Meet the Team
Ph.D. Student
Ingrid Possa
Molecular & Cellular Biology '25
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S. in Molecular & Cellular Biology '20
Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
B.S. in Biomedical Science '17
Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Ph.D. Student
Dajin Cho
Neuroscience '28
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.S. in City University of Hong Kong ‘22
Major: Biological Sciences
Minor: Biomedical Engineering
Ph.D. Student
Kerem ÇatalbaÅŸ
Neuroscience '28
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.S. in Molecular Biology & Genetics '20
Istanbul Medeniyet University
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Ph.D. Student
Tanya Pattnaik
Molecular & Cellular Biology '28
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Int MSc in Life sciences '22
National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar, India
Ph.D. Student
Jared Butts
B.S in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Psychology with a concentration in behavioral neuroscience '22
Undergraduate Student
Emma Pyszka
Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology '24
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Undergraduate Student
Jamie Bernal
Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology '24
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Undergraduate Student
Pavan Mudrageda
Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology '25
Minor: Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Technician
Christina Nelson
B.S. in Neuroscience
Minor: Biological Sciences
University of Delaware
Undergraduate Student
Ohhyun Kwon
Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology '25
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Undergraduate Student
Krisha Agarwal
Majors: Molecular and Cellular Biology Honors Concentration ‘26
Psychology ‘26
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign