Current Members

Graduate Students

Mayte Gonzalez

Doctoral Student

Travis Lato

Doctoral Student

Levi Garza

Graduate Student

Soeun Park

Graduate Student

Collin Zahler

Graduate Student

  • Hometown: Round Rock, TX
  • M.S. Chemistry, Baylor University (2019)
  • B.S. Chemistry and Biology, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (2015)
  • Email: collin_zahler@baylor.edu

Lakshitha Dayananda

Graduate Student

  • Hometown: Sri Lanka
  • B.Sc. Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
  • M.Sc. Molecular Life Sciences, University of Colombo
  • Email: lakshitha_dayananda1@baylor.edu

Emily Alonzo

Doctoral Student

Morgan Green

Graduate Student

Chinthaka Fernando

Graduate Student

Lacy Severn

Graduate Student

  • Hometown: Corsicana, TX
  • B.S. Chemistry, Tarleton State University (2024)
  • A.S. Liberal Arts, Navarro College (2021)
  • Email: lacy_severn1@baylor.edu

Walifa Azad

Graduate Student

  • Hometown: Chattogram, Bangladesh
  • M.S., B.Sc. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chittagong (2019)
  • Email: walifa_azad1@baylor.edu

Postdoctoral Students

Matthew Guberman-Pfeffer, PhD

Research Technician

Surabi Naidu, MSc

  • Hometown: Cupertino, CA
  • M.Sc. Science and Health Communication, Dublin City University (2024)
  • B.S. Biochemistry, Baylor University (2022)
  • Email: surabi_naidu1@baylor.edu

Hailey Baek

  • Hometown: Dallas, TX
  • B.S. Psychology, Baylor University (2023)

Undergraduate Students

Zachariah Shields

  • Hometown: San Diego, CA

Benjamin Martinez

  • Hometown: McAllen, TX

Caleb Herron

  • Hometown: Fort Kent, ME

Paige Badinger

  • Hometown: Waco, TX

Aafiya Brown

  • Hometown: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Chac Salinas

  • Hometown: San Antonio, TX

Lab Mascots

Ruther Lato

London Garza

Kepler Lato

Halo Peregrino

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