Meet the Team

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Erica Dale, Ph.D.

PhD CANDIDATE

POSTDOCTORATE FELLOW

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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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Ian Collelo

Sadaf Usmani, Ph.D.

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Rebecca Harbert

Sarah Lovett

LAB TECHNICIAN

LAB TECHNICIAN

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Kim Robertson

Abhisri Korrapati

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT

LAB MANAGER

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Gabriel Lopez

Arnaldo Cabrera

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Former Members

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Alyssa Mickle, Ph.D. 2020-2025

Currently: Marco Capogrosso’s lab, RNEL Consortium at the University of Pittsburgh

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Rachel L. Nosacka, Ph.D

Currently: Senior Scientist at the Powell Gene Therapy Center, UF.

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Jesus Peñaloza, Ph.D. 2022-2025

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Julian Tobon Arosomena, Ph.D. 2021-2022

Currently: PhD Candidate at the University of Florida

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Currently: Postdoc in the Department of Infectious Diseases & Immunology, UF

Ian Malone, Ph.D 2019-2021

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Lab Technician

Natale Hall

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Richard Coffey, Ph.D. 2022-2023

Currently: Data Scientist at Meta

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Caitlin Brennan 2023-2025

Currently: Clinical experience year before PA school