{"id":17,"date":"2017-04-28T14:12:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T18:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-06-06T16:04:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T20:04:46","slug":"lab-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/lab-members\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-17\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-17-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-17-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-17-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_metaslider_widget panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div id=\"metaslider-id-753\" style=\"max-width: 1000px; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-80-0 ml-slider-pro-2-36-0 metaslider metaslider-responsive metaslider-753 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"people\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_753\">\n        <ul id='metaslider_753' class='rslides'>\n            <li aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-0'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/IMG_6886-scaled-e1780335435744-1000x350.jpg\" height=\"350\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-753 slide-1172\" title=\"IMG_6886\" \/><\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-17-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3>Principal Investigators<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-17-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-17-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-17-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2025\/05\/bezsonova-2023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2025\/05\/bezsonova-2023-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-1086 size-thumbnail alignleft\" \/><\/a><strong>Irina Bezsonova, Ph.D. <\/strong><br \/>\nbezsonova[at]uchc.edu<br \/>\n860-679 2769<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-17-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-17-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/2489.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1228 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/2489-e1780712895931-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/2489-e1780712895931-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/2489-e1780712895931.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong>Dmitry Korzhnev, Ph.D.<\/strong><br \/>\nkorzhniev[at]uchc.edu<br \/>\n860-679-2849<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-17-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-17-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-17-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3>Students<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-17-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-17-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-17-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220214_115137_375-e1644879675103.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-971 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220214_115137_375-e1644879675103-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong><span>Dane Geddes-Buehre<\/span>, Ph.D.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Student <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span autoid=\"_rpc_6\" class=\"_rpc_41 ms-font-s allowTextSelection ms-font-color-themePrimary _rpc_p1\">geddesbuehre<\/span>[at]uchc.edu<\/p>\n<p><span>ORCiD:<\/span> 0000-0002-1861-0515.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dane-geddes-buehre-b87a31101\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dane-geddes-buehre-b87a31101<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dane holds a B.Sc. in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from the University of California, San Diego, and an M.Sc. in Biochemistry from California State University, Northridge.<\/p>\n<p>His research focuses on intermolecular interactions among proteins involved in the DNA damage tolerance pathway during translesion DNA synthesis (TLS).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-17-3-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"6\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2022\/02\/Daniel-Fairchild.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2022\/02\/Daniel-Fairchild-e1780680852766-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-969 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><strong>Daniel Fairchild,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Ph.D.\u00a0 Student\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\ndfairchild[at]uchc.edu<\/p>\n<p>ORCiD: 0000-0001-9191-1149<\/p>\n<p>Daniel has a B.Sc. degree in Structural Biology and Biophysics from UConn with minors in Chemistry and Mathematics.<\/p>\n<p>His research focuses on the human promyelocytic leukemia protein, PML, and its role in the anti-viral stress response.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-17-3-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"7\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/05\/rebekah_headshot-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1152 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/05\/rebekah_headshot-2-e1780070288780-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/05\/rebekah_headshot-2-e1780070288780-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/05\/rebekah_headshot-2-e1780070288780-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/05\/rebekah_headshot-2-e1780070288780-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/05\/rebekah_headshot-2-e1780070288780-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/05\/rebekah_headshot-2-e1780070288780.jpg 1324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong>Rebekah Sheih, Ph.D.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Student <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span autoid=\"_rpc_6\" class=\"_rpc_41 ms-font-s allowTextSelection ms-font-color-themePrimary _rpc_p1\">rsheih<\/span>[at]uchc.edu<\/p>\n<p><span>ORCiD: 0000-0003-2584-2709<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rebekah-sheih\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rebekah-sheih\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rebekah has B.Sc. degree in Neuroscience from DePaul University.<\/p>\n<p>Her research focuses on the role of promyelocytic leukemia protein PML in cancer.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-17-3-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"8\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/05\/NualaLabPhoto.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/05\/NualaLabPhoto-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-1153 size-thumbnail alignleft\" \/><\/a><strong>Nuala Peterman, <\/strong><strong>Ph.D.\u00a0 Student\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\npeterman[at]uchc.edu<\/p>\n<p>ORCiD: 0009-0004-7595-8659<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nuala-peterman-27b48522b\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nuala-peterman-27b48522b\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nuala has a B.Sc. degree in Biology with a concentration in Biomedical Sciences from Trinity College in Hartford.<\/p>\n<p>They investigate how pathogenic mutations alter the structure and dynamics of the USP7 enzyme and contribute to cancer and Hao-Fountain syndrome.