Graduate Student Directory
ACADEMIC YEAR 2021-2022 — ALPHABETICAL LISTING BY LAST NAME
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Page updated February 22, 2022
UB North Campus, birdseye view, 2020.
The UB Department of Biological Sciences is pleased to present the current directory of our graduate students.
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— A —
Leah Abraha
Program: MA
UBIT: leahabra
Mahasweta Acharjee
Program: PhD
Lab: Rusche
UBIT: macharje
Dua Ahmed
Program: MA
UBIT: duaahmed
Samuel Alfonso
Program: MA
UBIT: salfonso
Gabriella Andreani
Program: MA
UBIT: gandrean
Alber Aqil
Program: PhD
Lab: Gokcumen
UBIT: maqil
Mina Awadalla-Beshara
Program: MA
UBIT: minaawad
— B —
Nathan
Backenstose
Program: PhD
Lab: Krabbenhoft
UBIT: njbacken
Brianna Bailey
Program: MS
UBIT: bbailey4
Antonia Bandrivska
Program: MS
UBIT: abandriv
Pratima Bajgain
Program: PhD
Lab: Gunawardena
UBIT: pratimab
Madeleine Bartz
Program: MS
UBIT: mabartz
Meaghan Birkemeier
Program: MA
UBIT: mtbirkem
Srima Biswas
Program: MA
UBIT: srimabis
Ryan Buzby
Program: MA
UBIT: ryanbuzb
— C —
Katy Canales Padilla
Program: MA
UBIT: katycana
Alaina Carmen
Program: MA
UBIT: afcarman
Emily Carroll
Program: PhD
Lab: Wang
UBIT: carroll3
Gird Ceno
Program: MA
UBIT: girdceno
Albert Chen
Program: MA
UBIT: achen273
Alexander Chiang
Program: MA
UBIT: achiang4
Flavio da Silva Coelho
Program: PhD
Lab: Lindqvist
UBIT: flavioau
Ryan Patrick Conway
Program: MA
UBIT: ryanconw
— D —
Connor Davies
Program: MA
UBIT: cdavies
Austin D’Angelo
Program: MS
Lab: Walker
UBIT: ad84
Logan Dean
Program: MA
UBIT: ldean
Jose Diaz
Program: MA
UBIT: jfdiaz
— E — F —
Carly Fields
Program: MA
UBIT: carlyfie
Steven Fleck
Program: PhD
Lab: Albert
UBIT: sjfleck
Brian Foote
Program: MS
Lab: Krabbenhoft
UBIT: brianfoo
— G —
Remi Garber
Program: MA
UBIT: remigarb
Joseph Gewolb
Program: MA
UBIT: jsgewolb
Chen Gong
Program: PhD
Lab: Koudelka
UBIT: cgong4
Giselle Guerrero
Program: MA
UBIT: giselleg
Yifeng Guo
Program: PhD
Lab: Medler
UBIT: yguo27
— H —
Lindsey Hacherl
Program: MA
UBIT: lmhacher
Alisinah Halimi
Program: MA
UBIT: alisinah
Qian He
Program: PhD
Lab: Walker
UBIT: qianhe
Meredith Honkomp
Program: MA
UBIT: nmkhonkom
Mahamudul Hoque
Program: MA
UBIT: mahamudu
— I — J —
Amanda Ivanoff
Program: PhD
UBIT: amandaiv
Lori-Ann Johnson
Program: MA
UBIT: loriannj
Alfred Joseph
Program: MA
UBIT: alfredjo
Nathaniel Jones
Program: MA
UBIT: ndjones
— K —
Dilkirat Kaur
Program: MA
UBIT: dilkirat
Gurleen Kaur
Program: MA
UBIT: gkaur32
Benjamin Keenan
Program: MA
UBIT: bkeenan
Nickesha Kelly
Program: MA
UBIT: nkelly2
Skyler Kelly
Program:
UBIT: skylerke
Sahar Kianarsi
Program: PhD
Lab: Rusche
UBIT: saharkia
Megan Kostan
Program: PhD
UBIT: mekostan
— L —
Tamijah Lawton-Stone
Program: MA
UBIT: tamijahl
Bowen Liu
Program: PhD
UBIT: bliu36
Hongtao Liu
Program: MA
UBIT: hliu49
Ying Liu
Program: PhD
Lab: Koudelka
UBIT: yliu226
Talia Lopez
Program: MA
UBIT: tlopez2
Isabella Luciano
Program: MA
UBIT: ialucian
