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Tanaka Lab – Personnel

 

Current members


Kiwamu Tanaka
Principal Investigator
(2014 – Present)

Natalia Moroz
Research Associate
(2015 – Present)

Hira Kamal
Postdoctoral Associate
(2020 – Present)

Joel Sowders
Graduate Student
(2018 – Present)

Samodya Jayasinghe
Graduate Student
(2021 – Present)

Henry Hurt
Graduate Student
(2022 – Present)

Lora Keyte
Graduate Student
(2023 – Present)

Salma Zaher
Technical Assistant
(2023 – Present)

 

Previous members


Former Research Associates
Jeremy Jewell
Research Associate
(2016 – 2022)
Guadalupe Arlene Mora-Romero
Visiting Scientist
(2018 – 2019)
Sowmya Ramachandran
Postdoctoral Associate
(2017 – 2018)
Diwaker Tripathi
Postdoctoral Associate
(2014 – 2017)

Former Graduate Research Assistants
Joel Sowders
Graduate Student
(2018 – 2023)
Matthew Marcec
Graduate Student
(2016 – 2022)
Lauren Braley
Graduate Student
(2019 – 2021)
Joseph DeShields
Graduate Research Assistant
(2016 – 2018) 

Former Undergraduates or Other Research Assistants
Nicole Avery
Technical Assistant
(2023)
Trey Flynn
Technical Assistant
(2023)
Benjamin Colvin
Technical Assistant
(2021 – 2023)
 
Brendan Hoffmann
Technical Assistant
(2022)
Wint Mon Mon Kyaw
Technical Assistant
(2019 – 2021)
Kristen Bullough
Technical Assistant
(2020)
Calvin Franklin
Technical Assistant

(2019)
Misumi Sano
Honors College Scholar
(2017 – 2019)
Karen Fritch
Undergraduate Lab Assistant
(2016 – 2018)
Lauren Braley
Undergraduate Lab Assistant
(2017 – 2018)
Sonika
Technical Assistant
(2016 – 2018)
Alyssa Strawn
Undergraduate Lab Assistant
(2015 – 2016)
Miu Seto
Undergraduate Lab Assistant
(2016)
Sierra Windsor
Honors College Scholar
(2015 – 2016)
Brittney Baylor
Honors College Scholar
(2015 – 2016)

 


Former Interns
Jerry Wang
NSF REU Intern
(2023)
     
Miriam Neidert
CEPLAS Intern from University of Cologne
(2022)
Hailey Reed
High School Intern
(2022)
Nisar Anjum
Pakistan HEC Intern
(2022)
Chris Cote
Lab Rotation Student
(2021) 
Sorour Arzhang
Visiting Graduate Student
(2020)
Edith Orozco
MBioS 701 SMB Master’s Intern
(2019) 
Miguel Rosas
Lab Rotation Student
(2019) 
Evelyn Bohnee
Native American REU Intern
(2019)
Wynn Clarke
NSF RET High School Teacher
(2019)
Kay Bobadilla
High School Intern
(2019)
Tumelo Moyo
International Student Intern

(2017 – 2018)
Zack Dokins
Native American REU Intern
(2018)
Frank Hamel
High School Intern
(2018)
Hunter Sagaskie
Native American REU Intern
(2017)
Jasmine Abrams
High School Intern
(2017)
Daniella Echeagaray
High School Intern
(2016)