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


Jithran Ekanayake

Jithran Ekanayake

PH.D. STUDENT (ABE)

B.A.: Carleton College

2020 Grinter Fellow, 2019 Carleton College Kolenkow-Reitz Fellow
SYBORGS Project: Synthetic Biology for Extreme Environments
jithranekanayake [-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

Hannah I. Roberts

Hannah I. Roberts

PH.D. STUDENT (Genetics and Genomics)

B.Sc.: University of Florida

2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellow
SYBORGS Project: Synthetic Biology for Extreme Environments
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. STUDENT (BME)

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

SYBORGS Project: Synthetic Biology for Extreme Environments
anyavolt [-at-] ufl.edu

Undergraduate Students


Edward A. Beck

Edward A. Beck

BACHELOR'S STUDENT (MAE)


SYBORGS Project: Synthetic Biology for Extreme Environments
ebeck2 [-at-] ufl.edu

Mathew D. Chertok

Mathew D. Chertok

BACHELOR'S STUDENT (ChE)


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

Gabriel K. Gilvary

Gabriel K. Gilvary

BACHELOR'S STUDENT (MAE)


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

Jarvis He

Jarvis He

BACHELOR'S STUDENT (MAE)


2023-2024 University Scholar
SYBORGS Project: Synthetic Biology for Extreme Environments
he.jarvis [-at-] ufl.edu

Meghan L. Jones

Meghan L. Jones

BACHELOR'S STUDENT (Microbiology and Cell Science)


SYBORGS Project: Synthetic Biology for Extreme Environments
m.jones4 [-at-] ufl.edu

Wyatt C. Powell

Wyatt C. Powell

BACHELOR'S STUDENT (MAE)


SYBORGS Project: Synthetic Biology for Extreme Environments
wyattpowell [-at-] ufl.edu

Alessia Venturi

Alessia Venturi

BACHELOR'S STUDENT (MAE)


SYBORGS Project: Regulating Inflammation-Mediated Coagulopathy
alessiaventuri [-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)
Alexander J. Benvenuti (MAE, Undergraduate)
Cameron G. Celeste (BME, 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)