People

Sung Chul Park, PhD

Email: park54@wisc.edu 

Since: 2021

B.Sc. Biochemistry and Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2010

Ph.D. Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, 2021

Enrique Aguilar Ramírez, PhD

Email: aguilarramir@wisc.edu

Since: 2025

B.Sc. Pharmaceutical Biological Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UNAM

M.Sc. Chemical Sciences, UNAM

Ph.D. Chemical Sciences, UNAM, 2025

Harrison P. Estes

Ph.D. Candidate and NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Email: hpestes@wisc.edu 

Since: 2024

Genetics Training Program

B.Sc. Applied Biotechnology, Auburn University, 2023

M.Sc. Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2025

Ben Haefner

Ph.D. Candidate

Email: bhaefner@wisc.edu 

Since: 2024

Plant Pathology Graduate Program

B.Sc. Plant Sciences, Cornell University, 2023

Madeline Michaelis
Ph.D. Student

Email: mmichaelis@wisc.edu

Since: 2025

Genetics Training Program

B.Sc. Evolutionary Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2025

Mariana Santos

M.Sc. Student

Email: santoscravei@wisc.edu

Since: 2024

Plant Pathology Graduate Program

B.Sc. Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2024

Dante James
Ph.D. Student

Email: dajames@wisc.edu

Since: 2026

Co-mentor: Dr. Mostafa Zammanian

Microbiology Doctoral Training Program

B.Sc. Multidisciplinary Sciences (Global Health, Biology, and Anthropology), University of Oregon, 2025

Ava Clark

Ph.D Student and NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Email: ahclark4@wisc.edu

Since: 2026

Co-mentor: Dr. Marc Chevrette

Microbiology Doctoral Training Program

B.Sc. Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2025

B.Sc. Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2025

Sydney McCauslin
Ph.D. Student

Email: smccauslin@wisc.edu

Since: 2026

Co-mentor: Dr. Marc Chevrette

Plant Pathology Graduate Program

B.Sc. Molecular Biology, Duquesne  University, 2023

Kyle Digman

Email: kdigman@wisc.edu

Biology Major 

Since: 2022

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Mentor: Dr. Jin Woo Bok

Makaya McCarthy

Email: mgmccarthy5@wisc.edu

Biology Major 

Since: 2025

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Mentor: Ben Haefner

Farheen Siddiqui

Email: fssiddiqui@wisc.edu

Neurobiology Major 

Since: 2026

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Mentor: Dr. Jin Woo Bok

Sophie Yuan

Email: sxyuan@wisc.edu

Neurobiology Major 

Since: 2026

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Mentor: Harrison Estes

Benjamin Chadwick, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Coon Lab 

Email : bchadwick2@wisc.edu

Since: 2024

Ph.D. University of Georgia, Fungal Genetics and Medical Mycology

Grant Nickles, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher and RISE Fellow,
Gluck-Thaler and Coon Labs 

Email : gnickles@wisc.edu

Since: 2025

Ph.D. Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dante Calise, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Huttenlocher Lab 

Email: dcalise@wisc.edu

Since: 2025

Ph.D. Microbiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison