the Bannon Strings Band. |
Imran Tariq, PhD
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Fulbright Fellow Imran received his PhD in Pharmaceutical Technology from the Philipps-University of Marburg (Germany). |
Anthony Hazelton
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PhD Candidate – Pharmacology Anthony received his BS in Biochemistry from Clemson University. Fun fact: Anthony is a huge fan of sushi and Chick-fil-A! |
Jessica Tetterton-Kellner
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PhD Candidate – DPMP Jessica received her BS in Biochemistry from Clemson University.
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Alita Miller
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PhD Candidate – DPMP Alita received her BS/MS in Biomedical Engineering from Purdue University. She is a Royster Fellow. Fun fact: Alita plays drums and loves going to sporting events! |
Sarah Thormann
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PhD Candidate – DPMP Sarah received her BS in Biomedical Engineering from Purdue University. Fun fact: Sarah likes jigsaw puzzles and 2 cats named Sage and Cypress! |
Caden Kussatz
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PhD Candidate – DPMP Caden received his BS in Chemistry from the University of Kansas. Fun fact: Caden likes playing video games and hanging out with friends! |
Omar Budayr
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PhD Candidate – DPMP Omar received his BS in Psychology/Chemistry from the University of Tennessee. |
Karissa Law
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PhD Student – Pathobiology and Translational Science Karissa received her BS in Biology from Creighton University, followed by a postbac research fellowship at the NIH. Fun fact: Karissa likes to play tennis, ping pong, and likes to bake! |
Parmiss Khosravi
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PhD Student – BME Parmiss received her BS in Materials Science and Engineering from GeorgiaTech Fun fact: Parmiss loves knitting and trying new restaurants. |
Audreanna Miserendino
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PhD Student – DPMP Audreanna received her BS in BME from Clemson University. |
This Could be You!
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Join Us!
We are looking for motivated and talented PhD students and postdocs!
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Dogtoral Students
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Gizmo Nguyen – The Lab Morale Booster |
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Cosmo Nguyen – The Happiness Hypothesis Tester |
Alumni
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Post-doctoral FellowsMurali Maruthamuthu, PhD Parth Chansoria, PhD Kuo-Ching Mei, PhD Adam Brown, PhD Anjali Verma, PhD
Ph.D. GraduatesMairead Heavey, PhD Emily Bonacquisti, PhD Natalie Smith, PhD Scott Ferguson, PhD Michael Deci, PhD Jinli Wang, MS, PhD
M.S. GraduatesTingyi Li, MS Danni Chen, BS/MS Jacqueline Gonya, BS/MS Jake Megna, BS/MS Nancy Song, MS Sydney Scatigno, BS/MS Jiaxin Song, MS Lujing Wang, MS
B.S. GraduatesMitzy Salmeron, BS Sarah Alhajli, BS Jiayan Le, BS Taylor Neal, BS Colin Cess, BS Damian Peterson, BS Sarah Delisle, BS |