{"id":819,"date":"2015-11-24T12:22:11","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T17:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.grad.uchc.uconn.edu\/?page_id=326"},"modified":"2025-06-05T14:15:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T18:15:29","slug":"students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/academics\/programs\/ph-d-biomedical-science\/cell-analysis-and-modeling-graduate-program\/students\/","title":{"rendered":"Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-819\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-819-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-819-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-819-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-819-0-0-0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h2>Current Students<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-819-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-819-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Maya Abdalla<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.S, Emmanuel College<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Eran Agmon<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:abdalla@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abdalla@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-819-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-1-1-0\" 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><strong>Karen Osei-Boamah<br \/>\n<\/strong>M.D.\/Ph.D. Student<br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.S., Xavier University of Louisiana<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Pedro Mendes<br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:oseiboamah@uchc.edu\">oseiboamah@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-819-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-819-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-2-0-0\" 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>Edwin Moses Appiah<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.S, M.Phil, KNUST, Ghana<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Eran Agmon<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:eappiah@uchc.edu\">eappiah@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-819-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-2-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Milda Stanislauskas<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.A, M.A. Hunter College<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Yi Wu<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:stanislauskas@uchc.edu\">stanislauskas@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-819-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-819-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Jinhong Dong<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.A, Carleton College<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Michael J. Guertin<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:jdong@uchc.edu\">jdong@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-819-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Siyu Sun<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.S, SUNY Stony Brook, M.S. New York University<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Michael J. Guertin<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:ssun@uchc.edu\">ssun@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-819-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-819-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Rashmi Kaldera Dissasekara<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.S, University of Colombo<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Eran Agmon<br \/>\nEmail: k<a href=\"mailto:alderadissasekara@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alderadissasekara@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-819-4-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-4-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"8\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Neyamat Khan Tanvir<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.S, Jahangirnagar University<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Eran Agmon<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:tanvir@uchc.edu\">tanvir@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-819-5\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-819-5-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-819-5-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"9\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Rudradeep Mukherjee<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.E, BIT, Mesra, Ranchi; M.S., NBRC, Gurgaon<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Michael J. Guertin<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:rmukherjee@uchc.edu\">rmukherjee@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-819-5-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-819-6\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-819-6\" ><div id=\"pgc-819-6-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-6-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"10\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-819-6-0-0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h2>Former\u00a0Students<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-819-7\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-819-7-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-7-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"11\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Bandita Adhikari<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B. S., University of Texas at Arlington<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Reinhard Laubenbacher<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:debroy@uchc.edu\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-819-7-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-7-1-0\" 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>Eun-Ji Kim<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.A. Chonnam National University; M.S. Central Connecticut State University<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Ji Yu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-819-8\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-819-8-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-8-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"13\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Akeisha Belgrave<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.S. Norfolk State University<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Charles Wolgemuth<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-819-8-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-8-1-0\" 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><strong>Adam Lafontaine<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; M.S. UConn Storrs<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Bruce Mayer<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:lafontaine@uchc.edu\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-819-9\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-819-9-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-9-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"15\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Judy Bloom<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.S., Eastern Connecticut State University<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Leslie Loew<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-819-9-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-9-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"16\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Yuezhe Li<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.S. Huazhong Univeristy of Science and Technology; M.S. Illinois State University<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Yi Wu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-819-10\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-819-10-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-10-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"17\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Sofya Borinskaya<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.S. SUNY-Binghamton<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Drs. Bruce Mayer and Les Loew<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-819-10-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-10-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"18\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Clifford Locke<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education:<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Yi Wu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-819-11\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-819-11-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-11-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"19\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Aniruddha Chattaraj<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.S. Calcutta University, M.S. Indian Institute of Technology<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Les Loew<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-819-11-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-11-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"20\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Olena Marchenko<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.A. Colby College<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Les Loew<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-819-12\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-819-12-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-12-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"21\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Abhijit Deb Roy<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.S. NIT Warangal; M.S. UCONN<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Yi Wu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-819-12-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-12-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"22\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Russel Posner<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education:<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Reinhard Laubenbacher<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-819-13\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-819-13-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-13-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"23\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>John Ditlev<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.S. Calvin College<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Drs. Les Loew and Bruce Mayer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-819-13-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-13-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"24\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Marc Rigatti<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education:<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Kimberly Dodge-Kafka<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-819-14\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-819-14-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-14-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"25\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Ahmed Elmokadem<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.S. Misr Unternational University<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Drs. Ion Moraru and Ji Yu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-819-14-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-14-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"26\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Renee Rovozzo<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.S. Cedar Crest College<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. John Carson<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-819-15\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-819-15-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-15-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"27\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Erika Hoyos Ramirez<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education: B.S. Universidad de Antioquia<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Les Loew<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-819-15-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-819-15-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"28\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Ronghua Yang<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Education:<br \/>\nThesis Advisor: Drs. 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