Group Photo January 2007

Summer 2008 (L to R): Bill, Maikel, Ben, Jocelynn, Sara, David, Adrian, Shhyam, Khadija, Courtney, Jessica.

Current Laboratory Personnel

David Julian, PI
Associate Professor
Department of Biology and
Animal Molecular & Cellular Biology program
Associate Chair, Dept of Biology
Director, UF-HHMI Undergraduate Core Laboratory

Name Major/Class Project
Honors & Additional Info.
Khadija Ahmed Political Science/Soph Vascular H2S signaling Science for Life Undergraduate Research Award
Maikel Alendy Microbiology/Senior Vascular H2S signaling  
Adrian Alexis Ruiz Summer (Univ. of Hartford) Cellular responses to environmental stressors NIH Summer Research Fellowship
Courtney Kagan Biology/Junior Cellular responses to environmental stressors Science for Life Undergraduate Research Award
Shhyam Moorthy Summer (LSU) Cellular responses to environmental stressors HHMI LSU REU
Jessica Ortega Health Science/Junior Oxidative stress in sulfide-adapted invertebrates APS Summer Research Fellowship
Jocelynn Ortega Nutrition/Junior Oxidative stress in sulfide-adapted invertebrates University Scholars Program; Science for Life Undergraduate Research Award
Ben Predmore Zoology/Doctoral Vascular H2S signaling NIH Hypertension Training Grant Fellowship
Sara Rodriguez Microbiology/Fresh Cellular responses to environmental stressors Science for Life Undergraduate Research Award; NSF REU
William Rossignol Staff Instrument Designer  

All Laboratory Personnel (Current and Former)

Name Major Dates Additional Information
Farvardean Abtahi Integrative Biology Fa 02 Entered UF College of Medicine MD program (2006)
Khadija Ahmed Political Science Su 08 - Science for Life Undergraduate Research Award (2008)
Adrian Alexis Ruiz Univ. of Hartford Su 08 NIH Summer Research Fellowship
Maikel Allendy Microbiology Sp 06 - NIH Summer Research Fellowship (2007)
Jo-Elaine Amparado Business Su 01 - Fa 03  
Jenessa Andrzejewski IDS Biology Fa 04 - Su 07 Entered NC State DVM program (2007); University Scholar (2006); Honor's thesis (Highest Honors); Jenessa's USP Profile
Kelly April   Fa 04 - Su 05 Entered University of Pennsylvania PhD program (2005)
Shazia Asif Microbiology Sp 01 - Su 03 Entered Florida State Univ MD program (2003)
Kerry Bachista Zoology Sp 01 Entered Florida State Univ MD program (2001)
Raka Banerji Chemistry Sp 02 - Fa 02  
Rajat Bhalla UF SSTP (high school) Su 03 Entered MIT (2005); Semifinalist, Siemens-Westinghouse Competition (2003); Semifinalist, Intel National Science Talent Search (2004)
Laura Briggs Zoology Fa 04 - Fa 06 Entered Medical University of South Carolina MD/PhD program (2008); Honor's thesis (HIghest Honors)
Andrew Cohen   Sp 04  
Stephanie Denzel REU, Psychobiology Program (Simon's Rock College) Su 01  
Kristen Dunlap Zoology Sp 06 - Su 07 Entered Univ of South Florida MD program (2007); Honors thesis (Highest Honors)
Kara Durand Philosophy (Zoology minor) Fa 01 - Fa 02 Entered University of Pennsylvania MD program (2002); President, UF Premed AMSA (2001-2)
Sherry Ebadian IDS Biology Sp 07  
Joanna Fried Zoology Fa 03 - Sp 04 Entered UNC Chapel Hill Cancer Biology graduate program (2004), and NC State DVM program (2007)
Faithlore Gardner Post-bac (Nutrition) Sp 02 - Su 02 NIH Summer Research Fellowship (2002); entered University of South Florida MD program (2003)
C. Rory Goodwin Neurobiology, Business Sp 01 - Fa 02 Entered Johns Hopkins University MD/PhD program (2002); Honors thesis; University Scholars Program (2001); NIH Summer Research Fellowship (2001);
John Hance Zoology Sp 02 - Fa 04 Entered UF MPH program (2006) and UF MD program (2007); University Scholars Program (2004);
Andreas Heyland Doctoral (Zoology) Fa 01 - Sp 04

