Current Graduate Students

PhD Students

YEAR 6

Alejandro Calderon

Alejandro Calderon
(PhD student, 6th year)
Uricchio Laboratory

Nicholas Mandel

Nicholas Mandel
(PhD student, 6th year)
Mirkin Laboratory

Jiayue Tai

Jiayue ‘Nicole’ Tai
(PhD student, 6th year)
Kao Laboratory

YEAR 5

Sydney Addorisio

Sydney Ashley
(PhD student, 5th year)
Mirkin Laboratory

Kevin Headrick

Kevin Headrick
(PhD student, 5th year)
Orians Laboratory

Denyelle Kilgour

Denyelle Kilgour
(PhD student, 5th year)
Romero Laboratory

Sebastian Urbano

Sebastian Urbano
(PhD student, 5th year)
Hernandez Laboratory

YEAR 4

Melisa Balla

Melisa Balla
(PhD student, 4th year)
McVey Laboratory

Ming Gong

Ming Gong
(PhD student, 4th year) 
Tytell Laboratory

Olivia Hawkins

Olivia Hawkins
(PhD student, 4th year)
Tytell Laboratory

Julia Herselman

Julia Hershelman
(PhD student, 4th year)
Wolfe Laboratory

Umaojo Ojogbane

Umaojo Ojogbane
(PhD student, 4th year)
Wolfe Laboratory

Caitlin Schroeder

Caitlin Schroeder
(PhD student, 4th year)
Hernandez Laboratory

Molly Taylor

Molly Taylor
(PhD student, 4th year)
Reed Laboratory

Steven Yu

Steven Yu
(PhD student, 4th year)
Hengel Laboratory

YEAR 3

Sara Crippen

Sara Crippen
(PhD student, 3rd year)
Freudenreich Laboratory

Alessdanra Good

Alessandra Good
(PhD student, 3rd year)
McLaughlin Laboratory

Jamaurie James

Jamaurie James
(PhD student, 3rd year)
Hengel Laboratory

James Kessler

James Kessler
(PhD student, 3rd year)
Levin Laboratory

Florence Qian

Florence Qian
(PhD student, 3rd year)
Trimmer Laboratory

Danny Sullivan

Danny Sullivan
(PhD student, 3rd year)
Freudenreich Laboratory

Gabby Tercatin

Gabby Tercatin
(PhD student, 3rd year)
McVey Laboratory

Olga Usalka

Olga Usalka
(PhD student, 3rd year)
Mirkin Laboratory

Maggie Witham

Maggie Witham 
(PhD student, 3rd year)
Hengel Laboratory

YEAR 2

Samuel Becker

Samuel Becker
(PhD student, 2nd year)

Eva Castagna

Eva Castagna
(PhD student, 2nd year)

Zhiyang (Peter) Chen

Zhiyang (Peter) Chen
(PhD student, 2nd year)
 

Lauren Clamon

Lauren Clamon
(PhD student, 2nd year)

Mena Coles-Carruthers

Mena Coles-Carruthers
(PhD student, 2nd year)

Abby Cortez

Abby Cortez
(PhD student, 2nd year)

Corey Isgur

Corey Isgur
(PhD student, 2nd year)

Christopher Lau

Christopher Lau
(PhD student, 2nd year)

Mel Nie

Mel Nie
(PhD student, 2nd year)

Maddi Piasecki

Maddi Piasecki
(PhD student, 2nd year)

Ziyang (Christina) Qiao

Ziyang (Christina) Qiao
(PhD student, 2nd year)

Madison Ritter

Madison Ritter
(PhD student, 2nd year)

Jonathan Tang

Junivere Tang
(PhD student, 2nd year)

Ayman Wadud

Ayman Wadud
(PhD student, 2nd year)

Masters Students

OCMS Year 1

Ali, Maheen
Allen, Ally A.
Aspesi, Annie
Banino, Daphne R.
Bayramian, Gabriel A.
Boc Camey, Leslie
Brown, Ben A.
Callahan, Yaya
Chalissery, Joseph
Chamblin, Quinn M.
Christie, Annie E.
Clemenzi, Nicolas N.
Errickson, Neil
Fetter, Cassie A.
Finnegan, Owen T.
Fisher, Caroline C.
Gardyne, August E.
Gauthier, Cyrus A.
Gobbi, Meghan L.
Godinez, Lucy J.
Gu, Yilin
Harrison, Oakley
Hashemian, Helya
Ho, Sarah
James, Ava
Jiang, Jiyun
Jiang, Yuchen
John, Nia
Jones, Jordan
Kirgan, Cheryl
Koh, Jimin
Mahecha Rios, Linda
Montalto, Jake J.
Mraz III III, Stephen J.
Osorio Antigua, Daelly
Peifer, Dylan
Sanghavi, Disha D.
Santos-Wright, Rayna
Shander-Reynolds, Liam D.
Shyamkumar, Tarun
Situ, Jason
Steffen, Jishnu
Sullivan, Megann F.
Vengala, Deepali
Villanueva, Ann Mariel
Wang, Ethan
Winslow, Kostas P.
Woodbury, Stephanie
Woolcock, Esther L.
Xu, Jeffrey

 

OCMS Year 2

Adam, Hugo
Beaumont I, Serenity
Cevasco, Caitlin
Daga, Naman
Dong, Haoyue
Flannigan, Sydney A.
Guillen, Alan
Huang, Wenxuan
Ingemi, Jolie
Korgen, Jessica E.
Larence, Grace
Levin, Mayan M.
Logan, Madeline
Lynn-Palevsky, Jacob
Mamedova, Giulzar
Medeiros, Zalina
Remillard, Morgan
Thakkar, Rudra S.
Williams III, George E.

 OCMS Year 3 

Maimone II, Mike

Graduate Program Contacts

Mitch McVey, Director of Graduate Studies, Professor of Biology

George S. Ellmore, PhD, Open Choice MS Program Director, Associate Professor of Biology

Catherine Liu, Graduate Program Coordinator, Biology