Lab Members

Professors

Laura Finzi

PROFESSOR

Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Inaugural Dr. Waenard L. Miller, Jr. ’69 and Sheila M. Miller Endowed Chair in Medical Biophysics.
Professor of Physics, Joint appointment in BioEngineering.

David Dunlap

RESEARCH PROFESSOR

Ph.D., University of Oregon,
Director of the C-Trap facility.

Email: dddunla[at]clemson.edu

Postdocs

Ritika Gupta
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: ritika[at]clemson.edu

Swathi Tenugu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Joining Soon…

Om Prakash

Postdoctoral Fellow
Joining Soon…

Graduate Students

Wesley Stine
4th year PhD Student in Physics
Email: wstine[at]clemson.edu

Md Abdul Kalam Azad
2nd Year PhD Student in Medical Biophysics
Email: mdabula[at]clemson.edu

Kate Oldenburg

PhD Student in Medical Biophysics

Fall 2026

Undergraduate Students

Killian Kirkpatrick

Junior Physics Student
Email: kkirkpa[at]clemson.edu

Reagan Lane

REU Student 2026

Colgate University

Alumni

Graduate Students and Postdocs

Catherine Jordan
Masters in Medical Biophysics

Narendar Kolimi
Postdoctoral Fellow 2023-2026

Now: Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Suleyman Ucuncuoglu
Graduate Student 2009-2014
Visiting Professor July 2024-September 2025

Now: Research Scientist in Bioinformatics, Institute for Human Genetics (IIHG), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.

Chandu Priya Goalla
Master’s Student 2024-2025
Controls Software Engineer at Quest global

Sairakesh gajavalli

System Programmer/Developer 2026

Yue Lu
Postdoctoral Fellow 2020-2022
Now at Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
luyue19890620[at]163.com

Jin Qian
Graduate Student 2018-2024
Now Postdoctoral Fellow in Quan Wang’s group, NIDDK (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
j8qian[at]gmail.com

Dylan Collette
Graduate student and Postdoctoral Fellow 2020-2023
Now a Lecturer and Lab Coordinator, Physics at Oglethorpe University
dcollette[at]oglethorpe.com

Derrica McCalla
Lab Technician 2019-2021
Now a medical student at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
derrica.mccalla[at]gmail.com

Wenxuan Xu
Graduate student 2016-2021
Now a Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Hongxia Fu’s lab at the University of Washington
wuxu73[at]uw.edu

Eugene Ostrofet
Postdoctoral Fellow 2020-2021
Now Customer Success Scientist for acoustic force spectroscopy (AFS) with Lumicks Inc. in Amsterdam, NL
eugeniu.ostrofet[at]emory.edu

Josh Mendez
Postdoctoral Fellow 2019-2020
Now Director, Sensors for Extreme Environments Lab at the University of Oregon
jmendez7[at]uoregon.edumendez

Yan Yan
Graduate student 2013-2018
Postdoctoral Fellow 2018-2019
Now a Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Peng Yin’s lab at Harvard University
yanyanyy77[at]gmail.com

Daniel Kovari
Postdoctoral Fellow 2014-2019
Now Process Development Engineer in Abbott Atlanta
dkovari[at]gmail.com

Zsuzsanna Voros
Visiting Scholar 2015-2018
zsuzsanna.voros[at]emory.edu

Roberto Ortiz
Rotation Student 2015-2016
roberto.daniel.ortiz[at]emory.edu

Sandip Kumar
Postdoctoral Fellow 2014
Now in the department of biochemistry in the University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB
sandip[at]udel.edu

Yue Ding
Graduate Student 2008-2014
Now at Pacific Biosciences,CA
ydingemory[at]gmail.com

Emrah Simsek
Graduate Student
Fall Rotation 2013
emrah.simsek[at]emory.edu

Diane Wiener
Postdoctoral Fellow 2012-2013
Sr. R&D Engineer, Bioengineering at Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
dianemariewiener[at]gmail.com

Monica Fernandez Sierra
Postdoctoral Fellow 2011-2013
Now senior Scientific Director at Vaniam Group, Articulate Science
monica.fersier[at]gmail.com

Shengming Zhang
Rotation Student 2012-2013
Now at Dept. of Physics, University of Georgia

Ning Gao
Postdoctoral Fellow 2011-2012
Now Postdoctoral Fellow at Dept. of Surgery, Emory University
ning.gao[at]emory.edu

Haowei Wang
Graduate Student 2005-2011, Postdoctoral Fellow 2011-2012
Now Associate Professor at Dept. of Optics,
University of Science and Technology of China
haowei.wang[at]gmail.com

Sachin Goyal
Postdoctoral Fellow 2010-2011
Now Assistant Professor at Dept. of Mechanical Eng.,
University of California at Merced
sgoyal2[at]ucmerced.edu

Qing Shao
Graduate Student 2005-2011 and PRISM fellow 2009-2011
Now Associate Professor at Georgia Gwinnett College
qshao[at]ggc.edu

Neslihan Ucuncuoglu
Graduate Student
Summer Rotation 2010

Chiara Zurla
Undergraduate, Graduate Student, and Postdoctoral Fellow
2001-2008
Now at Emory, Department of Biomed Eng.
chiara.zurla[at]emory.edu

Carlo Manzo
Postdoctoral Fellow 2006-2008
Now Associate Professor at Universitat de Vic Universitat Central de Catalunya, Spain
carlo.manzo[at]icfo.es