Our Team
PI
Wendy W. K. Mok, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Education and Training
2013-2018
Postdoc (Revson Postdoctoral Fellow 2016-2018)
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Advisor: Professor Mark Brynildsen
2007-2012
Ph.D. (NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Scholar)
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: Professor Yingfu Li
Graduate Students
Patricia Hare, B.A.
D.M.D./Ph.D. Program Student
Education and Training
2013-2017
B.A. in Chemistry (Biochemistry Concentration), Carleton College
Angela D. Power, B.Eng.
Ph.D. Program Student
Education and Training
2016-2020
B.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Travis LaGree, BSc.
Ph.D. Program Student
Education and Training
2016-2020
BSc. in Biology and Forensic Science, University of New Haven
Jonathan Batchelder, BSc.
Ph.D. Program Student
Education and Training
2017-2021
BSc. in Cell Biology, Bob Jones University
Ariana Fantasia-Davis, BSc.
MD Capstone Student
Education and Training
2018-2022
BSc. in IDEAS - Integrated Degree in Engineering, Arts, and Sciences, Lehigh University
Postdoctoral Researcher
Nisha Mahey, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral researcher
Education and Training
2012-2015
B.Sc., Medical (Botany, Zoology, Chemistry), Panjab University
2015-2017
MSc., Zoology, Punjabi University
2018-2023
Ph.D., Microbiology, CSIR – Institute of Microbial Technology
Advisor: Dr. Hemraj Nandanwar
Undergraduate Student
Former Members
Juliet Gonzalez (June 2023-June 2025) Post-baccalaureate researcher, currently in Marshall B. Ketchum University's optometry doctoral program
Jonah Haber, MD (June 2022-April 2025) MD capstone student, currently an anesthesiology resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Sophie Bizink (September 2024-December 2024) Ph.D. program rotation student
Nathaniel Rodney (June 2024-August 2024) UConn HCOP summer student, currently in Uconn Health's YIIP graduate program
Shelene Mitchell (September 2023-December 2023) Ph.D. program rotation student, currently in Kim Lab at UConn Health Immunology
Andrew Taylor (June 2023-August 2023, June 2021-August 2021) High school/undergraduate researcher, Biomedical Engineering major at Boston University
Ryan Quelle, BSc. (July 2022-June 2023) Post-baccalaureate researcher, currently entering Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Stephanie Schofield, BSc. (May 2021-May 2023) Undergraduate researcher/thesis student, Fulbright Student Scholar at University of Heidelberg (Fall, 2023)
Brandon Byrd, Ph.D. (August 2019-April 2022) MD-Ph.D. student (Ph.D. received April 2022), currently School of Medicine at UConn Health
Mishil Nana, BSc. (June 2021-May 2022) Dental research student, currently School of Dental Medicine Student at UConn Health
Ryan Higgins, BSc. (June 2021-May 2022) Dental research student, currently School of Dental Medicine Student at UConn Health
Maria Rocha Granados, Ph.D. (April 2019-February 2022) Post-doctoral researcher, currently at Yale-New Haven Hospital
Hanna Englander, BSc. (May 2019-May 2021) Undergraduate researcher/thesis student, currently at UMass Chan Medical School
Blesing Zenick, BSc. (May 2019-November 2020) Post-baccalaureate researcher, currently in medical school (American University of Antigua)
Isabella Gregor (August 2020-October 2020) Remote high school student
Alyssa Matz, BSc. (June 2019-August 2019) Ph.D. program rotation student, currently in Zhou Lab at UConn Health Immunology