People
Justin Kenney
Principal Investigator
Postdoc, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada (w/ Paul Frankland)
Postdoc, University of Southampton, UK (w/ Christopher Proud)
PhD, Psychology/Neuroscience, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA (w/ Thomas Gould)
BS & BA, Physics & Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
Hometown: Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA
Superpower: Beard growing
Inspiration: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, Nietzche's aphorisms, landscape art, poetry of Mary Oliver
Post-doctoral Scholar
PhD, Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, UK (w/ Matthew Parker)
MS, Toxicological Biochemistry, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil (w/ Denis Rosemberg)
BS, Biomedical Sciences, Centro Universitário Franciscano, Brazil
Hometown: Santa Maria, Brazil
Superpowers: Helping people, planning, and getting things done!
Inspiration: Curiosity, learning new things, appreciating life and nature
Talita L. L. Carmo
Post-doctoral Scholar
PhD, Physiology, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil
MS, Aquatic Biology, National Institute of Amazonian Research, Brazil
BS, Biological Sciences, Federal University of Goiás as, Brazil
Superpowers: Persistence, curiosity, attention to detail, and organization
Inspiration: Nature, mysteries, and the Titanic
Fatemeh Beigloo
Visiting Scholar
Visiting Scholar
PhD, Analytical Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
B.Sc., Chemistry, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran
Hometown: Tehran, Iran
Superpowers: Determination!
Inspiration: Learning new things
Graduate Student
M. Tech, Biotechnology, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India
B. Tech, Biotechnology, Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women's University, India
Hometown: Najibabad, India
Superpower: Persistence
Inspiration: India, the Shiva Trilogy by Amish Tripathi & Chanakya Chants by Ashwin Sanghi
Aliyah Goldson
Graduate Student
BS, Biomedical Sciences (w/ Honours), York University
Hometown: Toronto, ON, Canada
Superpower: Persistence, creativity, and positivity!
Inspiration: Wonders of the world around me
Jake Hudock
Graduate Student
BS, Biology, Wayne State University
Hometown: Rochester, MI
Superpower: Staying awake until 5AM
Inspiration: Dune, Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit, The natural world and its mysteries!
Dinh Luong
Research Assistant
BS, Biology, Wayne State University
Hometown: Sterling Heights, MI
Superpower: Playing Genshin for 10 hours straight
Inspiration: Family, friends, and her dog
Tripatchara (Kla) Atiratana
Visiting PhD student
Currently PhD student at Srinakharinwirot University
MS, Plant Sciences, Mahidol University
BS, Biology, Srinakharinwirot University
Hometown: Bangkok, Thailand
Superpower: Sleepy face
Inspiration: Grandmother saying "Are you hungry?"
Dea Kanani
Undergraduate
Major: Biology
Hometown: Korce, Albania
Superpowers: Dedication to being the best version of herself
Inspiration: A proactive mindset and taking responsibility for ones life
Joseph Gjonaj
Undergraduate
Major: Biology
Hometown: Shelby Township, MI
Superpowers: Telling bad dad jokes
Inspiration: Exploring the uknown, stepping out of his comfort zone
Kush Parikh
High School Student
Education: Troy High School
Hometown: Troy, MI
Superpowers: Procrastination, 20/20 hindsight, inquisitiveness
Inspiration: Harry Potter, Atomic Habits, IoT (internet of things), Kobe Bryant, friends, little sister, and challenging himself
Alumni
(And their position after leaving the lab)
Graduate Students
Muntasir Rahman (MS, 2019-2021; Research Associate at BIAL biotech)
Technicians
Maris Polanco (2020; teaching at Henry Ford College)
Undergraduates
Ada Squires (2022)
Matheu Wong (2021 - 2022; applying to medical school)
Kailyn Fields (2021 - 2022; PhD student in Chemistry at Wayne State University)
Kristopher Covert (2021; software engineer at IBM)
Saba Dubaishi (2019 - 2021; MA student in Philosophy at Wayne State University)
Olivia Young (2019 - 2021; PhD student in Biomedical Sciences at University of North Texas Health Science Center)
Stiven Roytman (2020 - 2021; lab technician at University of Michigan)
Meng Ting Shi (2019 - 2020; physicians assistant school at Western Michigan University)
Daniel Rickard (2019 - 2020; nursing school at Wayne State University)