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-17-3-0-4\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"9\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/Image-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/Image-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-1184 size-thumbnail alignleft\" \/><\/a>Tine Meekers, <\/strong><strong>M.Sc. Intern<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>tine.meekers[at]stu<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">dent.kuleuven.be<\/span><\/p>\n<p>ORCiD: 0009-0005-7494-798X<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Tine is a graduate student at KU Leuven University in Belgium. During her research internship at UConn Health Tine investigates the functional consequences of novel clinical variants of USP7 enzyme.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-17-3-0-5\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"10\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/IMG_8246-e1780684359880.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/IMG_8246-e1780684359880-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-1213 size-thumbnail alignleft\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong>Ethan Shamshtein, Undergraduate Intern<\/strong><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ethan-shamshtein\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ethan-shamshtein\/<\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"128\" data-end=\"185\">Ethan is pursuing a B.Sc. degree in Pathobiology at UConn.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>His summer research project focuses on the inhibition of translesion synthesis (TLS) DNA polymerases.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-17-3-0-6\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-last-child\" data-index=\"11\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/IMG_8672-1-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/IMG_8672-1-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-1207 size-thumbnail alignleft\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong>Castle, the cutest lab member<\/strong><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>Castle is a service dog working in the lab.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>Her primary research focus is squirrel watching<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-17-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-17-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"12\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/IMG_8246.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/IMG_8246-e1780684359880-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1213 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/a>Ethan Shamshtein, <\/strong><strong>undergraduate intern<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ethan-shamshtein\" class=\"broken_link\">www.linkedin.com\/in\/ethan-shamshtein<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Ethan is pursuing a B.Sc. degree in Pathobiology at UConn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>His summer research project focuses on inhibition of TLS DNA Polymerases.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-17-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-17-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-17-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"13\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3>Staff<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-17-5\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-17-5-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-17-5-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"14\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2021\/10\/IMG_3834.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2021\/10\/IMG_3834-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-946 size-thumbnail alignleft\" \/><\/a><strong>Irina Semenova, Ph.D., <\/strong><strong>Research Associate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>isemenova[at]uconn.edu<\/p>\n<p>Irina holds an M.Sc. in Physiology from Lomonosov Moscow State University and a Ph.D. from the Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-17-5-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-17-6\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-17-6-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-17-6-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"15\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Former Lab Members<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 408px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.4556%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/IMG_5137-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/IMG_5137-scaled-e1780766519583-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1167 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/IMG_5137-scaled-e1780766519583-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/IMG_5137-scaled-e1780766519583-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/IMG_5137-scaled-e1780766519583-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/IMG_5137-scaled-e1780766519583-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/IMG_5137-scaled-e1780766519583-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/IMG_5137-scaled-e1780766519583.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.5444%; height: 24px;\"><strong>Emilie Korchak, <\/strong>Ph.D. 2025, post-doctoral fellow, 2025-2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upliftingathletes.org\/2025\/12\/16\/yid26-press-release\/\">Uplifting Athletes Top 10 Young Investigator Pick<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/emilie-korchak\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/emilie-korchak\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.4556%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2020\/03\/Gianluca-MBB-Photo-e1583165155663.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2020\/03\/Gianluca-MBB-Photo-e1583165155663-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-848 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.5444%; height: 24px;\"><strong>Gianluca Arianna<\/strong>, MD\/Ph.D. 2026 (Dr. Korzhnev's lab)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gianluca-arianna\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gianluca-arianna\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.4556%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2019\/01\/sam-e1547830021859.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2019\/01\/sam-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-543 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.5444%; height: 24px;\"><strong>Sam Mahdi,\u00a0<\/strong>Ph.D. 2025 (Dr. Korzhnev's lab)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sam-mahdi-aa961013a\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sam-mahdi-aa961013a\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.4556%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2019\/06\/IMG_23371-1-e1562960511480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2019\/06\/IMG_23371-1-e1562960493302-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-774 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.5444%; height: 24px;\"><strong>Thomas Bregnard<\/strong>, Ph.D. 2022<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/thomas-bregnard-436360a7\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/thomas-bregnard-436360a7\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.4556%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2020\/02\/Nancy2-e1634147970615.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2020\/02\/Nancy2-e1581460520703-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-833 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.5444%; height: 24px;\"><strong>Nancy Jaiswal, Ph.D.