People
Our group members reflect a spectrum of strengths, interests, and backgrounds as we absorb new skills and perspectives from each other, forming a coherent whole that illuminates our scientific questions.
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Group Values
Group Values
COMMUNICATION
Clear, honest, timely and respectful communication of expectations, roles, responsibilities, boundaries, and research progress/problems
RESPONSIBILITY
Work as individual and in collaboration with group mates to uphold group values
Understand and communicate your own boundaries and limitations, upholding personal safety and health above research progress
Be prepared for research work (sleep, background research, materials) and associated safety concerns and protocols
We value accountability for one’s own actions, mistakes, obligations, etc.
RESPECT & INCLUSION
Be respectful and welcoming to people, their ideas, products, intellectual property, perspectives and lived experiences, opinions and beliefs, time, and boundaries
Promote a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, and identities that lead to equitable opportunities to contribute to research
GROWTH MINDSET
Believe that your knowledge and skills are learnable and improvable through effort
Be honest and positive about the things that are difficult for you and ask for help when you need it
Check in with group mates to make yourself available to give and receive their help
EMPATHY
Be open to, flexible, and empathetic with other people’s working styles, personalities, commitments, and priorities
Speak compassionately; acknowledge different skill levels and levels of experience
Give help when people ask for it without judgment
CURIOSITY
Get curious about yours and others’ projects; ask questions as you spend time in lab with others
Welcome questions and opportunities to discuss research as they are opportunities to improve and expand our skills, knowledge, and connection to others.
This is a living document last updated Nov. 2024
Summer 2025
Summer 2025
(left to right): Jonathan Stashenko, Chloe Autry, Ben Steinman, Prof. Wustholz, Kate Bellamy, Claire Cook, Kristina Knauss
Summer 2024
Summer 2024
(left to right): Sinead McWeeney, Prof. Wustholz, Eden Fitsum, Alisha Khodabocus, Walker Knapp
Spring 2024
Spring 2024
Keira Randolph, Isabelle Kogan, Meredith Martin, Eden Fitsum, Claire Cook, Cara Prendergast, Leslie Ipock, Emma Smith, Amelia Seabury, Ben Steinman, Alisha Khodabocus. Not pictured: Sinead McWeeney, Walker Knapp, Alaina Smith
Summer 2023
Summer 2023
Alisha Khodabocus, Emma Smith, Amelia Seabury, Grace DeSalvo, Meredith Martin, Ben Steinman
Summer 2022
Summer 2022
Grace DeSalvo, Grayson Hoy,, Isabelle Kogan, Sophia Haile, Emma Smith, Meredith Martin
Summer 2021
Summer 2021
Ellie Palmer, Isabelle Kogan, Kelly Kopera, Grace DeSalvo, Grayson Hoy
Group Alumni
Group Alumni
Name Grad Year Current
Monica Alicea 2020 B.S. Data Science; missionovo
Sophia Armitano 2013 B.S. Computer Science; Founding GTM
Chloe Autry
Kate Bellamy 2026
Jackie Blake-Hedges 2013 Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley; Merck
Matt Blum 2013 Software Developer, Booz Allen Hamilton
Shelle Butler 2018 M.S. Chemistry; Lead Chemist, US Navy (Shelle Darrah)
James Cassidy 2017 Ph.D. BGSU; Postdoc, University of Chicago
Colleen Cecil 2022 Medical student, VCU
Marisa Choffel 2017 Ph.D. University of Oregon; Process Sustaining Engineer, Qorvo, Inc.
