SIMR Current Fellows

2023 FELLOW

BROOKE ASTLEY

HOME UNIVERSITY: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
MENTOR LAB: STEEVE BOULANT
STUDENT MENTOR: YAGMUR KESER
DEPARTMENT: MOLECULAR GENETICS & MICROBIOLOGY
COLLEGE: MEDICINE

Brooke Astley

2023 Fellow

MICHAEL CROSS

HOME UNIVERSITY: TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY
MENTOR LAB: STEPHANIE KARST
STUDENT MENTOR: JOYCE MORALES
DEPARTMENT: MOLECULAR GENETICS & MICROBIOLOGY
COLLEGE: MEDICINE

Michael Cross

2023 FELLOW

BROOKE HALL

HOME UNIVERSITY: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
MENTOR LAB: ROLF RENNE
STUDENT MENTOR: SARAH MCMAHON
DEPARTMENT: MOLECULAR GENETICS & MICROBIOLOGY
COLLEGE: MEDICINE

Brooke Hall

2023 FELLOW

NEHA KASHYAP

HOME UNIVERSITY: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
MENTOR LAB: STEPHANIE KARST
STUDENT MENTOR: AMY PEIPER
DEPARTMENT: MOLECULAR GENETICS & MICROBIOLOGY
COLLEGE: MEDICINE

N Kashyap

2023 FELLOW

KAYLEIGH LEFLEY

HOME UNIVERSITY: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
MENTOR LAB: LINDA BLOOM
STUDENT MENTOR: ELIJAH NEWCOMB
DEPARTMENT: BIOCHEMISTRY
COLLEGE: MEDICINE

K Lefley

2023 FELLOW

BLESSING MADZIVANYIKA

HOME UNIVERSITY: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, ABU DHABI
MENTOR LAB: ZHE MA
STUDENT MENTOR: KIMBERLY PAULSEN
DEPARTMENT: MOLECULAR GENETICS & MICROBIOLOGY
COLLEGE: MEDICINE

Blessing M

2023 FELLOW

ARCHY PATTANAIK

HOME UNIVERSITY: UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
MENTOR LAB: ZSOLT TOTH
STUDENT MENTOR: KENZIE SPIRES
DEPARTMENT: ORAL BIOLOGY
COLLEGE: DENTISTRY

Archy Pattanaik

2023 FELLOW

INDIGO PETERSON

HOME UNIVERSITY: NORFOLK STATE
MENTOR LAB: ZHE MA
STUDENT MENTOR: TIFFANY NELSON
DEPARTMENT: MOLECULAR GENETICS & MICROBIOLOGY
COLLEGE: MEDICINE

Indigo Peterson

2023 FELLOW

MAX TAYLOR

HOME UNIVERSITY: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
MENTOR LAB: JULIE MOORE
STUDENT MENTOR: NICOLE NAZARIO
DEPARTMENT: INFECTIOUS DISEASES & IMMUNOLOGY
COLLEGE: VETERINARY MEDICINE

Max Taylor