Current Graduate Students

PhD Students

YEAR 6

Jaylee Boer

Jaylee Boer
(PhD student, 6th year)
University of Edinburgh, BS
Freudenreich Laboratory

Brendan Carson

Brendan Carson
(PhD student, 6th year)
Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor, BS
Michigan State University, MS
Orians Laboratory

Emilie Jones

Emilie Jones
(PhD student, 6th year)
Smith College, BA
McLaughlin Laboratory

Nathaniel Murphy

Atticus Murphy
(PhD student, 6th year)
University of Toronto, BS
Crone Laboratory

Ben Tidswell

Ben Tidswell
(PhD student, 6th year)
Vassar College, BA
Tytell Laboratory 

Angela Tung

Angela Tung
(PhD student, 6th year)
Boston University, BA
Levin Laboratory

Tufts sign

Jessica Wright-Lichter
(PhD student, 6th year)
University of Arizona BA
Rutberg Laboratory

YEAR 5

Ursula Beattie

Ursula Beattie
(PhD student, 5th year)
Colgate University, BA
Romero Laboratory

Andrew Clark

Andrew Clark
(PhD student, 5th year)
Harvard University, BA
Tytell Laboratory

Jacob Dayton

Jacob Dayton
(PhD student, 5th year)
Eastern Connecticut State University, BS
Dopman Laboratory

Tyler MaClay

Tyler Maclay
(PhD student, 5th year)
Regis College, BA
Freudenreich Laboratory

Lara Maggs

Lara Maggs
(PhD student, 5th year)
University of Pennsylvania, BA
University of Pennsylvania, MS
McVey Laboratory

Chiara Masnovo

Chiara Masnovo
(PhD student, 5th year)
University of Vienna, BS
University of Vienna, MS
Mirkin Laboratory

Alyssa Murray

Alyssa Murray
(PhD student, 5th year)
SUNY at Binghamton, B.AS.
Dopman Laboratory

Vasilios Nanos

Vasilios Nanos
(PhD student, 5th year)
University of Hamburg, BS
Levin Laboratory

Jessie Thuma

Jessie Thuma
(PhD student, 5th year)
University of Virginia, BS
Starks Laboratory

YEAR 4

Gayathri Kondakath

Gayathri Kondakath
(PhD student, 4th year)
IISER Pune, MA
Trimmer Laboratory

Sage Levy

Sage Levy
(PhD student, 4th year)
Williams College, BA
Reed Laboratory

Headshot of Liangzi Li

Liangzi Li
(PhD student, 4th year)
Tongji University, BS
Northeastern University, MS
Mirkin Laboratory

Nick Woodward

Nicholas Woodward
(PhD student, 4th year)
University of Wisconsin-Madison, BA
McVey Laboratory

YEAR 3

Alejandro Calderon

Alejandro Calderon
(PhD student, 3rd year)
Universidad Icesi, BS
Uricchio Laboratory

Kasturi Lele

Kasturi Lele
(PhD student, 3rd year)
Indian Inst. Of Science Education, BS, MS
Uricchio Laboratory

Nicolas Louw

Nicolas Louw
(PhD student, 3rd year)
Univ. of Stellenbosch, BS
Univ. of Georgia, MS
Wolfe Laboratory

Nicholas Mandel

Nicholas Mandel
(PhD student, 3rd year)
Univ. of Central Florida, BS
Mirkin Laboratory

Sarah McGeady

Sarah ‘SJ’ McGeady
(PhD student, 3rd year)
College of William and Mary, BS
George University, MS
Uricchio Laboratory

Bradley Pedro

Bradley Pedro
(PhD student, 3rd year)
UMass Amherst, BS
Romero Laboratory

Rachel Riccio

Rachel Riccio
(PhD student, 3rd year)
DePaul University, BS
Romero Laboratory

Jiayue Tai

Jiayue ‘Nicole’ Tai
(PhD student, 3rd year)
Brandeis University, BS, MS
Kao Laboratory

YEAR 2

Sydney Addorisio

Sydney Addorisio
(PhD student, 2nd year)
Salem State University, BS
Mirkin Laboratory

Kayla Curameng

Kayla Curameng
(PhD student, 2nd year)
Western New England College, BS
Hernandez Laboratory

Kevin Headrick

Kevin Headrick
(PhD student, 2nd year)
University of Colorado Boulder, BA
MIT, MEng
Orians Laboratory

Denyelle Kilgour

Denyelle Kilgour
(PhD student, 2nd year)
University of New Hampshire, BS
Kennesaw State University, MS
Romero Laboratory

