Group Photo, March 2026
Yimin, Thilini, Bhagya, Rachel, Zoe, Abigail, Caleb, (Steven), Garry, Kadiri, Filip, and Charlie!
Current Research Group Members
Graduate Research Assistants
PhD students: Caleb Aboagye, Abigail Ayodele, Steven Balboa, Oseni Kadiri, Bhagya Appuarachchige, and Thilini Senarathne
Current Undergraduate Research Assistants
Rachel Asirvatham, Filip Rumenovski, Hunter Battisfore, and Helal Humeidan
Postdoctoral Scholars
Lab Manager
Yimin Liu, M.S.
Lab Alumni:
Tristan Wrong (UGRA, graduated, now at the University of Pennsylvania!)
Dan Corey (PhD 2023! Postdoc’ing at University of Michigan with Prof. Markos Koutmos)
Zack Nelson (PhD 2023!)
Saheed Ayodeji (PhD 2023! Postdoc’ing at Karmanos Cancer Institute with Prof. Sheryl Roberts)
Courtney Kondor (graduated with PhD! now at Cayman Chemicals Inc.)
Jess Stachowski, PhD (now an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Nazareth College)
Logan Nguyen (UGRA, graduated, now at Wayne State University Medical School)
Vince Pallo, (UGRA, graduated, now at the Ohio State University’s Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology program)
Sydni Alexis Elebra (UGRA, graduated, now at Emory University’s Chemistry PhD program)
Anthony Cicalo (UGRA, graduated! now at Nostrum Pharmaceuticals)
Laura Hanselman (UGRA, graduated!)
Doug Haslitt (UGRA, graduated! pre-med track)
Ali Reda (UGRA, graduated! pre-dental track)
Charlie Trice (UGRA, graduated!)
Kevin Wu (UGRA, graduated!)
Jessica Groenevelt (Wayne State)
Mariia Barttelt (UGRA, Wayne State)
Mareim Abdullah (UGRA, graduated!)
Fatima Bazzi (UGRA, graduated!)
Christopher Hancock (UGRA, graduated!)
Nasma Ibrahim (Dearborn High School Intern, summer 2023)
Katherina Mandia (Troy High School Intern, summer 2023)
Olivia Oswald
Amal Elsaleh
Jason Fahmy
Carlye Lewis
Maxwell Wagner
Garry Leonard, PhD
Former Group Photos / Activities!
Garry’s leaving party…The Odyssey! (July 2026)
Back: Charlie, Abigail, Garry, Steven, Bhagya, Caleb. Front: Thilini, Kadiri!
Group Photo, February 2026
Bhagya, Caleb, Abigail, Garry, Steven, Charlie, Zoe, Rachel, Thilini, and Filip!
Group photo, spring 2025
Back row: Olivia, Carlye, Amal, Arun, Caleb, Charlie, Bhagya, Jason
In front: Garry and Kadiri!
Group photo, summer 2023
Saheed, Jaggaiah, Kadiri, Charlie, (Dan), Steven, Garry, Arun, (Caleb), Nasma, (Tristan), Katherina!
Group photo, January 2023
Group photo 2022
Dan, Saheed, Charlie, Mariia, Courtney, Jess, Garry, and Vince!