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    Principal Investigator

    Jan Amend
    Jan Amend

    Research Faculty

    Douglas LaRowe
    Douglas LaRowe
    Roman Barco
    Roman Barco

    Senior Collaborators

    Morgan Cable
    Morgan Cable
    Jenn Macalady
    Jenn Macalady
    Victoria Orphan
    Victoria Orphan
    Maggie Osburn
    Maggie Osburn
    FORMER POST-DOCS

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    Lab Manager

    Pratixa
    Pratixa

    Postdocs

    Graduate Students

    Diana Bojanova
    Diana Bojanova
    Heidi Aronson
    Heidi Aronson
    Maya Yanez
    Maya Yanez
    Kilian Ashley
    Kilian Ashley
    Caleb Rosen
    Caleb Rosen

    Undergraduate Students

    Cais Thomas
    Cais Thomas
    Sofia Jensen
    Sofia Jensen
    Peter Kubiniec
    Peter Kubiniec
    Karli Rodriguez
    Karli Rodriguez
    Maia Bhattacharyya 2
    Maia Bhattacharyya 2
    Zachary Pifer  2
    Zachary Pifer 2

    Alumni 

    Fabai Wu
    Fabai Wu
    James Bradley
    James Bradley
    Annie Rowe
    Annie Rowe
    Ileana Pérez-Rodríguez
    Ileana Pérez-Rodríguez
    Chris Kempes
    Chris Kempes
    Alberto Robador
    Alberto Robador
    Brandi Kiel Reese
    Brandi Kiel Reese
    Magdalena Osburn
    Magdalena Osburn
    Doug LaRowe
    Doug LaRowe
    Roy Price
    Roy Price
    Darcy Meyer-Dombard
    Darcy Meyer-Dombard
    Antje Rusch
    Antje Rusch
    FORMER GRADUATE STUDENTS

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    Jayme Feyhl-Buska
    Jayme Feyhl-Buska
    Laura Zinke
    Laura Zinke
    Guang-Sin Lu
    Guang-Sin Lu
    Lily Momper
    Lily Momper
    Nancy Akerman
    Nancy Akerman
    Dawn Cardace
    Dawn Cardace
    Karyn Rogers
    Karyn Rogers
    D’Arcy Meyer-Dombard
    D’Arcy Meyer-Dombard
    FORMER UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
    Shaan Eckstein
    Shaan Eckstein
    Isaiah Smith
    Isaiah Smith
    Harold Carlson
    Harold Carlson
    Edgar Sanchez
    Edgar Sanchez
    Emilie Skoog
    Emilie Skoog
    Karla Abuyen
    Karla Abuyen
    Kimberly Morales
    Kimberly Morales
    Amanda Semler
    Amanda Semler
    Cynthia Bor
    Cynthia Bor
    Juan Orantes
    Juan Orantes
    Carlos Solorzano Jr.
    Carlos Solorzano Jr.
    Jason Boettger
    Jason Boettger
    Vanessa Schroeder
    Vanessa Schroeder
    Jasmine Berg
    Jasmine Berg
    Emily Dangremond
    Emily Dangremond
    Elizabeth Herndon
    Elizabeth Herndon
    Magdalena Osburn
    Magdalena Osburn
    Crystal Gammon
    Crystal Gammon