Phelps Lab Members
Ed Phelps, PhD
Principal InvestigatorAssistant ProfessorJ. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering
Andrece Powell
Laboratory ManagerFixer, organizer extraordinaire and experimentalist
Sandra Ferreira, PhD
Postdoctoral FellowEffect of the neurotransmitter GABA on islet hormone secretion
Alexandra Cuaycal, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (joint w/ Mathews Lab)Islet immune interface in living pancreas tissue slices
Mollie Huber
PhD Student (joint w/ Mathews and Atkinson Labs)Live human pancreas tissue slices as a platform for investigating immunopathological processes of type 1 diabetes
Adrienne Widener
PhD StudentGranular hydrogel materials as extracellular microenvironments
Charles Lazimi
PhD StudentDynamic real-time sensing of pancreatic islet physiology
Austin Stis
PhD StudentMechanisms of islet GABA secretion
Cameron Manson
PhD StudentEngineering local immune tolerance for beta cell replacement in type 1 diabetes
Aliyah Tate
PhD StudentEngineering immune cell – beta cell interactions
Undergraduate Students
Abilene Roberts
Leigh Baratta
Dylan Smurlick
Arabella Readey
Lab Alumni
PhD Students
Walker Hagan, Scientist II – NMJ Team Lead, Hesperos, Inc.Matthew Becker, Postdoctoral Fellow, Weaver Lab, Arizona State UniversityJorge Santini-González, recent graduate
Medical Fellows
Kendra Sylvester-Armstrong, M.D., private practice South FloridaCallie Reeder, M.D., University of Tennessee Medical Center
Masters Students
Robert Dolan – Engineer at U.S. Food and Drug AdministrationJennifer Simonovich – University of Florida, BME PhD ProgramSushain Kaul – University of Florida, APK PhD Program
Undergraduates
Yarelis Gonzales Vargas, BME PhD Program, Georgia Institute of TechnologyMallika Bhatta, Medical Honors Program (joint BS, MD), University of FloridaNatalia Vallenilla, Clinical Specialist, Electrophysiology at AbbottKevin Ling, BME PhD Program, University of RochesterShabeen Raza, Technical Development Program Engineer at Edwards LifesciencesRebecca Erwin, Hydrogen Shot Fellow at DOEMaryum Salim, Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation Engineer at JacobsCaroline Lesher, M.S.Program in Biomedical Engineering, University of FloridaVeronica Bubay, recent graduate, B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of South CarolinaConor Given, recent graduate, B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida