Copik Lab Members

Alicja J. Copik, PhD – Principal Investigator
Jeremiah L. Oyer – Senior Research Program Coordinator

Erandeni “Eran” Ponce De Leon – Laboratory Coordinator & 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 Research 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


Liza Robles-Carrillo – Former 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 KuchciÅ„ska, 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)