More about the Team

  • Kofi is from Columbus, Ohio. He is currently an undergraduate student at The Ohio State University where he is studying Medical Laboratory Sciences.

  • Noah is from Long Beach, California. He is currently an undergraduate student at Ohio Wesleyan University where he is studying Neuroscience and plays lacrosse.

  • Mariana is from Medellin, Colombia. She received her DDS from CES University. Her primary role in the lab involves overlooking and organizing all of the studies that are actively being conducted in the lab.

  • Harrison is from Cincinnati, Ohio. He received his BS in Biology from The Ohio State University where he is actively pursuing his MA in Public Health. Harrison also played basketball for the buckeyes.

  • Drew oversees our exposure system and tends to the mice through their treatments. Drew was born in Medina, Ohio but was raised in Millersburg, Ohio. He received his BA from Eastern Mennonite University.


  • Eleanor is from Powell, Ohio. She is currently an undergraduate student pursuing her BS in Biomedical Sciences at The Ohio State University. Her current goal is to attend medical school following her undergraduate studies.

  • Sierra is from Toledo, Ohio. She currently is an undergraduate student studying Health Sciences at The Ohio State University.

  • Neill was born in Medina, Ohio, and raised in Huntsville, Ohio. He received his BS in Earth Sciences from the Ohio State University. Within the lab, his primary role is isolating cardiac myocytes, stimulating them, and recording their functionality.



  • Colby is from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He earned both his BS in Biology and his MA in Bioethics from The Ohio State University while playing lacrosse.


  • Matthew is from Cleveland, Ohio. He is currently an undergraduate student at The Ohio State University where he is pursuing his BS in Biomedical Science.

  • Emerson is from Saginaw, Michigan. She received her BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences from The Ohio State University where she is actively pursuing her MA in Bioethics.