Team

Team Leaders

Jorja Ford
President

B.S. Psychology (Pre-Med) ‘25

Team Members

Tariq Tariq
Vice President

B.S. Chemical Engineering ‘25

Jenny Le
Jenny Le
Secretary

B.S. Biology (Pre-Med) ‘25

Lucas Boren
Lucas Boren
Treasurer

B.S. Psychology (Pre-Med) ‘25

Cheyenne Keller
Cheyenne Keller
Wet Lab Lead

B.S. Microbiology/Cell and Molecular Genetics ‘25

Trenton Ratts
Dry Lab Lead

B.S. Mechanical Engineering ‘25

Josh Kanter
Wet Lab

B.S.A.G. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Biotechnology) ‘28

Adriahna Blackburn
Wet Lab

B.S. Microbiology/Cell and Molecular Genetics ‘25

Julia Newberry
Julia Newberry
Wet Lab

B.S. Microbiology/Cell and Molecular Genetics ‘28

Melissa Allaro
Wet Lab

B.S. Biology (Pre-Med) '25

Jester Tresner
Wet Lab

B.S.A.G. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology '28

Kevin Nguyen
Kevin Nguyen
Software Engineering

B.S. Computer Science '26

Dustin Jones
Dry Lab

B.S. Mechanical Engineering; B.S. Aerospace Engineering'25

Austin Ashley
Dry Lab

B.S. Mechanical Engineering; B.S. Aerospace Engineering ‘25

Jacob Close
Dry Lab

B.S. Mechanical Engineering; B.S. Aerospace Engineering ‘25

Ethan Barlean
Ethan Barlean
Dry Lab

B.S.E.T. Mechatronics and Robotics ‘28

Austin Ashley
Marketing

B.S.B.A. Marketing ‘25

Principal Investigators

Ihsiu Huang
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Microbiology

Pathogenesis of Anaerobic Bacterial Pathogens

Paul Kirchberger
Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

Bacteriophages, Microbial Evolution

Kevin Wilson
Kevin Wilson Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Ribosomes, RNA Structure and Function, Synthetic Biology

Advisors

Alex Chiconas
Graduate Student Advisor

M.S. Microbiology, Cell and Molecular Biology ‘24

Kali Ware
Operations Coordinator

B.S. Biosystems Engineering (Bioprocessing) ‘25