Current Grad Students

Scroll down for the list of our senators. Our PhD program has two tracks: BC = Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and MCBP = Molecular and Cellular Biophysics.*Currently, students who work in our labs that are not shown here are listed in their primary department and on individual lab websites

Maria from 2022, our graduate student wearing red

Maria Al Haddad

Social Committee Chair and Biochemistry track GECO representative
M.S. Lebanese American Univ.
Campbell lab
BC
CB 7260, 3010 Genetic Medicine

Britney Alcira

GPSG Senator, BCBP Chair Advisory Board Member
M.S. NC A&T
Rihe Liu lab
BC
CB# 7568, 3111 Marsico

Maria (Camila) Arango

MEJ Seminar committee
M.S. UNC Charlotte
Starbird lab
MCBP
CB #7260, 3047 Genetic Medicine

Gabriel Arias

Community and Engagement Committee, Chair of Professional Success
B.S. FL International Univ.
Dittmer lab
BC
CB# 7295, 12-038 Lineberger

Victoria Augoustides

Student Seminar Organizer
B.S. NC State
Wesley Legant lab
MCBP
CB#7365, 4047 Genetic Medicine

Zubair Bhuiyan

MCBP
Huong Kratochvil lab
CB# 3290, 4358 Genome Sciences

Johnna Bingham

M.S. NC State
Starbird and Cameron labs
BC
CB #7260, 3047 Genetic Medicine

Derek Bolhuis

B.S. UNC Chapel Hill
Brown and Emanuele labs
MCBP
31-328 Lineberger

Jingting Chen

Brunk lab
BC
4352 Genome Sciences

Emily "Gracie" Clark

Social Committee member
NIH Fellow (F31) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
B.S. UNC Chapel Hill
Matthew J. Flick lab
BC
CB#7525, 8018B MEJ

Sierra Cole

B.S. Lafayette College
Gladfelter lab, Duke
BC

Jamie Do

Social Committee member
B.S. The College of Wooster
Berlow lab
MCBP
CB #7260, 3023G Genetic Medicine

Sydney Edwards

Kuhlman lab
Last day June 30, 2025
MCBP
CB# 7260, 3096 Genetic Medicine
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Caleb Fisher

B.S. Michigan State University
McGinty lab
MCBP
CB# 7363, 3210 Marsico

Skylar Grimsley

B.S. Norfolk State Univ.
Starbird lab
Pathology Lab Med.
CB# 7260, 3047 Genetic Medicine

Quentin Hahn

Community and Engagement Committee Member, Chair of Cultural Engagement
B.S. Oregon State Univ.
Qi Zhang & Pengda Liu labs
BP
CB#7260, 3017 Genetic Medicine

Skylar Harrelson

Strahl lab

Aspen Hawkins

Social Committee member
B.S. Trinity College-Hartford
Campbell lab
BC
CB 7260, 3010 Genetic Medicine

Jacob (Jake) Hughes

Social Committee member
B.S. University of San Diego
Kuhlman lab
MCBP
CB# 7260, 3096 Genetic Medicine

Matthew Hvasta

B.S. UC-Davis
Kuhlman lab
MCBP
CB# 7260, 3096 Genetic Medicine

Uriel Jean-Baptiste

SMDP Scholar
B.S. Florida State Univ.
Neher lab
MCBP
CB# 7260, 3023 E Genetic Medicine

Alli Jimenez

B.S. Univ. of Iowa
Dominguez lab
MCBP
4023 F/G Genetic Medicine

Humeyra Kaanoglu

Fulbright Scholar
M.S. Koç University

Sancar lab
Quantitative Biology
CB#7260, 3070 Genetic Medicine

Emma Kraft

Pennsylvania State Univ
Berlow lab
Chemistry
3023 F-G Genetic Medicine

Benjamin K. Lau

B.S. Swarthmore College
Wang lab
MCBP & MD/PhD
Duke

Elise Liebow

Social Committee member
Berlow lab
MCBP
CB #7260, 3023G Genetic Medicine

Amy Liu

Amy Maddox lab
MCBP
CB #3280, 407 Fordham

Olivia Maurer

B.S. Grand Valley State Univ.
Redibo lab
BP
CB# 3290, 4350 Genome Sciences

James McGuire Metts

Kuhlman lab
MCBP
CB# 7260, 3096 Genetic Medicine

Trevor Mileur

GECO Biophysics track representative
Lee lab
MCBP
CB# 7363, 4109 Marsico Hall

Luca Montore

B.S. Eckerd College
Campbell lab
BC
CB 7260, 3010 Genetic Medicine

Tomiris Mulikova

Community and Engagement Committee Member, Cultural Engagement
B.S. Nazarbayev Univ.
Kuhlman lab
BP
CB# 7260, 3096 Genetic Medicine

Alex Neary

Community and Engagement Committee Member, Chair of Community Outreach
B.S. Univ. MA - Amherst
Zhang lab
MCBP
CB# 7260, 3017 Genetic Medicine

Nikka Faustino

BP
Koji Sode lab
CB# 7575, 10202 Mary Ellen Jones

Solomon U. Oguche

M.S. Hebrew Univ. Jerusalem
Kratochvil lab
MCBP
4358 Genome Sciences

Gisselle Prida Ajo

Social Committee member, Community and Engagement Committee Member, Cultural Engagement
B.S. Florida International Univ.
Kuhlman lab
BC
CB# 7260, 3096 Genetic Medicine

Paola A. Rivera García

University of Puerto Rico at Humacao
Jenson lab
Microbiology and Immunology
3111 Genetic Medicine

Christopher Shelby

Brian Kuhlman lab
MCBP
CB# 7260, 3096 E Genetic Medicine

Jake M. Simmons

Stetson University
Berlow lab
MCBP
CB #7260, 3023G Genetic Medicine

Emily Sipko

B.S. Duquesne Univ.
Berlow lab
BC
CB# 7260, 3023G Genetic Medicine

Dillon Sloan

NIH Fellow (F31) National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research & Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow
B.S. Harding University
Baker lab
BC
CB# 7260, 3049E Genetic Medicine