Graduate Student Directory
Exterior aerial image the North Campus in the fall taken in September 2023. Photographer: Douglas Levere
The UB Department of Biological Sciences is pleased to present the current directory of our graduate students.
ACADEMIC YEAR 2024-2025
ALPHABETICAL LISTING BY LAST NAME
Published November 20, 2024
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Mahasweta Acharjee
Program: PhD
Lab: L. Rusche
UBIT: macharje
Margaret Adams
Program: MA
Lab: First year
maadam
Aiman Ahmad
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: aimanahm
Zahraa Alabbasi
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: zahraaa
Muhammad Alber Aqil
Program: PhD
Lab: O. Gokcumen
UBIT: maqil
Saimara H. Alejandro
Program: MS
Lab: 1st year
UBIT: saimaraa
Afia Anjum
Program: MA
Lab: Dr. Josh Wang
UBIT: afiaanju
Galen Argyle
Program: MA
Lab: Dr. Thomas Covey
UBIT: galenarg
Isaac Asante
Program: MA
Lab:
UBIT: isaacasa
Amanuel Asras
Program: MA
Lab: Dr. Jason Muhitch
UBIT: aasras
Aminahas Assabahi
Program: MA
Lab:
UBIT: aminahas
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David Nicholas Bahry
Program: PhD
Lab: V. Lynch
UBIT: davidbah
Antonia Bandrivska
Program: MS
Lab: J. Berry
UBIT: abandriv
Djaliatou Barry
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: djaliato
Yogesh Bhandari
Program: PhD
Lab: Z. Wang
UBIT: yogeshbh
Michael Bobick
Program: MA
Lab: Panayotis Thanos
UBIT: mpbobick
Sydney Brongo
Program: PhD
Lab: M. Xu-Friedman
UBIT: sebrongo
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Neha Chadalavada
Program: MA
Lab: D. Daniels
UBIT: nehachad
Sarah Lu Chang
Program: PhD
Lab: T. Krabbenhoft
UBIT: sluchang
Divya Chauhan
Program: PhD
Lab: 1st year
dc228@buffalo.edu
Felix Che
Program: MS
UBIT: fche2
Eli Cummings
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: elicummi
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Ankita Shivaji Darekar
Program: PhD
Lab: P. Cullen
UBIT: adarekar
Dominic DeGeorge
Program: MA
Lab: G. Koudelka
UBIT: dtdegeor
Kaylee Donovan
Program: BA/MS
Lab: 1st year
UBIT: kd77
Michael V. D’Oria
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: mdoria
Valli Duvvuru
Program: PhD
Lab: Lee
UBIT: duvvurue
Katherine Duryea
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: keduryea
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Sabrina Espinal
Program: MA
Lab: L. Epstein
UBIT: stespina
Kawthar Elwaseem
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: kawthare
Nicholas Fabrizio
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: nfabrizi
Kimberly Fagan
Program: MA
Lab: Jason Muhitch
UBIT: kcfagan
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Mary Gailor
Program: MA
Lab: Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter
UBIT: marygai
Chengchen Gao
Program: BA/MS
Lab: S. Wang
UBIT: cgao4
Antonio Garnham
Program: PhD
Lab: D. Ferkey
UBIT: agarnham
Benedicta Gbemudu
Program: PhD
Lab: 1st year
UBIT: bagbemud
Roxana Gonzalez
Program: PhD
Lab: M. McCartney
UBIT: roxanago
Patrick Grasing
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: prgrasin
Surya Gubbi
Program: PhD
Lab: 1st year
UBIT: suryagub
Christopher Guevarra
Program: MA
Lab: Jason Muhitch
UBIT: cdguevar
Yifeng Guo
Program: PhD
Lab: K. Medler
UBIT: yguo27
—H — I —
Qian He
Program: PhD
Lab: S. Walker
UBIT: qianhe
Elwyn Hammond
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: elywnham
Rodwan Ibrahim
Program: MA
Lab: Praveen Arany
UBIT: rodwanib
Amanda Ivanoff
Program: PhD
Lab: V. Lynch
UBIT: amandaiv
— J —
LaMar Jackson
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: lamarjac
Anitha Joseph
Program: MA
Lab: L. Tumiel-Berhalter
UBIT: anithajo
Kenneth Jovel-Truong
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: kjoveltr
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Susanna Keilig
Program: PhD
Lab: C. Krabbenhoft
UBIT: skeilig
Skyler Kelly
Program: PhD
Lab: E. Strobel
UBIT: skylerke
Ayesha Khan
Program: MA
Lab: S. Gunawardena
UBIT: ahkhan3
Jonathan Kirshner
Program: PhD
Lab: V. Albert
UBIT: jkirshne
Phouthasone Kittisack
Program: MA
Lab: Thomas Covey
UBIT: phouthas
Debmallya Konar
Program: PhD
Lab: 1st year
UBIT: debmally@buffalo.ed
Rutuja Vivek Kulkarni
Program: PhD
Lab: S. Walker
UBIT: rutujaku
Justine Kuno
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: jokuno
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Chhime Lama
Program: MA
Lab:
UBIT: chhimela
