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Eno Abrefa
BioFIRE Graduate Assistant
eabrefa@umd.edu
Lora Abuobaid
Chemistry Major
Health, Humanities, and Medicine Minor
Rockville, MD
Moumita Afrin
Biological Sciences (Physiology & Neurobiology track)
Double Degree: Anthropology
Minor: Humanities, Health, and Medicine
Noor Ul Ain
Biological Sciences: Neurobiology and Physiology Major
nulain@terpmail.umd.edu
Ava Allen
Physics and Astronomy Double Major
Annapolis, MD
University Honors Program
Stephen Altschul
Lecturer
altschul@umd.edu
Edwyn Alvarado
Program Management Specialist
ealvara1@umd.edu
Shashank Arava
Mathematics (Statistics track)
Srinidhi Arumugam
Computer Science and Biological Sciences double major
Ellicott City, MD
Integrated Life Sciences Honors College
Kendall Auffarth
Biological Sciences Major
Humanities, Health, and Medicine Minor
Hereford, MD
University Honors Program
Samet Ayhan
Lecturer
sayhan@umd.edu
Babak Azimi-Sadjadi
Lecturer
bazimi@umd.edu
Tushar Bali
Biological Sciences: Neurobiology & Physiology major
FIRE Research Stream: Biocomputational
tbali@terpmail.umd.edu
Erica Belser
Program Director, Donor Relations
ebelser@umd.edu
Katie Bemb
Digital Communications Manager for CMNS & Communications Lead for Break Through Tech
kbemb@umd.edu
Owen Bitner
Biological Sciences Major
Mount Airy, MD
Graduating early
Rachel Blanset
Senior Advisor
rblanset@umd.edu
Volker Briken
Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
vbriken@umd.edu
Jordan Broutman
Assistant Director of Corporate Relations
jbrout@umd.edu
Christopher Camacho
Assistant Director of Information Technology
camacho1@umd.edu
Andrew Cardillo
CMNS Peer Mentor Coordinator
Biological Sciences (Cell Biology & Genetics track)
Double Degree: Criminal Justice
Megan Carnell
Assistant Dean for Development
mcarnell@umd.edu
Melissa Casillas
Neuroscience Major
Gaithersburg, MD
Latinx Pre-Health Society
Smrithi Chakravarthy
Biological Sciences and Computer Science Double Major
Clarksburg, MD
Integrated Life Sciences Program
Emily Chan
Biochemistry and Public Health Science Double Major
Huntingtown, MD
Integrated Life Sciences Program
Applied Microbiology and Environmental Assessment Lab
Arman Charkhabi
Biological Sciences Major
North Potomac, MD
College Park Scholars Life Sciences
FIRE
HyeonSu Cheon
Biochemistry
Minor: Philosophy
HyeonSu
Biochemistry
Minor: Philosophy
Amy Chester
Director, Science Academy
alevine@umd.edu
Charles Clark
Fellow, Joint Quantum Institute
Past Co-Director, Joint Quantum Institute
cwc@umd.edu
Lynn Clough
Biological Sciences Major
Rockville, MD
College Park Scholars: Life Sciences
Alzheimer’s Biomarker Research
Feiyan "Fei" Collins
Neuroscience (Molecular, Cellular, and Physiological Track)
Faith Comising
Computer Science Major
Fulton, MD
Design Cultures and Creativity Honors Program
Evelyn Covington-Moore
Program Manager, New Student Programs
ecoving1@umd.edu
Nick Crombie
Physics and Math Dual Degree
Deridder, LA
Research at Quantum Materials Center
Eső Csíkos
Biological Sciences Major
SIlver Spring, MD
UMD Repertoire Orchestra Violist
Elisabeth Durso
Biological Sciences Major
Science Technology Ethics Policy (STEP) Minor
Rockville, MD
University Honors Program
Jennifer Cuchie Guy
Senior Academic Advisor
She/Her/Hers
jcarrion@umd.edu
Michael Cummings
Director, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Master Science Program
mcummin1@umd.edu
Wojciech Czaja
Professor, Mathematics
czaja@umd.edu
Warren Dansou
Public Health Science & Biochemistry major
French minor
FIRE Research Stream: Host-Pathogen Interactions
wdansou@terpmail.umd.edu
Kemal Davaslioglu
Lecturer
kdavasli@umd.edu
Sean Davis
Director of Facilities
sgdavis@umd.edu
Sam Denmark
Biochemistry major
FIRE Research Stream: Bacterial Pathogenesis
