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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.
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)
Former Honors College Student (2024-2025).
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
Emily Rossello
Biology Major
Honors College Student (2024-2026)
AHA SURP 2025 student
Former SURP 2024 student
James Champlin
Biomedical Sciences Major
Honors College Student (2024-2025)
BIO 4995 - Independent Research
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)
Carmen Safou
Health Sciences Major.
Lab assistant (2025-2028)
Naomi LaDell
Biochemistry Major
Lab assistant (2024-2027)
Clara Eason
Biomedical Sciences Major
Lab assistant (2025-2028)
Alumni
Graduate Student
Isabella Limbert, Master of Science (2023-2025)
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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