Claire Cook 2026 Ph.D. student, University of Virginia
Heidi Crockett 2016 MEd; Monday.com
Grace DeSalvo 2023 M.S. Chemistry; High School Math Teacher
Daniel Diaz
Stephen Dinehart 2012 Pharmacy Technician, Fred Meyer
David Fabian 2013 Ph.D. University of California at Irvine; Principal Engineer, MSA
Carolyn Farling 2019 Ph.D., NC State University
Kalie Fikse 2018 D.V.M., Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Eden Fitsum 2025 B.S. Computer Science; PropJuice.ai
Kristen Frano 2015 M.S. Chemistry; Metrohm
Sofia Garakyaraghi 2013 Ph.D. NC State University; Postdoc Princeton University; Senior Associate Publisher, American Chemical Society
Seth Greenspan 2017 M.D. Stony Brook University
Sophia Haile 2023 Ph.D. student, Columbia University
Daniel Highland 2020 M.S. Computational Sciences; NC Department of Justice
Grayson Hoy 2023 Ph.D. student, Yale University
Leslie Ipock 2026 B.S. Public Health
Katelyn Jenkins 2021 Research Assistant, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
John Kean 2016 M.S. Colorado State University; Inspector, US EPA
Alisha Khodabocus 2025 B.S. Data Science; Intern at AAAS
Walker Knapp 2025 B.S. Computer Science; Epic Systems
Kristina Knauss
Isabelle Kogan 2024 Business Analyst, McKinsey & Company
Kelly Kopera 2021 Ph.D. student, University of Pennsylvania
Jennifer Lam 2021 B.S. Neuroscience, Data Science; Quest Diagnostics
Kathleen Lauer 2017 B.A. Classical Studies, M.A. Museum Studies; Visitor Guide, U.S. Capitol
John Li 2020 M.S. student in Business Analytics, Georgia Tech
Polly Lynch 2019 Ph.D., University of Minnesota; Senior Laser Engineer, DRS Daylight Solutions
Meredith Martin 2024 Folia Materials
Mary Matecki 2016 M.D. George Washington Univ.
Hannah Mayhew 2014 M.S. Northwestern University; Science teacher
Sinead McWeeney 2025 B.S. Government; Madewell
Matt Mendonca 2015 Ph.D. Northwestern University; Research Staff Member, Institute for Defense Analyses
Becca Merriman-
Goldring 2019 McDermott Intern for Arts of the Americas, Dallas Museum of Art
Matt McCarron 2014 M.D., EVMS
Reagan McGrath
Kate Nelsen 2017 M.H.S., EVMS; Pathologists' Assistant, Clinical Pathology Associates
Lindsay Oakley 2012 Ph.D. Northwestern University, Postdoc Natural History Museum of Denmark; Director of Heritage Science, U.S. National Archives
Alana Ogata 2014 Ph.D. University of California at Irvine; Postdoc at Harvard Medical School; Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Elise Palmer 2022 Math Teacher, Teach for America
Caroline Prendergast 2026
Keira Randolph 2027
Sienna Rankins
Quinton Reed 2023 B.S. Biology
Huw Richards 2020 Patent Searcher, Dyson
Diana Roh 2016 Ph.D. University of Washington, Optical Engineer, Meta
Simran Rohatgi 2017 PharmD, VCU School of Pharmacy
John Rose 2015 M.D., University of Virginia
Christina Rubio 2019 D.O., Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Joy Russell 2011
Amelia Seabury 2024 Ph.D. student, Vanderbilt University
Paul Scemama
de Gialluly 2022 B.S. CAMS; Scale AI
Andrew Sidhom 2012 M.D., EVMS
Alaina Smith 2025 B.A., Sociology
Emma Smith 2024 Ph.D. student, Brown University
Jonathan Stashenko
Ben Steinman 2026 Ph.D. student, University of California at Berkeley
Caleb Streat 2023 B.S. data science; Financial Data Analyst, Yellow House Consulting Group
Kan Tagami 2016 Ph.D. University of California at Santa Barbara; R&D Scientist, JEOL, Inc.
Jenna Tan 2017 Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley; Process Engineer, LAM Research
Miranda Troilo
Harrison Tuckman 2020 Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley; Postdoc at Caltech
Kaelyn Warne 2016 Bioscience Research Associate II, SRI International
Natalie Wong 2014 M.D., Duke University School of Medicine
Mikayla Van Hooke 2019 M.D., Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Tiffany Zheng 2022 Ph.D. student, Northwestern University
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