Christine McWayne, Ph.D., Principal Investigator
Post Docs and Graduate Students
Current Lab Manager
| Karla Cariño | 2025 – Present |
Current Research Assistants
| Sophia Betar | 2024 – Present (DRA) |
| Sojin Han | 2025 – Present (MRA) |
| Lauren Martin | 2025 – Present (MRA) |
| Marian Woode-Eshun | 2025 – Present (MRA) |
| Maya Lee | 2025 – Present (UGRA) |
RISE Program Coordinators
| Amy Crowley | 2012 – 2015 |
| Nina Maclean Robinson | 2016 – Summer 2018 |
| Naureen Khan | Summer 2018 |
| Parastu Dubash | Fall 2018 – 2020 |
Former Postdoctoral Fellows (PFs)
| Nan Xiao | 2023 – 2024 |
| Wendy Ochoa | 2019 – 2022 |
Former Doctoral Research Assistants (DRAs)
| Maria Cristina (Cricket) Limlingan | 2011 – 2016 |
| Brandon Foster | 2012 – 2017 |
| Sunah Hyun | 2012 – 2019 |
| Cassandra Miller | 2013 – 2014 |
| María Paz Téllez | 2016 – 2018 |
| Julie Segovia | 2016 – 2021 |
| Michael Harris | 2017 – 2018 (MRA); 2018 – 2020 (DRA) |
| Kristine Ng Sang | 2014 – 2016 (URA); 2017 – 2018 (MRA); 2018 –2019 (DRA) |
| Lok-Wah Li | 2012 – 2014 (MRA); 2014 – 2022 (DRA) |
Former Graduate Research Assistants (MRAs)
| Yoori Kim | 2024-2025 |
| Minah Kim | 2024-2025 |
| Disha Mittal | 2024 |
| Jill Benevides | 2017 – 2018 |
| Justin Birudavol | 2018 |
| Sing Ying Chung | 2011 – 2013 |
| Suraj Chaudhary | 2017 – 2019 |
| Katherine Deveaux | 2019 |
| Sidai Dong | 2012 – 2014 |
| Ukamaka Evelyn Ezikwelu | 2016 – 2017 |
| Deryn Fishman | 2018 – 2019 |
| Cristina Granda | 2016 – 2018 |
| Sarah (Deyun) Gong | 2019 |
| Anthony Gooden | 2012 – 2015 |
| Yuyan Huang | 2017 – 2018 |
| Cherish Jin | 2014 – 2015 |
| Mojdeh Karkhanehchi | 2014 – 2015 |
| Fuko Kiyama | 2018 – 2020 |
| Brittany Lewis | 2012 – 2013 |
| Qing Liu | 2012 – 2014 |
| Rachel Milah | 2018 – 2019 |
| Amanda Miller | 2012 – 2014 |
| Dooshima Mngerem | 2017 – 2018 |
| Iyamidé Olukoshi | 2015 – 2016 |
| Sarah Parenteau | 2017 – 2018 |
| Letica Priebe Mendes Rocha | 2018 – 2021 |
| Lindsay Rosen | 2014 – 2015 |
| Brooke Rumper | 2013 – 2015 |
| Sharanya Misra Sharma | 2014 – 2015 |
| Vera Shiyi Shao | 2015 – 2016 |
| Tong Shen | 2014 – 2015 |
| Belinda Tanuwijaya | 2018 – 2019 |
| Yesenia R. Villanueva | Summer 2017 |
| Xiangrong Wang | 2017 – 2018 |
| Jamie Wise | 2012 – 2013 |
| Ran Yang | 2015 – 2016 |
| Sepanta Yousefian | 2017 – 2019 |
| Xing Zhang | 2012 – 2014 |
| Nicole Zolli | 2018 – 2020 |
Former Undergraduate Research Assistants (URAs)
| Jazmyne Garrett | 2024 |
| Maria F. Pinot | 2024 |
| Catherine Abbot | 2012 – 2013 |
| Naz Akdilek | 2017 – 2018 |
| Sacdio Ali | 2017 – 2018 |
| Florence Almeda | 2019 |
| Alejandro Baez | Summer 2018 |
| Monica Brown-Ramos | 2013 – 2015 |
| Kathryn Bullard | 2015 – 2016 |
| Arianna Burnham | 2018 – 2020 |
| Erick Martinez Camacho | 2018 – 2019 |
| Nandi Carson | Summers 2018, 2019 |
| Celina Garza | 2012 – 2013 |
| Lila Kohrman-Glaser | 2014 – 2015 |
| Ana Grammatica | 2011 – 2013 |
| Philana Henderson | 2017 – 2018 |
| Rachel Henige | 2014 – 2015 |
| Angelie Heredia | 2017 – 2019 |
| Jessica Jimbo | 2017 – 2018 |
| Kayla Kirkland Johnson | Summers 2018, 2019 |
| Sarah Li | 2019 |
| Shannon Ludeman | 2014 – 2015 |
| Julie Margolies | 2014 – 2015 |
| Mariana Vega Martinelli | 2012 – 2013 |
| Katherine McMurphy | 2017 – 2019 |
| Seulhee Park | 2019 |
| Elon Perry-Stiner | Fall 2017 |
| Laura Ramirez | 2013 – 2015 |
| Alexia Sanchez | 2013 – 2015 |
| Josephine Savelkouls | 2012 – 2015 |
| Lakshmi Shanker | 2014 – 2015 |
| Barbara Storch | 2014 – 2015 |
| Rebecca Wagner | 2017 – 2018 |
| Yiran Xu | 2014 – 2015 |
| Stephanie Yin | 2014 – 2015 |
| Kaite Zhang | 2014 – 2015 |
| Yan Zhao | 2014 – 2015 |
| Anna Zhou | 2012 – 2015 |
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