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
Alix Matthews
Graduate student
Brett Hale
Graduate student
Kipa Tamrakar
Graduate student
Sachleen Singh
Graduate student
Winston Miller
Graduate student
Emilio SorianoChavez
Undergraduate student
Daniela Flores
Undergraduate Student
Gerson Irel Rodriguez Barela
Undergraduate Student
Zachary Rikard
Undergraduate 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 |
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 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 | Completed his MCAT and is planning apply for Med School |