Lab Members

Current Members

Isaiah Grant

he/him
Ph.D. student (MCB)
2022 – present

Research Interests: restriction of HIV capsids; TRIM5 restriction

Michael Young

he/they
Ph.D. student (MCB)
2022 – present

Research Interests: cross-species transmission of primate lentiviruses; origins of HIV-1

Clare Gill

she/her
Ph. D Student (MCB)
2023 – present

Research Interests: novel mechanisms of restriction of primate lentiviral capsids

Bridgett Rios

She/her
Ph.D. student (IDI)
2024 – present

Research Interests: Mechanisms of reactivation in HIV latency; transcriptional adaptation of primate lentiviruses

Nicholas Goodin

he/him
Undergraduate Researcher 2025 – present

Research Interests: Mechanisms of viral glycoprotein entry

Hunter Wang

he/him
Undergraduate Researcher 2026 – present

Research Interests: Adaptation of lentiviral capsids

Michael Singer

he/him
Ph.D. student (MCB) – joint with Peter Sudmant
2024 – present

Research Interests:  Evolution of antiviral immunity in Myotis bats

Sofia Delgado-Rodriguez

she/her
Ph.D. student (MCB) 2026 – present

Research Interests: adapation of primate lentiviral capsids

Fabricio Cotera

he/him
Technician/Lab Manager
2024 – present

Research Interests: Adaptation of primate lentiviruses; tool development

Eden Mahdavi

she/her
Ph.D. student (MCB) 2026 – present

Research Interests: Evolution of Primate Innate Immunity

Molly Ohainle, Ph.D.

she/her
Assistant Professor
2022 – present