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Dr. Rachel Poretsky

Rachel hails from the great urban microbial hotspot of Brooklyn, NY. She obtained a BS in Biology from Brandeis University in 1999 and a PhD in Marine Sciences from the University of Georgia in 2008. She was a postdoc at Caltech in Geology and Planetary Sciences and at Georgia Tech in Environmental Engineering.

Classes taught: Bios 450: Advanced Microbiology; Bios 594: Environmental Microbial Genomics; Bios 531: Introduction to Ecology and Evolution I; CS 111 Green AKA CS/BIOS 112: Introduction to Programming for Biology

Adam

Adam Horton, MS

Lab Manager

Dolores

Dolores Sanchez

Laboratory Manager

Chi-Yu

Chi-Yu Lin

Laboratory Scientist

Michael

Michael Secreto

Laboratory Technician

Jarju

Jarju Modou

Laboratory Technician

Eric

Erik Andersson, MS

PhD student

Christopher

Christopher Owen

PhD student

Jamal

Jamal Sheriff

PhD student

Mikey

Mikey Watts

PhD student

Dakshya

Dakshya Karki

PhD Student

Zach

Zachary Buchberger

MS Student

Mayumi

Mayumi Pascual

Lab Assisstant

Charlie

Charlie Temple

Post-bac Fellow

Michelle

Michelle Campos

Undergraduate Researcher

Julia

Julia Miller

Undergraduate Researcher

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Graduate Students

Leah Kelly, MS 2023

Alex Soltys, Post-Bac 20222 (currently in medical school)

Adit Chaudhary, PhD 2020 (currently Postdoc at Scripps)

Jarad Hampton-Marcell, PhD 2020, Postdoc 2021 (currently faculty at UIC)

Emily Dodd, MS 2019

Katherine Barkus, MS 2015

Postdocs and staff

Haya Al-Duroobi (2023-2024)

Melissa Pierce (2016-2020)

Binh Chu (2015-2017)

Anirban Ray

Undergraduate researchers

Eva Durance
Jason Alanis (UIC4)
Matthew Carroll
Claudia Paz Soto
Haley Calderon
Ibrahim Mohsen
Abdullah Saleh
Charity Robinson (SROP)
Prisila Alvarez (L@S GANAS)
Haidy Delgado (L@S GANAS)
Fabian Trejo (SROP)
Dolores Sanchez (B2B, L@S GANAS)
Savannah Stiglic
Matthew Ploger
Maria Pappas
Kehinde Pedro (SROP student)
Rachel Macam (LAS Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Mayowa Balogun (Bridges to Baccalaureate 2016)
Dorothy Wright (Bridges to Baccalaureate 2015-2016)
Marc Ciesielski
Hillary Pham (Honors College Capstone 2015)
Jennifer Arista (Honors College Capstone 2015)
Juana Villagomez (Bridges to Baccalaureate 2014-15)
Neil Mohindra (Honors College Capstone 2014)
Markeia Scruggs
Parth Patel (Honors College Capstone 2014)
Kristina Behnke (Honors College Capstone 2014)