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CARISSA PEREZ OLSEN

Principal Investigator

B.A. from Cornell University 2001 – 2005

Ph.D. from the University of Washington 2005 – 2011

Hutchinson Fellow at FHCRC from 2011 – 2016

Assistant Professor at WPI from 2017 – present

Graduate Students

Graduate Students

Current Students:

Mark Xatse, 2020 – present

Alvan Okechukwu

Former Students:

Andre Vieiria, 2017 – 2022

Undergraduate Researchers

Undergraduate Researchers

Current WPI Undergraduates in the Lab:

• Peter Allen
• Lori Ganjian
• Mia Holroyd
• Yunxin Li
• Fiona Morris

Former WPI Undergrads:

• Chloe Byrne
• Lauren Guerrero
• Cielo Sharkus

Former Summer Students (REU):

• Heather Couture, “Quantifying Glucose Entry into C. elegans and the Impact on Lipids”, Summer 2022.
• Lauren Kohntopp, “Using Stable Isotopes to Monitor Membrane Dynamics in C. elegans”, Summer 2021.
• Hamide Tifeki, “Defining the Role of mmBCFAs in Glucose Toxicity”, Summer 2019.
• Natalie Balbuena, “Identifying Genes Involved in C. elegans ROS Stress Response”, Summer 2018.
• Alain Moffett, “Membrane Responses to Stress Exposure”, Summer 2017.

MQP Students

MQP Students

Eveline Reddington (2020)

Ketaki Mahurkar (2020)

Kathleen Donovan (2021)

Connor Norton (2022)

Anna Hickman (2023)

Sofi Murray (2023)