Current Lab members:
We are currently recruiting talented and motivated graduate students! If you are interested in our research and would like to contribute to exciting projects in nucleic acid biochemistry and BioNanotechnology, please contact me to learn more about opportunities in our lab.
Hannah Hayth (M.S. candidate, Chemistry and Anthropology major, Biology minor)
project: Oligonucleotides Bioconjugation
Sophie Rodionova (B.S. candidate, Premedical preparation), joined Fall 2025
project: DNA aptamers and Protein overexpression
Trinity Dubree (B.S. candidate, Biology major), joined May 2026
project: Microorganism’s thermal adaptation
Alexey Shinkevich (B.S. candidate, Biology major), joined May 2026
project:Oligonucleotides Bioconjugation
Alumni:
Graduate students:
Alex Thornburgh Fall 2024 – Sum 2026 M.S. (Research Scientist at BiomEdit, Inc)
Katelynn Pranger Fall 2024 – Supring 2026 M.S. (Research Scientist at Eli Lilly and Co)
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:
Jaden Ciceu Fall 2025-Spring 2026 (completing HS at Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, & Humanities)
Leo Kim Fall 2025-Spring 2026 (completing HS at Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, & Humanities)
Ngoc Thien Kim Cao Fall 2025-Spring 2026 (completing HS at Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, & Humanities)
John Chambers Spring 2026
Caecey Franz Fall 2025
Elaina Buskirk Fall 2025
Dilynn Lair Spr 2025
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)