People

Principal Investigator

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Cody Coyotee Howard, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researchers

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Keyi Feng, Ph.D.
joining Fall 2026

Graduate Researchers

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Goodnews Onyeweaku
Ph.D. student, UCF

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Morgan Cribelar
Ph.D. student, UCF

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Boniface Ngarega
Ph.D. student, Oklahoma State University

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James Davis
MSc student, UCF
joining Fall 2026

Undergraduate Researchers

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Hailey Shaw

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Jack Strien

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Rachel Macks

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Jasmine Valdez