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Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Arijit Mukherjee, Ph.D.

Current Graduate Students

Dylan Neuhaus (Fall 2023 - present)

Matthew Calhoun (Fall 2024 - present)


Current Undergraduate Students

Hannah-Grace Fritz (Spring 2022 - present)

Stephanie Long (Fall 2023- present)

Avery Gilkey (Fall 2023- present)

Madalyn Matchett (Spring 2024- present)

Zongca Moua (Fall 2024- present)

Karis Turner (Fall 2024- present)

Naia Efird (Fall 2024- present)


Past Graduate Students

Samuel Hoggard (Spring 2022 - Spring 2024)

Post UCA: Lecturer, Biology, UCA, Conway, AR


Seth Dixon (Fall 2021 - Summer 2023)

Post UCA: Research Associate, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR


Zach Degon (Fall 2020 - Summer 2022)

Post UCA: Research Associate, RayBiotech, Atlanta, GA


John Cook (Spring 2019 - Summer 2021)

Post UCA: Research Associate, USDA, Oxford, MS


Grant Wiggins (Fall 2018 -Summer 2020)

Post UCA: Research Associate, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA

Jackie Thomas (Fall 2015 - Fall 2017) Post UCA: Graduate Research Assistant (PhD-track), Department of Genetics & Biochemistry, Clemson University, SC

Ryan Hiltenbrand, M.S. (Fall 2013- Summer 2015)

Post UCA: Senior Research Associate, University of Tennessee-Memphis, TN

Past Undergraduate Students

Anna Bommes (Spring 2022 - Spring 2024)

Post UCA: Graduate School, UCA


Matthew Calhoun (Spring 2022 - Spring 2024)

Post UCA: Graduate School, UCA


Carlie Wattigney (Fall 2022 - Spring 2024)

Post UCA: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR


Hunter Price (Spring 2022 - Fall 2023)

Post UCA: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR


Ashton Webber (Spring 2022 - Spring 2024)


Andrew Strickland (Spring 2022 - Spring 2024)


Mary Galloway (Fall 2021 - Spring 2023)

Post UCA: Law school student, Vanderbilt University, TN


Sophia Gulutzo (Fall 2021 - Spring 2022)

Post UCA: Graduate student, Colorado State University, CO


Jayden Carter (Spring 2021 - Spring 2022)

Post UCA: Lab Technician, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR


Savannah Long (Fall 2021 - Spring 2022)


John Pope (Spring 2020 - Spring 2022)

Post UCA: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR


Natalie Burklow (Fall 2019 - Spring 2021)


Devyn Ruiz (Spring 2020 - Spring 2021)

Post UCA: Medical School, University of Louisiana, Monroe, LA


Randall Rainwater (Fall 2017 - Spring 2020)

Post UCA: MD/Ph.D. program, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Matthew Ohler (Spring 2019 - Spring 2020)

Chloe Chapman (Spring 2020)

Allee Haynes (Spring 2018 - Fall 2019)

Post UCA: Optometry School, Memphis, TN

Connor Deen (Fall 2018 - Fall 2019)

Post UCA: Optometry School, Memphis, TN

Qinqing Yang (Spring 2017 - Spring 2019)

Post UCA: Graduate School (Physical Therapy PhD program), UCA

Charlie Wilson (Fall 2017 - Spring 2019)

Ha Ram Kim (Fall 2015 - Spring 2018)

Post UCA: Research Technician, Baylor College of Medicine, TX

Grant Wiggins (Spring 2017 - Summer 2018)

Post UCA: Graduate School, UCA

Raj Singh (Spring 2016 - Spring 2017)

Post UCA: Research Technician, UAMS, Little Rock, AR

Andres Vega (Fall 2015 - Spring 2017)

Post UCA: College of Osteopathic Medicine, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

Hamilton Newhart (Spring 2015 - Fall 2016)

Post UCA: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Natasha Ledger (Summer 2016)

Ashley Faidley (Spurr) (Summer 2013 - Spring 2016)

Post UCA: Research Technician, TestAmerica Laboratories Inc., TN

David Zimulinda (Spring 2014 - Spring 2016)

Alexander Howell (Spring 2015- Fall 2015)

Post UCA: College of Osteopathic Medicine, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

Jackie Thomas (Spring 2014 - Summer 2015)

Post UCA: Graduate Student, Biology, University of Central Arkansas, AR

Hannah Posey (McCarthy) (Spring 2013 - Spring 2015)

Post UCA: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Austin Rockenhaus (Fall 2014)

Post UCA: Nursing School, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Kasi Weathers (Spring 2014)

Aakash Rana (Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014)

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Jonathan Pennington (Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014)

Post UCA: College of Osteopathic Medicine, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

Shane Radford (Fall 2013 and Spring 2014)

Post UCA: Nova Southeastern University, College of Dental Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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Fall 2023 Lab Members: Back (L-R): Drew Strickland, Hunter Price, Ashton Webber, Samuel Hoggard, Matthew Calhoun, Dylan Neuhaus. Front (L-R): Hannah-Grace Fritz, Avery Gilkey, Stephanie Long, Carlie Wattigney, Anna Bommes.


Fall 2021 Lab Members (L-R): Zach Degon, Jayden Carter, Spencer Pope, Mary Galloway, Sophia Gulutzo, Hypatia Barry, Seth Dixon, Savannah Long


Spring 2018 Lab members (L-R): Kim, Randy, Grant, Chris, Charlie, Allee, Qinqing

Spring 2018 Lab members (L-R) : Kim, Randy, Grant, Chris, Charlie, Allee, Qinqing



Spring 2014 Lab members (L-R) : David, Jackie, Aakash, Ryan, Ashley, Hannah, Jonathan.







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