— M — N —
Tharun Selvam Mahendran
Program: PhD
Lab: Yu/Banerjee
UBIT: tharunse
Zeesth Malik
Program: MA
UBIT: zeesthma
Akech Malual
Program: MA
UBIT: akechmal
Emily Mehle
Program: PhD
Lab: Ferkey
UBIT: emilymeh
Aishwarya Menon
Program: PhD
Lab: Yu/Banerjee
UBIT: ammenon2
Baaqeyah Amala Muhammad El
Program: MS
UBIT: baaqeyah
Minakshi Mukherjee
Program: PhD
Lab: Wang
UBIT: mmukherj
Maricris Naranjo
Program: MS
UBIT: mnaranjo
Jessica Nowak
Program: MA
UBIT: jenowak2
— O —
Kazuki Okamura
Program: MA
UBIT: kazukiok
Holly O’Shea
Program: PhD
Lab: Lee
UBIT: hollyosh
Julia Ophals
Program: MA
UBIT: juliaoph
Christopher Osborne
Program: PhD
Lab: Krabbenhoft
UBIT: caosborn
— P — Q —
Petar Pajic
Program: PhD
Lab: Gokcumen
UBIT: petarpaj
Jillian Pembroke
Program: MA
UBIT: jcpembro
Thomas Pon
Program: MA
UBIT: tpon
Maggie Postolache
Program: PhD
Lab: Xu-Friedman
UBIT: maggiepo
Ankita Priyadarshini
Program: PhD
Lab: Cullen
UBIT: ankitapr
Atindra Pujari
Program: PhD
Lab: Cullen
UBIT: atindran
Saeed Qadar
Program: MA
UBIT: saeedqad
— R —
Indu Raghavan
Program: PhD
Lab: Wang
UBIT: induragh
Rasika Rathnayake
Program: PhD
UBIT: rasikara
Michaela Richter
Program: MS
Lab: Albert
UBIT: mr249
Gabriel Rubio
Program: MS
UBIT: grubio
— S —
Ansuman Sahoo
Program: PhD
Lab: Walker
UBIT: ansumans
Garrison Schaller
Program: MA
UBIT: gjschall
Kendra Scheer
Program: MS
UBIT: kendrasc
Daniela Senior
Program: MA
UBIT: dssenior
Jannatul Shoma
Program: PhD
UBIT: jshoma
Md Abu Eabrahim Siddique
Program: PhD
UBIT: mdabueab
Savannah Sojka
Program: PhD
Lab: Ferkey
UBIT: ssojka
Kyle Spence
Program: MA
UBIT: kcspence
Samantha Spinella
Program: MA
UBIT: scspinel
Izzy Starr
Program: PhD
Lab: Gokcumen
UBIT: istarr
Ayla Stafford
Program: MA
UBIT: aylastaf
Trevor Stone
Program: MS
UBIT: tdstone
Anushka Supakar
Program: PhD
UBIT: asupakar
Kelsey Swinter
Program: PhD
Lab: Gunawardena
UBIT: kaswinte
— T — U — V —
Anissa Taher
Program: MA
UBIT: anissatau
Andleeb Tanvir
Program: MA
UBIT: andleebt
Layla Tarricone
Program: MA
UBIT: aylatar
Amanda Shin Yin Teo
Program: MA
UBIT: asteo
Kevin Thomas
Program: MA
UBIT: kpthomas
Crystal Tomlin
Program: PhD
Lab: Lindqvist
UBIT: cmtomlin
Victoria Truong
Program: MA
UBIT: vmtruong
Julia Tudor
Program: MA
UBIT: juliatud
Maira Urooj
Program: MA
UBIT: mairauro
Matthew Vandermeulen
Program: PhD
Lab: Cullen
UBIT: vanderme
Gaayathri Varavenkataraman
Program: MA
UBIT: gaayathr
Jayavardini Vasanthan
Program: MS
UBIT: jvasanth
Jenna Vecchio
Program: MA
UBIT: jennavec
Justin Villodas
Program: MA
UBIT: jvilloda
Elizabeth Vohwinkel
Program: PhD
UBIT: eavohwin
Lab: Yu
Trung Vu
Program: MA
UBIT: trungvu
Hannah Waterman
Program: PhD
Lab: Krabbenhoft
UBIT: hwaterma
Gal Weiss
Program: MA
UBIT: galweiss
Sai Wu
Program: PhD
UBIT: saiwu
— Z —
Muhammad Zahid
Program: MA
UBIT: mazahid
Rosy Zel
Program: MA
UBIT: rosyzel
Guolei Zhao
Program: PhD
Lab: Rusche
UBIT: guoleizh
Mallory Ziegler
Program: MA
UBIT: mnziegle
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