
M.-N. Frances Yap, Principal Investigator
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Anna Lipońska, Research Associate
PhD, University Paris Diderot-Paris 7

Mahmoud Shoman, Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Czech Academy of Sciences & Charles University

Szu-Yu Kuan, Ph.D. student
BS, Pennsylvania State University

Emily Guo, Rotational MSTP student
BS, Washington Univ-St Louis

Kiera Byers, Northwestern URAP student
BA, Northwestern University (expected 2027)

Nicolas L-P, Hononary member
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Education
Lab Alums
(A) Postdoc fellows:
- 2025, Alexandre Le Scornet (subsequent position- Research Fellow, Université de Strasbourg, Caldelari group)
- 2024, David Ranava (subsequent position- tenured Assistant professor, Aix-Marseille Université)
- 2024, Satpal Chodha (subsequent position-Fellow, mycoBiologics Ltd, Aberdeen, UK)
- 2019, Arnab Basu (subsequent position- Ramalingaswami Fellow Assistant Professor, Dept of Biological Science and Technology, University Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational Research Institute (RKMVERI), India)
- 2016, Arnab Sengupta (subsequent position- Assistant Professor, Georgia College)
- 2014, Amber Davis (2014, subsequent position-Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices)
(B) Ph.D. students: Ekaterina Dzyubak (2017, on family leave)
(C) Research Assistants: Kate Shields (2019, subsequent position- CEO, RedDoor Fibre Studio), Gaurab K.C (2014, subsequent position- Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research)
(D) Undergrad Interns: Kawen Zhang (2014, subsequent position-Oregon Health & Science Univ (OHSU)-Nurse Anesthetist)
(E) Visiting students : Jerusha Emmanuel (2015, subsequent position-postdoc at )
(F) Rotational students: Katie Stockstill, Suomia Abuirqeba, Mariah Hassert, Katia Los, Daniel Bradley, Rachel Schafer, Sharath Narayan, Szu-Yu Kuan, Ria Almohtadi.