Meet Our Lab Team

Our laboratory hails from across the globe, including members from Russia, China, India, Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand, Taiwan, Japan, Azerbaijan, South Africa and the United States, and it keeps changing. The diversity of ethnic, cultural and educational backgrounds as well as our mutual respect for each other is what makes our lab productive and the environment comfortable to work in. We enjoy hanging out together both in the lab and outside of work.
Check out our lab photos to see what we’ve been up to.
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Professor & Chair
Likes: running, biking, brewing,
cooking, and hiking.
Contact: kmartemyanov@ufl.edu

Staff Scientist
Likes: calligraphy.
Contact: yancao@ufl.edu

Postdoctoral Associate
Likes: fishing, walking his dog,
automotive maintenance/repair,
and any outdoor activities
Contact: rowejacob@ufl.edu

Postdoctoral Associate
Likes: music, video games, going to the beach, and playing with his cat & dog.
Contact: lankfordcolten@ufl.edu

Postdoctoral Associate
Likes: music, hiking, and playing
with her cat.
Contact: xiaona.li@ufl.edu

Postdoctoral Associate
Likes: music, cooking, and jiujitsu.
Contact: wludlam@ufl.edu

Postdoctoral Associate
Likes: music, watching movies,
travelling, and gardening.
Contact: shubhipandey@ufl.edu

Staff Scientist
Likes: cooking, both watching and playing soccer, reading, going to the
beach, and camping.
Contact: szucca@ufl.edu

Postdoctoral Associate
Likes: cooking, music, travelling and spending time with family.
Contact: gbrunori@ufl.edu

Postdoctoral Associate
Likes: playing beach volleyball, barbecuing smoked meats for my friends, and traveling as much as I can
Contact: kevinknight@ufl.edu

Doctoral Student
Likes: basketball and playing with her cat.
Contact: chang.chuting@ufl.edu

Doctoral Student
Likes: cooking, walking, and
watching movies.
Contact: ch.zhao@ufl.edu

Postdoctoral Associate
Likes: Detective stories, movies, food, hiking, swimming, spending time with my cat.
Contact: yiming.chen@ufl.edu

Research Assistant I
Likes: baking, cooking, gardening, organizing, and practicing yoga.
Contact: nalekseeva@ufl.edu

Research Assistant II
Likes: painting, drawing, traveling, hunting, Latin dancing, and training her dog.
Contact: nmartemyanova@ufl.edu

Postdoctoral Associate
Likes: music, cooking, going to the
beach, and playing squash!
Contact: hayley.green@ufl.edu

Postdoctoral Associate
Likes: Watching movies, traveling, spending time with family, and walking
Contact: hwajin.cho@ufl.edu

Research Assistant I
Likes: drawing mandalas, working with data using Python, and cooking.
Contact: sevinjahmadova@ufl.edu

Postdoctoral Associate
Likes: Running marathons, brewing beer, hiking, playing video games, and drinking Matcha green tea.
Contact: mharberson@ufl.edu

Doctoral Student
Likes: turtles, playing with my dog Lili, drawing, dancing salsa, cooking and traveling.
Contact: marianna.franco@ufl.edu

Lab Administrative Coordinator III
Likes: walking, yoga, snorkeling, MTB, and any activities with my family.
Contact: pmcdonald2@ufl.edu