RECRUITING AT ALL LEVELS
​Meet the EPIC Team

​​Dr. Delia Shelton
​(she/her)
Director

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Postdocs

Hiring Molecular Toxicologist
https://forms.gle/2Eafec9nYWkj44VcA 
This could be you!​
Join us at the U and be EPIC!
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  Contact Dr. Delia Shelton (dshelton[@]miami.edu) about opportunities.

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Graduate Students & Staff Scientists

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Jessica Okutsu
(she/her)
PhD Student
​Biology Department

Zach Butler
(he/him)
PhD Student
​Biology Department

Gabriela Perez
(she/her)
Technician
​Biology Department

Abby McCartney
(she/her)
Research Associate
​Biology Department

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Undergraduate Researchers

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Ella Boussy
(she/her)
Biology Major
U Miami

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Calynda Va
(she/her)
​Biology Major
U Miami

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Jen Fermo
​(she/her)
Biology Major
U Miami​

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Leah Kuker
(she/her)
Biology Major
​U Miami

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​Richard Popp
(he/him)
Nursing Major
​U Miami

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Sigrid Ekeland
​​(she/her)
Biology Major
U Miami

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Ola Umeh
(she/her)
Junior Biology Major
​Published Co-author

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Darlene Nkwati-Neyou
​(she/her)
Biology Major
U Miami

EPIC Alumni

Jalen Gordon
​U Miami '24
​McGovern Medical Student

Reece Chapiro
(he/him)
NIH FYER
​Georgia State University

Jackson Mariner
​(he/him)
High School Teacher
​U Miami '23

Thomas Green
​MAST Academy
​High School

Michal Niemirski
​(he/him)
Biology Major
​U Miami

Hui Qiu
(she/her)
​U Miami '23
MS student Brandeis University

​Makeda Walker
(she/her)
Medical Assistant
​U Miami '23

Kennedy Smith
​NIH FYER
Howard University

 Ethan Bentley
(he/him)
​U Miami '24
​PhD student U. Nebraska

Jenna Robinson
U Miami '24
​Now at Yale University
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Teilil Garcia-Gonzalez
​(she/her)
Biology Major
​U Miami

Claudia Flores Ruiz
Duke University
URIP intern

Myles Covington 
(he/they)
​Research Associate ​U Miami '24
​Research Associate FIU

Beck Koop
Marine Biology Major
​U Miami
​Published Co-author
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Isabela Fernandez
​Florida State University

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Nida Naman
(she/her)
Biology Major
U Miami

Ana Balabuch Dal Bo
​MAST Academy
​High School

MD Imran Noor
(he/him)
Grad Student
​Biology Department

Rafael Simon
South Florida Program
​Miami-Dade College

Madison Deperalto
(she/her)
U Miami '25 
​Published Co-author

Jenny Parral
NSF ACE
NEIU

Tatiana Mailli
Medical Assistant
​U Miami '22

Paloma Silvera
(she/her)
South Florida Program
Johns Hopkins University

Jorge Cruz
South Florida Program
Miami-Dade College

Gabriella Guevara
(she/her)
2025 Outstanding Senior 
​Published Co-author​

José Cunill Flores
(he/him)
PhD Student
​Abess Center

Patrick Janssens
Medical Student Howard University
​U Miami '24

Mariangel Raschiery
South Florida Program
​Miami-Dade College

Alexandra Alexandrescu
​Research Assistant
U Miami '25