Waters Lab Alumni

Doctoral alumni

recent Doctoral Alumni

Hanne Henriksen

All doctoral alumni

1999 - 2004 Dr. Sara M. Butterfield, B. S., Mt. Saint Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA

1999 - 2004 Dr. Mark J. Rashkin, B. S., Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA

1999 - 2004 Dr. Chad D. Tatko, B. S., Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

2000 – 2005 Dr. Sarah E. Kiehna, B. S., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

2001 – 2007 Dr. W. John Cooper, B. S., Mississippi College, MS

2002 – 2007 Dr. Robert M. Hughes, B. S., M. S., Eastern Carolina University, NC

2003 – 2008 Dr. Matthew Cuellar, B. S., MIT, Cambridge, MA,

2004 – 2009 Dr. Lauren Latshaw, B. S., University of Delaware, Newark, DE

2004 – 2009 Dr. Amanda Stewart, B. S., Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

2004 – 2010 Dr. Alex Riemen, B. S., Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

2005 – 2010 Dr. Lindsey Ingerman, B.S., Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

2006 – 2011 Dr. Dale Wilger, B. S., SUNY Fredonia, NY

2006 – 2011 Dr. Robyn Eisert, B. S., Goucher College, Baltimore, MD

2007 – 2012 Dr. Jessica Park, B. S., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

2010 – 2013 Dr. Elizabeth Cline, B. S. William and Mary

2009 – 2014 Dr. Joshua Beaver, B. S., Juniata College, PA

2009 – 2014 Dr. Kaiulani Houston, B. S., Hampton University, VA

2010 – 2015 Dr. Brendan Peacor, B. S., Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA

2010 – 2015 Dr. Nick Pinkin, B. S. University of Maryland Baltimore County, MD

2011 – 2016 Dr. Effrat Fayer, B. S., Knox College, Galesberg, IL

2011 – 2016 Dr. Amber Koenig, B. S., Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI

2012 – 2017 Dr. Isaiah Gober, B. S., Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, GA

2014 – 2019 Dr. Alexandria Mullins, B. S., West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

2014 – 2019 Dr. Lauren St. Louis, B. S., Furman University, Greenville, SC

2015 – 2020 Dr. Mackenzie Krone (joint with Eric Brustad), B. S., Hendrix College

2018 – 2020 Dr. Tim Schwochert, B. S., California Lutheran University, CA

2016 – 2021 Dr. Katherine Albanese, B. S., Wake Forest University, NC

2015 – 2021 Dr. Benjamin Carpenter, B. S., Lebanon Valley College, PA

2016 - 2022 Dr. Adam Sowers, B.S., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL

2017 - 2022 Dr. Kyla Stingley, B.S. & M.S. University of North Carolina Greensboro

2018 - 2022 Dr. Emily Harrison Cost, B.S. Gettysburg College, PA

2019 – 2024 Dr. Chris Travis, B. S., College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

2019 – 2024 Dr. Hanne Henriksen, B.S., San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Current Graduate Students:

2022 - present Jake Wilkinson, B.S., UNC Ashville, Ashville, NC

2022 - present Thomas Cope, B.S., University of Alabama, AL

2023 - present Kyra Tripp, B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA

Post Doctoral Researchers

3/02 – 2/03 Dr. Andres Zavaleta, Ph.D., University of Nevada at Reno with Professor Thomas Bell;

9/05 – 6/08 Dr. Zachary Laughrey, Ph.D., University of New Orleans with Professor Bruce Gibb.

5/08 – 5/09 Dr. Xiangyang Wu, Ph.D., University of South Carolina with Professor Ken Shimizu (joint with Professor Mike Gagné)

12/08 – 8/10 Dr. Murthy Maddipatla, Ph.D., University of Miami with Prof. V. Ramamurthy (joint with Professor Mike Gagné)

3/09 – 3/11 Dr. Soumyadip Ghosh, Ph.D., University of Maryland with Prof. Lyle Isaacs (joint with Professor Mike Gagné)

10/10 – 10/12 Dr. Ma Da, Ph.D., University of Maryland with Prof. Lyle Isaacs

8/10 – 8/13 Dr. Silvia Bezer, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University (joint with Professor Mike Gagné)

10/11 – 10/13 Dr. Derek Ryan, Ph.D., University of Rochester with Prof. Brad Nilsson

9/10 – 7/15 Dr. Masaomi Matsumoto, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma (joint with Professor Mike Gagné)

4/17 – 7/18 Dr. Nicholas Dominelli-Whitely, Ph.D., University of Edinburgh (joint with Professor Mike Gagné)

8/20 - 8/21 Dr. Timothy Schwochert, Ph.D., UNC Chapel Hill

8/18 – 12/21 Dr. Kelsey Kean, Ph.D., Oregon State University

1/23 - 6/23 Dr. Amanda Smythers, Ph.D., UNC Chapel Hill

8/24 – 12/24 Dr. Hanne Henriksen, Ph.D., UNC Chapel Hill

Current Post Doctoral Researchers:

2023 - present Dr. Uttam Ghosh, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science

2024 – present Dr. Chris Travis, Ph.D., UNC Chapel Hill

Masters Students

2005 – 2007 Edward Perry, B. S., Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

2007 – 2009 Justine Nickerson, B. S., Berry College, Mt Berry, GA

2009 – 2011 Natalie W. Rice, B.S., Carnegie Melon University

2010 – 2012 T. David Jones, B.S., Western Carolina University

2016 - 2021 Hannah Ferguson Johns, B. S., Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Summer 2022 Lexi Witcher, summer NCCU-UNC Bridge Program

2022 - 2024 Noah Schomburg, B.S., NC State, Raleigh, NC

Undergraduate Students

7/99 – 12/99 Andrew Brehler

1/00 – 5/00 Ashley Porter

9/00-8/01 Carsten Reyheller, foreign exchange student

1/01 – 8/02 Kelvin Tsou

6/01 – 6/02 Teresa Sopp

6/01 – 12/01 Megan Bottegal

8/01 – 5/03 Paresma Patel

8/01 – 5/03 Nathaniel Calloway

8/02 – 5/03 Adrienne Kovacik

6/03 – 5/04 Michelle Sweeney

8/03 – 5/05 Matthew Benshoff

8/05 – 12/05 Michelle Hall

8/06 – 8/07 Rebekah Bourland (joint with Prof. Frank Church, Dept of Pathology, UNC Medical School)

7/07 – 12/08 Jonathan Copp

8/07 – 12/07 Ronnie Pedersen, foreign exchange student, Denmark

8/07 – 5/08 Rachel Whinna (joint with Prof. Frank Church, Dept of Pathology, UNC Medical School)

1/08 – 5/09 Andy Shi

1/08 – 5/09 Ivan Pallares

5/08 – 8/08 and 5/09 – 8/09 Aaron Frye

8/08 – 8/10 Abby Knight

8/08 – 12/09 Katharine Diehl

8/09 – 8/11 Adam Hill

5/10 – 5/11 Sean Jones

5/10 – 5/11 William Odette

8/10 – 5/12 Will Morrel

5/11 – 5/12 Tyric Jones

8/11 – 12/11 Anthony McClenny

8/11 – 5/12 Marissa Keiber

6/12 – 8/14 Lukas Dumberger

8/12 – 5/14 Ina Liu

1/13 – 5/14 Julianne Baine

8/13 – 5/15 Nathan John

8/13 – 5/15 Christopher Ramsay

5/14 – 5/16 Kaitlyn Tsai

6/14 – 7/14 Amanie Power, Biophysics summer student

6/14 – 7/14 Jessica Abron, Biophysics summer student

6/15 – 7/15 Kadija Russell, summer NSF-REU student

5/16 – 7/16 Tayliz Rodriquez, summer NSF-REU student

5/16 – 8/16 Cody Vientos

5/17 – 12/17 Joshua Hardin

1/17 – 12/18 Madeline Parker

1/17 – 5/18 Chengfeng Chang

5/17 – 12/18 Katie Marks

5/17 – 7/17 Paul Beasley summer NSF-REU student

5/18 – 3/19 Ryan Booth, summer SMART fellow

5/18 – 7/18 Victoria Martin, summer NSF-REU student

5/18 – 7/19 Billy Treacy

6/18 – 7/20 Alex Russell

10/18 – 2/20 John Watters

5/19 - 7/19 Balqees Khader, summer SPIRE REU student

5/19 - 7/19 Girum Erkalo, summer NSF-REU student

8/19 - 7/21 Troy Vulpis

8/19 - 7/21 BT Babatunde

8/21 - 5/22 Sarah Ouslander

6/22 - 7/22 Denver Francis, summer SUROC student

8/21 - 5/23 Ryan Dumais

5/24 - 7/24 Brenna Robinson, summer SUROC student

4/24 - present Anaïs Gentles

Current Undergraduate Students:

High school Students

6/02 – 8/02 and Guiane Baker (North Carolina School of Science and Math; Participant in

6/03 – 8/03 ACS Project Seed; Attended UNC-CH)

6/04 – 8/04 and Charrise Philips (Hillside High School, Durham, NC; Participant in ACS

6/05 – 8/05 Project Seed; attended Duke)

6/06 – 8/06 Bianca Ingram (Orange High School, Hillsborough, NC; Participant in ACS Project Seed)

7/06 – 8/06 Ashton Lai (Cary Academy; Participant in RECAP program sponsored by the NC School of Science and Math)

6/07 – 8/07 Carletta Muse (Participant in ACS Project Suc-SEED; attended UNC Greensboro)

6/08 – 7/08 Rachael Johnson (Participant in ACS Project Seed; attended Columbia University)

6/09 – 7/09 Crystal Johnson (Participant in ACS Project Seed; attended Harvard University)

6/11 – 7/11 and Mariah Reese (Participant in ACS Project Seed; Hillside High School,

6/12 – 7/12 Durham, attended Dartmouth College)