Sebastian Urbano

Sebastian Urbano
(PhD student, 2nd year)
Hernandez Laboratory

YEAR 1

Melisa Balla

Melisa Balla

Rotating in the Hernandez and McVey Labs
(PhD student, 1st year)
Suffolk University, BS

Kat Coburn

Kat Coburn

Rotating in the Uricchio and Gouvea Labs
(PhD student, 1st year)
llinois State University, BS
University Of Illinois At Urbana, MS

Nick D'Arrigo

Nick D'Arrigo

Rotating in the Wolfe and Orians Labs
(PhD student, 1st year)
Vassar College, BS

Ming Gong

Ming Gong

Rotating in the Trimmer and Tytell Labs
(PhD student, 1st year)
University Of California-Irvine, BS
Tufts University, MS

Olivia Hawkins

Olivia Hawkins

Rotating in the Tytell and Trimmer Labs
(PhD student, 1st year)
University of South Florida, BS
Kennesaw State University, MS

Julia Herselman

Julia Hershelman

Rotating in the Wolfe and Uricchio Labs
(PhD student, 1st year)
Umass Amherst, BS

Molly Lynch

Molly Lynch

Rotating in the Reed Lab and with Manomet, Inc.
(PhD student, 1st year)
Ohio State University, BS

Umaojo Ojogbane

Umaojo Ojogbane

Rotating in the Wolfe Lab
(PhD student, 1st year)
Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, BS
Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University Makurdi, MS

Margaret Rodgers

Margaret Rodgers

Rotating in the McVey and Freudenreich Labs
(PhD student, 1st year)
Fairfield University, BS

Zaid Salah

Zaid Salah

Rotating in the Freudenreich and Mirkin Labs
(PhD student, 1st year)
California State University-San Marcos, BS

Caitlin Schroeder

Caitlin Schroeder

Rotating in the McLaughlin and Hernandez Labs
(PhD student, 1st year)
Skidmore College, BA

Olga Usalka

Olga Usalka

Will Join Fall 2024
(PhD student, 1st year)
First Moscow State Medical University, MD

Anya Wang

Anya Wang

Rotating in the Trimmer and Levin Labs
(PhD student, 1st year)
Fu-Jen Catholic University, LLB
University of Rochester, MS

Steven Yu

Steven Yu

Rotating in the Freudenreich and Hengel Labs
(PhD student, 1st year)
Amherst College, BA

Masters Students

Name

Semester of Matriculation

Sean Brennan

Fall Term 2020

Rose Engel

Fall Term 2021

Sean Irwin

Fall Term 2021

Julia Duggan

Fall Term 2022

Douglas Hazel

Fall Term 2022

Jamaurie James

Fall Term 2022

Zhifan Jia

Fall Term 2022

Glenn Leary

Fall Term 2022

Jacob Levit

Fall Term 2022

Jiahui Liu

Fall Term 2022

Robert McDermott

Fall Term 2022

Isabela Moreno

Fall Term 2022

Elias Paolone

Fall Term 2022

Kyona Schacht

Fall Term 2022

Ben Snitkoff

Fall Term 2022

Kyla Yuza

Fall Term 2022

Kavya Borde

Fall Term 2023

Stepan Budko

Fall Term 2023

Yiming Cai

Fall Term 2023

Haodong Chen

Fall Term 2023

David Coderre

Fall Term 2023

Elizabeth Curcio

Fall Term 2023

Carly DeSesa

Fall Term 2023

Oluchi Ezekwenna

Fall Term 2023

Katie Gore

Fall Term 2023

Shaina Hall

Fall Term 2023

Luke Hruska

Fall Term 2023

Olivia Knodell

Fall Term 2023

Mike Kourkoulakos

Fall Term 2023

Peter LaBarge

Fall Term 2023

Aine LaPalme

Fall Term 2023

Matt Lem

Fall Term 2023

Jessica Lomasney

Fall Term 2023

Isha Maloo

Fall Term 2023

Rebecca Partan

Fall Term 2023

Christina Qiao

Fall Term 2023

Kanishk Singh

Fall Term 2023

Gabe Smith

Fall Term 2023

Cecilia Thai

Fall Term 2023

Rachelle Victorio

Fall Term 2023

Maggie Witham

Fall Term 2023

Betty Zhang

Fall Term 2023

Lauren Salerno

Spring Term 2021

Karan Tandon

Spring Term 2021

Kevin Sherman

Spring Term 2022

Karen Dooley

Spring Term 2023

Ryn Mykyten

Spring Term 2023

Joe Von Schoppe

Spring Term 2023