team

Meet the Fly Whisperers of Eleftherianos Lab!

principal investigator

Dr. Ioannis Eleftherianos
Associate professor
Insect Infection
​and Immunity

postdoctoral fellows

research assistants

Phd students

Ghada Tafesh
Christa Heryanto

MASTER STUDENTS

Kirah Shaw
Dhaivat Raval

undergraduate researchers

Lily Daley
Klea Markollari

HIGH SCHOOL RESEARCHERS

Ananda Kalukin

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. Yaprak Ozakman (January 2017 - December 2022)
  2. Dr. Eric Kenney (September 2014 - September 2020)
  3. Dr. Shruti Yadav (September 2012 - May 2018)
  4. Dustin Cooper (August 2015 - December 2017)
  5. Dr. Upasana Shokal (September 2011 - June 2017)
  6. Jaishri Atri (September 2012 - May 2014; undergraduate researcher and Enosinian scholar)
  7. Tania Maldonado (May 2013 - December 2015; undergraduate researcher and Enosinian scholar)

- Former undergraduate students:
  1. Kirah Shaw (January - May 2019)
  2. Dhaivat Raval (January 2019 - August 2021)
  3. Whidbey Bissell (July 2017 - August 2018; GWU Department of Biological Sciences Harlan fellowship recipient)
  4. Charles Addison Fry (February - June 2018)
  5. Sonali Gupta (April 2017 - May 2018)
  6. Gary Hovsepian (May 2016 - May 2018)
  7. Taylor Brewer (November 2017 - January 2018)
  8. Nathaniel Bachtel (January 2015 - December 2017)
  9. Caitlin Wuebbolt (June 2016 - June 2017)
  10. Nkechi Ozoukwu (May 2016 - April 2017)
  11. Sudhamsh Tippireddy (September 2016- February 2017)
  12. Hannah Kopydlowski (January-December 2016)
  13. Victoria Chevee (May 2015 – May 2016; undergraduate research honors; Atkins award for best Honors thesis in Biological Sciences Department)
  14. Katie Banks (June 2014 - August 2015)
  15. Joanna Frazier (June 2014 - May 2015; Enosinian scholar)
  16. Akasha Katakam (September - December 2014)
  17. Rachael Holbreich (January - May 2014)
  18. Jack Fitzsimons (October 2013 - May 2014)
  19. Julia Accetta (June 2012 - May 2014; undergraduate research honors; GWU Luther Rice fellowship recipient; Enosinian scholar)
  20. Sarah McCormack (June 2012 - May 2014; undergraduate research honors; GWU Luther Rice fellowship recipient; Enosinian scholar)
  21. Dustin Cooper (January - July 2013)
  22. Kimia Ramezani (May 2011 – May 2012)
  23. Stephanie Spivack (January – December 2011; GWU Department of Biological Sciences Harlan fellowship recipient)
  24. Peter Kirechu (January – June 2011)
  25. Ethan Paulin (January – June 2011)
  26. Andrew Chester (August – December 2011)
  27. Christina Revenis (May 2010 – May 2011; undergraduate research honors; GWU Luther Rice fellowship recipient; Atkins award for best Honors thesis in Biological Sciences Department)
  28. Kareen More (May – December 2010)

- Former high school students:
  1. Trishya Pagadala (June 2019 - January 2020)
  2. Irene Kim, TJHSST (June 2018 - January 2019)
  3. Shreya Wadehra, TJHSST (June 2017 - January 2018)
  4. Ashima Banga, TJHSST (June 2016 - January 2017)
  5. Katie Pruitt, TJHSST (June 2015 - February 2016)
  6. Christine Nguyen, TJHSST (June - December 2014)
  7. Likhitha Kolla, TJHSST (June - December 2014)
  8. Sahitya Allam, TJHSST (May – August 2013)
  9. Jackie Lee, TJHSST (May - December 2012)
  10. Sajala Shukla, TJHSST (May - December 2011)
  11. Arman Khojandi, TJHSST (May – December 2011)