Graduate Research Students

• Praise Oguntokun (PhD Student), Protein Interactions and Design
• Devin Vides (PhD Student), Protein Interactions and Design
• Segun Ogundare (PhD Student), Protein Interactions and Design
• Jacob Bojan (PhD Student), Protein Interactions and Design
• Zachary Nicpon (PhD Student w/ Prof. Tim Hagen) Enzyme/Inhibitor Design

Undergraduate Research Students

Summer 2025
Navi Ruiz
Alfredo Varela (Zydowsky Summer Research Scholar)
Tamiah Hart

Spring 2025
Josie Mendell
Anna Gavin
Navi Ruiz
Alfredo Varela

Fall 2024
Brant Fessett
Josie Mendell

Spring 2024
Peter Gungel
Jacob Bojan
Emily Camposeo
Julia Krumwiede-Carter
Anna Gavin (Research Rookie)

Fall 2023
Peter Gungel
Jacob Bojan
Emily Camposeo
Julia Krumwiede-Carter
Anna Gavin (Research Rookie)

Summer 2023
Peter Gungel (Zydowsky Summer Research Scholar)
Emily Camposeo (Zydowsky Summer Research Scholar)

Spring 2023
Peter Gungel
Anthony Castaldo
Emily Camposeo
Matthew Rossi

Fall 2022
Peter Gungel
Anthony Castaldo
Abby Rivas
John Sailor

Fall 2021
Aaren Manz (Honors Research Scholar)
Kevin Beck
Tayler McGillis

Summer 2021
Aaren Manz
Kevin Beck
Tayler McGillis

Spring 2019
Emily Fiala
Mustafa Thahab
Cole Miller
Kylie Zawisza (Research Rookies Program)
Jimmy Holmes (Research Rookies Program)

Fall 2018
Emily Fiala
Alex Miller
Mustafa Thahab
Cole Miller
Kylie Zawisza (Research Rookies Program)
Jimmy Holmes (Research Rookies Program)

Summer 2018
Rebecca Splitt (REU)
Julia Pomeroy (REU; joint student w/ Hagen Lab)
Mustafa Thahab (NIU SROP Program)
Cole Miller

Spring 2018
Devon Boland
Marina Galluzzo
Emily Fiala
Jorge Nevarez
Victoria Pho
Stacy Juskevice
Ryan Miller
Holly Norell
Alex Miller
Kylie Zawisza (NIU Research Rookie)

Fall 2017
Devon Boland
Marina Galluzzo
Emily Fiala
Jorge Nevarez
Victoria Pho
Stacy Juskevice
Ryan Miller
Kylie Zawisza (NIU Research Rookie)

Summer 2017
Victoria Pho

Spring 2017
Krystal Do
Jesse Ercolani
Emily Fiala
Abe Lamontagne
Nick Longo
Marina Galluzzo
Jorge Nevarez
Stacy Juskevice
Rebecca Rasmussen

Lab Alumni

Gradudate Students

• Christopher Smith (PhD) Linkedin
• Sean Fanning (PhD) Linkedin
• Robert J. Hoey (MS) Linkedin
• Kimberly (Martin) Sheehy (MS) Linkedin
• Derek Burnet (MS) Linkedin
• Megan (Murtaugh) Leifker (PhD) Linkedin
• Phumvadee Wangtrakuldee (PhD) Linkedin
• Sriram Jakkaraju (PhD) Linkedin
• Joy Blain (PhD) Linkedin
• Congling Chen (MS) Linkedin
• Brian Hartnett (PhD) Linkedin
• Dionne Hope Griffin (PhD) Linkedin
• Kathy Hoerchler (MS) Linkedin
• Hyeyoung Eom (PhD) LinkedIn
• Nourhan Mostafa (MS) LinkedIn
• Dakota Grote (PhD) LinkedIn
• Tosha Laughlin (PhD) LinkedIn
• Kiruthika Arulmoly (MS) LinkedIn
• Ishpriya Sharma (PhD ) LinkedIn
• Niyati Patel (PhD)) LinkedIn

Undergraduates

• Kyle Muelhausen EA Weber
• Greg Sonneson
• Abby Gaebler (Vet. School, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison)
• Kevin King (Illinois State, Graduate School)
• Kate Baker, Amresco (Solon Ohio)
• Gloria Deutsch
• Kevin Senn
• Muralidhar Palavalasa
• Mindy Milosch, Med School, University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston)
• Brian Horn
• Keval Patel, Covance Laboratories Inc. (Madison, WI)
• Gina Ranieri, SER-CAT, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
• Darshana Patel
• Jennifer Obasohan
• Sima Patel

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