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Principal Investigator<\/h2>\n

Hugo Sanabria<\/h3>\n

Dr. Hugo Sanabria is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Clemson University. He graduated from Tec of Monterrey, Mexico, with a B.S. in Physics Engineering. He pursued an M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Houston under Dr. John H. Miller’s supervision. His thesis was on applications of dielectric spectroscopy to study biopolymers. Dr. Sanabria got awarded a Keck Fellowship from the Gulf Coast Consortia for his postdoctoral research with Dr. M. Neal Waxham at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. There he studied Ca2+ signaling proteins involved in learning and memory processes. Later, he got awarded an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship at Heinrich Heine University, in Germany, under Dr. Claus A. M. Seidel’s supervision, where he developed and enhanced single-molecule methodologies to study the structure and dynamics of proteins. In 2014 he joined Clemson University and, in 2016, he was named CU School of Health Research Faculty Scholar. He is a recipient of the prestigious NSF CAREER award, the 2019 Board of Trustees Excellence award, and the 2019 HORIBA Young Fluorescence Investigator Award. NSF and NIH fund his research program.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”rgba(82,45,128,0.21)”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”3305″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Laboratory Technician<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Inna Yanez-Orozco<\/h3>\n

B.S. Physics Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n

Inna has a B.S. in Physics Engineering and has more than 14 years of experience in biophysics research. She leads research projects with the undergrad students and is responsible of managing the laboratory. She enjoys moonlighthing as a fitness class instructor and a life coach.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”rgba(82,45,128,0.21)”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”rgba(82,45,128,0.21)”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Graduate Students<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”3573″ img_size=”large” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]Rajen Goutam<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph.D. student, physics[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”3570″ img_size=”large” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]Anay Fernanda L\u00e1zaro Alfaro<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph.D. student, physics[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”3571″ img_size=”large” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]Rabin Baral<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph.D. student, physics[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”3572″ img_size=”large” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]Sanjeev Ghimire<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph.D. student, medical biophysics[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”rgba(82,45,128,0.21)”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Undergradaute Researchers<\/h2>\n

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Past Members<\/h2>\n

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Soheila Rezaei Adariani<\/h3>\n

M.S. Physics, 2016 – Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow at Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Dr. Junyan Ma<\/h3>\n

Ph.D. Chemistry, 2017 – Current affiliation: Postdoctoral fellow, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anyang Normal University, 455000 Anyang, P.R. China[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

E. Riley Blocker<\/h3>\n

Riley gradaute witha. B.S. in Physics in the Spring of 2018. He is currently a Senior Research Scientist at SSAI – NASA GSFC.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Gabriella Wheeler Fox<\/h3>\n

Gabriella got her B.S. in Physics in Spring 2019. She is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Chicago in the Computational Neuroscience program.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Dr. Exequiel Medina<\/h3>\n

Visiting Scholar and Postdoctoral Fellow \u2013 Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, Departamento de Biolog\u00eda, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Philip Brewer<\/h3>\n

Philip Brewer graduated in Fall 2020, he joined the lab as a part-time technician from January 2021 to June 2021.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Dr. Narendar Kolimi<\/h3>\n

Narendar Kolimi completed B.Sc. in Biotechnology and M.Sc. in Biochemistry from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. Following this, he received a Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Thenmalarchelvi Rathinavelan in the Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India in 2018. He joined in Dr. Sanabria\u2019s group in December 2018. He is currently working at UMass in the laboratory of Dr. Li.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Alejandro Molina<\/h3>\n

Alejo was a visiting scholar from the fall of 2022 to the spring of 2023 from the Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile, Santiago.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Dr. George Hamilton<\/h3>\n

Dr. George Hamilton completed his Ph.D. in Spring 2022. He is\u00a0working as a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Eli Rothenberg at New York University School of Medicine.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

David Sanders<\/h3>\n

David Sanders graduated in Spring 2023 with a B.S. in Physics. Currently, he is a graduate student at Texas A&M University doing research in experimental optical physics with a particular interest in the biological applications[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Dr. David Frost<\/h3>\n

Dr. David Frost graduated with a Ph.D in Mathematical Sciences in December 2023.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Dr. Dani Latham<\/h3>\n

Dr. Danielle Latham completed her Ph.D. in Spring 2024. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Case Western Reserve University under the Supervision of Prof. Lydia Kelsey.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Frank Duffy<\/h3>\n

Frank finished his master’s in Physics in the Fall of 2024. He contributed greatly to our Python developments. Check out his page github.com\/Frank-Duffy<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Abigail Poropatich<\/h3>\n

Abigail graduated with a double major in Physics and Computer Science in Fall 2024.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Sixto Morales<\/h3>\n

Sixo was a visiting scholar during the spring of 2025 from the University of Chile, Santiago.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Sterling Nicholas<\/h3>\n

Sterling graduated summa cum laude in Spring 2025 with a B.S. in Biochemistry and Minors in Physics and Chemistry.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Krushi Patel<\/h3>\n

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