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
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
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 (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
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
SYBORGS Project: Synthetic Biology for Extreme Environments
anyavolt [-at-] ufl.edu
BACHELOR'S STUDENT (MAE)
SYBORGS Project: Synthetic Biology for Extreme Environments
ebeck2 [-at-] ufl.edu
BACHELOR'S STUDENT (ChE)
SYBORGS Project: Regulating Inflammation-Mediated Coagulopathy
matthewchertok [-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: Synthetic Biology for Extreme Environments
he.jarvis [-at-] ufl.edu
BACHELOR'S STUDENT (Microbiology and Cell Science)
SYBORGS Project: Synthetic Biology for Extreme Environments
m.jones4 [-at-] ufl.edu
BACHELOR'S STUDENT (MAE)
SYBORGS Project: Synthetic Biology for Extreme Environments
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)
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)