
The Team

Bryan Mounce
Assistant Professor
Hometown: Downing, Wisconsin
BS: Genetics, Mathematics, UW-Madison
PhD: Medical College of Wisconsin
Postdoc: Institut Pasteur
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
Visited the Sistine Chapel and thought it was just okay.
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
Lives by the three T's of life: tennis, tea, and amateur sand castle building

Jeremy Esin
Master's Degree Student (InDiRI)
2018-2020
Currently PhD Student LUC
Hometown: Elgin, Illinois
BS: Genetics & Microbiology, Iowa State University
Recreated the movie Titanic in his neighbor's hot tub.

Charlie Yarwood
Master's Degree Student (MIIM)
2019-2020