Waters Lab Alumni
Doctoral alumni
recent Doctoral Alumni
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 – present Hanne Henriksen, B. S., San Diego State University , San Diego, CA
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
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
Current Undergraduate Students:
4/24 - present Anaïs Gentles
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)