SYBORGS Lab - University of Florida

SYBORGS Lab Members

Amor A. Menezes

Amor A. Menezes

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Postdoc: University of California, Berkeley; University of Michigan
Ph.D., M.S.E.: University of Michigan
B.A.Sc.: University of Waterloo
amormenezes [-at-] ufl.edu

CV

Graduate Students


Nondita Datta

Nondita Datta

PH.D. STUDENT (BME)

M.Sc.: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
B.Sc.: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

SYBORGS Project: Regulating Inflammation-Mediated Coagulopathy
nonditadatta [-at-] ufl.edu

Jithran Ekanayake

Jithran Ekanayake

PH.D. CANDIDATE (ABE)

B.A.: Carleton College

2020 Grinter Fellow, 2019 Carleton College Kolenkow-Reitz Fellow
SYBORGS Project: Space Synthetic Biology
jithranekanayake [-at-] ufl.edu

Carlos F. Gatti

Carlos F. Gatti

PH.D. STUDENT (BME)

M.Sc.: Carnegie Mellon University
B.Sc.: Wichita State University

SYBORGS Project: Regulating Inflammation-Mediated Coagulopathy
cgatti [-at-] ufl.edu

Jonathan E. Golan

Jonathan E. Golan

PH.D. STUDENT (Genetics and Genomics)

B.Sc.: University of Georgia

2024 NSF Graduate Research Fellow
SYBORGS Project: Synthetic Biology
j.golan [-at-] ufl.edu

Grace M. Halferty

Grace M. Halferty

PH.D. STUDENT (MAE)

M.Sc.: University of Colorado Boulder
B.Sc.: University of Arizona

2025 Kirkland Fellow, 2025 HWCOE Dean's Research Award
SYBORGS Project: Space Synthetic Biology
ghalferty [-at-] ufl.edu

Jarvis He

Jarvis He

PH.D. STUDENT (MAE)

B.Sc.: University of Florida

2024 HWCOE Dean's Research Award, 2023-2024 University Scholar
SYBORGS Project: Space Biosystems Engineering
he.jarvis [-at-] ufl.edu

Angela Lalovic

Angela Lalovic

PH.D. STUDENT (MAE)

B.Sc.: University of Florida

2023 HWCOE Dean's Research Award
SYBORGS Project: Space Biosystems Engineering
angela.lalovic [-at-] ufl.edu

Guanyun Liu

Guanyun Liu

PH.D. STUDENT (MAE)

M.Sc. (ME): Johns Hopkins University
M.Sc. (AE): Imperial College London
B.Eng.: University of Bristol

SYBORGS Project: Controlling Positive Dynamical Biomolecular Systems
g.liu1 [-at-] ufl.edu

Ronald D. Masse

Ronald D. Masse

PH.D. STUDENT (Genetics and Genomics)

B.Sc.: Indian River State College

2023 NSF Graduate Research Fellow
SYBORGS Project: Synthetic Biology
ronaldmasse [-at-] ufl.edu

Hannah I. Roberts

Hannah I. Roberts

PH.D. CANDIDATE (Genetics and Genomics)

B.Sc.: University of Florida

2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellow
SYBORGS Project: Space Synthetic Biology
hannah.roberts [-at-] ufl.edu

Amanda E. Shick

Amanda E. Shick

PH.D. CANDIDATE (MAE)

B.Sc.: Colorado State University

2020 NSF Graduate Research Fellow
SYBORGS Project: Regulating Inflammation-Mediated Coagulopathy
ashick [-at-] ufl.edu

Anya Volter

Anya Volter

PH.D. CANDIDATE (BME)

B.Sc.: Columbia University in the City of New York

2023 NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Fellow
SYBORGS Project: Space Synthetic Biology
anyavolt [-at-] ufl.edu

Undergraduate Students


Liam D. Beaubien

Liam D. Beaubien

BACHELOR'S STUDENT (MAE)


SYBORGS Project: Space Biosystems Engineering
l.beaubien [-at-] ufl.edu

Alexandra E. Biela

Alexandra E. Biela

BACHELOR'S STUDENT (BME)


SYBORGS Project: Space Synthetic Biology
bielaa [-at-] ufl.edu

Erika K. Malits

Erika K. Malits

BACHELOR'S STUDENT (BME)


SYBORGS Project: Space Synthetic Biology
erikamalits [-at-] ufl.edu

Jenna N. Moore

Jenna N. Moore

BACHELOR'S STUDENT (MAE)


SYBORGS Project: Regulating Inflammation-Mediated Coagulopathy
jennamoore [-at-] ufl.edu

Wyatt C. Powell

Wyatt C. Powell

BACHELOR'S STUDENT (MAE)


SYBORGS Project: Space Synthetic Biology
wyattpowell [-at-] ufl.edu

Cassidy S. Vetrovec

Cassidy S. Vetrovec

BACHELOR'S STUDENT (MAE)


SYBORGS Project: Space Biosystems Engineering
cvetrovec [-at-] ufl.edu

Alumni


Postdocs and Ph.D. Students
Damon E. Ghetmiri (MAE, Ph.D. 2021; now: Senior Source Performance Engineer - EUV Technology at ASML)
Soumyajit Sen Gupta (MAE, Postdoc 2018-2021; now: Assistant Professor at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad)

Other Alumni
Oren B. Anderson (MAE, Undergraduate)
Edward A. Beck (MAE, Undergraduate)
Alexander J. Benvenuti (MAE, Undergraduate)
Cameron G. Celeste (BME, Undergraduate)
Matthew D. Chertok (ChE, Undergraduate)
Caroline M. Cook (REU 2022; and Lab Manager 2023-2024)
Allison C. Donald (MAE, Undergraduate)
Saige R. Drecksler (MAE, Undergraduate)
Jonathan Dudkin (Lambert High School, Summer 2021)
Isabella Eby (MAE, Undergraduate)
Nicholas A. Eisman (MAE, Undergraduate)
Abigail L. Franck (MAE, Undergraduate)
Gabriel K. Gilvary (MAE, Undergraduate)
Martina Gulì (Exchange from Università di Bologna, Master's)
Meghan L. Jones (Microbiology and Cell Science, Undergraduate)
Alexander J. Kamentz (MAE, Master's)
Abigail M. Lopa (MAE, Undergraduate)
Cameron P. Lott (MAE, Undergraduate)
Pablo Luna (Biology, Undergraduate)
Allen V. Martinez (MAE, Undergraduate)
Catherine M. Martinez (MAE, Undergraduate)
Robert B. Martinez (MAE, Master's; and Lab Manager 2018-2020)
Justin T. McCauley (BME, Undergraduate)
Vera Monlux (Biology, Undergraduate)
Olivia E. Norenberg (BME, Undergraduate)
Sharad Patel (BME, Undergraduate)
Miguel E. Perez Blanco (Biology, Undergraduate)
Srikusumanjali Pinnamareddy (Lambert High School, Summer 2021)
Steven Robles Blasini (BME, Undergraduate)
Tejassvittaa Sahu (BME, Master's)
Ethan D. Shover (Computer Science, Undergraduate)
Nathaniel G. Smith (MAE, Master's)
Valeria Urrego-Hernandez (MAE, Undergraduate)
Alessia J. Venturi (MAE, Undergraduate)
Connor B. Watson (Computer Science, Undergraduate)
Michelle Wu (MAE, Undergraduate)
Jacob D. York (Sustainability and the Built Environment, Undergraduate)