Current Lab Members

Visiting Scientist

• David Devore, Ph.D., Chemistry and Chemical Biology; also CEO Graplon Technologies, LLC

Graduate Students

• Yadiel Varela-Soler, Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, Ph.D. student
• Priya Chary, Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, Ph.D. student
• Krishna Sookchand, Biomedical Engineering, M.E. candidate
• Anjali Shahlyng, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, M.S. candidate

Undergraduates

• Sughosha Rao, Biomedical Engineering, Class of 2025
• Sarah Shenouda, Biomedical Engineering, Class of 2026
• Amanda Padilla Lopez, Microbiology, U. of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez (REU student)
• Allan Lopez Acevedo, Chemical Engineering, U. of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez (visiting student)

Positions Available

We have several positions available for Master’s students to work on infectious disease research. Projects include: (1) bioreactor system as a physiologically relevant model of biofilm infection treatments; (2) computational design and experimental evaluation of antimicrobial peptides.