The van Kessel Laboratory
Department of Biology
Indiana University
members of the van Kessel Lab are standing in front of and sitting in a tree

Postdocs:
Karlen smiles in front of greenery Karlen Correa Velez
kcorreav@iu.edu

Graduate Students:
Payel stands in a red shirt in front of cliffs overlooking a lake Payel Paul
paulp@iu.edu
Tanmaya smiles in lab Tanmaya Rasal
trasal@iu.edu
Chase is wearing a black shirt and smiles in lab Chase Mullins
mullich@iu.edu
Logan smiles while sitting on an Indiana University Sign Logan Geyman
ljgeyman@iu.edu
Zach wears a black and white spotted shirt and is standing in lab Zach Celentano
zcelenta@iu.edu

Lab Manager:
Victoria smiles in Lab Victoria Lydick: Lab and Coral Facility Manager
vilydick@iu.edu

Quornix Employees:
Chelsea smiles outside Chelsea Simpson: Lead Scientist
cheahaye@iu.edu

Undergraduate Researchers:
Jeffrey stands in front of a plain background and is smiling at the camera wearing a green shirt Jeffrey Ulman
jjulman@iu.edu
Nicky smiles in lab Nicky Ivan
niivan@iu.edu
Daniel wears a sweater and smiles at the camera in front of a tree Daniel Musapatika
dmusapa@iu.edu
Parnasi smiles in front of a building and wears a pink flowered shirt Parnasi Bandyopadhyay
pbandyop@iu.edu
Abigail smiles in front of a tree Abigail Padgett
abipadge@iu.edu
Rowan smiles while seated at a table Rowan Hesting
rhesting@iu.edu
Lydia smiles in front of greenery Lydia Lukich
llukich@iu.edu

Graduate Alumni:
Jost Strnat (Graduate Student, 2016-2019)
Ryan Chaparian (Graduate Student, 2014-2019) - Postdoctoral researcher, Duke University
Alyssa Ball (Graduate Student, 2014-2021) - Postdoctoral Fellow, InBio
Jane Newman (Graduate Student, 2016-2021) - Assistant Professor, Adrian College
Emra Klempic (Graduate Student, 2020-2022)
Blake Petersen (Graduate Student, 2016-2022) - Assistant Professor, Baldwin Wallace University
Zeus Elumba (Visiting Fullbright Philippines Student, 2022) - Graduate Student at University of the Philippine Los Banos
Finley Andrew (Graduate Student, 2021-2023)

Undergraduate Alumni:
Sanika Hakim (Khorana Scholar, 2014)
Austin Kelly (Summer intern, 2014)
Cole McCutcheon (Undergraduate Researcher, 2014-2016)
Stephen Olney (Undergraduate Researcher, 2014-2016)
Alyssa Harvey (STEM Summer Research Experience Student, 2016)
Christine Hustmyer (CEWiT Undergraduate Researcher, Hutton Honors College, 2014-2018)
Andrew Wilson (Undergraduate Researcher, 2016-2017)
Albert Ying-Po Yang (Undergraduate Researcher, 2018-2019)
Jordan Bjortomt (Undergraduate Researcher, 2016-2017)
Lydia Joyner (Undergraduate Researcher, 2016-2017)
Caitlin Kamplain (Cox Scholar, 2017-2019)
Mackenzie Quist (Undergraduate Researcher)
Madeline Turner (Undergradaute Researcher, 2021-2023)
Elizabeth Baker (Undergraduate Researcher, 2022-2023)
Jay Zheng (Undergraduate Researcher, 2023)
Lydia Hermann (Undergraduate Researcher, 2022-2024)
Cameron Little (Undergraduate Researcher, 2023-2024)

Research Technicians:
Jimmy Healy (Research Associate, 2014-2016)