Principal Investigator

James C. Gumbart

Postdocs and Research Scientists

Anna Pavlova
Research Scientist

Diane Lynch
Research Scientist

Katie Kuo
Postdoctoral Associate

Shiyao Bao
Postdoctoral Associate

Graduate Students

Lixinhao Yang
Chemistry grad student

Elisa Rheaume
QBioS grad student

Lan Yang
Physics grad student

Ngoc Phuong Dung Ho
QBioS grad student

Sree Medha Gadde
Comp. Sci. MS student

Undergraduate Students

Alex Wang
Chemistry Undergraduate

A’Niya Mayweather
Chemistry Undergraduate

Alumni

Jonathan Hungerland (visiting graduate student from University of Oldenburg, Jan. 2026 – Jul. 2026)
Muhui Ye (MS Bioinformatics, Physics, May 2024 – Jun. 2025)
Zixing (Vincent) Fan (PhD Bioengineering, Aug. 2021 – May 2026)
Daisy Vu (BS Chemistry, Aug. 2025 – May 2026)
Gvantsa Gutishvili (PhD Physics, May 2022 – current, joint with Lynn Kamerlin)
Andrew Pang (PhD Physics, Aug. 2017 – Dec. 2023; postdoc, Jan. 2024 – May 2025)
Yonatan Amsalu (BS Biological Sciences; Petit Institute Fellow, Jan. 2024 – May 2025)
Zijian Zhang (PhD Physics, Dec. 2017 – Dec. 2023)
David Ryoo (PhD Bioengineering, Oct. 2017 – Dec. 2023)
Katie Kuo (PhD Chemistry, Oct. 2018 – Dec. 2023; postdoc Jan. 2024 – )
Milad Azimi (BioE graduate student, May 2023 – Dec. 2023)
Emma Goulard Coderc de Lacam (visiting graduate student from Université de Lorraine, Sep. 2022 – Nov. 2022)
Atanu Acharya (postdoc, Jan. 2019 – Aug. 2022) – now Professor at Syracuse University
Yunlin Zeng (Physics graduate student, Feb. 2021 – Aug. 2022)
Sarah Bowling (BS Physics, Jan. 2019 – Jun. 2022)
Sujin Kim (BS Chemistry, Aug. 2021 – Dec. 2021)
Shauna Wallock (Chemistry REU student, Georgia Gwinnett College, May 2021 – Aug. 2021)
Jiyun Zhang (Chemistry REU student, Smith College, May 2021 – Aug. 2021)
Yupeng Li (visiting undergraduate student from Jilin University, Dec. 2019 – Aug. 2021)
Jinchan Liu (visiting undergraduate student from Jilin University, Mar. 2019 – Aug. 2020)
Morgan Brinson (visiting undergraduate student from American University, May 2020 – Aug. 2020)
Karl Lundquist (PhD Physics, Jan. 2014 – Dec. 2018; postdoc Jan. 2019 – Aug. 2019)
Derik Sadowski (BS Chemistry, Aug. 2017 – May 2019)
Trey Scheiper (BS Physics, May 2018 – May 2019)
Sunny Hwang (PhD Materials Science & Engineering, Dec. 2014 – Dec. 2018; postdoc Jan. 2019)
Anthony Hazel (PhD Physics, May 2013 – Dec. 2018; postdoc Jan. 2019)
Curtis Balusek (PhD Physics, Jan. 2013 – Dec. 2018)
Ya Wang (visiting graduate student from Dalian University of Technology, Jun. 2017 – Sep. 2017)
Evan Seitz (BS Physics, Jun. 2016 – May 2017)
Gorman Stock (Chemistry graduate student, Jan. 2014 – Mar. 2017)
Ben Chun (postdoc, Jan. 2016 – Aug. 2016)
Maksym Korablyov (MS Bioinformatics, Feb. 2015 – Aug. 2016)
Max Stumvoll (Physics REU student, May 2016 – Aug. 2016)
Alex Covington (BS Physics, Jan. 2015 – Aug. 2016)
Mark Wetherington (MS Physics, Jan. 2014 – Dec. 2015)
Conner Herndon (BS Physics, Jan. 2013 – May 2015)