<\/strong>, post-doctoral fellow 2020-2023<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nancy-jaiswal-04613ba8\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nancy-jaiswal-04613ba8\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.4556%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2019\/01\/kerry-e1547830701654.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2019\/01\/kerry-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-539 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.5444%; height: 24px;\"><strong>Kerry Silva McPherson<\/strong>, Ph.D. 2022 (Dr. Korzhnev's lab)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kerry-silva-1252b071\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kerry-silva-1252b071\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.4556%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2017\/04\/Socheata-e1634148477876.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2017\/04\/Socheata-e1634148477876.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-44\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.5444%; height: 24px;\"><strong>Socheata Lim<\/strong>, Ph.D. 2022 (Dr. Korzhnev's lab)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/socheata-lim\/\" class=\"broken_link\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/socheata-lim\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.4556%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2021\/09\/3e24c2ac-afed-4f8c-8257-728b72a7a3d8-e1632756419979.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2021\/09\/3e24c2ac-afed-4f8c-8257-728b72a7a3d8-e1632756419979-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-927 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.5444%; height: 24px;\"><strong>Gabrielle Valles<\/strong>, Ph.D. 2021<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gabrielle-valles-30136b175\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gabrielle-valles-30136b175\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.4556%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2019\/08\/affrin-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2019\/08\/affrin-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-806 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.5444%; height: 24px;\"><strong>Affrin Ahmed<\/strong>, M.Sc. 2021<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/affrin-amena-ahmed-a2603860\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/affrin-amena-ahmed-a2603860\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.4556%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1662115832232-e1780769311311.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1662115832232-e1780769311311-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1246 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1662115832232-e1780769311311-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1662115832232-e1780769311311-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1662115832232-e1780769311311.jpg 527w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.5444%; height: 24px;\">\n<p style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Esmael Alyami<\/strong>, Quinnipiac University M.Sc. student (Dr. Korzhnev's lab)<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/esmael-alyami-ph-d-44a5bb6b\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/esmael-alyami-ph-d-44a5bb6b\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.4556%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1696437153528.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1696437153528-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1243 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1696437153528-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1696437153528-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1696437153528.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.5444%; height: 24px;\"><strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Alessandro Rizzo,\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Ph.D. 2019 (Dr. Korzhnev's lab)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alex-rizzo-374bb85a\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alex-rizzo-374bb85a\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.4556%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1517342623993.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1517342623993-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1242 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1517342623993-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1517342623993-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1517342623993.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.5444%; height: 24px;\"><strong>Mariana Quezado, Ph.D.<\/strong>, post-doctoral fellow<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mariana-quezado-146b5866\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mariana-quezado-146b5866\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.4556%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1516865958484.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1516865958484-e1780769084857-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1245 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.5444%; height: 24px;\"><strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Luciana Elena de Souza Fraga Machado<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro visiting<\/span><strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Ph.D. student (Dr. Korzhnev's lab)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/luciana-machado-48b3a2b8\/\" style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/luciana-machado-48b3a2b8\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.4556%; height: 48px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1707243378276.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1707243378276-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1241 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1707243378276-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1707243378276-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1707243378276.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.5444%; height: 48px;\"><strong>Yulia Pustovalova, Ph.D.<\/strong>, post-doctoral fellow<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yulia-pustovalova-0a408479\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yulia-pustovalova-0a408479\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.4556%; height: 48px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1751048095588.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1751048095588-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1244 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1751048095588-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1751048095588-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1751048095588-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/06\/1751048095588.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.5444%; height: 48px;\"><strong>Alexandra Pozhidaeva<\/strong>, Ph.D. 2016<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/apozhidaeva\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/apozhidaeva\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Principal Investigators Irina Bezsonova, Ph.D. bezsonova[at]uchc.edu 860-679 2769 Dmitry Korzhnev, Ph.D. korzhniev[at]uchc.edu 860-679-2849<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-11 13:08:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":180,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1261,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/1261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bezsonova-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}