sdenmark@terpmail.umd.edu
Atrey Desai
Computer Science and Linguistics double major
Minor in Korean Studies
Saratoga, CA
FIRE: First Year Research Experience
Amol Deshpande
Co-Director, Master of Science in Applied Machine Learning
amol@umd.edu
Dhruv Dewan
Computer Science Major
Math Minor
Elkridge, MD
Gemstone Honors Program
Arti Dhareshwar
Computer Science Major
Business Analytics Minor
Allentown, Pennsylvania
College Park Scholars and QUEST
Dimitry Dolgopyat
Professor, Mathematics
dolgop@umd.edu
Sarah Dudley
Program Manager for Alumni Relations and Development
sdudley1@umd.edu
Danay Dunn
Biological Sciences: Neurobiology and Physiology major
FIRE Research Stream: Fertility science
dtd12@terpmail.umd.edu
Mikayla Durr
Biological Sciences (General Biology track)
Avik Dutt
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Institute for Physical Science and Technology
avikdutt@umd.edu
Deborah Dwomoh
Public Health Science major
FIRE Research Stream: Molecular Diagnostics
ddwomoh@umd.edu
Najib El-Sayed
Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics & Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology.
elsayed@umd.edu
June Falb
Senior Director of Development
jfalb@umd.edu
Gene Ferrick
Director of Operations
gene@umd.edu
Aaliyah Flores
Academic Advisor
asflores@umd.edu
Charles Forgy
Lecturer
ccforgy@umd.edu
John T. Fourkas
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Graduate Education
fourkas@umd.edu
Manoj Franklin
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
manoj@umd.edu
Crystal Gah
Biological Sciences (General Biology track)
Adiam Gebrehiwot
Coordinator
agebre@umd.edu
Amy Ginty-Ryan Alexander
Director of Undergraduate Student Services
aga@umd.edu
Brittany Gonzalez
Academic Advisor
bgonz@umd.edu
Gabriel Goodwin
Biological Sciences: General Biology major
FIRE Research Stream: Host-Pathogen Interactions
ggoodwi3@terpmail.umd.edu
Valerie Gorden
Atmospheric and Oceanic Science major
Frederick, MD
FIRE Program
Federal Fellows Program
Maggi Gray
Manager, Payroll
msgray@umd.edu
Avishi Gupta
Computer Science Major
Computational Finance Minor
Ashburn, VA
Association for Women in Computing
Aarushi Gupta
Biological Sciences Major
Clarksburg, MD
Integrated Life Sciences (ILS)
Foundations of International Medical Relief
Adya Gupta
Biological Sciences (Physiology & Neurobiology track)
Minor: Human Development
Davina Gyimah
Biological Sciences Major
French Studies Minor
Laurel, MD
Life Sciences College Park Scholars Program
Patrick Hael
Computer Science (General track)
Minor: Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students (ACES)
Patrick Hael
Computer Science Major
Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students Minor (ACES)
Hagerstown, MD
College Park Scholars: Science, Technology and Society
Jeff Hall
Assistant Director
jhall117@umd.edu
Royce Hartin
Biological Sciences (Physiology & Neurobiology track)
Double Major: Public Health Science
Minor: General Business
Michelle Haver
Instructional Designer
mhaver@umd.edu
Ruth Heffes
Executive Director of Facilities
rheffes@umd.edu
Ilcia Hernandez
Graduate Assistant, CMNS Teaching & Learning Center
ilciah@umd.edu
Lisa Holder
Coordinator, Administration
lholder@umd.edu
Brooke Hollander
Neuroscience Major
Business Minor
College Park Scholars: Life Sciences Program
Montgomery County, MD
Piper Holly
Career Advisor
pholly@umd.edu
Mary Horecky
Public Health Science major
Pre-Med Track
FIRE Research Stream: Bacterial Pathogenesis
mhorecky@terpmail.umd.edu
Eric Hudson
Biological Sciences (General track)
Minor: History
Eden Hurley
Program Manager, Undergraduate Admissions Counseling and Recruitment
umd-cmns-recruitment@umd.edu
Arkin Idnani
Mathematics and Aerospace Engineering majors
Bangalore, India
Carillon Communities
