Dr. Spirito has a Bachelors of Civil Engineering from McGill University in Montreal, QC. She then received her PhD in Biological and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.
Dr. Wade Winkler is a Faculty Advisor for the FIRE Molecular Diagnostics research stream. Dr. Winkler is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Genetics at UMD. His lab investigates bacterial regulatory RNAs and their related binding proteins. https://www.wadewinkler.com/
Dr. Ian White is a Faculty Advisor for the FIRE Molecular Diagnostics research stream. Dr. White is an Associate Professor and Chair in the Fischell Department of Bioengineering at UMD. His lab works on developing new amplification strategies in order to improve point-of-care molecular diagnostic systems. https://user.eng.umd.edu/~ianwhite/