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PEOPLE
Prof. Vivek N. Prakash
Assistant Professor,
Department of Physics, College of Arts & Sciences (CAS)
Secondary Faculty in Biology (CAS), and Marine Biology and Ecology (RSMAS)
University of Miami, FL
Postdoc. Bioengineering, Stanford University, CA (2019)
Ph.D. Applied Physics, University of Twente, The Netherlands (2013)
E-mail: vprakash AT miami.edu
Links:
Faculty profile page
Full CV
Google scholar, ORCID, Publons, Twitter
Dr. Melissa Ruszczyk
Postdoctoral Research Associate (2022 - present)
Department of Physics, University of Miami
Ph.D. Ocean Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (2022)
E-mail: mxr2870 AT miami.edu
Links: Google scholar, ORCID, CV
Dr. Santhan Chandragiri
Postdoctoral Research Associate (2022 - present)
Department of Physics, University of Miami
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai, India (2020)
E-mail: santhanchandragiri AT gmail.com
Links: Google scholar, ORCID
Alexandra Redford
Undergraduate Student (2022 - present)
B.S. Marine Science & Physics (class of 2024)
University of Miami
Honors:
-- Presidential Scholar, University of Miami
E-mail: ajr329 AT rsmas.miami.edu
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Amaya N Crichton
Undergraduate Student (2021 - present)
B.S. Biology (class of 2023)
University of Miami
Honors:
-- Jenkins Scholar, University of Miami
-- Choose Development! Fellow, Society of Developmental Biology
E-mail: anc158 AT miami.edu
Bikram D. Shrestha
Graduate Student (2020 - present)
Department of Physics, University of Miami
M.S. Physics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal (2019)
E-mail: bxs896 AT miami.edu
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Merritt Sherrer
Undergraduate Student (2023 - present)
B.S. Marine Science & Biochemistry (class of 2026)
University of Miami
E-mail: mgs230 AT miami.edu
Gopika Madhu
Graduate Student (2022 - present)
Department of Physics, University of Miami
B.S. - M.S. Physics, IISER Pune, India (2022)
E-mail: gxm950 AT miami.edu
Leah Henseler
Undergraduate Student (2022 - present)
co-advised by: Prof. Prannoy Suraneni (UM Civil Engineering)
B.S. Marine Affairs & Fine Art (class of 2024)
University of Miami
E-mail: lmh248 AT miami.edu
Patrick Kiel
Graduate Student (2022 - present)
Department of Marine Biology & Ecology, RSMAS, University of Miami
co-advised by: Prof. Prannoy Suraneni (UM Civil Engineering)
Dr. Ian Enochs (NOAA)
B.S. Marine Science & Biology, University of Miami (2020)
E-mail: pkiel AT rsmas.miami.edu
Website: https://patrickkiel.com/
J'nesse Balkman
Undergraduate Student (2024 - present)
B.S. Marine Science & Biology (class of 2026)
University of Miami
E-mail: jab820 AT rsmas.miami.edu
Shubham Sinha
Graduate Student (2021 - present)
Department of Physics, University of Miami
B.S. - M.S. Physics, IISER Tirupati, India (2020)
E-mail: sxs3556 AT miami.edu
Johnnie Xia
Undergraduate Student (2023 - present)
B.S. Marine biology and ecology (class of 2024)
University of Miami
Honors:
-- Beyond the Books Scholarship, University of Miami
Email: yxx558 AT rsmas.miami.edu
Inge Brijker
Undergraduate Student (2023 - present)
B.S. Oceanography and International Studies (class of 2025)
University of Miami
Honors:
-- Foote Fellow, University of Miami
-- Beyond the Books Scholarship, University of Miami
E-mail: ihb8 AT miami.edu
Owen Brown
Undergraduate Student (2023 - present)
B.S. Marine Biology & Ecology (Class of 2024)
University of Miami
Email: oab37 AT miami.edu
Ivan Levkovsky
Undergraduate student (2023 – present)
B.S. Chemistry (class of 2024)
University of Miami
Co-advised by: Prof. Fuwu Zhang (UM Department of Chemistry)
E-mail: iol3 AT miami.edu
ALUMNI
Carolyn"Jack" Delli-Santi
Undergraduate Student (2022 - present)
B.S. Marine Science & Biology (class of 2023)
University of Miami
Honors:
-- Canes Achievement Award, University of Miami
Next position: Glass blower, GlassBaby, Seattle, WA
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Samantha Levine
Undergraduate Student (2021 - present)
B.S. Marine Science & Biology (class of 2023)
University of Miami
Honors:
-- Foote Fellow, University of Miami
Next position: Coral Restoration Intern, I.CARE, Islamorada, FL
Christian D. Gibson
Undergraduate Student (2021 - 2023)
B.S. Biomedical Engineering and Physics (class of 2023)
University of Miami
Honors:
-- Stamps Scholar, University of Miami
-- FGLSAMP Scholar, Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NSF funded undergraduate research program)
Next position: Graduate student at Duke University
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Nina Rose Couture
Undergraduate Student (2022 Summer)
B.S. Environmental Engineering (class of 2023)
University of Miami
Honors:
-- Presidents Scholar, University of Miami
Next position:
Valentina Restrepo
Undergraduate Student (2021 Summer)
B.S. Biomedical Engineering (class of 2022), University of Miami
Honors:
-- FGLSAMP Scholar, Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NSF funded undergraduate research program)
Next position: Industry
LAB PHOTOS
8/2023 -- Sami's goodbye party, Frost Science Building, UM
7/2023 -- Carolyn's goodbye party, Knight Physics Building, UM
6/1/2023 -- Start of Summer 2023, Gifford Arboretum, UM
12/12/2022 -- Lab lunch at Bombay Darbar, Coconut Grove, FL
6/2/2022 -- Start of Summer 2022, In front of Knight Physics Building, UM
8/27/2021 -- Lab dinner at Titanic Brewery, Coral Gables, FL
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