Former Lab Members

Brooke Bayless

Brooke Bayless
Undergraduate Student, Chemistry
Info: Nucleic acid analysis using multicomponent fluorescent sensors

Evan Cornett

Evan Cornett
Graduated as Ph.D. in 2015
Current status: Post Doctoral Associate at Van Andel Institute

Yulia Gerasimova

Dr. Yulia Gerasimova
Visiting Professor
Tile-associated DNA logic gates and circuits; binary deoxyribozymes for nucleic acid analysis and detection of bacteria

Alex Goloubev

Alexey Goloubev
Graduated with BS in 2014
Current status: PhD student, UCF, Biomedical Sciences

Jeff Grimes

Jeff Grimes
Research Associate 2008-2011
Tile-associated DNA logic gates and circuits; binary deoxyribozymes for nucleic acid analysis and detection of bacteria

Elif Kuguoglu
Graduated with BS in 2014
Current status: Medical student

Aijana Leonard

Aijana Leonard
Graduated with BS in 2014

Brett Martini
Undergraduate Student, Chemistry
info: Synthesis of sulbactam derivative of deoxyuridine:

Daniel Nierenburg
Research Associate 2012-2014
Current status: PhD student at UCF Biomedical Science

Nicole Parada

Nicole Parada
Research Associate
My research focuses on using deoxyribozyme sensors for the rapid and specific detection of members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) based on their single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) differentiations.

Tyler Pontius

Tyler Pontius
Graduated with BS in 2015

Courtney Powell

Courtney Powell
Undergraduate Student, Chemistry
Visual assay for sex identification in ancient DNA

Felix Sosa

Felix Sosa
Undergraduate Student, Chemistry
Experimental and theoretical optimization of DNA associates for the design of DNA nanotermometer

Maria Stancescu

Maria Stancescu
Ph.D. student, Chemistry
Multicomponent fluorescent sensors for nucleic acid analysis