{"id":169,"date":"2026-07-31T16:03:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/?page_id=169"},"modified":"2026-08-07T13:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T17:40:41","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Principal Investigator<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile has-medium-font-size\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/07\/howard-e1785527966729-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Person wearing glasses and a wide straw hat holds a small bunch of pink flowers close to their face while standing outdoors in a grassy area.\" class=\"wp-image-185 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/07\/howard-e1785527966729-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/07\/howard-e1785527966729-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/07\/howard-e1785527966729-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/07\/howard-e1785527966729-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/07\/howard-e1785527966729.jpg 1158w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/1024;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Cody Coyotee Howard, Ph.D.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Postdoctoral Researchers<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"977\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/08\/Feng_Keyi_small-977x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Woman with long dark hair wearing a black dress and dangling earrings, smiling in front of leafy green background.\" class=\"wp-image-211 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/08\/Feng_Keyi_small-977x1024.jpeg 977w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/08\/Feng_Keyi_small-286x300.jpeg 286w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/08\/Feng_Keyi_small-768x805.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/08\/Feng_Keyi_small-1465x1536.jpeg 1465w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/08\/Feng_Keyi_small-1954x2048.jpeg 1954w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/08\/Feng_Keyi_small-scaled.jpeg 1832w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 977px) 100vw, 977px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 977px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 977\/1024;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Keyi Feng, Ph.D.<br><em>joining Fall 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Graduate Researchers<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/07\/onyeweaku.goodnews.photo_-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a red hoodie sits outside a building labeled \u201cJohn C. Hitt Library\u201d on a sunny day.\" class=\"wp-image-183 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/07\/onyeweaku.goodnews.photo_-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/07\/onyeweaku.goodnews.photo_-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/07\/onyeweaku.goodnews.photo_-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/07\/onyeweaku.goodnews.photo_-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/07\/onyeweaku.goodnews.photo_-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/07\/onyeweaku.goodnews.photo_-scaled.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Goodnews Onyeweaku<br>Ph.D. student, UCF<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/09\/cropped-website.photo_.again_.jpg\" alt=\"Stylized illustration of a brown onion with green leaves sprouting from the top, set against a white background.\" class=\"wp-image-69 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/09\/cropped-website.photo_.again_.jpg 512w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/09\/cropped-website.photo_.again_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/09\/cropped-website.photo_.again_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/09\/cropped-website.photo_.again_-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/09\/cropped-website.photo_.again_-192x192.jpg 192w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/09\/cropped-website.photo_.again_-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/09\/cropped-website.photo_.again_-32x32.jpg 32w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 512px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 512\/512;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Morgan Cribelar<br>Ph.D. student, UCF<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/09\/cropped-website.photo_.again_.jpg\" alt=\"Stylized illustration of a brown onion with green leaves sprouting from the top, set against a white background.\" class=\"wp-image-69 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/09\/cropped-website.photo_.again_.jpg 512w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/09\/cropped-website.photo_.again_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/09\/cropped-website.photo_.again_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/09\/cropped-website.photo_.again_-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/09\/cropped-website.photo_.again_-192x192.jpg 192w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/09\/cropped-website.photo_.again_-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/09\/cropped-website.photo_.again_-32x32.jpg 32w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 512px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 512\/512;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Boniface Ngarega<br>Ph.D. student, Oklahoma State University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/08\/davis.james_.photo_-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"A person in a hoodie and cap takes a selfie on a waterfront dock with city skyscrapers in the background under a cloudy sky.\" class=\"wp-image-196 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/08\/davis.james_.photo_-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/08\/davis.james_.photo_-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/08\/davis.james_.photo_-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/08\/davis.james_.photo_-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/08\/davis.james_.photo_-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/08\/davis.james_.photo_-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">James Davis<br>MSc student, UCF<br><em>joining Fall 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Undergraduate Researchers<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill-element has-medium-font-size\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/07\/shaw.hailey.photo_-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"A woman stands by a small stream in a forest, wearing a black tank top and dark pants. Lush green plants and trees surround her, and sunlight filters through the leaves.\" class=\"wp-image-180 size-full lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;object-position:46% 38%\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/07\/shaw.hailey.photo_-768x1023.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/07\/shaw.hailey.photo_-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/07\/shaw.hailey.photo_-1153x1536.jpeg 1153w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/07\/shaw.hailey.photo_-1537x2048.jpeg 1537w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/07\/shaw.hailey.photo_-scaled.jpeg 1441w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hailey Shaw<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/09\/cropped-website.photo_.again_.jpg\" alt=\"Stylized illustration of a brown onion with green leaves sprouting from the top, set against a white background.\" class=\"wp-image-69 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/09\/cropped-website.photo_.again_.jpg 512w, 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src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 512px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 512\/512;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Jack Strien<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bulbous-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/09\/cropped-website.photo_.again_.jpg\" alt=\"Stylized illustration of a brown onion with green leaves sprouting from the top, set against a white background.\" class=\"wp-image-69 size-full lazyload\" 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