Current Members

Debashish Bhattacharya


Debashish Bhattacharya
102 Foran Hall

Principal Investigator

d.bhattacharya@rutgers.edu phone: (848) 932-6218
fax: (732) 932-8746

Erin Chille

Erin Chille
107 Foran Hall

PhD student,
Ecology and Evolution Program
(2021-present)

Timeeka James

Timeeka James


Undergraduate Researcher
(2022 – present)

Haoyu Jiang

Haoyu Jiang



Lab Technician
(2023 – present)

Sai Harsha Kantamaneni

Sai Harsha Kantamaneni
107 Foran Hall


Master’s Student, Computer Science
(2024 – present)


sk2953@scarletmail.rutgers.edu

Shrinivas Nandi

Shrinivas Nandi
107 Foran Hall


PhD Student,
Microbial Biology
(2022 – present)

Gabriella Panayotakis

Gabriella Panayotakis
107 Foran Hall


Graduate Assistant,
Microbial Biology
(2023 – present)

Susanne Ruemmele
211 Martin Hall

Web Developer

Timothy Stephens
101 Foran Hall

Post Doc
(Fall 2019 – present)

Julia Van Etten
101 Foran Hall

NSF Postdoctoral Fellow

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Martine Wagstaff
107 Foran Hall

Visiting Scientist,
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, Santa Barbara
Marine Science Institute
(2024 – present)

martwagstaff@ucsb.edu

Kasey Walsh

Kasey Walsh
107 Foran Hall

Master’s Student,

(2023 – present)

khw21@scarletmail.rutgers.edu

Sruthi Yuvaraj
107 Foran Hall

Undergraduate Researcher
(2021 – present)