People

Brittany L. Allen-Petersen, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

Email: ballenpe@purdue.edu

 

Postdoctoral Fellow, Oregon Health & Science University

Ph.D., Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

B.S., Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan

Claire Pfeffer

Graduate Student - PULSe

B.A. - Biology, Carthage College

Email: cpfeffe@purdue.edu


Garima Baral

Graduate Student - Biological Sciences

B.TECH. -Biotechnology, Kathmandu University

Email: gbaral@purdue.edu


Brittany Heil

Graduate Student - PULSe

B.S. - Biology, Purdue University

Email: farmerb@purdue.edu 


Sara Filippelli

Graduate Student - Biological Sciences

B.S. - Biology, Hope College

Email: sfilippe@purdue.edu


Lauren Gartenhaus

Graduate Student - PULSe

B.S. - Biology, Purdue University

Email: lgartenh@purdue.edu


Sanika Gulavani

Graduate Student - Biological Sciences

M.S. -Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Southern California

B.Tech. - Biotechnology, D. Y. Patil University

Email: sgulavan@purdue.edu


Roe Chianis

Undergraduate Researcher

Purdue Class of '25

Chemical Biology and Biochemistry

Email: echianis@purdue.edu


Indiraa Doraivel

Undergraduate Researcher

Purdue Class of '25

Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology

Email: idoraive@purdue.edu


Emma Kay

Undergraduate Researcher

Purdue Class of '26

Biology

Email: kay17@purdue.edu


Emily Smith

Undergraduate Researcher

Purdue Class of '26

Biology

Email: smit4701@purdue.edu


Elisabeth Porter

Undergraduate Researcher

Purdue Class of '27

Biomedical Health Sciences

Email: porte223@purdue.edu


Past Lab Members:

Talia Kidder (Undergraduate Researcher)

Sydney Clifford (Undergraduate Researcher)- Current position: Graduate Student, Brandeis Unviersity

Mei Bahler (Undergraduate Researcher)

Anna Darling (Undergraduate Researcher)

Samantha Tinsley, Ph.D. 2023 - Current position: Intelispark

Najd Alshammari (Undergraduate Researcher) - Current position: Labcorp Drug Development

Elizabeth G. Hoffman (Undergraduate Researcher) - Current position: Graduate Student, Florida International University, Cox Lab

Madilyn R. Reid (Undergraduate Researcher) - Current position: Graduate Student, Purdue University

Rebecca A. Shelley (Undergraduate Researcher) - Current position: Graduate student at Duke University, Tata Lab