Graduate Student Directory
Bird'seye view of UB North Campus. Photographer: Douglas Levere
The UB Department of Biological Sciences is pleased to present the current directory of our graduate students.
ACADEMIC YEAR 2025-2026
Page updated September 5, 2025
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Mahasweta Acharjee
Program: PhD
Lab: L. Rusche
UBIT: macharje
Margaret Adams
Program: MA
Lab: First year
maadam
Taylor Adams
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: tmadams2
Aiman Ahmad
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: aimanahm
Ausaaf Akram
Program: PhD
Lab: First Year
UBIT: maakram
Malak Al Azawi
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: malakala
Saimara H. Alejandro
Program: MS
Lab: First year
UBIT: saimaraa
Nabaa Aljanahi
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: nabaaalj
Mahrukh Allahburhsh
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: mahrukha
Sophie Altman
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: saltman
Muhammad Alber Aqil
Program: PhD
Lab: O. Gokcumen
UBIT: maqil
Galen Argyle
Program: MA
Lab: Dr. Thomas Covey
UBIT: galenarg
Isabella Asmus
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: irasmus
Amanuel Asras
Program: MA
Lab: Dr. Jason Muhitch
UBIT: aasras
Aminahas Assabahi
Program: MA
Lab:
UBIT: aminahas
Alican Avsar
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: alicanav
— B —
David N. 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
Melanie Rae Barry
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: mrbarry
Gavin Barse
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: gsbarse
Luke Bergett
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: lbergett
Axel Bermudez
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: axelberm
Yogesh Bhandari
Program: PhD
Lab: Z. Wang
UBIT: yogeshbh
Gorkem Bogubaev
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: gorkembo
Zara Braimah
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: zarabrai
Sydney Brongo
Program: PhD
Lab: M. Xu-Friedman
UBIT: sebrongo
Sade Brooks
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: sadebroo
Luane Jandira Bueno Landau
Program: PhD
Lab: O. Gokcumen
UBIT: luanejan
— C —
Olive Cannizzaro
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: orcanniz
Neha Chadalavada
Program: MA
Lab: D. Daniels
UBIT: nehachad
Sarah Lu Chang
Program: PhD
Lab: T. Krabbenhoft
UBIT: sluchang
Divya Chauhan
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: dc228
Pranav Chauhan
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: pschauha
Sara Ciurca
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: saraciur
Felix Che
Program: MS
UBIT: fche2
Grace Cordone
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: gcordone
— D —
Ankita Shivaji Darekar
Program: PhD
Lab: P. Cullen
UBIT: adarekar
Sadiah Dina
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: sadiahdi
Kaylee Donovan
Program: BA/MS
Lab: First year
UBIT: kd77
Presley Dorsett
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: presleyd
Katherine Duryea
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: keduryea
Valli Duvvuru
Program: PhD
Lab: Lee
UBIT: duvvurue
— E — F —
Nicholas Fabrizio
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: nfabrizi
Amin Farahani
Program: PhD
Lab:
UBIT: aminfara
Elizabeth Field
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: efield
Zoey Fox
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: zjfox
Jonah Fronk
Program: PhD
Lab: First Year
UBIT: jonahfro
— G —
Antonio Garnham
Program: PhD
Lab: D. Ferkey
UBIT: agarnham
Benedicta Gbemudu
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: bagbemud
Roxana Gonzalez
Program: PhD
Lab: M. McCartney
UBIT: roxanago
Ahmet Gorgulu
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: ahmetgor
Patrick Grasing
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: prgrasin
Surya Gubbi
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: suryagub
Christopher Guevarra
Program: MA
Lab: Jason Muhitch
UBIT: cdguevar
Layla Guthrie
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: laylagut
—H — I —
Elwyn Hammond
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: elywnham
Qian He
Program: PhD
Lab: S. Walker
UBIT: qianhe
Charlotte Hennessey
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: cjhennes
Jing Huang
Program: MS
Lab: First year
UBIT: huang27
Gabrielle Hunter
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: ghunter
Ugo Iroh
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: ugoiroh
Amanda Ivanoff
Program: PhD
Lab: V. Lynch
UBIT: amandaiv
— J —
LaMar Jackson
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: lamarjac
Ayesha Jannat
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: ajannat
Curlene John
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: curlenej
Kenneth Jovel-Truong
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: kjoveltr
Lauren Jung
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: ljung2
