Graduate Student Directory
Exterior aerial image the North Campus in the fall taken in September 2023. Photographer: Douglas Levere
Page updated June 12, 2025
The UB Department of Biological Sciences is pleased to present the current directory of our graduate students.
ACADEMIC YEAR 2025-2026
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Mahasweta Acharjee
Program: PhD
Lab: L. Rusche
UBIT: macharje
Margaret Adams
Program: MA
Lab: First year
maadam
Aiman Ahmad
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: aimanahm
Zahraa Alabbasi
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: zahraaa
Muhammad Alber Aqil
Program: PhD
Lab: O. Gokcumen
UBIT: maqil
Saimara H. Alejandro
Program: MS
Lab: First year
UBIT: saimaraa
Mahrukh Allahburhsh
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: mahrukha
Sophie Altman
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: saltman
Mohammed Ausaaf Akram
Program: PhD
Lab:
UBIT: maakram
Galen Argyle
Program: MA
Lab: Dr. Thomas Covey
UBIT: galenarg
Isaac Asante
Program: MA
Lab:
UBIT: isaacasa
Amanuel Asras
Program: MA
Lab: Dr. Jason Muhitch
UBIT: aasras
Aminahas Assabahi
Program: MA
Lab:
UBIT: aminahas
Alican Avsar
Program: PhD
Lab:
UBIT: alicanav
— B —
David N. Bahry
Program: PhD
Lab: V. Lynch
UBIT: davidbah
Antonia Bandrivska
Program: MS
Lab: J. Berry
UBIT: abandriv
Djaliatou Barry
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: djaliato
Axel Bermudez
Program: PhD
Lab:
UBIT: axelberm
Yogesh Bhandari
Program: PhD
Lab: Z. Wang
UBIT: yogeshbh
Sydney Brongo
Program: PhD
Lab: M. Xu-Friedman
UBIT: sebrongo
— C —
Neha Chadalavada
Program: MA
Lab: D. Daniels
UBIT: nehachad
Sarah Lu Chang
Program: PhD
Lab: T. Krabbenhoft
UBIT: sluchang
Divya Chauhan
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: dc228
Pranav Chauhan
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: pschauha
Sara Ciurca
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: saraciur
Felix Che
Program: MS
UBIT: fche2
Grace Cordone
Program: PhD
Lab:
UBIT: gcordone
— D —
Ankita Shivaji Darekar
Program: PhD
Lab: P. Cullen
UBIT: adarekar
Dominic DeGeorge
Program: MA
Lab: G. Koudelka
UBIT: dtdegeor
Kaylee Donovan
Program: BA/MS
Lab: First year
UBIT: kd77
Katherine Duryea
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: keduryea
Valli Duvvuru
Program: PhD
Lab: Lee
UBIT: duvvurue
— E — F —
Hitch Edwards
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: rhedward
Nicholas Fabrizio
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: nfabrizi
Kimberly Fagan
Program: MA
Lab: Jason Muhitch
UBIT: kcfagan
William Fallon
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: wfallon
Amin Farahani
Program: PhD
Lab:
UBIT: aminfara
Jonah Fronk
Program: PhD
Lab:
UBIT: jonahfro
— G —
Antonio Garnham
Program: PhD
Lab: D. Ferkey
UBIT: agarnham
Benedicta Gbemudu
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: bagbemud
Roxana Gonzalez
Program: PhD
Lab: M. McCartney
UBIT: roxanago
Ahmet Gorgulu
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: ahmetgor
Patrick Grasing
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: prgrasin
Surya Gubbi
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: suryagub
Christopher Guevarra
Program: MA
Lab: Jason Muhitch
UBIT: cdguevar
—H — I —
Qian He
Program: PhD
Lab: S. Walker
UBIT: qianhe
Elwyn Hammond
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: elywnham
Jing Huang
Program: MS
Lab:
UBIT: huang27
Amanda Ivanoff
Program: PhD
Lab: V. Lynch
UBIT: amandaiv
— J —
LaMar Jackson
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: lamarjac
Curlene John
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: curlenej
Kenneth Jovel-Truong
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: kjoveltr
Lauren Jung
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: ljung2
Jyothinkrishna Jyothsna Bavin
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: jyothink
— K —
Mina Kang
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: minakang
Susanna Keilig
Program: PhD
Lab: C. Krabbenhoft
