Copik Lab Members

Alicja J. Copik, PhD 
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor Medicine

Jeremiah L. Oyer
Senior Research Program Coordinator

Erandeni “Eran” Ponce De Leon – CORE Laboratory Coordinator & Copik Lab Manager

Javier Rivera Huertas, M.S. – Lead Laboratory Technician

Stephanie Lang – PhD Candidate

Ryan Wetterman – Undergraduate Researcher/Lab Technician

Taylor Croom-Perez, PhD
Post Doctoral Scholar

Current & Past Members (Left – Right):

Ryan Wetterman – Current Undergraduate Researcher
Jeremiah L. Oyer – Current Senior Research Program Coordinator
Chris Ruiz – Former Undergraduate Researcher
Taylor Croom-Perez, PhD – Current Post Doctoral Scholar
Javier Rivera-Huertas, M.S. – Current Lead Laboratory Technician
Sanjana Kumar – Former Undergraduate Researcher (Current M.D. student at University of Central Florida)
MD Faqrul Hasan, PhD – Former Graduate Student & Post-Doc

Past Members:

MD Faqrul Hasan, PhD
Graduate Student & Post-Doc
Currently working for MD Anderson Cancer Center

Liza Robles-Carrillo
Laboratory Manager

Thomas Dieffenthaller
Research Technician

Jonathan Eloriaga
Research Technician

Sara Khaderzedeh (2015-2016)
Undergraduate Researcher,
Honors in the Major Senior Thesis,
RAMP Program Awardee,
NSF REU Scholar,
Medical Student at UCF COM

Kari Shaver (2016-2018)
Undergraduate Researcher,
Honors in the Major Senior Thesis,
OUR Student Research Grant Recipient,
Honors in Major Scholarship Recipient,
Admitted to UCF COM

Michelle Prophete (2016-2017)
Undergraduate Researcher,
Order of Pegasus Inductee,
RAMP Program Awardee,
NSF REU Scholar,
Wodzinski Award for Excellence in Research Recipient

• Elizabeth Williamson – Undergraduate Researcher
• Arshia Pessaran – Undergraduate Researcher, Honors in the Major Senior Thesis, RAMP program awardee
• Ryan Lindstrom – Undergraduate Research, Honors in the Major Senior Thesis, Rollins College
• Alexander Kulikowski – Graduate student
• Dominic A. Colosimo – Undergraduate Researcher (Ph.D. student at University of Texas Southwestern)
• Kinga Kuchcińska, M.S. – Summer Undergraduate Intern
• Paulina Kolodziej, M.S. – Summer Undergraduate Intern
• Bruno deMaria – Undergraduate Researcher
• Dennis Moya – Undergraduate Researcher
• Karel Alcedo – Undergraduate Researcher, (M.S. student at University of Central Florida)

Future Members:

Please contact Dr. Copik for available positions.