Lab Members


Ludovic Giloteaux
Ph.D. Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, France
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research Projects:
Extracellular vesicles in ME/CFS

Arnaud Germain
Ph.D., Cornell University
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research Projects:
Plasma proteins and metabolites in ME/CFS

Vishal Chaudhari
Ph.D. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research Projects:
Engineering carboxysomes into chloroplasts

Carl Franconi
B.S. in Microbiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
M.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Research Project:
Lab management for all projects

Katie Glass
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research Projects:
ME/CFS

Claire McNally
B.S. in Biochemistry, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan
Graduate student in Genetics, Genomics and Development
Research Project:
Endothelial function in human cell cultures

William Antoniades
B.S. in Pharmaceutical Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
M.S. in Biomedical Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Graduate student in Biochemistry, Molecular, and Cell Biology
Research Projects:
Extracellular vesicles in ME/CFS

Yutong Chen
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biological Sciences Major
Undergraduate Researcher:
ME/CFS projects
Recent Lab Alumni

Jose Lombana
Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Cornell University, August 2026

Bill Lam
Former Undergraduate Lab Assistant
(Plant and ME/CFS projects)
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biological Sciences Major

Bobur Poudel
Former Undergraduate Lab Assistant
(ME/CFS project)
College of Arts and Sciences
Biological Sciences Major

Allison Weiher
Former Undergraduate Lab Assistant
(Plant and ME/CFS projects)
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Plant Sciences Major

Melissa Eckert
Former Undergraduate Lab Assistant (ME/CFS)
B.S. in Statistics, Cornell University, May 2025
Current Position:
Data Analyst at Northwell Health
Lana Scepanovic
Former Undergraduate Lab Assistant
(Plant projects)
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Plant Sciences Major

Doriane Anglade
Former Undergraduate Lab Assistant
(Plant and ME/CFS projects)
B.S. in Biological Sciences, Cornell University, 2024

Jessica Maya
Ph.D. in Genetics, Genomics and Development, Cornell University, May 2024
Current Position:
Vice President of Scientific Programs, Solve ME/CFS Initiative

Caitlin McCabe
Former Undergraduate Researcher
(Improving Photosynthesis)
B.A. in Biological Sciences, Cornell University, May 2023
Current Position:
Graduate Student in the Immunology Graduate Group at the University of Pennsylvania

Lauren Mei
Former Undergraduate Lab Assistant
(Engineering carboxysomes into plants)
B.S. in Biological Sciences, Cornell University, May
Current Position:
Research Assistant at Riffin Lab, Weill Cornell Medicine

Skellie Orantes
2023 Summer intern, Boyce Thompson Institute/Cornell REU program
California State University, Los Angeles
Current Position:
PhD Student at Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

Asher Lal
Former Undergraduate Lab Assistant
(Plant and ME/CFS projects)
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, 2024
M.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, 2025
Current Position:
Clinical Research Assistant at Hospital for Special Surgery

Daniel Bacher
2022 Summer intern, Boyce Thompson Institute/Cornell REU program
H.B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon State University, 2023

Sherlyn Contreras
2022 Summer intern, Boyce Thompson Institute/Cornell REU program
Ball State University
Current Position:
Graduate student, Plant and Microbial Sciences, Washington University

Vivian Huang
Former Undergraduate Researcher
(ME/CFS)
B.S. Computer Science, Cornell University, May 2022
Current Position:
MD/PhD student, Tri-Institutional Weill Cornell-Rockefeller-Memorial Sloan Kettering Medical Scientist Training Program

Myat Lin
Former Postdoctoral Associate
(Engineering Rubisco for improved carbon fixation)
Ph.D. University of Illinois
Current Position:
Senior Scientist, C16 Biosciences Inc., Manhattan, NY

