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Meet the team.
Principal Investigator
Vandré Casagrande Figueiredo, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Auckland (New Zealand)
M.S. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
B.S. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Current Lab Members
Graduate students
PhD Student (2023-present)
MA in Biology, Oakland University.
B.S. in Biology, University of Michigan.
Awards:
Graduate Fellowship - Michigan Space Grant Consortium (2025)
Provost Graduate Student Research Award (2025)
PhD Student (2025-present)
MSc in Biology, Oakland University.
B.S. in Biochemistry, University for Development Studies.
PhD Student (2025-present)
MA in Biology, Oakland University.
B.S. in Biology, Oakland University.
Brooke Stasak
MSc student (2025-present)
B.S. In Biology, Oakland University.
Former Honors College Student (2024-2025).
Awards:
Honors Thesis with Distinction (2025)
Honors College Thesis award (2024)
Areesha Javaid
MSc student (2025-present)
Undergraduate Students
Gabriela Ferraz
Biomedical Sciences Major
Honors College Student (2023-2026)
AHA SURE 2025 student
BIO 4995 - Independent Research
Awards:
Best Scored Abstract, Scientific Sessions, American Heart Association (AHA) (2025).
Provost Undergraduate Student Research Award (2024)
3rd prize for "Undergraduate Poster", Michigan Physiological Society Annual conference (2024)
Honors College Thesis award (2024)
Emily Rossello
Biology Major
Honors College Student (2024-2026)
AHA SURP 2025 student
Former SURP 2024 student
BIO 4995 - Independent Research
Awards:
Provost Undergraduate Student Research Award (2025)
Honors College Thesis award (2025)
James Champlin
Biomedical Sciences Major
Honors College Student (2024-2025)
BIO 4995 - Independent Research
Awards:
Honors Thesis with Distinction (2025)
Honors College Thesis award (2025)
Fernanda Ferraz
Bioengineering Major
Honors College Student (2025-2027)
Mastura Bari
Biology Major
Honors College Student (2025-2027)
Ava Musharbash
Biomedical Sciences Major
Honors College Student (2025-2027)
Rafael Zaniratto
Biology Major
Honors College Student (2025-2027)
Tala Almaoued
CDS -Spec in Pre-Clinical Prof Major
Lab assistant and Honors College student (2025-2026)
Clara Eason
Biomedical Sciences Major
Lab assistant (2025-2028)
Carmen Safou
Health Sciences Major.
Lab assistant (2025-2028)
Naomi LaDell
Biochemistry Major
Lab assistant (2024-2027)
Alumni
Graduate Student
Isabella Limbert, Master of Science (2023-2025)
Awards: Provost Graduate Student Research Award (2024)
Honors College Student
James Boyle, Honors College Student (2024)
Lab Assistant
Angelina Lulgjuraj, Undergraduate Lab Assistant (2024-2025)
Marley McMahon, Undergraduate Lab Assistant (2024)
SURP and Volunteers
Erika Luft, Biomedical Sciences Major, SURP (2024) and Volunteer Undergraduate Student (2024-2025)
Belgin Kazkaz, Volunteer undergraduate student (2024)
Isabella Johnson, Volunteer undergraduate student (2023-2024)
Independent Research (BIO 4995)
Yousif Ghareeba, Undergraduate Student (2024)
Graduate Project Research (BIO 5920)
Tristen Mysen, Master of Arts (2025)
Kamand Hosseininasab, Master of Arts (2025)
Kereshmeh Hosseininasab, Master of Arts (2025)
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