{"id":27,"date":"2022-07-17T03:59:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T03:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/test\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2026-01-27T16:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:59:29","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_background_pattern\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>The Team<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/11\/Bridges_site1_2024.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Bridges_site1_2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/11\/Bridges_site1_2024.png 6000w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/11\/Bridges_site1_2024-1280x853.png 1280w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/11\/Bridges_site1_2024-980x653.png 980w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/11\/Bridges_site1_2024-480x320.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 6000px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-530\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_0 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2396\" height=\"2396\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/08\/Bridges_Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Drew Bridges, PhD\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/08\/Bridges_Headshot.jpg 2396w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/08\/Bridges_Headshot-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/08\/Bridges_Headshot-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/08\/Bridges_Headshot-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2396px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-109\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Drew Bridges, PhD<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Principal Investigator<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div><p><strong>Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1XaA3HhSbnMTx4Xz7Ny5BVB1yDeVKqORt\/view?usp=drive_link\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-460\">Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_1 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"934\" height=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/01\/Chao_square.png\" alt=\"Chao Li, PhD\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/01\/Chao_square.png 934w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/01\/Chao_square-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 934px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-624\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Chao Li, PhD<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Senior Scientist<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_2 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/05\/Profile-picture-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Emmy Nguyen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/05\/Profile-picture-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/05\/Profile-picture-1-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/05\/Profile-picture-1-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/05\/Profile-picture-1-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2560px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-260\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Emmy Nguyen<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">PhD Candidate, Biological Sciences<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_3 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/05\/headhsot.jpg\" alt=\"Sandhya Kasivisweswaran\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/05\/headhsot.jpg 800w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/05\/headhsot-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-261\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Sandhya Kasivisweswaran<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">PhD Candidate, Biological Sciences<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_4 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1557\" height=\"1557\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/05\/Derringer-Jesse-Summer-pic-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jesse Derringer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/05\/Derringer-Jesse-Summer-pic-1.jpg 1557w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/05\/Derringer-Jesse-Summer-pic-1-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/05\/Derringer-Jesse-Summer-pic-1-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/05\/Derringer-Jesse-Summer-pic-1-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1557px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-570\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Jesse Derringer<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">PhD Student, Biological Sciences<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_5 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/04\/Yangyang.jpg\" alt=\"Yangyang Liu\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/04\/Yangyang.jpg 800w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/04\/Yangyang-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-434\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Yangyang Liu<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">PhD Candidate, Biological Sciences<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_6 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3271\" height=\"3271\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/01\/IMG_6636-1.png\" alt=\"Seh Na Mellick\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/01\/IMG_6636-1.png 3271w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/01\/IMG_6636-1-1280x1280.png 1280w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/01\/IMG_6636-1-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/01\/IMG_6636-1-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 3271px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-540\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Seh Na Mellick<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">PhD student, Computational Biology <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div><p><span>Joint with Oana Carja Lab<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_9  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_7 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1148\" height=\"1148\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/01\/SchoolIDphoto-1.png\" alt=\"Krutika Joshi\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/01\/SchoolIDphoto-1.png 1148w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/01\/SchoolIDphoto-1-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/01\/SchoolIDphoto-1-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1148px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-626\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Krutika Joshi<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Master&#039;s Student, Computational Biology<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_10  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_8 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2499\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/01\/IMG_2538-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Sophia Turecki\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/01\/IMG_2538-scaled.jpg 2499w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/01\/IMG_2538-1280x1311.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/01\/IMG_2538-980x1004.jpg 980w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/01\/IMG_2538-480x492.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2499px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-632\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Sophia Turecki<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Master&#039;s Student, Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_11  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_9 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1248\" height=\"1248\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/01\/IMG_3861-1.png\" alt=\"Stephanie Liu\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/01\/IMG_3861-1.png 1248w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/01\/IMG_3861-1-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/01\/IMG_3861-1-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1248px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-637\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Stephanie Liu<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Undergraduate Student, Biological Sciences<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_12  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_10 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/01\/Alan_square.png\" alt=\"Alan Dong\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/01\/Alan_square.png 828w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/01\/Alan_square-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 828px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-627\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Alan Dong<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Undergraduate Student, Biological Sciences<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_13  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_11 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1968\" height=\"1968\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/05\/Vidhu.jpg\" alt=\"Vidhu Suryavamsh\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/05\/Vidhu.jpg 1968w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/05\/Vidhu-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/05\/Vidhu-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/05\/Vidhu-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1968px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-582\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Vidhu Suryavamsh<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Undergraduate Student, Biological Sciences<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_14  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_blurb et_pb_blurb_0  et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_blurb_position_top et_block_module et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_main_blurb_image et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap et_pb_only_image_mode_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/Gillian-poster-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/Gillian-poster-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/Gillian-poster-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/Gillian-poster-980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/Gillian-poster-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2560px, 100vw\" class=\"et-waypoint et_pb_animation_top et_pb_animation_top_tablet et_pb_animation_top_phone wp-image-448\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\"><span>Lab Alumni<\/span><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_description\"><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Former<\/strong><strong><span> postdocs\/senior scientists<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Irina Mikheyeva<\/span>\u00a0 - Editor, American Society for Microbiology<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Robert van de Weerd <\/span>- CSO, Biocognon<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Former Master's students:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Darin Boyes<\/span> - Ph.D. Program in Bioinformatics, UCLA<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Steven Gifford<\/span> -\u00a0Microbiologist II, <span>International Flavors &amp; Fragrances Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Chetan Dhanjal<\/span> - <span>Food Safety Net Services<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Former undergraduate students\/postbacs:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Jojo Prentice<\/span> - Ph.D. Program in Ecology &amp; Evolutionary Biology, Yale University<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Makayla McCreary<\/span> - M.S. Program in Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics, Carnegie Mellon University<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Gillian Croteau<\/span> - PhD Program in Biology, Northeastern University<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Maddie Burke<\/span> - Medical School, Midwestern University in Chicago<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":66,"href":"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":638,"href":"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/bridges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}