STAR-3 (2022-2023) Course Participants

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Santhosh Arul, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Mayo Clinic.
Neurovascular bioengineering.

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Manuela Buonanno, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Columbia University.
Space radiation.

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Katrina Carter, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Oregon.
Exercise physiology and cardiovascular biology.

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Hugo Castillo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Space microbiology.

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Lauren Cornell, Ph.D., M.S.
Research Scientist, Joint Base San Antonio, Lackland Air Force Base.
Military biomedicine.

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Val Fajardo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Brock University, Canada.
Muscle biology.

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Melanie Ferlazzo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Australia.
Molecular and cellular radiobiology.

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Sylvana Hassanieh, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Astra Zeneca, United Kingdom.
Cancer genomics and bioinformatics.

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Christina Johnson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, NASA Kennedy Space Center.
Microgravity effects on plants.

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JangKeun Kim, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Weill Cornell Medicine.
Multi-omics and genetic engineering.

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Sally Kim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Amherst College.
Zinc functions in mitochondria.

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Ryan Koppes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Northeastern University.
Microphysiological organ-on-a-chip platforms.

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Rafael Loureiro, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina.
Plant responses to environmental stressors.

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Devon Lundine, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
DNA replication and repair.

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Pedro Madrigal, Ph.D.
Senior Bioinformatician, European Bioinformatics Institute - European Molecular Biology Laboratory, United Kingdom.
Bioinformatics and space 'omics.

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Nozomi Nishimura, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Cornell University.
In vivo imaging for neurodegeneration and cerebral fluid flow.

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Janice Pluth, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Radiation carcinogenesis.

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Davide Povero, Ph.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic.
Lipid metabolism and liver cancer.

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Erika Reece, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Lousiana State University Health, Shreveport.
Genomic engineering for radioprotection.

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Upal Roy, Ph.D.<
Assistant Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Neuroimmunology and neurotherapeutics

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Shannon Rupert, Ph.D.
Director, Mars Desert Research Station.
Space science education and analog missions.

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Benjamin Sikes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, University of Kansas.
Space fungal ecology.

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Eric Tuday, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Utah.
Cardiovascular health.

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Michael Wiggs, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Baylor University.
Exercise physiology and muscle biology.

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Detina Zalli, Ph.D.
Director of Pre-Medical Studies, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Genomic medicine and science education.

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