Meet the Team

  • Nicholas Reiter

    Principal Investigator

    ABOUT

  • Sahar Alishiri

  • Summer student #1

    Scientist (undergraduate, B.S. 2026)

  • Kithmini Priyankara

    Graduate Student

  • Piero Spada

    Scientist

  • Chamindi Perera

    Graduate Student

  • Ananya Das

    Graduate Student

  • Ellie DeWitt and Jackson Strzalka

    Scientists (undergraduates, B.S. 2026)

  • Manumol Manju

    Graduate Student

Reiter Lab Alumni All-Stars

Postdoctoral fellows:

Dr. Danyun Zeng (2017-2021)

Dr. Alex Hirschi (2014-2017)

Researchers

Dr. Ben Brown

Dr. Zigmund Luka

Khadijah I Moore

Kaniz Fatema

Maria Claudia Villegas Kscam

Pilar Corredor-Moreno

Graduate researchers:

Bill Martin (Ph.D., 2017)

Nilmini W. Mudiyanselage (M.S., 2019)

John Aguirre (M.S., 2021)

Ainur Abzhanova (Ph. D., 2023)

Dulmi Senanayaka (Ph.D., 2023)

Ali Alyousef (M.S., 2025)

Undergraduate researchers (Marquette):

Matt DeLuca

Dwayne Dash

Adam Kyrouac

Khadijah Moore

Roshni Patel

Edi Kuhn

Pranay Vadapally

Genesis Chase

Alexander Markelz

Natalie Songtantaruk

Aashay Mardikar

Joceline Helmbreck

Sara Craig

Julliane Negre

Laurel Moneysmith

Owen Schneider

Tristan Lee

Max Iwuc

Ellie DeWitt

Lab outings

  • Kopps, 2018

    Danyun, Dwayne, Dulmi, Khadijah, Ainur, Nilmini, Nick

  • Lab, 2019

    Ainur, Nilmini, Nick, Danyun, John, Roshni, Kaniz, Khadijah, Dulmi

  • Purple door, 2020

    Julliane, Owen, Danyun, Kaniz, Dulmi, Joceline, Sarah, Nick, Ainur

  • Lab, 2022

    Owen, Ainur, Nick, Sahar, Laurel, Sarah, Joceline, Aashay, Dulmi

Alumni:

  • Owen Schneider

    Undergraduate Research (B.S. 2024)

    Current: Keck Lab (UW-Madison)

  • Dulmi Senanayaka

    Graduate Student (PhD, 2023)

    Current: Catalant Pharma

  • Ainur Abzhanova

    Graduate Student (PhD, 2023)

    Current: Pfizer (NYC)

  • Joceline Helmbreck

    Undergraduate Research (B.S., 2023)

    Current: Spade Lab, Brown University

  • Sara Craig

    Undergraduate Research (B.S., 2023)

    Current: Graduate Student-Abbott Lab

  • Laurel Moneysmith

    Undergraduate Research (B.S., 2023)

    Current: Graduate Student - Prehoda Lab, Oregon

  • Aashay Maridkar

    High School Researcher

    Current: Undergrad (Dr. Dragony Fu Lab, U Rochester)

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