Graduate Students
Saketh Gudipati
saketh.gudipati@uconn.edu
(University of Hyderabad, M.S., Chemistry)
Project: Enzyme-mediated assembly of RNA aptamers at nanoparticle surfaces through the synthesis of novel enzymatic substrates
Alyssa Hartmann
alyssa.hartmann@uconn.edu
(Texas Tech University, B. S. Chemistry)
Project: DNA-nanoparticle in vitro selections for enhanced targeting to cell surface receptors
David Loe
david.loe@uconn.edu
(St. Olaf College, B. A. Chemistry)
Project: In vitro selection of stimuli responsive RNA aptamers
Josh Santiana
joshua.santiana@uconn.edu
(University of New Haven, B. S. Chemistry & Forensic Science)
Project: Enzyme-guided assembly of peptides at nanoparticle surfaces
mark.tolentino@uconn.edu
(University of the Philippines – Diliman, BS Chemistry)
Ina De La Fuente
ina.delafuente@uconn.edu
University of the Philippines – Diliman
Shraddha Sawant
(University of Mumbai)
Undergraduates
Halle Barber
UCONN Junior, Chemistry Major
Patrick Corrigan
UConn Freshman, Chemistry Major
Alex Fisher
UConn Undergraduate, Mechanical Engineering/Molecular and Cell Biology Major
High School Student Researchers
Cassie George – Senior, Glastonbury High School –Advanced Research Mentorship (ARM) program.
Dina Allam – Senior, Glastonbury High School –Advanced Research Mentorship (ARM) program.
Group Alumni
Dr. Joseph Awino – Postdoctoral Associate, currently a Chemistry Lecturer at Iowa State University.
Dr. Binglin Sui – Postdoctoral Associate, currently postdoc at Xu Lab, South Carolina College of Pharmacy.
Nicole Gomez – UConn Undergraduate Chemistry Major (2018). Currently Postgraduate Research Associate, Testani Lab, Yale School of Medicine.
Emily Saccuzzo – UConn Undergraduate Chemistry Major (2018). Currently PhD student at Georgia Institute of Technology, Lieberman Group.
Dominic Cairns-Gibson – Undergraduate Researcher – UConn-Edinburgh Exchange Program (2017), Currently PhD candidate at The University of Edinburgh.
Carolyn Brown –College of the Holy Cross Senior, Summer 2016 NSF-REU student, now a scientist at Sarepta Therapeutics.
Kris Channa –UConn undergraduate, Molecular and Cell Biology Major, Bioinformatics Minor, Pre-Medical Student
Tushar Sondhi – Senior, Glastonbury High School –Advanced Research Mentorship (ARM) program. Currently Undergraduate at University of California, Berkeley.
Jamie Cheung – Senior, Glastonbury High School –Advanced Research Mentorship (ARM) program, currently undergraduate at the University of Pittsburgh.
Kelly Kruysman – Quinnipiac University, Summer 2017 NSF-REU student.
Maiena Kheyabani – Windham High School, ACS SEED High School Scholar.
Zaret Rodriguez – Windham High School, ACS SEED High School Scholar.