Graduate Students

I joined the Stellwagen lab as a PhD Student in the Fall of 2024. My research focuses on prey capture glues from arthropods, and I am passionate about the environment and leveraging arthropods to produce bio-based materials.

My lab works on Chaperones and the focus of my research is to understand the impact of Hsp70 phosphorylation on the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)  protein TDP43 .

I love to learn more about invertebrates through the microscopic landscape of the cellular world and am always excited to find answers using molecular and genetic techniques. I aspire to apply my expertise to conservation efforts in order to help preserve and protect the biodiversity of the planet. 

I am a Brazilian Bioprocess and Biotechnology Engineer and currently a Ph.D. student in Luo’s lab. My research focuses on studying dark carbon metabolic pathways of deep ocean microbial communities inhabiting hydrothermal vents.

I’m a thesis masters student in the Song lab studying plant signaling pathways using bioinformatics methods.