Past undergraduate students
Sophia Koutsogiannis – Honor’s thesis student (2023-2025)
Sophia has been a part of the lab since Spring 2023, where she has worked under Brook Jensen on her Resistance Management and Resistance Reversal projects. She currently is working on her honors thesis by serving as the genotyping team lead under Brook Jensen. Sophia is currently a PhD student at UC Berkeley.
Autumn Roberts – Undergraduate Researcher (2023-2025)
Autumn has been working in the lab since fall of 2023 as an undergraduate researcher. She is a part of the rearing team and helps ensure that the Aedes agypti and CMAVE culex mosquitos are taken care of properly and in a timely manner. She is also on the electric fields project, figuring out the best way to repel mosquitos using electricity. After she obtains her biomedical science degree, she hopes to attend medical school to become an ear, nose, and throat doctor.
Jack Reihing – Undergraduate Researcher (2023-2025)
Jack has been working in the lab since the Spring of 2023. He assists Brook Jensen, Donald Ward, and Eliana Cheroske on their projects. Jack has a keen interest in infectious disease, and plans to attend medical school after graduating in 2025.
Roman Lombardo – Undergraduate Researcher (2023-2025)
Roman Lombardo, a sophomore, is assisting Brook Jensen on analyzing wing length variations in mosquitoes. Roman became part of the lab after his enrollment in a class focused on studying mosquito-borne diseases in the fall semester of 2023. Despite his diverse interests across various research areas, Roman is inclined towards a potential future focus on food and nutrition, with specific interest in algae.
Tamuyen Truong – Honor’s thesis student (2023-2025)
Tamuyen has been in the lab since Spring 2024 after working on the resistance reversal project in the lab’s first CURE in Fall 2023. She is a member of the genotyping team that works with Brook Jensen, assisting in all of the molecular aspects of the resistance management project. Tamuyen hopes to expand her knowledge of insecticide resistance through an honors thesis in the near future.