The Team


Drew Bridges, PhD
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Jojo Prentice
Research Associate

Jesse Derringer
PhD Student, Biological Sciences

Sandhya Kasivisweswaran
PhD Candidate, Biological Sciences

Seh Na Mellick
PhD student, Computational Biology
Joint with Oana Carja Lab

Vidhu Suryavamsh
Undergraduate Student, Biological Sciences

Emmy Nguyen
PhD Candidate, Biological Sciences

Yangyang Liu
PhD Candidate, Biological Sciences

Darin Boyes
Masters Student, Computational Biology
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Joelle Chan
Undergraduate Student, Computational Biology

Lab Alumni
Former postdocs/senior scientists:
Irina Mikheyeva – Manuscript Transfer Editor, American Society for Microbiology
Robert van de Weerd– CSO, Biocognon
Former Master’s students:
Steven Gifford, Microbiologist II, International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
Chetan Dhanjal, Food Safety Net Services
Former undergraduate students/postbacs:
Makayla McCreary – M.S. Program in Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics, Carnegie Mellon University
Gillian Croteau – PhD Program in Biology, Northeastern University
Maddie Burke – Medical School (location TBD soon)