Currently Assistant Professor, University of Guelph
Diplom in Zoology, University of Zurich, Switzerland (1998); began at UF with Larry McEdward (2001); Smithsonian Institute Link Fellowship (2002); PADI Award (2002); awarded PhD from UF (2004); Andreas' home page

Michaela Hogan Zoology Fa 03 - Su 05 University Scholars Program (2004)
Karen Hussein UF SSTP (high school) Su 02 Entered George Washington Univ. BA/MD program (2004); Best Biology Paper and Best Biology Poster (SSTP, 2002);
Courtney Kagan Zoology Sp 08 - Science for Life Undergraduate Research Award (2008)
Danielle King Zoology Sp 01 - Sp 02 Entered SUNY State College of Optometery (2002)
Tammy Kenny Neurobiology Fa 01  
Katja Laskowski Technician II Sp 01 - Fa 02 Currently Lab Assistant in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, International University of Bremen
Mallika Lavakumar Zoology Fa 01 - Su 03 Entered UF College of Medicine MD program (2003); University Scholars Program (2002); Phi Beta Kappa
Tom Lupoli Zoology Sp 01 Entered Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine DO program (2001)
Ibeth Andrea Martinez Masters (Zoology) Sp 02 - Su 05 Currently in private veterinary practice and adjunct faculty in Biology, University of North Texas. DVM, Universidad de la Salle, Bogotá, Colombia (2000); President, ALPA (Animal Protection Association), Bogotá (1994-1999); PEO Scholarship (2003)
David Martinez Music/Fresh Su 07  
Joanna Joyner Matos Doctoral (Zoology) Fa 02 - Sp 07 Currently Assistant Professor, Eastern Washington University
Ph.D. (2007); UF Alumni Fellowship (2002-2006); Student Rep., SICB DCPB (2004-8), National Sea Grant Industry Fellow (2005-2006); Joanna's home page.
Kristen Misiak Biochemistry and English Su 05 - Sp 08 Entered Florida State Univ MD program (2008); Beckman Scholar (2005-2008); University Scholar (2007)
Shhyam Moorthy LSU Su 08 LSU HHMI Exchange
Sarasija Nagella UF SSTP (high school) Su 01 Best Paper in Biology (SSTP); entered Columbia University (2002)
Rosie Nwakanma AGEP (Florida A&M) Su 01  
Lateef Opabola Microbiology Sp 03 - Sp 05 Murphree Senator, UF Student Government. Entered Ross University Medical School (2006).
Jessica Ortega Health Science Su 06 - American Physiological Society Summer Research Fellowship (2008); Science for Life Undergraduate Research Award (2007)
Jocelynn Ortega Nutrition Su 06 - University Scholar (2008); Science for Life Undergraduate Research Award (2007)
Chris Osovitz Zoology Sp 01 - Su 02 Entered PhD program at University of California, Santa Barbara (2002); NSF Predoctoral Fellowship (2003)
Shiven Patel Zoology Sp 03 - Sp 04 University of Florida Junior Honors MD Program (2003)
Aunna Pourang IDS Biology Fa 04 - Sp 06 University of Florida Junior Honors MD Program (2005)
Ben Predmore Doctoral (Zoology) Fa 05 - B.S. Penn State Univ., NIH Hypertension Training Grant Fellowship (2008)
Adam Reitzel Masters (Zoology) Fa 01 - Su 02 Began at UF with Larry McEdward (2000); best Poster in Ecology (SICB, 2002); Fulbright Award (2002); awarded MS from UF (2002); entered PhD program in Biology at Boston University (2002).
Jennifer Rivas   Sp 04 - Su 05  
Sara Rodriguez Microbiology Su 07 - NSF REU (2007); Science for Life Undergraduate Research Award (2008); University of Florida Junior Honors MD Program (2008)
Allman Rollins REU, Morehouse College Su 06  
Nicole Scheys   Fa 03 - Sp 04 Entered DO school, LECOM (2007)
Melody Scretchen AGEP (Florida A&M) Su 01  
Vikash Singh Electrical and Computer Engineering Su 03 - Su 05 Entered University of South of Florida MD program (2006)
Dorothiea Skinner Biochemistry Sp 05 - Fa 05  
Michael Spertus Summer Intern from Brown Univ. Su 05  
Jenny Stein Zoology Su 04 - Sp 06 Honor's thesis (Highest honors); currently research technician at biotechnology firm
Elizabeth Stinger UF SSTP (high school) Su 01  
Angela Turner Bioengineering Fa 02 Entered UF Nuclear and Radiological Engineering PhD program (2003)