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our team.

Our lab consists of graduate students, undergraduate research students, and student interns.  Please contact us If you are interested in participating in any capacity.

past and present Lab members

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Dennis J. D'Amico, Ph. D.
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Dennis D’Amico is a trained food scientist with expertise in food microbiology and safety. Prior to joining UConn he was a founding member of the Vermont Institute for Artisan Cheese (2004-13) where he served as Senior Research Scientist and Lecturer 
Dennis has established an active and collaborative research program at UConn externally funded by more than 20 grants from a variety of sources including the USDA, industry groups, and several foundations. He has published more than 80 scholarly manuscripts, book chapters, and abstracts and has delivered more than 30 invited talks at regional, national, and international conferences. 

current Graduate students

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Stephanie Brown
​Ph.D. Candidate
Food Safety Specialist at Oregon State university
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Emily Everhart
​MS Student

Former Graduate students

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Lang Sun, Ph.D 
Assistant Professor
Central South University

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Sulaiman Aljasir, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
​Qassim University
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Sarah Carson, M.S.
Lead Lab Technician at HP Hood LLC
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Ben Robinson, M.S.
​​Senior Research Scientist
​Hopewell Therapeutics
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Catherine Gensler, M.S.
PhD student at NCSU
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Sarah Kozak-Weaver, M.S. 
​Quality Assurance Food Scientist- Wegman's Supermarkets

current Undergraduate students

Former undergraduate students

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Audrey Worth
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Kathleen Atkinson
​Research Technician at Massachusetts General Hospital

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Zishan He MS Student, Cornell University

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Desiree Campbell
Medical Student (UConn)
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Jeffrey Carbonella, MD
​Resident Yale University 

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Anthony Michelletti III
Supervisor, Large-scale manufacturing Moderna

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Kyle Margison, PharmD

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Madeleine Enriquez
MS Student, Oregon State University
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Emily Forauer, MS 
Cheesemaker at Shelburne Farms

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Nathalia Milan

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Michaela Savinelli
Science Teacher

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Tyna Bobak
​PharmD student

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Catherine Cabano, Regulatory Quality Lead at Unilever & Masters Student at Harvard University

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Arian Silas

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Kimberly Winnick, Genomic technologist. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

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Alisha Goodrum, Quality Assurance Supervisor at Bell & Evans

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Alexa Sweeney
Animal Technician, Yale University

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​Natalia Kosyakova
UConn School of Medicine

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Deanna Pulchaski, DVM Student Representative at IDEXX

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Mikalya Konecny, Nursing Technician - Oncology Unit - The Hospital of Central Connecticut

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Mengtian Zhu
​MPH Student

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Holly Schipper
MS Student, Materials Science UConn

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Kylee Brown

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Sam Pikikero

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Max Pianka. DNP, FNP-BC
 Nurse Practitioner at Midstate Radiology Associates; Northeast Emergency Medicine Specialists

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Kaitlyn McCarthy, PharmD
Specialty Drug Care Management Clinical Pharmacist

Simin Zhang
Karyna Perez
Dario Volterra
Odi Nnandi
Julia Batista
Laura Censi
Lindsay Pressman
Xiaoxiao Zhao

FORMER interns

Zach Waskowicz
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