
The Team

Bryan Mounce
Assistant Professor
Hometown: Downing, Wisconsin
BS: Genetics, Mathematics, UW-Madison
PhD: Medical College of Wisconsin
Postdoc: Institut Pasteur
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Knitting extraordinaire. Loves viruses, polyamines, bright colors, and pop music.

Bridie Hulsebosch
IPBS PhD Student
Hometown: Palatine, Illinois
BS: Environmental Science, Loyola University Chicago
MS: Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago
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Visited the Sistine Chapel and thought it was just okay.
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Maria del Mar Villanueva Guzman
InDIRI MS Student
Hometown: Libertyville, Illinois; Spain
BS: Molecular Biology / International Studies / Bioethics, Loyola University
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Visited Lindsay Lohan's club in Mykonos and drank a mojito with extra lime.​
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Andrea Chu
MIIM MS Student
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
BS: Microbiology and Immunology, Cal Poly
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Knows all the choreography to "Jingle Bell Rock" from Mean Girls​
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Lab Alumni

Tom Kicmal
Master's Degree Student (InDiRI)
2017-2019
Currently PhD Student LUC
Hometown: Park Ridge, Illinois
BS: Biology, Carthage College
MS: Loyola University Chicago
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Lives by the three T's of life: tennis, tea, and amateur sand castle building
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Jeremy Esin
Master's Degree Student (InDiRI)
2018-2020
Currently PhD Student LUC
Hometown: Elgin, Illinois
BS: Genetics & Microbiology, Iowa State University
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Recreated the movie Titanic in his neighbor's hot tub.
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Charlie Yarwood
Master's Degree Student (MIIM)
2019-2020

Christina Cunha
Postdoc
2021-2022
Currently: Future Dr. Fauci at BD Biosciences

Vincent Mastrodomenico
Master's Degree Student (MIIM) 2017-2019
Research Assistant 2019-2022
Currently CEO of Promega