CMNS Inclusive Excellence Student Advisory Group
Robert Infantino
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education
rinfanti@umd.edu
Imran Iro
Computer Science major
Arabic minor
Bowie, MD
College Success Scholars (CSS)
David Jacobs
Faculty Director, Master of Science in Data Science; Certificate in Data Science
dwj@umd.edu
Ananya Jagdish
Computer Science Major
Baltimore, MD
Interdisciplinary Business Honors Program
Undergraduate Research
International Genetically Engineered Machine Team
Rohan Jaggi
Biological Sciences Major
Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor
Frederick, MD
Global Public Health College Park Scholars
Georgia Jiang
Science Writer/Media Coordinator
jjiang@umd.edu
Ari Kaplan
Computer Science Major
Montgomery County, MD
University Honors (UH) Program
Shreya Katuri
Biological Sciences Major
General Business Minor
Clarksville, MD
Integrated Life Sciences Honors Program
Medisa Kazemi
Biological Sciences Major
North Potomac, MD
College Park Scholars: Life Sciences
Co-chair of CMNS Recruitment Ambassadors
Kolbie Kelly
Biological Sciences (Physiology & Neurobiology track)
Double Degree: Public Health Sciences
Benjamin Kim
Biochemistry major
FIRE Research Stream: Molecular Diagnostics
bkim7375@terpmail.umd.edu
Lauren Kim
Computer Science Major
Montgomery County, MD
Joyce Koo
Graduate Assistant
joyceck@umd.edu
Leonid Koralov
Professor, Mathematics
koralov@umd.edu
Richard La
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
hyongla@umd.edu
Mike Landavere
Director of Information Technology
mike@umd.edu
Sarah-Jo Lawrence
Senior Advisor
sjl32@umd.edu
Brennen Le
Computer Science Major
Silver Spring, MD
Honors Global Challenges and Solutions Program
PandaTech startup
Jessica Lee
Biochemistry Major
Ellicott City, MD
College Park Scholars: Life Sciences
Jennifer Lee
Biological Sciences (Physiology & Neurobiology)
Minor: Mathematics
Mingxin (Rachel) Lei
Chemistry and Mathematics Double Major
Computer Science Minor
Ellicott City, MD
University Honors Program
Co-chair of CMNS Recruitment Ambassadors
Judy Leung
Associate Director for Finance
jleung@umd.edu
Faye Levine
Graphic Designer
flevine@umd.edu
Mia Lewis
Development Coordinator
mialewis@umd.edu
Marc Lichtman
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science
sdr@umd.edu
Yining (Sunny) Liu
Biological Sciences and Mathematics Double Major
Rockville, MD
Carillon Communities
Annie Liu
Chemistry & Biological Sciences: Cell Biology & Genetics major
Statistics minor
FIRE Research Stream: CELLEX
aliu7910@terpmail.umd.edu
Wolfgang Losert
Interim Associate Dean for Research
wlosert@umd.edu
Aaron Lott
Senior Research Scientist and Program Manager, Research Institute of Advanced Computer Science at USRA
Wendy Richards Loughlin
Assistant Dean
Director of the Health Professions Advising Office
loughlin@umd.edu
Madeline Loughlin
Biological Sciences (General track)
Irene Lukoff
Director of Development
ilukoff@umd.edu
Vincent Lyzinski
Associate Professor, Mathematics
vlyzink@umd.edu
Titiksha Magesh
CMNS Peer Mentor Coordinator
Biological Sciences (Physiology and Neurobiology track)
Minor: Human Development
Arlene Manguiat
Director
arlenet@umd.edu
Alyssa Maragh
Graduate Assistant/Advisor
amaragh@umd.edu
Gili Marbach-Ad
Director, CMNS Teaching & Learning Center
gilim@umd.edu
Richard Martinez
Computer Science Major
Germantown, MD
College Success Scholars Program
Jacob Meador
Neuroscience major
FIRE Research Stream: CellEx
jmeador1@terpmail.umd.edu
Cheri Meadows
Director of Development
meadows@umd.edu
Kian Mercado
Dual Degree in Biochemistry and Biological Sciences
Rockville, MD
Integrated Life Sciences (ILS)
Volunteer at the UMD Help Center
Alejandra Mercado
Associate Director, Master's in Telecommunications Program, Electrical and Computer Engineering