UBIT: skeilig
Skyler Kelly
Program: PhD
Lab: E. Strobel
UBIT: skylerke
Jonathan Kirshner
Program: PhD
Lab: V. Albert
UBIT: jkirshne
Debmallya Konar
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: debmally
Rutuja Vivek Kulkarni
Program: PhD
Lab: S. Walker
UBIT: rutujaku
Justine Kuno
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: jokuno
— L —
Luane Bueno Landau
Program: PhD
Lab: O. Gokcumen
UBIT: luanejan
Jayden Lin
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: zejinlin
Bowen Liu
Program: PhD
Lab: L. Rusche
UBIT: bliu36
Christian Loretto
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: cllorett
Nathan Lynch
Program: PhD
Lab: P. Cullen/L. Rusche
Email: nlynch2
— M — N —
Tharun Selvam Mahendran
Program: PhD
Lab: P. Banerjee
UBIT: tharunse
Somdatta Maiti
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: smaiti
Nsona Mbambu
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: nsonamba
Johanna Merkel
Program: PhD
Lab:
UBIT: jmerkel3
Benjamin Miller
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: bm93
Ira Mohapatra
Program: PhD
Lab: S. Walker
UBIT: iramohap
Faith Moka
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: faithmok
Mehrab Mostariq
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: mehrabmo
Hasan Mufti
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: hasanmuf
Ugonna Naana
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: ugonnana
Paige Nati
Program: PhD
Lab: M. Yu
UBIT: pdjackso
— O —
Holly O’Shea
Program: PhD
Lab: Lee
UBIT: hollyosh
Moyosola Oshin
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: moyosola
— P — Q —
Soumya Pal
Program: PhD
Lab: Lee
UBIT: spal6
Angelina Pallini
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: apallini
Sebastian Pardo
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: sapardo
Suraj Patel
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: srpatel5
Elizabeth Pawlak
Program: PhD
Lab: M. Yu
UBIT: eavohwin
Chathura Perera
Program: PhD
Lab: E. Strobel
UBIT: ckanatht
Alahna Perez
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: alahnape
Leena Pilankar
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: leenapra
Ankita Priyadarshini
Program: PhD
Lab: P. Cullen
UBIT: ankitapr
— R —
Varsha Ramachandra Kambar
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: ramacha7
Rasika Rathnayake
Program: PhD
Lab: S. Gunawardena
UBIT: rasikara
Michaela E. Richter
Program: PhD
Lab: V. Albert/C. Lindqvist
UBIT: mr249
Elise Rinke
Program: PhD
Lab:
UBIT: eliserin
Brendan Roller
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: brroller
Breanna Roper
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: baroper
Keya Roy
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: keyaroy
— S —
Kendra Scheer
Program: PhD
Lab: O. Gokcumen
UBIT: kendrasc
Christian Schmidhauser
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: crschmid
Bhavika Sethi
Program: MA
Lab: Praveen Arany
UBIT: bhavikas
Soumya Sharma
Program: PhD
Lab: P. Cullen
UBIT: ss667
Dongjun Shin
Program: PhD
Lab: Lee
UBIT: dshin7
Divon Slayton
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: divonsla
Chelsea Sookra
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: casookra
Anushka Supakar
Program: PhD
Lab: P. Banerjee
UBIT: asupakar
Dylan Szucs
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: dylanszu
— T — U — V —
Yinpu Tang
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: yinputan
Christopher Thoennes
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: cjthoenn
Dominic Tringali
Program: MS
Lab:
UBIT: datringa
Md Main Uddin
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: mdmainud
Olivia Wasnock
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: ofwasnoc
Hannah Waterman
Program: PhD
Lab: T. Krabbenhoft
UBIT: hwaterma
Alison Woodward
Program: MA
Lab: First year
UBIT: woodwar3
Jack Wellman
Program: MS
Lab:
UBIT:
Zena Wright
Program: PhD
Lab: First year
UBIT: zenawrig
Sai Wu
Program: PhD
Lab: M. Yu
UBIT: saiwu
Viviane Zeng
Program: MA
Lab:
UBIT: jiewenze