Subgroup Membership Legend
◭DNA Therapeutics◭ | ✦T-cell Mechanochemistry✦ | ⚙DNA Motors & Biosensors⚙ | ✪Mechanochemistry✪
Salaita Group Staff
Dr. Hiroaki Ogasawara ✪⚙ Research Scientist
Ph.D. Nagoya University
hiroaki.ogasawara@emory.edu
Dr. Alishah Lakhani Associate Director of Research Projects & Community Engagement (CPMM)
Ph.D. Emory University
alishah.barket.lakhani@emory.edu
PostDoctoral fellows
Dr. Alex Foote ✦
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
akfoote@emory.edu
Graduate Students
Tharindu Rajasooriya ✪
B.Sc. University of Peradeniya
tharindu.rajasooriya@emory.edu
Jhordan Rogers ✦
M.A. University of Virginia
jnroger@emory.edu
Yusha Imtiaz ⚙
B.S. State University of New York at Plattsburgh
yusha.imtiaz@emory.edu
Sarah Al Abdullatif ✦✪
M.S. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST),
Shuhong Liu ✪
B.S. Jilin University
shuhong.liu@emory.edu
Joe Mancuso ◭
B.S. Hofstra University
joseph.mancuso@emory.edu
Mohamed Husaini Bin Abdul Rahman ✦
B.S. Nanyang Technological University
mohamed.husaini.bin.abdul.rahman@emory.edu
Rachel Fitzgerald ✦
B.S. Georgia Institute of Technology
rachel.fitzgerald@emory.edu
Krista Jackson ⚙
B.S. University of Alabama at Birmingham NSF-GFRP fellow
krista.jackson2@emory.edu
Luona “Luna” Zhang ⚙
MRes. Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Quayle Award (Emory University)
Tianyi Zhang ⚙
M.S. Northeast Normal University
tianyi.zhang@emory.edu
Maia Vierengel ✪
B.S. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
maia.vierengel@emory.edu
Vageesha A Herath ✪
B.S. University of Cincinnati
vageesha.herath@emory.edu
Binh Vo ◭
B. A. Connecticut College
binh.vo@emory.edu
Marlaina Horewitz ✪
B. S. College of William & Mary
marlaina.horewitz@emory.edu
Koetsu Minamide ◭
B.S. Keio University
Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute PhD Scholarship Fellow
Layan Shaban ✦
B.S. Haverford College
layan.shaban@emory.edu
Edgar Torres ◭
B.S. Texas State University
edgar.torres@emory.edu
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Emi Lundberg ⚙
Emory University
ellundb@emory.edu
Adhitya Ravikumar ✦
Emory University
adhitya.ravikumar@emory.edu