2025
Sebastian Alvarez-Luna
University of Houston
Biology / Public Health
Emily Castillo
Texas A&M-Galveston
Marine Biology, M.S.
Andrew Eastland
University of Texas Austin
Biology / Liberal Arts / Genetics
William Fortun
Universidad Ana G Mendez-Carolina
Biotechnology
Sydney Fox
Texas A&M-Galveston
Marine Biology
Moira La Fuente
University of Georgia
Biology / Genetics / Public Health
Dante Lopez
University of Texas San Antonio
Microbiology
Lance Nuique
Bowie State University
Bioinformatics
Ashlyn Parrott
Mcneese State University
Biological Sciences / Chemistry
Emily Raiff
Ohio State University
Genetics, M.S.
Jacob Risch
University of Texas Austin
Biology
Elliott Runyan
University of Nevada Reno
Biotechnology
Tasmim Shibbir
University of Dhaka
Biotechnology, M.S.
Kayla Stephensen
Brigham Young University
Biology / Linguistics
David Suarez-Salazar
Universidad De Los Andes
Biomedical Engineering, M.S.
Yuqiao Tang
Northeastern University
Bioinformatics, M.S.
David Uribe
UT Rio Grande Valley
Biology, M.S.
Alison Wuerfel
Clemson University
Genetics / Psychology
2024
Hussain Alcassab, M.S.
Advisor: Dr. Carl Gregory
University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center
Sydney Christensen
Advisor: Dr. Wanhe Li
Texas A&M University
Valeria Duran-Salas
Advisor: Dr. Akhilesh Gaharwar
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Brighton Garrett
Advisor: Dr. Masako Suzuki
Baylor University
Isabella Lawlar
Advisor: Dr. David Threadgill
Sam Houston State University
William Leach
Advisor: Dr. David Threadgill
Centre College
Doris Migliaccio
Advisor: Dr. Wanhe Li
Clemson University
Kexin Pang, M.S.
Advisor: Dr. Jared Bard
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Natalie Wideman
Advisor: Dr. Zach Adelman
Marquette University
2023
Marianny Alvarado
Advisor: Dr. Masako Suzuki
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
Victoria Bunting
Advisor: Dr. Raquel Sitcheran
University of Arizona
Samantha Foster
Advisor: Dr. Akhilesh Gahawar
Texas A&M University
Pei-Jung Hsin
Advisor: Dr. Brian Davis
National Taiwan University
Harpreet Kaur
Advisor: Dr. Weston Porter
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Lucasantiago Macias
Advisor: Dr. Sarguru Subash
University of Texas El Paso
Trevor Millar
Advisor: Dr. Mahul Chakraborty
Utah Valley University
Charles Mitchell
Advisor: Dr. Dmitry Kurouski
University of Texas Dallas
Veronika Mojik
Advisor: Dr. Hubert Amrein
University of North Carolina – Asheville
Paola Najera
Advisor: Dr. Zach Adelman
University of Houston-University Park
Alexa Nolan
Advisor: Dr. Sakiko Okumoto
University of Alabama Huntsville
Fatma Ozair
Advisor: Dr. Seth Murray
University of Texas Austin
2022
Emmarie Alexander
Advisor: Dr. William Murphy
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Ari Michael Aviles
Advisor: Dr. Irtisha Singh
Florida Atlantic University
Andres Barboza-Pereira
Advisor: Dr. Heath Blackmon
Arkansas Tech University Russellville
Tyler Chan<
Advisor: Dr. Zach Adelman
University of Alabama – Huntsville
Esmé Cope
Advisor: Dr. Zach Adelman
Utah Tech University
Destani Derrico
Advisor: Dr. Michael Golding
California State University – Monterey Bay
Samantha Higgins
Advisor: Dr. Michael Golding
Texas A&M University
Carlos A. Ramírez Carbó
Advisor: Dr. Beiyan Nan
University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez
Anestacia Robinson
Advisor: Dr. Shogo Sato
University of Central Florida
Daniela Ruiz
Advisor: Dr. Qing Sun
Prairie View A&M University
Eric Shah
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
2021
Hannah N. Carter
Advisor: Dr. Weston Porter
Texas A&M University
Kaitlyn E. Carter
Advisor: Dr. David Threadgill
Texas A&M University
Isabella R. Childers
Advisor: Dr. William Murphy
Clemson University
Aaron J. DeSalvio
Advisor: Dr. Seth Murray
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Riley K. Figueroa
Advisor: Dr. Rajesh Miranda
Colorado College
Sarah J. Ingram
Advisor: Dr. Shaunna Clark
Texas A&M University – Texarkana
Anthony J. Matarazzo
Advisor: Dr. Mendel Rimer
University of Florida
Autumn S. McManis
Advisors: Dr. Irtisha Singh (lead chair) / Dr. Akhilesh Gaharwar (co-chair)
Texas A&M University
Mayra N. Mendoza
Advisor: Dr. Terje Raudsepp
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
Alexandra Naron
Advisor: Dr. David Threadgill
Centenary College of Louisiana
Emily C. Reed
Advisor: Dr. Adam Case
University of Texas at Austin
John F. Soukar
Advisor: Dr. Akhilesh Gaharwar
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
2020
Allie N. Denham
Advisor: Dr. Vladimir Vladimirov
San Angelo State University
Samantha Franklin
Advisor: Dr. Jessica Galloway-Pena
Texas A&M University
Lois Gordils-Valentin
Advisor: Dr. Xuejun Zhu
Inter-American University of Puerto Rico
Ramsey Jenschke
Advisor: Dr. Weston Porter
Tulane University
Osiris K. Lopez-Garcia
Advisor: Dr. Daniel Paredes-Sabja
University of Puerto Rico
Stephanie McMahon
Advisor: Dr. Jessica Galloway-Pena
Colorado State University
Joe Romanowski
Advisor: Dr. Zach Adelman
Stockton University
Benjamin Thomas
Advisor: Dr. Zhilei Chen
Texas A&M University
Jordyn Vanportfliet
Advisor: Dr. A. Phillip West
Michigan State University
Ana Maria Velasquez-Escobar
Advisor: Dr. David Threadgill
Boise State University
Senior Students
Ashley N. Coffell
Advisor: Dr. Scott Dindot
Old Dominion University
Jorden N. Holland
Advisor: Dr. Bruce Riley
University of Florida
Brittni A. Ming-Whitfield
Advisor: Dr. David Threadgill
University of California, Davis
