Francisco N. Barrera, Ph. D.

Associate Professor

ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5200-7891

fbarrera@utk.edu

ResearchGate                                               

Daiane Alves, Ph. D.

dsantan1@utk.edu
Research Scientist

 

Alyssa Ward

award51@vols.utk.edu
Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology
Ph.D. Candidate

 

Tere Rodriguez

mrodrgue@vols.utk.edu
Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology
Graduate Student

Marie Kaiser

mkaiser9@vols.utk.edu
Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology
Graduate Student

Daniela Ruvalcaba Hidrogo

druvalca@vols.utk.edu
Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology
Graduate Student

Fatemeh Khademi Moghadam-Yalda

fkhademi@vols.utk.edu
Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology
Graduate Student

Former Lab Members

Graduate Students:

Ryan Schuck, (Ph. D. 2025)                    Postdoc with Kalina Hristova, Jonhs Hopkins University

Jennifer Rybak, (Ph. D. 2025)                   

Charles “Boomer” Russell, (Ph. D. 2024)                   

Yujie Ye, (Ph.D. 2022)                            Postdoc with Dario Vignali, University of Pittsburgh

Katherine Stefanksi, (Ph.D. 2020)                   Postdoc with Chuck Sanders, Vanderbilt University

Justin Westerfield, (Ph.D. 2020)                   Postdoc with Gunnar von Heijne, Stockholm University

Vanessa P. Nguyen, (Ph.D. 2019)                   Medical Writer for Omni Tech Medical, Atlanta

Haden Scott, (Ph.D. 2018)                           Post-doctoral research associate, UT Knoxville

Undergraduate Students:

Madelyne Gabby

Savannah Pitts

Robert “Jordan” Pyron                          University of Tennessee, Genome Science and Technology Program

Alondro Brito                             Universidad de Puerto Rico en Humacao

Will Stokes                             University of South Carolina

Nick Moore                          UT-Memphis Medical School

Maria Zhu                             Grinnell College

Matt Jansen

Andrew Dixson                         Vanderbilt University

Mikayla Maxwell

Mackenzie Bruzzio

Alayna Cameron                          UTHSC College of Medicine

Nicholas Wadsworth

Kenyi Segura                                

Forrest Davis                                  Cornell University, M.S. program

Kristen Booth                                University of Tennessee Memphis Medical School

Margaux Joe                                  Tulane University, Public Health master (2017)

Treissy Lima Soares                    Cytotest Inc., Rockville, MD

Jyotsna Thota                                Meharry Medical College ’19

Jordan Bryner                                Process Engineer at Firestone Polymers, Lake Charles (LA)

Jacob Gallagher                            Undergraduate, Biochem. & Cell. &  Mol. Biol., UTK

Andrew Willems                           Undergraduate, Biochem. & Cell. &  Mol. Biol., UTK

Martina E. Little                            Undergraduate, Biochem. & Cell. &  Mol. Biol., UTK