
Our Team
Members of the Jaswal Lab are a diverse group of thesis students, research assistants, mentors, teachers and students of all years. We are a driven, inquisitive, collaborative and amazing group of people driven by a love and curiosity for protein origami.
Current Members

Sheila Jaswal, PHD
Principal Investigator
Professor of Chemistry
Faculty Equity and Inclusion Officer

Julie Sohl, PHD
Research Advisor
Lab Manager

Jackson Lee '24
Thesis Student

Taylor Malone '24
Thesis Student

Iris Xie '25
Lab Member

Damien Algernon '26
Lab Member

Ben Davis '26
Lab Member

Ryan Tak '26
Lab Member

Allison Houn '26
Lab Member

Alex Womack '27
Lab Member

Amado Rosendo '27
Lab Member

David Chege '27
Lab Member

Emily Tan '27
Lab Member
Former & Honorary Members

Hannah Koo '25
Lab Member

Sam Young '23
Lab Member

Lev Robertson '23
Lab Member

Victor Pou '23
Lab Member

Lauren Ju '23
Lab Member

Bella Wischik '23
Lab Member

Alison Poussaint '23
Lab Member

Manny Medina '23
Lab Member

Jesmyda Viyano '22
Lab Member

Nawoo Kim '22
Thesis Student

Bella Han '22
Lab Member

Scott Song '21
Thesis Student

Strahan '18
Thesis Student
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Samuel Korntner '17
Lab Member
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Minjee Kim '17
Pedagogy Fellow
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Katie Ventre '17
Thesis Student
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Jovan Damjanovic '16
Thesis Student
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Jenny Xu '16
Lab Member
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Jeff Seelaus '16
Lab Member

Han Vu '16
Thesis Student
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Kate Sundheim '15
Thesis Student
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Itai Brand Thomas '15
Lab Member
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Coralie Pardo '15
Post-baccalaureate Researcher
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Abel Samanez '15
Post-baccalaureate Researcher
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Jacob Witten '14
Thesis Student
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Cathy Amaya '14
Thesis Student
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Tim Poterba '13
Thesis Student
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Rebecca Alizzi '13
Thesis Student
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Dalee Zhou '12
Thesis Student
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Mingzhu Li '12
Thesis Student
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Alex Jaramillo '12
Thesis Student

Paul Cohen '11
Thesis Student
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Kevin Hanley '11
Thesis Student

Kendall Melvin '16
Post-baccalaureate Researcher
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Dr. Maria Kopicki
Lab Manager

Moxie Robertson
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