Lab Members
Qianna Wilson
Lab Manager
Ph.D. Columbia University, B.S. UT Tyler
She develops new yeast biosensors for infectious diseases.
In her free time, she enjoys oil painting.
Davida Rios
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Rer. Nat. University of Tuebingen (Germany), M.Sc. University of Pavia (Italy)
She develops yeast biosensors with a focus on environmental applications.
In her free time, she enjoys exploring the city and traveling to new places.
Adriana Di Nanni
Postdoctoral Researcher
M.D./Ph.D. Columbia University (in progress), M.S. UCSF, M.S. UC Berkeley, B.A. UC Berkeley
He is applying protein engineering techniques for the development of novel therapeutics.
In his free time, he enjoys biking, hiking, and reading.
Kiavash Garakani
5th Year Graduate Student
B.S. Tsinghua University
She is focused on directed evolution.
In her free time, she enjoys reading and skiing.
Yiwen Wang
2nd Year Graduate Student
Ph.D. Columbia University (In progress), B.A. Skidmore College
He is working on metabolism-targeting therapeutics development and asymmetric catalysis.
In his free time, he enjoys hiking and music.
Thomas Tao
2nd Year Graduate Student
Joint with Dr. Stavroula
B.S. Yale University
Ph.D. Columbia University (in progress)
Claire is interested in therapeutic development and drug delivery systems for human disease.
In her free time, she writes and performs stand-up and sketch comedy, so she is legally obligated to be the funniest person in lab.
Claire Sattler
Rotation Student
Harshini Sadanala
Undergraduate Student
Ingrid Wu
Undergraduate Student
Rohan Raghavan
Undergraduate Student
B.A. Candidate at Columbia University
He is interested in the intersection of protein engineering and data science.
He is also a guitarist who enjoys jazz and classical music.
Maurice Chakour
Undergraduate Student
B.A Biochemistry Candidate at Columbia University
He is interested in applying synthetic biology to develop low-cost, programmable therapeutics.
In his free time, he enjoys the outdoors, baseball, and playing multiple instruments
Enrique Salazar
Undergraduate Student
Ahmed Hamdan
Undergraduate Student