Jyothinkrishna Jyothsna Bavin
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: jyothink
— K —
Doaa Kanan
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: doaakana
Mina Kang
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: minakang
Susanna Keilig
Program: PhD
Lab: C. Krabbenhoft
UBIT: skeilig
Skyler Kelly
Program: PhD
Lab: E. Strobel
UBIT: skylerke
Jonathan Kirshner
Program: PhD
Lab: V. Albert
UBIT: jkirshne
Debmallya Konar
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: debmally
Rutuja Vivek Kulkarni
Program: PhD
Lab: S. Walker
UBIT: rutujaku
Muskan Kumar
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: muskanku
Justine Kuno
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: jokuno
— L —
Ian Lango
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: ianlango
Jayden Lin
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: zejinlin
Bowen Liu
Program: PhD
Lab: L. Rusche
UBIT: bliu36
Christian Loretto
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: cllorett
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: First year
UBIT: smaiti
Andrea McPherson
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: mcphers5
Johanna Merkel
Program: PhD
Lab: First Year
UBIT: jmerkel3
Benjamin Miller
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: bm93
Ira Mohapatra
Program: PhD
Lab: S. Walker
UBIT: iramohap
Faith Moka
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: faithmok
Edrinique Morton
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: edriniqu
Mehrab Mostariq
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: mehrabmo
Hasan Mufti
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: hasanmuf
Ugonna Naana
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: ugonnana
Paige Nati
Program: PhD
Lab: M. Yu
UBIT: pdjackso
— O —
Holly O’Shea
Program: PhD
Lab: Lee
UBIT: hollyosh
James Oh
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: jamesoh
Moyosola Oshin
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: moyosola
Andreas Ouloupis
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: asouloup
— P — Q —
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
Suraj Patel
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: srpatel5
Elizabeth Pawlak
Program: PhD
Lab: M. Yu
UBIT: eavohwin
Chathura Perera
Program: PhD
Lab: E. Strobel
UBIT: ckanatht
Alahna Perez
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: alahnape
Leena Pilankar
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: leenapra
Ankita Priyadarshini
Program: PhD
Lab: P. Cullen
UBIT: ankitapr
— R —
Varsha Ramachandra Kambar
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: ramacha7
Chanell Ramsay
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: chanellr
Rasika Rathnayake
Program: PhD
Lab: S. Gunawardena
UBIT: rasikara
Connor Reagan
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: cwreagan
Michaela E. Richter
Program: PhD
Lab: V. Albert/C. Lindqvist
UBIT: mr249
Elise Rinke
Program: PhD
Lab: First Year
UBIT: eliserin
Brendan Roller
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: brroller
Breanna Roper
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: baroper
Carlos Rosales
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: crosales
Keya Roy
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: keyaroy
— S —
Kendra Scheer
Program: PhD
Lab: O. Gokcumen
UBIT: kendrasc
Christian Schmidhauser
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: crschmid
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
Divon Slayton
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: divonsla
Claudia Smistek
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: czsmiste
Chelsea Sookra
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: casookra
Jackson Staal
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: jstaal
Anushka Supakar
Program: PhD
Lab: P. Banerjee
UBIT: asupakar
Dylan Szucs
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: dylanszu
— T — U — V —
Yinpu Tang
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: yinputan
Christopher Thoennes
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: cjthoenn
Dominic Tringali
Program: MS
Lab: First Year
UBIT: datringa
Karina Thomas
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: karinath
Abrar Uddin
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: abrarudd
Md Main Uddin
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: mdmainud
Farras Warsi
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: farraswa
Olivia Wasnock
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: ofwasnoc
Hannah Waterman
Program: PhD
Lab: T. Krabbenhoft
UBIT: hwaterma
Alison Woodward
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: woodwar3
Jack Wellman
Program: MS
Lab: First year
UBIT: jackwell
Zena Wright
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: zenawrig
Sai Wu
Program: PhD
Lab: M. Yu
UBIT: saiwu
Victor Yuan
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: vyuan