Current members
Dr. Venkatesh Ranjan, post-doctoral researcher
Kimia Kaffashi, graduate student
Biological Sciences PhD program
Md Sharif Reza, graduate student,
Biological Sciences PhD program
Patrick Van Ravesteyn, OUR scholar, graduate student, Chemistry MS program
Matthew Goldstein, undergraduate student, Biology
Zoe Vette, undergraduate student, Biology
Ragul Ramesh, undergraduate student,
Biology
Janna White, undergraduate student,
Biology
Jenna Costelloe, lab tech
Past members (subsequent destination)
Postdocs and Visiting Scientists
Valentina Kovaleva, visiting scientist (Head of the Molecular Genetic Markers in Plants laboratory,
Ukrainian National Forestry University)
Tatiana Konnova, visiting scholar (Research Scientist, Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Russia)
Graduate Students
Venkatesh Ranjan, Ph.D. in NanoScale Science
Khanh Nguyen, Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (Postdoc, Baylor College of Medicine; Scientist, Hengenix Biotech Inc.)
Christopher Singer, Ph.D. in Bioinformatics (Senior Data Scientist, DACI)
Maria Arango, M.S. in Applied Physics (Biological and Biomedical Sciences PhD, UNC – Chapel Hill)
Chenbo Yan, M.S. in Applied Physics (Biomedical Sciences PhD, University of Michigan)
Gage Leighton, M.S. in Applied Physics (Biological and Biomedical Sciences PhD, UNC – Chapel Hill)
Diana Joy, M.S. in Optical Science and Engineering (Business Development Manager, EazyLink Academy, India)
Undergraduate students and research assistants
Claire Carpentier (Speech pathology MS, North Carolina State University)
John Pierson (Medical School, UNC – Chapel Hill)
Liya Mukhamedova (Structural Biology PhD, Masarykova Univerzita, Czech Republic)
Kallie Hobbs (Veterenary School, Ross University)
Charles Herring (Quantitative and Chemical Biology PhD, Vanderbilt University)
Daniel Godfrey (Applied Mathematics PhD, North Carolina State University)
Zachery Merino (Applied Physics MS, UNCC)
Thomas Fink (undergraduate student, Physics, UNCC)
Carl Brighton (undergraduate student, Chemistry, University of Virginia)
Tyler Hockett (undergraduate student, Physics, UNCC)
Irina Bukhteeva (Physics – Nanotechnology PhD, University of Waterloo, Canada)
Ken Moore (undergraduate student, Public Health, UNCC)
Kyle Anderson (undergraduate student, Physics, UNCC)
Emily Nguyen (MS in Medical Physics, Duke University)
Sam Schmid (dental school)
K12 summer students
Samagra Bhattarai 11’th grade, UNC-CH
Brandon Brooks 11’th grade, NC-MSEN Pre-College program
Gabrielle Worthy 12’th grade, NC-MSEN Pre-College program
Sophia Hurr 10’th grade