OUR TEAM
SRUJANA SAMHITA YADAVALLI
(Sam)
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor of Genetics
Waksman Institute of Microbiology
JUNHONG SUN
Lab Technician
ARPITA MUKHERJEE
Graduate student
Microbial Biology, SEBS
MADHULIKA SINGH
Postdoctoral Researcher
NITISH SHARMA
Postdoctoral Researcher
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 ;)