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Tanaka Lab – Personnel

 

Current members


Kiwamu Tanaka
Principal Investigator
(June 2014 – Present)

Natalia Moroz
Research Associate
(September 2015 – Present)

Hira Kamal
Postdoctoral Associate
(September 2020 – Present)

Joel Sowders
Graduate Student
(July 2018 – Present)

Samodya Jayasinghe
Graduate Student
(January 2021 – Present)

Henry Hurt
Graduate Student
(May 2022 – Present)

Lora Keyte
Graduate Student
(August 2023 – Present)

Benjamin Colvin
Technical Assistant
(May 2021 – Present)

Salma Zaher
Technical Assistant
(February 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
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
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
Miriam Neidert
CEPLAS Intern from University of Cologne
(2022)
Hailey Reed
High School Summer 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 Summer Intern
(2019)
Tumelo Moyo
International Student Intern

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