OUR TEAM
SRUJANA SAMHITA YADAVALLI
(Sam)
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor of Genetics
Waksman Institute of Microbiology
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JUNHONG SUN
Lab Technician
ARPITA MUKHERJEE
Graduate student
Microbial Biology, SEBS
MADHULIKA SINGH
Postdoctoral Researcher
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NITISH SHARMA
Postdoctoral Researcher
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NATALIE STEIN
Undergraduate Researcher
Genetics major
Alumni
Shun Liang
Part-time Technician
Current: Research Technician at the Jain lab, Rutgers
Debbie Cerda
Undergraduate researcher 2019-2020, Genetics Major
2020 DLS-Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow
Current: Application Technician at dsm-firmenich
McKenzie Burge
Master's student
Current: Patient Care Technician at Meadville Medical Center
Kyle Skalenko
Research Technician
Current: Postdoctoral researcher, Nickels lab, Rutgers
Pranavi Jagadeesan
2021-22 Master's in Biomedical Sciences
Current: Master of Science in Business, Marketing and Management, Yeshiva University
Hifsa Abbasi
Undergraduate Researcher Microbiology major
2021 RISE/RUP-IMSD Summer Research Fellow
Current: MD student, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Hannah Lake
Undergraduate Genetics Major, 2023 Honors student
2021-22 DLS-Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow
Current: MD student at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Maryam Mohammed
2023 Project SUPER Undergraduate Researcher
Microbiology major, SAS Honors student
Janki Patel
Undergraduate Researcher, Biological Sciences major
Current: Pharmacy Technician, Super Health Pharmacies
Daryl Von Herbert
Part-time Researcher
(Master's in Clinical Research Management)
Current: Clinical Data Manager at Merck
Shokufeh Nourollahi
Volunteer Researcher
Current: Graduate student in the Rongo lab, Rutgers
Kaneshia Freeman
Undergraduate Researcher, Biotechnology major
2023 McNair Summer Research Scholar
2024 George H Cook Honors Scholar
Current: Ph.D. candidate in Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
Sarah Khan
Undergraduate Researcher, Genetics major
Varun Chovatia
Undergraduate Summer Researcher, Biology major
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Yaneli Guerra Hernandez
2024 RISE/REU Summer Research Fellow
Biology major, Duke University
Current: Ph.D. student in Biomedical Sciences, University of California at San Diego
Simran Samal
Undergraduate Researcher, Genetics major
Salma Al-Saai
Postdoctoral Researcher
Samuel Adeniyi Adeleye
Ph.D. student
Current: Advisor - Biotherapeutics, Eli Lilly
Johnathan Akdemir
Undergraduate Researcher, Genetics major
Sangeevan Vellappan
Ph.D. student
Current: Bioinformatics Scientist II, Veracyte, Inc.
Alexandra Sicat
Undergraduate volunteer summer researcher
Biology major, University of Vermont
Salmonella Typhimurium ser. enterica
Visiting researcher ;)
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Visiting researcher ;)
Bacillus subtilis
Visiting researcher ;)