Principal Investigator
Asela Wijeratne
- Associate Professor of Bioinformatics, Arkansas State University
- Affiliated faculty member, Molecular Biosciences Graduate Program
- Affiliated faculty member, Center for No-Boundary Thinking, Arkansas State University
Current Members
Kipa Tamrakar
Graduate student
Sachini Kamburugala
Graduate student
Winston Miller
Graduate student
Zachary Rikard
Undergraduate Student
Mahesh Sanjeewa
Graduate student
Sachleen Singh
Graduate student
Previous Members
Graduate Students
| Name | Year | Current position |
|---|---|---|
| Shyaron Poudel (Master’s student) | 2019-2021 | Researcher In Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Researcher In Chemical Biology and Therapeutics at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital |
| Sandaruwan Ratnayake (Master’s student) | 2020-2022 | Computational Research Scientist at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center |
| Brett Hale (PhD student) | 2020-2024 | Head Of Research And Development at AgriGro Inc |
| Alix Matthews (PhD student) | 2019-2024 | Postdoctoral Research Associate, University at Buffalo |
Lab Staff
| Name | Year | Current position |
|---|---|---|
| Ashley Flory (Research Technician) | 2019-2020 | Lead Researcher at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital |
| Nathan Williams (Research Technician) | 2022-2023 | GIS Analyst at CivicEngage, Jonesboro, AR |
Undergraduate Students
| Name | Year | Current position |
|---|---|---|
| Janith Nilmika HewaHalpage | 2019-2021 | Graduate Student at Baylor University |
| Anjala Jiji | 2019-2020 | Research Assistant at CVM Histology Research Laboratory at Texas A&M University |
| Duminduni HewaAngappulige | 2018-2019 | University of Washington at St Louis |
| Krista Henderson co-supervised with Milad Mohamed | 2019-2020 | Graduated with BS in Mathematics |
| Alyssa Nelson | 2019-2020 | Graduated with BS in Biotechnology |
| Emilio Soriano Chávez | 2020-2020 | Working towards BS in Biotechnology |
| James Cromer | 2019-2021 | Completed his MCAT and is planning to apply for Physiotherapy School. |
| Hugh Pascoe | 2020-2021 | Graduated with BS in Biotechnology |
| Nathan Stephens | 2019-2019 | High school student in Young Exceptional Scholars Program |
| Caitlin Watts | 2021-2022 | Pursuing a PhD at the Purdue University |
| Daniel Jackson | 2022-2022 | Med School |
| Gerson Irel Rodriguez Barela | 2023-2024 | Coteava AgroScience |
| Emilio SorianoChavez | 2023-2024 | Nationwide Children’s Hospital |
| Daniela Flores | 2023-2024 | Will graduate with BS in Biotechnology in 2024 |
| Daniela Munoz | 2023-2024 | High school student; will graduate in 2025 |