team

Meet the Fly Whisperers of Eleftherianos Lab!

principal investigator

Dr. Ioannis Eleftherianos
Associate professor
"the boss"
Insect Infection
​and Immunity

postdoctoral fellows

research assistants

Christa Heryanto
research staff
& lab manager
the "GPS"
Kyle Devine
research assistant

The "FLY Master"

graduate students

Eric Kenney
cookie dealer
Molecular Basis of Entomopathogenic Nematode Parasitism
Yaprak Ozakman
protein princess
​Drosophila Anti-Nematode Immunity
​​​
Ghada Tafesh

undergraduate researchers

Dhaivat Raval
Kirah Shaw

HIGH SCHOOL RESEARCHERS

Irene Kim
Entomopathogenic Nematode Mutualism with Their Specific Bacteria 

Lab Alumni

- Former postdoctoral fellows:
  1. Dr. Sneh Harsh (September 2016 - October 2018)
  2. Dr. Jelena Patrnogic (October 2015 - September 2017)
  3. Dr. Julio Castillo (September 2010 - July 2014)

- Former research assistants:
  1. ​Yukari Usuda (August 2015- October 2016)
  2. Olivia Magnussen (April - December 2014)
  3. Paulina Kriska (October 2013 - April 2014)
  4. Johnny Byun (September 2010 - May 2013)

- Former graduate students:
  1. Dr. Shruti Yadav (September 2012-May 2018)
  2. Dustin Cooper (August 2015 - December 2017)
  3. Dr. Upasana Shokal (September 2011 - June 2017)
  4. Jaishri Atri (September 2012 - May 2014; also undergraduate researcher and Enosinian scholar)
  5. Tania Maldonado (May 2013 - December 2015; also undergraduate researcher and Enosinian scholar)

- Former undergraduate students:
  1. Whidbey Bissell (July 2017 - August 2018; GWU Department of Biological Sciences Harlan fellowship recipient)
  2. Charles Addison Fry (February - June 2018)
  3. Sonali Gupta (April 2017 - May 2018)
  4. Gary Hovsepian (May 2016 - May 2018)
  5. Taylor Brewer (November 2017 - January 2018)
  6. Nathaniel Bachtel (January 2015 - December 2017)
  7. Caitlin Wuebbolt (June 2016 - June 2017)
  8. Nkechi Ozoukwu (May 2016 - April 2017)
  9. Sudhamsh Tippireddy (September 2016- February 2017)
  10. Hannah Kopydlowski (January-December 2016)
  11. Victoria Chevee (May 2015 – May 2016; undergraduate research honors; Atkins award for best Honors thesis in Biological Sciences Department)
  12. Katie Banks (June 2014 - August 2015)
  13. Joanna Frazier (June 2014 - May 2015; Enosinian scholar)
  14. Akasha Katakam (September - December 2014)
  15. Rachael Holbreich (January - May 2014)
  16. Jack Fitzsimons (October 2013 - May 2014)
  17. Julia Accetta (June 2012 - May 2014; undergraduate research honors; GWU Luther Rice fellowship recipient; Enosinian scholar)
  18. Sarah McCormack (June 2012 - May 2014; undergraduate research honors; GWU Luther Rice fellowship recipient; Enosinian scholar)
  19. Dustin Cooper (January - July 2013)
  20. Kimia Ramezani (May 2011 – May 2012)
  21. Stephanie Spivack (January – December 2011; GWU Department of Biological Sciences Harlan fellowship recipient)
  22. Peter Kirechu (January – June 2011)
  23. Ethan Paulin (January – June 2011)
  24. Andrew Chester (August – December 2011)
  25. Christina Revenis (May 2010 – May 2011; undergraduate research honors; GWU Luther Rice fellowship recipient; Atkins award for best Honors thesis in Biological Sciences Department)
  26. Kareen More (May – December 2010)

- Former high school students:
  1. Shreya Wadehra, TJHSST (June 2017 - January 2018)
  2. Ashima Banga, TJHSST (June 2016 - January 2017)
  3. Katie Pruitt, TJHSST (June 2015 - February 2016)
  4. Christine Nguyen, TJHSST (June - December 2014)
  5. Likhitha Kolla, TJHSST (June - December 2014)
  6. Sahitya Allam, TJHSST (May – August 2013)
  7. Jackie Lee, TJHSST (May - December 2012)
  8. Sajala Shukla, TJHSST (May - December 2011)
  9. Arman Khojandi, TJHSST (May – December 2011)