People
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Soumya K Srivastava
Principal Investigator & Director of MESA Lab
Chemical & Biomedical Engineering -
Alexa Bostic
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Chemical & Biomedical EngineeringSenior in Biomedical engineering
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Ashley Smalley
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Chemical & Biomedical EngineeringJunior majoring in Biomedical Engineering and minor in Molecular Medicine
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Supriya Rathinam
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Chemical & Biomedical EngineeringSophomore in Biomedical Engineering
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Pratham Bhanushali
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Neuroscience and PsychologyPre-Med Student & Sophomore
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Cheyenne Houston
Undergraduate Research Assistant
BiologyFreshmen in Biology interested in Veterinary Medicine
Graduate Students (Alumni)
- Sai Deepika Reddy Yaram, M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2024 @West Virginia University
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Ezekiel O. Adekanmbi, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, 2019 @University of Idaho
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Anthony T. Giduthuri, M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2020 @University of Idaho
- Ezekiel O. Adekanmbi, M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2016 @University of Idaho
Undergraduate Students at WVU (Alumni)
- Preetam Singh (Summer’25); Intern from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
- Chase Roble (Spring’25)
- Christopher Smith (Fall’22 – Summer’25): RAP Student, SURE’23 participant, Goldwater Scholar, NSF GRFP Award. ***Pursuing Ph.D. at Rice University
- Kayla Wagner (Spring’23 – Present); Volunteer; HONORS EXCEL! Program. ***Pursuing P.A. at West Virginia University
- Anushka Pathak (Summer’24 – Fall’24) **Biology
- Denzel Duvert (Spring’24) **Exercise Physiology
- Kaelyn McClain (Spring’24); Research Credit. ***Pursuing Ph.D. at University of Pittsburgh
- Ingrid (Vanessa) Ferro (Fall’23 – Spring’24); Research Credit
- Sandra Shevtsova (Spring’23 – Spring’24); Research Credit- Fall’23, Volunteer- Spring’24
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Harshit Garg (Summer’23): Intern from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
- Charles Rhys Campbell (Fall’22 – Spring’23): RAP Student
- Emma Walker (Fall’22) *First2 Network: RAP Student
- Leah Ann Ward (Fall’22) *First2 Network: RAP Student
- Amna Haleem (Fa'21-Sp'22) RAP Student
High School Students
- Serena Zhang, Rising Senior @ William Mason High School, OH (Summer’25)
- Suhaan Tamanna, Rising Senior @ Shady Side Academy, PA (Summer’25)
- Dhruv Grandhe, Rising Senior @ Albuquerque Academy, NM (Summer’24). *currently pursuing B.S. in Arts & Economics at University of Pennsylvania.
- Arjunn Shastri, Rising Senior @ Redmond High School, WA (Summer’24). *currently pursuing B.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Cornell University
- Alexandra Yuan, Rising Senior @ Westminster Schools of Atlanta, GA (Summer’23). *currently pursuing B.S. in Biomedical Engineering (Stamps Presidential Scholarship) at Georgia Tech
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Pooja Karan, Rising Senior @ Ridge High School, NJ (Summer’23). *currently pursuing B.S. in Neuroscience at New York University
- Vanessa An, Rising Junior @ Brookings High School, SD (Summer’22) – *currently pursuing B.S. at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Isha Gangavaram, Rising Senior @ Academy for Health and Medical Sciences at Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School, NJ (Summer’22) – *currently pursuing B.S./M.D. in Biomedical Engineering at Drexel University
Undergraduate students mentored by Dr. Srivastava
(#1-22 at the University of Idaho)
- John Sanchez (F’20 – Sp’21 INBRE Fellow)
- Rebecca Kelley (Sp’20 – F’20)
- Sierra Knowles (F’19 – F'20; Office of Undergraduate Research Grant Recipient)
- Kendall Reeder (F’19 – Sp'20; Office of Undergraduate Research Grant Recipient)
- Natalie Buzolich (Sp’20 as INBRE STEM trainee Award)
- Sahara Waymire (Sp’19 – Sp'20; Office of Undergraduate Research Grant Recipient)
- Courtney Molvig (F’18 – Sp'20; Office of Undergraduate Research Grant Recipient)
- Archana Dahal (Sp’18 – Sp’19; Office of Undergraduate Research Grant Recipient)
- Alexandria Schlotterbeck (F’17 – Su’18)
- Abigeal Ilesanm (Sp’17 – F’17; Office of Undergraduate Research Grant Recipient)
- Austin Porter (F’17)
- Andrea Condie (Sp’17)
- Mohammed Ataullah (Sp’17)
- Trang (Amanda) Vu (Sp’15 – Su’16; INBRE Fellow)
- Sheila Briggs (Su’15)
- Brady Rinaldi (Su’15 – Sp’16; Office of Undergraduate Research Grant Recipient)
- Felix Nwanne (F’15)
- Jeremiah Seth Dustin (Sp’14 – Sp’15)
- Adrian Alocer (Su’14)
- Mitchell Flynn (Sp’14)
- Kirk Riedner (Sp’14)
- Kiara Garcia (Summer’16- hosted through HOIST) *High-school student
- Yongjae Lee (Sp’13 at Washington State University)
- Vineet Kumar (Su’13 at Washington State University)
- Amanda Mixon (Fa’09 – Sp’10 at Mississippi State University)
- Alex Beneke (Sp’09 at Mississippi State University)
- Alyssa Terry (Su’09 at Mississippi State University)
- Anell Pullen (Sp’09 at Mississippi State University)