People

Spring 2024

Current Members

Bryan Hsu (bhsu_at_vt_dot_edu)
Assistant Professor

  • 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

Rogério Bataglioli
Postdoctoral Associate

  • Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil
  • B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil

David da Silva Barreira
Postdoctoral Associate

  • Ph.D. Microbiology, University of Burgundy, France
  • M.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology, Pasteur Institute, France
  • B.S. Life Sciences, Pierre and Marie Curie University, France

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

Hollyn Franklin
Graduate Student

  • M.S. Biology, Appalachian State University
  • B.S. Biology, Appalachian State University

Zach Baker
Graduate Student

  • B.S. Microbiology, Virginia Tech

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
Post-Baccalaureate Student

  • B.S. Biology, Old Dominion University

Lindsay Smith
Undergraduate Student

Hannah Poole
Undergraduate Student

Tori Ashton
Undergraduate Student

Friends

Blinkin
Lead investigator of all smells, new and old

Sushi
Skilled lounger

Zoe
Cat (over)enthusiast

Alumni

Lizzy Geddes (Undergrad, 2024)
Sydney Murphy (Undergrad, 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)

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