Lab members

Dr. Ben Philpot
Principal Investigator
Dr. Matt Judson
Research Assistant Professor

Postdoctoral training at UNC
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Dr. Alain Burette
Research Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Blaise Pascal University, France

Dr. Hanna Vihma
Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D. in Gene Technology,
Tallinn University of Technology

Siddhi Ozarkar
Ph.D. Graduate Student

M.Sc in Biology,
BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, India

Nick Ringelberg
M.D.-Ph.D Graduate Student

B.A. in Biological Sciences,
Cornell University

Luke James
Ph.D. Graduate Student

B.S. in Microbiology and Cell Science,
University of Florida

Joe Krzeski
Ph.D. Graduate Student

B.S. in Biology, 

Xavier University

Rebecca Hipp
Ph.D. Graduate Student

B.S. in Biological Sciences, 

University of Notre Dame 

Katherine Descant
Ph.D. Graduate Student

B.A. in Biology,
Reed College

Hannah Nourie
Ph.D. Graduate Student

B.S. in Biological Sciences, 

Carnegie Mellon University

Audrey Smith
Lab Manager/ Research Technician

B.S. in Neuroscience,
Indiana University

Guangkuo Dong
Research Technician

B.S. in Animal Medicine,

Shandong Agricultural University 

M.S. in Veterinary Medicine, 

Yangzhou University 

Adam Draper
Research Technician

B.S. in Neuroscience,
University of Delaware

Nik Sachdeva
Research Technician

B.S. in Neuroscience,
UNC at Chapel Hill 

Tasmai Vulli
Research Technician

B.S. in Neuroscience & Mathematics,
UNC Chapel Hill

Siyuan Liang
Research Technician

B.S. in Food Quality & Safety,
Northwest A&F University

M.S. in Nutritional Sciences,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Carlee Friar
Research Technician

B.S. in Neuroscience,
UNC Chapel Hill