Lab Members
* Currently recruiting graduate students
Lab Members



Habiba Chirchir
Principal Investigator
Frederick Foster
Postdoctoral Researcher
Yulong Wang
PhD Student

Mallory Pajak
Anthropological Science major

Paige Vanderpool
Biology and Anthropology major

Nora Warnick
Anthropological Science major

Sijia Yuan
Biochemistry & Anthropology major
Past Lab Members:
MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

Caroline Cartwright:
BS Biology (graduated)
Awarded the NASA Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2021-2022) and Creative Discovery Scholar (fall 2021)

Layne Assif:
BS Exercise Science (graduated)
Awarded the Creative Discovery Scholar Award (summer 2021) and the NASA Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2021-2022)

Calvin Covington:
BS Exercise Science (graduated)
Awarded the Creative Discovery Scholar Award (spring 2022)

Skyler Poling:
BS Biology (former members)
Awarded the Creative Discovery Scholar Award (summer 2022)
Skyler Poling (left), Parth Khetia (right)

Tyler Blake:
MS Biology
(graduated, currently at UTEP PhD program)

Parth Khetia
Jenna Palmer, MS Biology
Taylor Perry, BS Biology
Nakita Bryan, BS Biology
Vivian Hodges, BA Anthropology
Maria ovalle, BS Health Science
Hannah Dean, BS Biology
Martha Sortome, BS Health Science
Raekwon Timmons, BS Exercise Science
Holly Farkosh, BS Biology
McKenzie Granata, BS Biology