Eric Tytell, Principal Investigator
Associate Professor
Department of Biology, Tufts University
Tufts University
Tsungming Tu Complex, room 231
200 College Ave
Department of Biology
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
Office: Tel: 617.627.0312 | Fax: 617.627.0309 | Directions
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Lab Members
Postdoctoral Researcher
(2025 – present)
Graduate students
Ming Gong
(PhD: 2023-present)
(MS: 2021-2022)
Olivia Hawkins
(2023-present)
Grace Miller
(2024-present)
Undergraduate students
(2022-present)
Alyx Khuat-Sherwood
(2024-present)
Andrea O’Hara
(2024-present)
Paige Zhang
(2025-present)
Ada Jones
(2025-present)
Max Kantor-Gerber
(2025-present)
High School Interns
Clara Tcherepnin
(summer 2025)
Lab Alumni
Andrew Clark
Graduate Student
(2019-2025)
Ben Tidswell
Graduate Student
(2018-2024)
Michael Fath
Graduate Student
(2016-2023)
Visiting Assistant Professor
Providence College
Janne Pfeiffenberger
Postdoctoral Researcher
(2017-2020)
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Barry University
Prasong (Jerry) Mekdara
Graduate student
(2014-2020)
Postdoctoral researcher
National Institute of Neural Disorders and Stroke
National Institutes of Health
prasongmekdara@gmail.com
Cassandra Donatelli
Graduate student
(2014-2019)
Assistant Professor
Chapman University
cassandra.donatelli@gmail.com
Margot Schwalbe
Postdoctoral researcher
(2013-2018)
Assistant Professor
Lake Forest College
schwalbe@lakeforest.edu
Jennifer Carr
Postdoctoral researcher
(2016-2017)
Laboratory Coordinator
Salem State University
jennifer.carr@salemstate.edu
Nicole Danos
Postdoctoral researcher
(2014-2016)
Assistant Professor
University of San Diego
ndanos@sandiego.edu
Anabela Maia
Postdoctoral researcher
(2012-2013)
Associate Professor
Rhode Island College
aresendedamaia@ric.edu
Undergraduate alumni
Brooke Voelker
(2023-present)
Stephen Michaels
(2023-2024)
Maggie Monahan
(2023-2024)
Carolina Lopes
(2022-2023)
Jennifer Liu
(2022-2023)
Annushka Veliko-Shapko
(2022)
Brendan Kelleher
(2019-2021)
Dana Baxter
(2019-2021)
Eva Elder
(2019-2020)
Trilok Polavaram
(2018-2020)
Quyhn Ahn (Annie) Phan
(2018-2019)
Fazila Nasimi
2019 – 2020
Samon Oomen-Lochtefeld
2019 – present
Madeleine Oliver
2019 – present
James Miller
2017 – 2019
Caitlin Sullivan
2017 – 2019
Kylene DeSmith
2017 – 2019
Sahar Tirmizi
2017 – 2018
Sagar Patel
2018
Casey Culligan
2017 – 2017
Katie Mihalek
2016 – 2017
Erin Sanders
2016 – 2017
Alexander (Grove) Belden
2015 – 2017
Alexandra Boden
Undergraduate Researcher
2013 – 2016
Tyler Wise
Undergraduate Researcher
2013 – 2016
Daniela Bernales
Undergraduate researcher
2014 – 2016
Laura Coughlin
Undergraduate researcher
2015 – 2016
Allan Yau
Undergraduate researcher
2013 – 2015
Alex Sheltzer
Undergraduate researcher
2013 – 2015
Lauren Oswald
Undergraduate researcher
2013 – 2014