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doctoral mentoring

We are always recruiting graduate students interested in conducting fundamental and translational research in the iGEM laboratories. Students must be interested in pursuing doctoral research at the interface of one or more of the following areas: genomics, evolution, analytics, biodiversity, epidemiology, and medicine. Students will have the opportunity to engage in discovering biological patterns and elucidating processes that govern and generate these patterns. Depending on their interest, we encourage all students to make predictions based on evolutionary knowledge learned and develop translational products (including software, databases, and general techniques) to accelerate our understanding of biological phenomenon and to apply our knowledge to improving the human condition.

Interested students are advised to directly contact the iGEM faculty of interest. Please send your detailed curriculum vitae and a statement of research interest in a PDF file to the desired faculty member. Remember to include information on your computational and/or laboratory proficiency in your resume.

Ultimately, all doctoral students will be required to apply to a graduate program in the Department of Biology or the Department of Computer and Information Sciences. In special cases, iGEM laboratories will also house doctoral students from other departments. All students are supported by research and teaching assistantships. Students with outstanding credentials will be nominated for Presidential Fellowships. We strongly encourage all incoming and first year graduate students to apply for extramural graduate fellowships (e.g., NSF Graduate fellowship). You should contact the appropriate faculty member to develop such fellowship applications.

current doctoral mentees


Rohan Alibutud

Doctoral Candidate
Bioinformatics
Mentor: Kumar

| View Emailrohan.alibutud@temple.edu


John Allard

Doctoral Candidate
Biolnformatics
Mentor: Kumar/Gerhard

| View Emailjohn.allard@temple.edu


Venitha Bernard

Doctoral Candidate
Biology
Mentor: Boni

| View EmailVenitha.Bernard@temple.edu


Sam Boudeau

Doctoral Candidate
Biolnformatics
Mentor: Kulathinal

| View Emailsamboudeau@temple.edu


Stefani Cannon

Doctoral Candidate
Biology
Mentor: Helmus

| View Emailstefani.cannon@temple.edu


Axl Cepeda

Doctoral Candidate
Biology
Mentor: Escalante

| View Emailaxl.giraldo@temple.edu


Albert Doughan

Doctoral Candidate
Biolnformatics
Mentor: Kulathinal

| View Emailalbert.doughan@temple.edu


Robert Hendrickson

Doctoral Candidate
Biology
Mentor: Behm/Helmus

| View Emailrtehendrickson@temple.edu


Hannah Kim

Doctoral Candidate
Biolnformatics
Mentor: Pond

| View Emailhannah.kim0007@temple.edu


Jason Lamanna

Doctoral Candidate
Biolnformatics
Mentor: Carnevale

| View Emailjason.lamanna@temple.edu


Chong Li

Doctoral Candidate
Biolnformatics
Mentor: Shi

| View Emailchong.li0001@temple.edu


Bin Li

Doctoral Candidate
Computer and Information Sciences
Mentor: Shi

| View Emailbin.li@temple.edu


Mina Mahboubi

Doctoral Candidate
Biolnformatics
Mentor: Carnevale

| View Emailmina.mahboubi@temple.edu


M. Erfan Mowlaei

Doctoral Candidate
Computer and Information Sciences
Mentor: Shi

| View Emailmohammad.erfan.mowlaei@temple.edu


Oscar Serra

Doctoral Candidate
Biolnformatics
Mentor: Carnevale

| View Emailoscar.serra@temple.edu


Lisa Schmelkin

Doctoral Candidate
Bioinformatics
Mentor: Kumar

| View Emaillisa.schmelkin@temple.edu


Avery Selberg

Doctoral Candidate
Biology
Mentor: Pond

| View Emailavery.selberg@temple.edu


Hannah Verdonk

Doctoral Candidate
Bioinformatics
Mentor: Pond

| View Emailhannah.verdonk@temple.edu


Steven Weaver

Doctoral Candidate
Bioinformatics
Mentor: Pond

| View Emailsweaver@temple.edu


Lee Zimmerman

Doctoral Candidate
Biology
Mentor: Behm/Helmus

| View Emaillillian.zimmerman@temple.edu


Ethan Klein

Doctoral Candidate
Bioinformatics
Mentor: Pond

| View Emailethan.klein@temple.edu


Mathew Kuruvilla

Doctoral Candidate
Bioinformatics
Mentor: Vucetic

| View Emailmathewkuruvilla@temple.edu


Katie McManus

Doctoral Candidate
Biology
Mentor: Spigler

| View Emailcatherine.mcmanus@temple.edu


Jason Cargill

Doctoral Candidate
Bioinformatics
Mentor: Voelz

| View Emailjason.cargill@temple.edu


Anushka Mailange

Doctoral Candidate
Bioinformatics
Mentor: kumar

| View Emailanushka.mailange@temple.edu


Sudheshna Bodapati

Doctoral Candidate
Bioinformatics
Mentor:

| View Email sudheshna.bodapati@temple.edu


Emily Thyrum

Doctoral Candidate
Bioinformatics
Mentor: Carnevale

| View Emailemily.thyrum@temple.edu