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Ariel Abraham

Biological Sciences: Cell Biology & Genetics Major

Minor in Data Science

Potomac, MD

Integrated Life Sciences

Eno Abrefa

BioFIRE Graduate Assistant

eabrefa@umd.edu

Mohe Abu Maizer

Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Majors

Quantum Science and Engineering Minor

Amman, Jordan

Lora Abuobaid

Chemistry Major

Health, Humanities, and Medicine Minor

Rockville, MD

Graduated May 2025

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

Nour Al Zamil

Biological Sciences major

Business and Arabic minors

Baltimore, MD

FIRE and Federal Fellows

Ava Allen

Physics and Astronomy Double Major

Annapolis, MD

University Honors Program

Eniola Aloba

Computer Science Major

Lanham, MD

FIRE 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

Inactive summer/fall 2025

Akua Asa-Awuku

Associate Dean, Diversity and Inclusion

asaawuku@umd.edu

Kendall Auffarth

Biological Sciences Major

Humanities, Health, and Medicine Minor

Hereford, MD

University Honors Program

Lecturer

Lecturer

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

Senior Advisor

Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics

vbriken@umd.edu

Jordan Broutman

Assistant Director of Corporate Relations

jbrout@umd.edu

Bhavika Buddi

Computer Science and Sustainability Informatics and Modeling (IVSP) Majors

Portland, OR

FIRE (Sustainability Analytics stream)

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

Smrithi Chakravarthy

Biological Sciences and Computer Science Double Major

Clarksburg, MD

Integrated Life Sciences Program

Graduated May 2025

Emily Chan

Biochemistry and Public Health Science Double Major

Huntingtown, MD

Integrated Life Sciences Program

Applied Microbiology and Environmental Assessment Lab

HyeonSu Cheon

Biochemistry

Minor: Philosophy

HyeonSu

Biochemistry

Minor: Philosophy

Amy Chester

Assistant Dean, Professional Graduate Education

Director, Science Academy

alevine@umd.edu

Charles Clark

Fellow, Joint Quantum Institute

Past Co-Director, Joint Quantum Institute

cwc@umd.edu

Feiyan "Fei" Collins

Neuroscience (Molecular, Cellular, and Physiological Track)

Faith Comising

Computer Science Major

General Business Minor

Fulton, MD

Design, Cultures, and Creativity

Kenny Coronel

Graduate Assistant

kencoro@umd.edu

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

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

David E. Currie

Studio Director, Science Academy

dcurrie@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

$Dimitry Dolgopyat$

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)

Elisabeth Durso

Biological Sciences Major

Science, Technology, Ethics, and Policy (STEP) Minor

Rockville, MD

University Honors Program

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

Emily Elassal

Biological Sciences: Physiology & Neurobiology Major

Fairfax, VA

FIRE Program: Molecular Diagnostics

Alexys Esfandiari

Biological Sciences and Dietetics Double Major

Eldersburg, MD

University Honors Program

Ethan Everitt

Computer Science Major

General Business Minor

Garnet Valley, PA

Terps Racing EV Formula Team

June Falb

Senior Director of Development

jfalb@umd.edu

Gene Ferrick

Director of Operations

Academic Advisor

Lecturer

Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs

fourkas@umd.edu

Manoj Franklin

Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

manoj@umd.edu

Crystal Gah

Biological Sciences (General Biology track)

Coordinator

Academic Advisor

Biological Sciences: General Biology major

FIRE Research Stream: Host-Pathogen Interactions

ggoodwi3@terpmail.umd.edu

Aarushi Gupta

Biological Sciences Major

Humanities, Health, and Medicine (HHM) and Disabilities Studies minors

Clarksburg, MD

Integrated Life Sciences (ILS)

Adya Gupta

Biological Sciences (Physiology & Neurobiology track)

Minor: Human Development

Avishi Gupta

Computer Science Major

Computational Finance Minor

Ashburn, VA

Association for Women in Computing

Patrick Hael

Computer Science (General track)

