Current Members

Charles Gersbach

John W. Strohbehn Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006
B.S. Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001

Shante Berry

Lab Analyst II

Ph.D. Genetics, North Carolina State University, 2019
B.S. Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, 2011

Joel Bohning

Research Associate

M.S. Applied Molecular Biology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2011
B.S. Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2010

Andrea Daniel

Senior Research Scientist

Ph.D. Pharmacology,  University of Minnesota, 2008
B.A. Biology, University of St. Thomas, 2001

Heather Daniels

Lab Analyst I

B.S. Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, 2011

Kevin Hagy

Associate in Research

MS, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California - Santa Cruz, 2020
BS Neuroscience & Behavior, University of California, 2012

Nahid Iglesias

Research Project Manager

Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA 2010 - 2017
Postdoctoral Fellow, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2008 - 2010
Ph.D. Biology, University of Geneva, Switzerland, 2008
M.S. Biology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland ,2002
B.S. Biology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 2001

Irene Kaplow

Visiting Scientist

Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University, 2017-2023
Ph.D. Computer Science, Stanford University, 2017
B.S. Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010

Anthony Rizzo

Associate in Research

B.Sc., Biology, Cornell University, 2014 

Kamie Snow

Lab Manager

 A.A.S Biotechnology, Alamance Community College A.A.S Mechanical Drafting and Design, Alamance Community College

Josie Bodle

Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University & University of North - Carolina Chapel Hill, 2014
M.Eng. Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, 2008
B.S. Bioengineering, University of California Berkeley, 2005

Gabe Butterfield

Ph.D. Molecular and Cellular Biology,  University of Washington, 2018
B.A. Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, Reed College, 2012

Alexandra Garcia-Moreno

Ph.D. Genetics and Developmental Biology, Northwestern University, 2018
B.S. Biology, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, 2011

Boxun Li

Ph.D. Genetics, Development, and Disease, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2021B.S., Biological Sciences, Peking University, China, 2015

Taylor Anglen

B.S. Biochemistry, Arizona State University, 2016

Lexi Bounds

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2018

Rachel Conover

M.S. and B.S. Bioengineering, Northeastern University, 2022

Elizabeth Guilfoyle

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2022

Mia Hamilton

A.B. Biology, Colby College, 2019

Carson Key

B.S. Material Science Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2020

Susan Liu

B.A. Biochemistry, Wellesley College, 2019

Sean McCutcheon

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, UC Davis, 2017

Christian McRoberts Amador

B.S. Bioprocessing Science, NC State, 2020

Alyssa Pederson

B.S. Biological Sciences, Integrated Physiology and Neurobiology, North Carolina State University, 2023

Sam Reisman

B.S. Plant Biology, University of California - Davis, 2015

Grayson Rice

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, 2019

Dahlia Rohm

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2018

Tomer Rotstein

B.S. Bioengineering, UC Berkeley, 2016

Madeleine Sitton

B.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, 2018

Helen Streff

B.S. Biology, University of Notre Dame, 2020

Maria ter Weele

BSE Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, 2020

Aretha Gao

Haasini Haasini Nandyala

Dahlia Halabi

Chloe McGeehan

Xander Nelson

Caroline Yoon