The Team
Drew Bridges, PhD
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Chao Li, PhD
Senior Scientist
Emmy Nguyen
PhD Candidate, Biological Sciences
Sandhya Kasivisweswaran
PhD Candidate, Biological Sciences
Jesse Derringer
PhD Student, Biological Sciences
Yangyang Liu
PhD Candidate, Biological Sciences
Seh Na Mellick
PhD student, Computational Biology
Joint with Oana Carja Lab
Krutika Joshi
Master's Student, Computational Biology
Alan Dong
Undergraduate Student, Biological Sciences
Vidhu Suryavamsh
Undergraduate Student, Biological Sciences
Lab Alumni
Former postdocs/senior scientists:
Irina Mikheyeva – Editor, American Society for Microbiology
Robert van de Weerd – CSO, Biocognon
Former Master’s students:
Darin Boyes – Ph.D. Program in Bioinformatics, UCLA
Steven Gifford – Microbiologist II, International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
Chetan Dhanjal – Food Safety Net Services
Former undergraduate students/postbacs:
Jojo Prentice – Ph.D. Program in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University
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, Midwestern University in Chicago