Current Lab members:

 

Alex Thornburgh (M.S. candidate, Premedical preparation with concentration in Biochemistry)

project: in vitro selection of DNA aptamers

 

 

Katelynn Pranger (M.S. candidate, Biochemistry concentration, Biology major)

project: NANP Binding Studies using SPR

 

 

Hannah Hayth (M.S. candidate, Chemistry and Anthropology major, Biology minor)

project: Oligonucleotides Bioconjugation

 

 

Sophie Rodionova (B.S. candidate, Premedical preparation)

project: DNA aptamers and Protein overexpression

 

 

 

Elaina Buskirk (B.S. candidate, Chemistry major with Biochemistry concentration)

project: In vitro transcription of modified RNA strands

 

 

Dilynn Lair (B.S. candidate, Biology major)

project: In vitro transcription of modified RNA strands

 

Alumni:

Graduate students:

Erwin Doe                        Fall 2022 – Sum 2023 M.S. (PhD Candidate at Purdue University)

Ross Brumett                 Fall 2020 – July 2022 M.S. (Scientist at Eli Lilly and Co)

Jordan L. Hartung        Fall 2018 – Fall 2019 transferred to M.S. program in anesthesiology  (Anesthesiologist Assistant)

Victoria Goldsworthy  Fall 2016 – Sum 2018 M.S (Science Teacher at Alexandria-Monroe High School)

My N. Bui                          Spr 2015 – Fall 2016 M.S. (Scientist at KBI Biopharma)

Heather A. Ramey       Sum 2016 – Fall 2016 M.A.           

Undergraduate students and High School researchers:

Vivana Bhagat        Fall 2024   (completing HS at Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, & Humanities) 

Gabriel Lorance      Fall 2024   (teacher scholar program)

Caitlin LaBreck       Sum 2024

Rilynne Puckett      Sum 2024

Christopher Jackson Spr 2023-Spr 2024 (pursuing B.S. at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology) 

Kayla Kuzdas            Fall 2023 – Spr 024 (completing HS at Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, & Humanities)

Megan Teter               Sum 2022   –  Spr 2023 (P.A. student at Butler University)             

Allison Dittmer         Spr 2021   –   Sum 2022 (M.D. student at IUMS)

Abby Coffman           Spr 2022   –   Spr 2023 (pursuing B.S. at University of New Mexico) 

Andrew Pilat              Spr 2020   –   Fall 2020 (pursuing B.S. at Kenyon College)

Rachel Fitzgerald     Spr 2019  –  Spring 2020

Joseph Cooper          Sum 2019  –  Fall 2020 (M.D. student at IUMS)

Alex Contreras          Sum 2019  –  Spr 2021 (LSAMP, Ph.D. student at Vanderbilt)

Trinity Jakson           Fall 2018   –   Fall 2019 (Q.A. at Ingredion)

Jake Durbin               Sum 2018  –   Sum 2019

Dayle Matheny         Fall 2018   –   Spring 2019 (Researcher at UM)

Nathan McCann       Fall 2017   –   Sum 2019 (Honor Thesis, PhD candidate at University of Notre Dame)

Julia Niekamp           Sum 2018 (Associate Biologist at Eli Lilly and Company)

Amber Diggs             Sum 2018 (LSAMP, Medical Laboratory Scientist at MiraVista)

Britney Jones            Spr 2018 (Chemist at Eli Lilly and Co)

Geneva LaForce       Sum 2017 – Spring 2018 (Honor Thesis, Associate Scientific Editor at iScience by Cell Press)

Kheiria Benkato        Sum 2016 – Spring 2018 (M.S. candidate at Johns Hopkins)

Ben O’Brien               Sum 2016 – Spring 2018 (Honor Thesis, Forensic DNA Analyst at Bode Technology)

Dayna Arnett            Sum 2016 (Thriving Families Coordinator, SC DSS)

Courtney Oakes        Spr 2018 – Sum 2016 (REU program)

Seth G. Abels             Sum 2015 – Sum 2016 (MBA candidate, University of Missouri)      

Garrett A. Drinnon   Sum 2015 – Fall 2015 (Production Engineer, Fractionation System Owner at CSL Behring)

My H. Bui                    Fall 2014 (Medical Laboratory Scientist at Duke)