Luane Bueno Landau
Program: PhD
Lab: O. Gokcumen
UBIT: luanejan
Valerie Alexis Lepore
Program: PhD
Lab: D. Ferkey
UBIT: valepore
Bowen Liu
Program: PhD
Lab: L. Rusche
UBIT: bliu36
Christian Loretto
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: cllorett
Brendan Louis
Program: MA
Lab: Praveen Arany
UBIT: bblouis
Nathan Lynch
Program: PhD
Lab: P. Cullen/L. Rusche
Email: nlynch2
— M — N —
Tharun Selvam Mahendran
Program: PhD
Lab: P. Banerjee
UBIT: tharunse
Somdatta Maiti
Program: PhD
Lab: 1st year
UBIT: smaiti
Madeline Manka
Program: MA
Lab:
UBIT: memanka
Nsona Mbambu
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: nsonamba
Benjamin Miller
Program: PhD
Lab: 1st year
UBIT: bm93
Mehrab Mostariq
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: mehrabmo
Ira Mohapatra
Program: PhD
Lab: S. Walker
UBIT: iramohap
Hasan Mufti
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: hasanmuf
Micaela Nanni
Program: MA
Lab:
UBIT: micaelan
Paige Nati
Program: PhD
Lab: M. Yu
UBIT: pdjackso@
Tina Nguyen
Program: MA
Lab: Marcella Baiz
UBIT: tpn2
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Jozef O'Malley-Pearson
Program: PhD
Lab: S. Wang
UBIT: jomalley
Christopher Osborne
Program: PhD
Lab: T. Krabbenhoft
UBIT: caosborn
Holly O’Shea
Program: PhD
Lab: Lee
UBIT: hollyosh
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Petar Pajic
Program: PhD
Lab: O. Gokcumen
UBIT: petarpaj
Soumya Pal
Program: PhD
Lab: Lee
UBIT: spal6
Angelina Pallini
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: apallini
Sebastian Pardo
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: sapardo
Dhruvi Patel
Program: MA
Lab: Xiaozhong Wen
UBIT: dhruvipa
Suraj Patel
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: srpatel5
Chathura Perera
Program: PhD
Lab: E. Strobel
UBIT: ckanatht
Leena Pilankar
Program: PhD
Lab: 1st year
UBIT: leenapra
Ankita Priyadarshini
Program: PhD
Lab: P. Cullen
UBIT: ankitapr
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Shruthy Rajesh
Program: MS
Lab: Lee
UBIT: shruthy
Varsha Ramachandra Kambar
Program: PhD
Lab: 1st year
UBIT: ramacha7
Saloni Rasal
Program: MA
Lab: Arin Bhattacharjee
UBIT: ssrasal
Rasika Rathnayake
Program: PhD
Lab: S. Gunawardena
UBIT: rasikara
Michaela Elaine Richter
Program: PhD
Lab: V. Albert/C. Lindqvist
UBIT: mr249
Brendan Roller
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: brroller
Breanna Roper
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: baroper
Adrianna Roser
Program: MA
Lab: Gonzalez-Stucker
UBIT: anroser
Bailey Rouse
Program: MA
Lab:
UBIT: bmrouse
Keya Roy
Program: PhD
Lab: 1st year
UBIT: keyaroy
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Lillian Schaffer
Program: MA
Lab: V. Lynch
UBIT: lrschaff
Kendra Scheer
Program: PhD
Lab: O. Gokcumen
UBIT: kendrasc
Christian Schmidhauser
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: crschmid
Matthew James Scott
Program: MS
Lab: C. Krabbenhoft
UBIT: mjscott3
Bhavika Sethi
Program: MA
Lab: Praveen Arany
UBIT: bhavikas
Soumya Sharma
Program: PhD
Lab: P. Cullen
UBIT: ss667
Dongjun Shin
Program: PhD
Lab: Lee
UBIT: dshin7
Cerissa Shorter
Program: MA
Lab: Greg Loney
UBIT: cerissas
Johanna Sirkin
Program: MA
Lab: Derek Daniels
UBIT: jlsirki
Divon Slayton
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: divonsla
Max Striedl
Program: MS
Lab: C. Krabbenhoft
UBIT: maxstrie
Chelsea Sookra
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: casookra
Anushka Supakar
Program: PhD
Lab: P. Banerjee
UBIT: asupakar
Maxwell Sweet
Program: MA
Lab: Stefan Ruhl
UBIT: msweet3
Dylan Szucs
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: dylanszu
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Yinpu Tang
Program: PhD
Lab: 1st year
UBIT: yinputan
John Taylor
Program: MA
Lab: Laertis Ikonomou
UBIT: taylor98
Md Main Uddin
Program: PhD
Lab: 1st year
UBIT: mdmainud
Francesco Viavattene
Program: MA
UBIT: fjviavat
Elizabeth Vohwinkel
Program: PhD
Lab: M. Yu
UBIT: eavohwin
Olivia Wasnock
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: ofwasnoc
Hannah Waterman
Program: PhD
Lab: T. Krabbenhoft
UBIT: hwaterma
Rebecca Winslow
Program: MA
Lab: Mohammad Haider
UBIT: rwinslow
Zena Wright
Program: PhD
Lab: 1st year
UBIT: zenawrig
Sai Wu
Program: PhD
Lab: M. Yu
UBIT: saiwu
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Sumbule Zahra
Program: MA
Lab: Brian Weil
UBIT: sumbulez
Viviane Zeng
Program: MA
Lab:
UBIT: jiewenze