{"id":835,"date":"2022-07-20T16:16:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T16:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/?page_id=835"},"modified":"2026-10-02T21:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T21:16:08","slug":"current-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/current-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The hardworking and dedicated team members of the MC<sup>2<\/sup> lab!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;color: #df0007\">Principal Investigator<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Kimele Persaud, PhD<br \/>\n<em>(Purposefully Persistent)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-569\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2022\/02\/KP_website_pic-scaled-e1658330141772-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/people\/dr-kimele-persaud\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">View more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;color: #df0007\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Post-Docs<\/span><strong><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><strong><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><strong>Carla Macias, PhD\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Pamela Riviere Ruiz, PhD\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mert Kobas, PhD<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><em>(Magical Mentor)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Relentless Reader)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Kindly Keen)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1383 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2024\/09\/Carla-th686@rutgers.edu_-scaled-e1725546701963-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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\u00a0 <\/strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1516 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2026\/02\/Pam_RiviereRuiz-e1770394409556-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2026\/02\/Pam_RiviereRuiz-e1770394409556-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2026\/02\/Pam_RiviereRuiz-e1770394409556-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2026\/02\/Pam_RiviereRuiz-e1770394409556.jpg 552w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1610\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2026\/10\/mert_photo-copy-e1790975428221-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2026\/10\/mert_photo-copy-e1790975428221-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2026\/10\/mert_photo-copy-e1790975428221-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2026\/10\/mert_photo-copy-e1790975428221-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2026\/10\/mert_photo-copy-e1790975428221-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2026\/10\/mert_photo-copy-e1790975428221.png 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/people\/carla-macias\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">View more<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Amber Hu\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Katie Archer\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 <em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Hugely Hopeful)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Authentically Academic)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1153 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2023\/09\/IMG_4640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2023\/09\/IMG_4640.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2023\/09\/IMG_4640-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1478\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2025\/11\/Headshot-scaled-e1762452384490-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2025\/11\/Headshot-scaled-e1762452384490-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2025\/11\/Headshot-scaled-e1762452384490-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2025\/11\/Headshot-scaled-e1762452384490-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2025\/11\/Headshot-scaled-e1762452384490-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2025\/11\/Headshot-scaled-e1762452384490.jpg 1442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/people\/Amber-hu\/\" rel=\"noopener\">View more<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/people\/katie-archer\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">View more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;color: #df0007\">Graduate Research Assistants<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <em>Shirley Gonzalez\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>(Knowledge-Kinetic)<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1596 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2026\/09\/Shirley_photo-e1790259212408-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2026\/09\/Shirley_photo-e1790259212408-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2026\/09\/Shirley_photo-e1790259212408-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2026\/09\/Shirley_photo-e1790259212408-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2026\/09\/Shirley_photo-e1790259212408.jpg 969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/people\/shirley-gonzalez\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">View more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;color: #df0007\">Undergraduate Research Assistants<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Farah Ammar\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em>\u00a0 <em>Miriam Alchanaa\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Ralitsa Uzunova<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>(Altruistic Achiever)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Academic Absorption)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Unconditional Uplift)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1586\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2026\/09\/Farah_labwesite_photo-e1790129494142.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mc2-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2026\/09\/Farah_labwesite_photo-e1790129494142.jpg 1282w, 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