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Ameya Kirtane

Assistant Professor

Spends time on: writing grants, watching cricket

Favorite research paper: On Oreology, the fracture and flow of milk's favorite cookie; Induction of pluripotent stem cells from mouse embryonic and adult fibroblast cultures by defined factors

Famous person to have coffee/dinner with: David Attenborough, Rahul Dravid

Favorite bumper sticker: 0.0

Chi-Wei Huang

Graduate student

Spends time on: Planting, taking pictures on a polaroid camera and cooking 

Spirit animal: Sea otter

Favorite research paper: B-lactamase responsive hydrogel drug delivery platform for bacterial triggered cargo release

Famous person to have coffee/dinner with: Edwin H. Land

Most overpriced lab equipment: Confocal microscope

Hasan Majdi

Volunteer

Spends time on: Playing volleyball, enjoying nature, and working in scientific labs 

Spirit animal: Ant

Favorite research paper: Magnesium silicide nanoparticles as a deoxygenation agent for cancer starvation therapy

Famous person to have coffee/dinner with: James Watson, Ali Daei

Most overpriced lab equipment: Centrifuge

The craziest thing a reviewer said to you: This is not possible!

Joseph Serewicz

Undergraduate student

Spends time on: weightlifting, reading 

Spirit animal: bear

Favorite research paper: CheekAge, a next-generation epigenetic buccal clock, is predictive of mortality in human blood

Famous person to have coffee/dinner with: Pope Leo XIV

Miller Pan

Undergraduate student

Spends time on: Reading, Game moddling, Jogging 

Spirit animal: Owl

Favorite research paper: Boredom Begets Boredom: An Experience Sampling Study on the Impact of Teacher Boredom on Student Boredom and Motivation; Spontaneous cross-species imitation in interactions between chimpanzees and zoo visitors

Famous person to have coffee/dinner with: Isaac Asimov

Nilesh Ambhore

Researcher 5

Spends time on: Outdoor visits, hiking, watching and playing cricket, getting together with family and friends.

Spirit animal: Eagle

Favorite research paper: Gene regulation by gonadal hormone receptors underlies brain sex differences

Famous person to have coffee/dinner with: Dr. YS Prakash

Favorite bumper sticker: Together we can do it!

Most overpriced lab equipment: Confocal microscope

Zi Yin

Graduate student

Spends time on: video games, reading

Spirit animal: parrot

Favorite research paper: Selective laser sintering 3D printing - an overview of technology and 3D printing

Most overpriced lab equipment: Styl-One Tablet Punch