mercado@umd.edu
Fabiola Mijares
Finance Coordinator
fo@umd.edu
Leslie Miller
Assistant Director of Communications
lmille12@umd.edu
Abdirisak Mohamed
Lecturer
amoham70@umd.edu
Caleigh Moreland
Neuroscience Major
Law and Society Minor
Bethesda, MD
Shock Trauma TRU Volunteer
Richard Mukam
Computer Science Major
Bowie, MD
College Park Scholars: Science and Global Change
Saipraneeth (Neeth) Mukku
Computer Science major
Business minor
Laurel, MD
College Park Scholars (Business, Society and the Economy)
Quinn Mulvihill
Biochemistry Major
Huntingtown, MD
University Honors Program
FIRE Bacterial Pathogenesis research
Dawn Myers
Assistant Dean for Finance and Personnel
dgmyers@umd.edu
Andrew Myers
Biological Sciences
Sharpsburg, MD
Club Dodgeball
Sai Naraharisetti
Computer Science Major
Statistics Minor
Ellicott City, MD
Public Leadership College Park Scholars
Alfredo Nava-Tudela
Director of Scientific Computing, Institute for Physical Science and Technology
ant@umd.edu
Colin Nguyen
Computer Science (General track)
Shay Nicholl
Biological Sciences: Cell Biology & Genetics major
FIRE Research Stream: Cellex
mnichol4@terpmail.umd.edu
Emily Nunez
Science Writer/Media Coordinator
ecnunez@umd.edu
Oliver O'Brien
Astronomy and Anthropology Dual Degree
Planetary Science Minor
Westfield, NJ
Carillon Communities
Shane O'Brien
Financial Services Specialist
sobrien4@umd.edu
Isabel Ocegueda
Computer Science Major
Asian American Studies Minor
Fort Knox, KY
University Honors Program
Chukwuebuka Kevin Okeke
Biological Sciences: Neurobiology and Physiology major
Spanish minor
FIRE Research Stream: Host-Pathogen Interactions
chukwuebukakokeke1@gmail.com
Nana Okyere
Biological Sciences Major
Belcamp, MD
Life Sciences Scholars Program
Shackman Affective and Translational Neuroscience Lab
Alisha Ong
Biological Science (Physiology & Neurobiology track)
Minor: Humanities, Health & Medicine
Olaedo Onukwubiri
Biochemistry Major
Crofton, MD
NIH UGSP Scholar
Kiara Oteyza
Biological Sciences: Neurobiology and Physiology major
FIRE Research Stream: Host-Pathogen Interactions
Koteyza@terpmail.umd.edu
Hrithasma Pant
Computer Science major and Statistics minor
Rockville, MD
FIRE: First Year Innovation & Research Experience
Jihyo Park
Computer Science (General track)
Double Major: Mathematics
Khushi Patel
Biological Sciences (General Biology track)
Aarav Patel
Public Health Science major
FIRE Research Stream: Host-Pathogen Interactions
apatel75@terpmail.umd.edu
Rob Patro
Associate Professor, Computer Science
rob@cs.umd.edu
Tammy Perrin
Lecturer
tperrin@umd.edu
Stephanie Peters
Director
speters@umd.edu
Erik Pfeffer
Computer Science Major
ACES Minor
Bergen County, NJ
University Honors (UH) Program
Sophie Pilon
Biological Sciences Major
Annapolis, MD
VP and Co-founder of Women’s Surgical Society
Joelle Presson
Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Academic Programs
jpresson@umd.edu
Rumya Ravi
Program Manager, Science Academy
rravi@umd.edu
Philip Resnik
Professor, Linguistics and UMIACS
resnik@umd.edu
Eric Riley
IT Administrator
eriley15@umd.edu
Abby Robinson
Assistant Dean of Communications
abbyr@umd.edu
Kamelia Roy
Computer Science (Data Science track)
Minor: Actuarial Mathematics
Rebecca Ryan
Program Director of CMNS
ryanreb@umd.edu
Zoltan Safar
Director, Electrical and Computer Engineering-Telecommunications Program
zsafar@umd.edu
Giacinto Paolo Saggese
Lecturer
gsaggese@umd.edu
Autumn Salcedo
Biological Sciences: Microbiology major
Spanish minor
FIRE Research Stream: Found in Translation
asalced1@terpmail.umd.edu
Isabella Sanford
Astronomy and Physics Double Major
Swartz Creek, MI
Carillon Communities
Krushi Shah
Computer Science and Finance Major
Laurel, MD
Interdisciplinary Business Honors
Mark Sherwood
Photographer/Videographer
sherwood@umd.edu
