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Charanya Muralidharan, Indiana University Sreejith Nair, University of California, San Diego Martina Nesbeth, Kennesaw State University Joseph Nickels, Medical Diagnostic Laboratories Carlos Noel, College of William and Mary Alissa Novak, Indiana University Hiroaki Oda, Nagoya University Roisin O’Flaherty, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training Irene Ogutu, Colorado School of Mines Basirat Olorunlambe, Kennesaw State University Ademola Oyagbemi, University of Ibadan Jessica Padron, Kennesaw State University Anil Pasupulati, University of Hyderabad Andrew Paton, Colorado State University Morgan Payne, Truman State University Zach Peagler, Kennesaw State University Bryan Penprase, Soka University of America Elizabeth Peterson, Georgia State University Cassandra Phillips, Providence College Dirce Pineda Vazquez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Nabeeha Qazi, University of Texas at Dallas M A G Rabbani, Cleveland State University Ashutosh Rai, Indian Institute of Science Chloe Ramich, Virginia Tech Auburn Ramsey, Arkansas State University Marianne Rara Matthew Ravosa, University of Notre Dame Sandra Rizk, Lebanese American University Alyssa Rowland, Arkansas State University Jennie Roy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Lily Russo, College of the Holy Cross Lianne Ryan, College of the Holy Cross Saumya Sankaran, Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine Elizabeth Schmitz, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Erin Schnell, Tulane University Adriano Senatore, University of Toronto Mississauga Spiridon Sevdalis, University of Maryland, Baltimore |
Sudha Sharma, Howard University Chanz Silkey, Truman State University Raeann Simmonds, Northern Caribbean University Priya Sing, College of William and Mary David Sleat, Rutgers University Darrell Sparks, Mississippi State University Katya Steupert, Providence College Luke Stock, Truman State University Anna Stopper, Texas Woman’s University Claire Stover, Providence College Katalin Szaszi, St. Michael’s Hospital and University of Toronto Sean Tarrant, College of the Holy Cross Diamond Thomas, Kennesaw State University Kristian Tomasic, Providence College Alissa Turnbull, Wayne State University Ciara Tyler, Kennesaw State University Gabriel Valentin–Guillama, Universidad Central del Caribe Paul Vecchiarelli, University of South Carolina Jessica Veenstra, Truman State University Alexander Ventauris, Providence College Diana Wall, College of the Holy Cross Alex Wang, Truman State University Minglu Wang, Zhejiang University–University of Edinburgh Institute Wei Wang, East China University of Science and Technology Qiming Wang, University of Pittsburgh Yuzhi Wang, Tulane University Maggie Ward, University of Central Oklahoma Amanda Warner, University of Arizona Hayley Widden, University of Alabama at Birmingham Melissa Xie, Emory University Vaishnavi Yalala, College of the Holy Cross Yiling Yang, Shanghai Jiaotong University Zhang Yaoyang, Chinese Academy of Sciences Ranchana Yeewa, Nagoya City University Katherine Zhang, The Ohio State University lianwen Zhang, Nankai University Chen Zheng, Vanderbilt University Farid Zia, University of Southern Mississippi |
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