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Current Lab members:<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

We are currently recruiting talented and motivated graduate students!<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n

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Hannah Hayth<\/strong> (M.S. candidate, Chemistry and Anthropology major, Biology minor)<\/p>\n

project: Oligonucleotides Bioconjugation<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sophie Rodionova <\/strong>(B.S. candidate, Premedical preparation), joined Fall 2025<\/p>\n

project: DNA aptamers and Protein overexpression<\/em><\/p>\n

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Trinity Dubree <\/strong>(B.S. candidate, Biology major), joined May 2026<\/p>\n

project: Microorganism’s thermal adaptation<\/p>\n

Alexey Shinkevich<\/strong> (B.S. candidate, Biology major), joined May 2026<\/p>\n

project:Oligonucleotides Bioconjugation<\/em><\/p>\n

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Alumni:<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

Graduate students:<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Alex Thornburgh\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Fall 2024 \u2013 Sum 2026 M.S. (Research Scientist at BiomEdit, Inc)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Katelynn Pranger\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Fall 2024 \u2013 Supring 2026 M.S. (Research Scientist at Eli Lilly and Co)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Erwin Doe<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Fall 2022 \u2013 Sum 2023\u00a0M.S. (PhD Candidate at Purdue University)<\/span><\/p>\n

Ross Brumett<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> Fall 2020 \u2013 July 2022<\/span> M.S. (Scientist at Eli Lilly and Co)<\/span><\/p>\n

Jordan L. Hartung<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> Fall 2018 \u2013 Fall 2019<\/span> transferred to M.S. program in anesthesiology\u00a0 (Anesthesiologist Assistant)<\/span><\/p>\n

Victoria Goldsworthy<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span> Fall 2016 – Sum 2018 M.S (Science Teacher at Alexandria-Monroe High School)<\/span><\/p>\n

My N. Bui\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>Spr 2015 – Fall 2016 <\/span> M.S. (Scientist at KBI Biopharma)<\/span><\/p>\n

Heather A. Ramey<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> Sum 2016 – Fall 2016 M.A.\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Undergraduate students and High School researchers<\/span>:<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Jaden Ciceu\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0Fall 2025-Spring 2026\u00a0 \u00a0(completing HS at Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, & Humanities)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Leo Kim\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0Fall 2025-Spring 2026\u00a0 \u00a0(completing HS at Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, & Humanities)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ngoc Thien Kim Cao<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0Fall 2025-Spring 2026\u00a0 \u00a0(completing HS at Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, & Humanities)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

John Chambers<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Spring 2026<\/p>\n

Caecey Franz<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Fall 2025<\/p>\n

Elaina Buskirk\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Fall 2025<\/p>\n

Dilynn Lair\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>Spr 2025<\/p>\n

Vivana Bhagat<\/span>\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Fall 2024\u00a0 \u00a0(completing HS at\u00a0Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, & Humanities)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gabriel Lorance<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Fall 2024\u00a0 \u00a0(teacher scholar program)<\/span><\/p>\n

Caitlin <\/span><\/span>LaBreck\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Sum 2024<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rilynne Puckett<\/span><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>Sum 2024<\/p>\n

Christopher Jackson<\/strong><\/span> Spr 2023-Spr 2024 (pursuing B.S. at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kayla Kuzdas\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Fall 2023 – Spr 024 (completing HS at\u00a0Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, & Humanities)<\/span><\/p>\n

Megan Teter<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Sum 2022\u00a0 \u00a0–\u00a0 Spr 2023 (P.A. student at Butler University)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Allison Dittmer<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Spr 2021\u00a0 \u00a0–\u00a0 \u00a0Sum 2022 (M.D. student at IUMS)<\/span><\/p>\n

Abby Coffman<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Spr 2022\u00a0 \u00a0–\u00a0 \u00a0Spr 2023 (pursuing B.S. at University of New Mexico)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Andrew Pilat<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> Spr 2020 \u00a0 – \u00a0 Fall 2020 (pursuing B.S. at Kenyon College)<\/span><\/p>\n

Rachel Fitzgerald\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>Spr 2019\u00a0 –\u00a0 Spring 2020<\/span><\/p>\n

Joseph Cooper<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> Sum 2019\u00a0 –\u00a0 Fall 2020 (M.D. student at IUMS)<\/span><\/p>\n

Alex Contreras\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> Sum 2019\u00a0 –\u00a0 Spr 2021 (LSAMP, Ph.D. student at Vanderbilt)<\/span><\/p>\n

Trinity Jakson<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> Fall 2018 \u00a0 – \u00a0 Fall 2019 (Q.A. at Ingredion)<\/span><\/p>\n

Jake Durbin<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> Sum 2018\u00a0 – \u00a0 Sum 2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Dayle Matheny<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> Fall 2018 \u00a0 – \u00a0 Spring 2019 (Researcher at UM)<\/span><\/p>\n

Nathan McCann<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> Fall 2017 \u00a0 – \u00a0 Sum 2019 (Honor Thesis, PhD candidate at University of Notre Dame)<\/span><\/p>\n

Julia Niekamp<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> Sum 2018 (Associate Biologist at Eli Lilly and Company)<\/span><\/p>\n

Amber Diggs\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> Sum 2018 (LSAMP, Medical Laboratory Scientist at MiraVista)<\/span><\/p>\n

Britney Jones\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> Spr 2018 (Chemist at Eli Lilly and Co)<\/span><\/p>\n

Geneva LaForce<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> Sum 2017 – Spring 2018 (Honor Thesis, Associate Scientific Editor at iScience by Cell Press)<\/span><\/p>\n

Kheiria Benkato\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> Sum 2016 – Spring 2018 (M.S. candidate at Johns Hopkins)<\/span><\/p>\n

Ben O\u2019Brien \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> Sum 2016 – Spring 2018 (Honor Thesis, Forensic DNA Analyst at Bode Technology)<\/span><\/p>\n

Dayna Arnett\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> Sum 2016 (Thriving Families Coordinator, SC DSS)<\/span><\/p>\n

Courtney Oakes\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> Spr 2018 – Sum 2016 (REU program)<\/span><\/p>\n

Seth G. Abels\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span> Sum 2015 – Sum 2016 (MBA candidate, <\/span>University of Missouri)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Garrett A. Drinnon<\/strong> \u00a0 <\/span> Sum 2015 – Fall 2015 (Production Engineer, Fractionation System Owner at CSL Behring)<\/span><\/p>\n

My H. Bui \u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/span> Fall 2014 (Medical Laboratory Scientist at Duke)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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