SYBORGS Lab
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
LABORATORY MANAGER
B.S.E.: University of Connecticut
caroline.cook [-at-] ufl.edu
PH.D. STUDENT (ABE)
B.A.: Carleton College
2020 Grinter Fellow, 2019 Carleton College Kolenkow-Reitz Fellow
SYBORGS Project: Space Synthetic Biology
jithranekanayake [-at-] ufl.edu
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
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
PH.D. STUDENT (Genetics and Genomics)
B.Sc.: University of Florida
2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellow
SYBORGS Project: Space Synthetic Biology
hannah.roberts [-at-] ufl.edu
PH.D. CANDIDATE (MAE)
B.Sc.: Colorado State University
2020 NSF Graduate Research Fellow
SYBORGS Project: Regulating Inflammation-Mediated Coagulopathy
ashick [-at-] ufl.edu
PH.D. STUDENT (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
BACHELOR'S STUDENT (MAE)
SYBORGS Project: Controlling Positive Dynamical Biomolecular Systems
ebeck2 [-at-] ufl.edu
BACHELOR'S STUDENT (MAE)
SYBORGS Project: Space Synthetic Biology
nicholaseisman [-at-] ufl.edu
BACHELOR'S STUDENT (MAE)
SYBORGS Project: Space Biosystems Engineering
ggilvary [-at-] ufl.edu
BACHELOR'S STUDENT (MAE)
2023-2024 University Scholar
SYBORGS Project: Space Synthetic Biology
he.jarvis [-at-] ufl.edu
BACHELOR'S STUDENT (Microbiology and Cell Science)
SYBORGS Project: Space Synthetic Biology
m.jones4 [-at-] ufl.edu
BACHELOR'S STUDENT (MAE)
SYBORGS Project: Space Synthetic Biology
abigaillopa [-at-] ufl.edu
BACHELOR'S STUDENT (MAE)
SYBORGS Project: Space Synthetic Biology
allenmartinez [-at-] ufl.edu
BACHELOR'S STUDENT (BME)
SYBORGS Project: Space Synthetic Biology
onorenberg [-at-] ufl.edu
BACHELOR'S STUDENT (MAE)
SYBORGS Project: Space Synthetic Biology
wyattpowell [-at-] ufl.edu
BACHELOR'S STUDENT (MAE)
SYBORGS Project: Regulating Inflammation-Mediated Coagulopathy
alessiaventuri [-at-] ufl.edu
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)
Alexander J. Benvenuti (MAE, Undergraduate)
Cameron G. Celeste (BME, Undergraduate)
Matthew D. Chertok (ChE, Undergraduate)
Caroline M. Cook (REU 2022)
Saige R. Drecksler (MAE, Undergraduate)
Jonathan Dudkin (Lambert High School, Summer 2021)
Isabella Eby (MAE, Undergraduate)
Abigail L. Franck (MAE, Undergraduate)
Alexander J. Kamentz (MAE, Master's)
Cameron P. Lott (MAE, Undergraduate)
Pablo Luna (Biology, 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)
Miguel E. Perez Blanco (Biology, Undergraduate)
Srikusumanjali Pinnamareddy (Lambert High School, Summer 2021)
Tejassvittaa Sahu (BME, Master's)
Ethan D. Shover (Computer Science, Undergraduate)
Nathan G. Smith (MAE, Master's)
Connor B. Watson (Computer Science, Undergraduate)
Jacob D. York (Sustainability and the Built Environment, Undergraduate)