Our Team

We are a diverse and growing lab working together to solve complex and challenging problems requiring an interdisciplinary approach by contributing their skills in genetics, virology, cancer, evolutionary biology, bioinformatics, mathematics, and statistics.

Lab photo 2025

Lab Alumni


Staff Scientists 

Hamzeh Rahimi

Postdoctoral Researchers

Samira Mokhtari

Doctoral Students

Hamid Alinejad-Rokny

Rima R. Khoury

Firoz Anwar

Rotation Students

Samantha Butler

Samantha Franklin

Lois Randolph

Aiola Stoja