Minor: Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students (ACES)

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, Science Academy

mhaver@umd.edu

Ruth Heffes

Executive Director of Facilities

rheffes@umd.edu

Ilcia Hernandez

Graduate Assistant, CMNS Teaching & Learning Center

ilciah@umd.edu

Philana Hin

Neuroscience Major

Entrepreneurial Leadership Minor

Fulton, MD

College Park Scholars

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

Elise Huang

Biochemistry and Psychology dual degrees

Rockville, MD

Integrated Life Sciences

Eric Hudson

Biological Sciences (General track)

Minor: History

Eden Hurley

Program Manager, Undergraduate Admissions Counseling and Recruitment

egarosi@umd.edu

Arkin Idnani

Mathematics and Aerospace Engineering majors

Bangalore, India

Carillon Communities

Co-chair of CMNS ambassadors

Robert Infantino

Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education

rinfanti@umd.edu

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

International Genetically Engineered Machine Team

Rohan Jaggi

Biological Sciences Major

Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor

Frederick, MD

College Park Scholars

Graduated May 2025

Georgia Jiang

Science Writer/Media Coordinator

jjiang@umd.edu

Shreya Katuri

Biological Sciences Major

General Business and Humanities, Health & Medicine Minors

Clarksville, MD

Integrated Life Sciences (ILS)

Medisa Kazemi

Biological Sciences Major, pre-dental

North Potomac, MD

College Park Scholars

Graduated May 2025

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

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

Senior Advisor

Computer Science and Mathematics double degree

Silver Spring, MD

Computational Finance minor

Honors Global Challenges and Solutions Program

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 ambassadors

Judy Leung

Associate Director for Finance

Graphic Designer

Development Coordinator

mialewis@umd.edu

Marc Lichtman

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science

sdr@umd.edu

Jefferny Lin

Biological Sciences Major

General Business Minor

Takoma Park, MD

Integrated Life Sciences (ILS)

Annie Liu

Chemistry & Biological Sciences: Cell Biology & Genetics major

Statistics minor

FIRE Research Stream: CELLEX

aliu7910@terpmail.umd.edu

Yining (Sunny) Liu

Biological Sciences and Mathematics Double Major

Rockville, MD

Carillon Communities

Wolfgang Losert

Associate Dean, Research (Interim)

wlosert@umd.edu

Aaron Lott

Senior Research Scientist and Program Manager, Research Institute of Advanced Computer Science at USRA

Madeline Loughlin

Biological Sciences (General track)

Madeline Loughlin

Biological Sciences Major

Humanities, Health, and Medicine and Vocal Performance Minors

Annapolis, MD

Wendy Richards Loughlin

Assistant Dean

Director of the Health Professions Advising Office

loughlin@umd.edu

Irene Lukoff

Director of Development

ilukoff@umd.edu

Tracy Ly

Biological Sciences: Physiology & Neurobiology Major

Sociology Minor

Ellicott City, MD

Integrated Life Sciences

$Vincent Lyzinski$

Vincent Lyzinski

Associate Professor, Mathematics

vlyzink@umd.edu

Katie Maffett

Program Manager, Science Academy

kmaffett@umd.edu

Titiksha Magesh

CMNS Peer Mentor Coordinator

Biological Sciences (Physiology and Neurobiology track)

Minor: Human Development

Arlene Manguiat

Director

arlenet@umd.edu

Gili Marbach-Ad

Director, CMNS Teaching & Learning Center

gilim@umd.edu

Kimberly Matos

Biological Sciences: General Biology Major

Clarksburg, MD

College Park Scholars

Dental assistant

Cade McGeehan

Biological Sciences: Cell Biology & Genetics Major

Ellicott City, MD

Gemstone Program

Jacob Meador

Neuroscience major

FIRE Research Stream: CellEx

jmeador1@terpmail.umd.edu

Cheri Meadows

Director of Development

meadows@umd.edu

Alejandra Mercado

Associate Director, Master's in Telecommunications Program, Electrical and Computer Engineering

mercado@umd.edu

Kian Mercado

Dual Degree in Biochemistry and Biological Sciences

Rockville, MD

Integrated Life Sciences (ILS)

