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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

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

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

Elisabeth Durso

Biological Sciences Major

Science Technology Ethics Policy (STEP) Minor

Rockville, MD

University Honors Program

Eső Csíkos

Biological Sciences Major

SIlver Spring, MD

UMD Repertoire Orchestra Violist

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

$Dimitry Dolgopyat$

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

Academic Advisor

Lecturer

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

Academic Advisor

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

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

Aarushi Gupta

Biological Sciences Major

Clarksburg, MD

Integrated Life Sciences (ILS)

Foundations of International Medical Relief

Davina Gyimah

Biological Sciences Major

French Studies Minor

Laurel, MD

Life Sciences College Park Scholars Program

Patrick Hael

Computer Science Major

Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students Minor (ACES)

Hagerstown, MD

College Park Scholars: Science, Technology and Society

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

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

Lauren Kim

Computer Science Major

Montgomery County, MD

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 Major

Silver Spring, MD

Honors Global Challenges and Solutions Program

PandaTech startup

Jennifer Lee

Biological Sciences (Physiology & Neurobiology)

Minor: Mathematics

Jessica Lee

Biochemistry Major

Ellicott City, MD

College Park Scholars: Life Sciences

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

Graphic Designer

Development Coordinator

mialewis@umd.edu

Marc Lichtman

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science

sdr@umd.edu

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

Interim Associate Dean for Research

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)

Wendy Richards Loughlin

Assistant Dean

Director of the Health Professions Advising Office

loughlin@umd.edu

Irene Lukoff

Director of Development

ilukoff@umd.edu

$Vincent Lyzinski$

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

Finance Coordinator

Assistant Director of Communications

Lecturer

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

Andrew Myers

Biological Sciences

Sharpsburg, MD

Club Dodgeball

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

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

Lecturer

Director

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

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

Krushi Shah

Computer Science and Finance Major

Laurel, MD

Interdisciplinary Business Honors

Mark Sherwood

Photographer/Videographer

sherwood@umd.edu

Shashank Singh

Computer Science Major

Technology Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation minor

Rockville, MD

Computer Science Departmental Honors

Noor Singh

Chemistry Major

General Business Minor

Clarksville, MD

University 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

Events Manager

Lecturer

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

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