Noor Singh
Chemistry Major
General Business Minor
Clarksville, MD
University Honors
Shashank Singh
Computer Science Major
Technology Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation minor
Rockville, MD
Computer Science Departmental Honors
Michail Siokis
Neuroscience major
Statistics minor
FIRE Research Stream: Transgenerational Brain Initiative
msiokis@terpmail.umd.edu
Divahar Sivanesan
Computer Science and Mathematics double major alum
Clarksburg, MD
enrolled in UMD's CS PhD program
Clay Smith
Academic Advisor
csmith52@umd.edu
Ayush Sood
Computer Science Major: Machine Learning Track
Ashburn, VA
NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Bhargav Srinivasan
Computer Science and Biological Sciences double major
Timonium, MD
Gemstone Honors Program
Creates biological models using Python
Neha Sripathi
Biological Sciences: Microbiology Major
Burke, VA
Gemstone
Genetics Teaching Assistant
Siril Stephen
Biochemistry BS alumni
Transfered from Montgomery College
Gaithersburg, MD
Dental Assistant and NIST Researcher
Natasha Strozeski
Neuroscience major
FIRE Research Stream: TBI
nstrozes@terpmail.umd.edu
Bilal Suleman
Computer Science (General track)
Minor: Data Science
Rena Surana-Nirula
Events Manager
Shabnam Tafreshi
Lecturer
stafresh@umd.edu
Mahita Talla
Biological Sciences Major
Ellicott City, MD
Life Sciences College Park Scholars Program
Mahita Talla
Biological Sciences (Cell Biology & Genetics track)
Angela Tan
Biological Sciences Major
Computer Science and Asian American Studies Minors
Howard County, MD
Integrated Life Sciences Honors Program
Mohammad Nayeem Teli
Lecturer, Electrical and Computer Engineering
nayeem@umd.edu
Krishnan Tholkappian
Computer Science Major
Minors in Science, Technology, Ethics, Policy and Nonprofit Leadership/Social Innovation
Clarksburg, MD
Global Fellows and FIRE
Kaci Thompson
Assistant Dean, Science Education Initiatives
Director, BioFIRE
kaci@umd.edu
Sharvari Tirodkar
Computer Science and Operations Management & Business Analytics Double Major
Ellicott City, MD
University Honors
Bitcamp and Technica
Pratyush Tiwary
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry & Institute for Physical Science and Technology
ptiwary@umd.edu
Konstantina Trivisa
Director, Quantum Computing MPS and Graduate Certificate
trivisa@umd.edu
Sennur Ulukus
Co-Director, Master of Science in Applied Machine Learning
ulukus@umd.edu
Shreyes Varde
Computer Science Major
Business Analytics Minor
Edison, NJ
FIRE, QUEST Honors Program
Amitabh Varshney
Dean
Lilian Wang
Biological Sciences and Psychology Dual Degree
Boyds, MD
Integrated Life Sciences
The Help Center
Peggy Wolf
Advisor
pwolf1@umd.edu
Alexander Wolfson
Chemistry Major
Kensington, MD
University Honors Program
Ben Woods
Senior Web Developer
bwoods16@umd.edu
Stacia Woycheck
Assistant Dean, Student Services
woycheck@umd.edu
Stephen Wu
Computer Science major
Gaithersburg, MD
Banneker/Key Scholar
University Honors Program
Allan Yashinski
Senior Lecturer, Mathematics
ayashins@umd.edu
Kyungjin Yoo
Faculty Specialist, Computer Science and UMIACS
athleta@umd.edu
Nicole Yunger Halpern
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Institute for Physical Science and Technology & the Joint Institute for Quantum Information and Computer Science
nicoleyh@umd.edu
Anil Zeningoglu
Assistant Research Scientist, Institute for Physical Science and Technology
anil@umd.edu
Vincent Zhao
Computer Science and Biological Sciences Dual Degree
Potomac, MD
Integrated Life Sciences Honors College
Terps Against Hunger
Britney Zheng
Public Health Science major
General Business minor
FIRE Research Stream: Host-Pathogen Interactions
Bzheng@terpmail.umd.edu
Kyle Zibell
Biological Sciences (Cell Biology & Genetics track)
Minor: Innovation & Entrepreneurship