Volunteer at the UMD Help Center

Fabiola Mijares

Finance Coordinator

fo@umd.edu

Leslie Miller

Assistant Director of Communications

Lecturer

Neuroscience: Cellular, Molecular, Physiological Track Major

Humanities Health and Medicine Minor

Potomac, MD

College Park Scholars

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

Inactive summer/fall 2025 due to full-time Co-op

Quinn Mulvihill

Biochemistry Major

Huntingtown, MD

University Honors Program

FIRE Bacterial Pathogenesis research

Andrew Myers

Biological Sciences

Sharpsburg, MD

Club Dodgeball

UM Scholars Summer Research Program

Dawn Myers

Assistant Dean for Finance and Personnel

dgmyers@umd.edu

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

Peace Oladunni

Computer Science Major

Silver Spring, MD

ACES Honors Program

Black Engineers Society

Alisha Ong

Biological Science (Physiology & Neurobiology track)

Minor: Humanities, Health & Medicine

Kiara Oteyza

Biological Sciences: Neurobiology and Physiology major

FIRE Research Stream: Host-Pathogen Interactions

Koteyza@terpmail.umd.edu

Pranav Palle

Computer Science Major

General Business, Business Analytics, Statistics Minors

Cherry Hill, NJ

Jihyo Park

Computer Science (General track)

Double Major: Mathematics

Aarav Patel

Public Health Science major

FIRE Research Stream: Host-Pathogen Interactions

apatel75@terpmail.umd.edu

Khushi Patel

Biological Sciences (General Biology track)

Rob Patro

Associate Professor, Computer Science

Lecturer

Director

Associate Dean, Graduate Education

lpick@umd.edu

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

Aashvi Rauniar

Biological Sciences Major

General Business Minor

Houston, TX

Global Fellows

Rumya Ravi

Program Manager, Science Academy

rravi@umd.edu

Philip Resnik

Professor, Linguistics and UMIACS

IT Administrator

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

Ayati Sangwan

Biochemistry Major

Salisbury, MD

Executive Board Member of Food Recovery Network

Alaine Sathuluri

Neuroscience Major

Humanities Health and Medicine Minor

Boyds, MD

College Park Scholars

Krushi Shah

Computer Science and Finance Major

Laurel, MD

Interdisciplinary Business Honors

Mark Sherwood

Photographer/Videographer

sherwood@umd.edu

Sarah Shumaker

Biological Sciences: Physiology & Neurobiology Major

Catonsville, MD

College Park Scholars

Aryamann Singh

Biological Sciences: General Biology Major

Centreville, VA

Cardiology research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine

Michail Siokis

Neuroscience major

Statistics minor

FIRE Research Stream: Transgenerational Brain Initiative

msiokis@terpmail.umd.edu

Clay Smith

Academic Advisor

csmith52@umd.edu

Bhargav Srinivasan

Computer Science and Biological Sciences double major

Timonium, MD

Gemstone Honors Program

Creates biological models using Python

Natasha Strozeski

Neuroscience major

FIRE Research Stream: TBI

nstrozes@terpmail.umd.edu

Bilal Suleman

Computer Science (General track)

Minor: Data Science

Laurel Sun

Computer Science Major

Mathematics Minor

Saratoga, CA

College Park Scholars

Events Manager

Lecturer

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

Information Systems +1 Master's

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

Priya Tyagi

Biological Sciences Major

Data Science and Philosophy Minors

Cherry Hill, NJ

CMNS Representative in SGA

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, General Business minor

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 Zenginoglu

Assistant Research Scientist, Institute for Physical Science and Technology

anil@umd.edu

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

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