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Current students and postdocs


Dr. Greeshma Jain
Postdoctoral Associate
gjain [at] ufl.edu

Viraj Wijesekara
Graduate Student
aviraj.wijesekar [at ] chem.ufl.edu

Beining (Kim) Jin
Graduate Student
b.jin1 [at] chem.ufl.edu

Nessa Afsharian
Graduate Student
nessa.pesaranafs [at] ufl.edu

Sreyashi Das
Graduate Student
sr.das [at] chem.ufl.edu

Antara Banerjee
Graduate Student
a.banerjee1 [at] ufl.edu

Bahereh Tavasoli
Graduate Student
bahareh.tavasoli [at] ufl.edu

Keen Zhang
Undergraduate Student
keen.zhang [at] ufl.edu

Gabriella Sprague
Undergraduate Student
gabriellasprague [at] ufl.edu

Lab alumni


Past Graduate Trainees and Postdocs

Dr. Niloofar Gopal Pour, PhD Spring 2025.

Dr. Arka Ray, PhD Spring 2025. Current position: Senior Scientist at Merck

Dr. Emma Mulry, PhD Fall 2024. Current position: Scientist at ArkeaBio

Dr. Kara Anazia, PhD Summer 2024

Dr. Naveen Thakur, PhD Fall 2023. Current position: Scientist at Bristol Myers Squibb

Dr. Guillaume Ferré, former postdoctoral associate. Current position: Associate professor at the University of Toulouse

Dr. Amanda Pritzlaff, former postdoctoral associate. Current position: Senior research scientist at Phenomenex

Past Undergraduate Trainees

Bar Elimelech, graduated fall 2022; current position: PhD trainee at the Weizmann Institute

Alex Duong, graduated fall 2021; current position: Research Scientist II at Novartis

Cait Richardson

Daniel (Alec) Nutter