Joseph M. Rutkowski
Postdoctoral Fellow Touchstone Diabetes Center, UT Southwestern
PhD Bioengineering & Biotechnology, EPFL
MS Chemical Engineering, Northwestern
BS Chemical Engineering, Penn State

Super Staff
Andrea Reyna
BS Zoology
Texas A&M University

Brittany Tate
BS Psychology
Texas A&M University

Productive Postdocs
Saranya Kannan
PhD Biomedical Sciences – Endocrinology
MS Biomedical Sciences

Gifted Graduate Students
Heidi Creed
Medical Sciences PhD Program
BS Cellular, Molecular, and Developmental Biology, University of Washington

Thien Phan
Medical Sciences PhD Program
BS Biological Sciences, University of Mary Washington

Graduate Student Openings: join us!
Dr. Rutkowski is a graduate faculty of the College of Medicine’s Medical Science graduate program and the Texas A&M interdisciplinary program in Genetics.
Useful Undergraduates
Madison Tatum
Biomedical Sciences
TAMU Class of 2022

Binh Nguyen
Biology
TAMU Class of 2023

Ana Lima-Orellana
Biology
TAMu Class of 2023

Past Participants
Bradley Upchurch
Spring 2016 – Spring 2017, URS Thesis
TAMU Class of 2017
Medical Student, UT Southwestern
Daniel Galvan
Spring 2016
TAMU Class of 2019
Medical Student, UT Southwestern
Gabriela Lammoglia
Spring 2016 – Spring 2018
TAMU Class of 2019
Lincoln Memorial University PA Program
Carolynn Van Zandt
Spring 2016 – Spring 2017
TAMU Class of 2018
Ben Boyett
Summer 2016
TAMU Class of 2017
Medical Student, TAMU College of Medicine
Taylor Works
Summer 2016 – Fall 2016
TAMU Class of 2017
Graduate Student, UT Health San Antonio
Evon Looper
Summer 2016
TAMU Class of 2017
Sheridan Barajas
Summer 2016 – Summer 2018
Research Assistant
Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine
Naveen Menon
Summer 2016 – Fall 2017
TAMU Class of 2019
Gabriel Sobarzo
Fall 2016 – Spring 2017
TAMU Class of 2017
Gabriella Abouelkheir
Fall 2016 – Spring 2017, URS Thesis
TAMU Class of 2017
Medical Student, Baylor College of Medicine
Jasmine Seo
Fall 2016 – Spring 2017
TAMU Class of 2017
Clinical Pathology Associates, Austin, TX
Tyler Lowry
Spring 2017
TAMU Class of 2019
Emma Glenn
Spring 2017 – Spring 2019, URS Thesis
TAMU Class of 2019
Medical Student, TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine
Mary-Catherine Clark
Spring 2017 – Fall 2019
TAMU Class of 2020
Medical Student, UT McGovern
Adri Chakraborty, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Fall 2017 – Fall 2020
Current Assistant Professor at Boston University
Matt Smithhart
Spring 2018 – Spring 2019
TAMU Class of 2019
Medical Student, TAMU College of Medicine
Jasmine Khetan
Spring 2018 – Fall 2018
TAMU Class of 2020
Medical Student, UT McGovern
Veronica Kierig
Spring 2018
TAMU Class of 2018
Medical Student, McGovern Medical School
Caroline Scogin
Spring 2018 – Spring 2021
TAMU Class of 2021
Anchal Thomas
Spring 2018
TAMU Class of 2018
University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine
Laura Turpen
Spring 2018
UTMB School of Nursing
Suman Vadlamani
Spring 2018 – Spring 2020
TAMU Class of 2021
Medical Student, UT Southwestern
Jimmy Townson
Fall 2018 – Spring 2019
TAMU Class of 2020
Ashley Sanfelippo
Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
TAMU Class of 2020
Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
Gaurav Baranwal, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Spring 2019 – Spring 2022
Post-Doctoral Research at Mayo Clinic
Stephanie Blais
Spring 2019 – Fall 2019
TAMU Class of 2020
Nathaniel Purdy
Spring 2019 – Spring 2020
TAMU Class of 2020
Alexa Auger
Fall 2019 – Spring 2020
TAMU Class of 2021
Kirsten Doering-Ough
Fall 2019
TAMU Class of 2021
Rahul Vegiraju
Fall 2019 – Spring 2020
TAMU Class of 2022
Timaj Usman
Spring 2020 – Spring 2021
TAMU Class of 2021
Ryan Bailey
Spring 2020 – Fall 2020
TAMU Class of 2021
Krishnendu Sreekumar
Spring 2021
TAMU Class of 2023
Zunaira Zaki
Spring 2021
TAMU Class of 2021
Carson Shults
Spring 2021
TAMU Class of 2022
Naomi Dillard
Summer 2021
COM Summer Research Program
Prairie View A&M Class of 2023