
The lab, December 2025
The team
Current members

Bryan Hsu
Associate Professor
bhsu_at_vt_dot_edu
- Postdoc, Systems Biology, Harvard
- Ph.D. Chemistry, MIT
- M.S. Chemistry, MIT
- B.S. Chemical Engineering, UC Berkeley
- B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, UC Berkeley

Harsimran Kaur
Postdoctoral Associate
- Ph.D. Supramolecular Chemistry, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, India
- M.S. Biotechnology, Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering and Technology, India
- B.S. Biotechnology, Beant College of Engineering and Technology, India

Shannon Allen Whiles
Postdoctoral Associate
- Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, Washington State University
- B.S. Biochemistry, Middle Tennessee State University

Rita Makhlouf
Graduate Student
- M.S. Biology, Lebanese American University, Byblos
- B.S. Biology, Lebanese American University, Byblos

Josh Heuler
Graduate Student
- B.S. Cell and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida
- B.S. Quantitative Economics and Econometrics, University of South Florida

Josh Huff
Graduate Student
- B.S. Biology, Old Dominion University
Undergraduate researchers
- Hannah Poole
- Artha Pradipta
- Ella Drennan
- Madeline Levorson
Past members
Alumni
- Rogerio Bataglioli Postdoc, 2022–2026
- David da Silva Barreira Postdoc, 2023–2026
- Tori Ashton Undergrad, 2024–2026
- Lindsay Smith Undergrad, 2023–2025
- Zach Baker PhD, 2020–2025
- Hollyn Franklin PhD, 2020–2025
- Lizzy Geddes Undergrad, 2024
- Sydney Murphy Undergrad, 2022–2024
- Mishael Taylor MAOP, Summer 2024
- Caity Aday Undergrad, 2024
- Suzie Dilorenzo Undergrad, 2023
- Hiba Baaziz Postdoc, 2021–2023
- Analis Smith MAOP, Summer 2023
- John Muller Postdoc, Summer 2023
- Hallie Avalos Postbac, 2022–2023
- Hannah Jirsa Undergrad, 2021–2023
- Tiffany Thorn Postbac, 2021–2022
- Annabelle Owens Undergrad, 2021
- Caitlyn Bareford Undergrad, 2020–2021