Julie has been applying her passions for optics, imaging, and biophysics to solving scientific problems for over 20 years. In addition to critical thinking, she loves scientific communication, teaching, and building a diverse, interdisciplinary, and international research community. Outside of work, this Canadian expat enjoys travel, eating, outdoor sports, and time with family.
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jsbiteen@umich.edu

Luis comes from Luquillo, PR and graduated with his B.S. in Biology from University of Puerto Rico-Humacao Campus. He earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, where he scrutinized the excited state dynamics and electronic relaxation pathways of thionated heavy-atom-free photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy applications. In the Biteen Lab, he is developing next-generation methods for measuring subcellular interactions in living microbial cells. Luis also enjoys exercising, concerts, eating, and watching sports.
lortz@umich.edu

Originally from Peru, Chris earned his B.Sc. in Chemistry at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. There, he developed image analysis pipelines to detect and quantify analytes of forensic interest. As a scientist and aspiring movie director, he shoots movies of tiny organisms to understand their underlying biophysics. He is also passionate about science outreach and inclusion in STEM.
azaldegc@umich.edu

Kate was born and raised in Taraz, Kazakhstan and later immigrated to the United States and earned her B.S. in Chemistry at St. John's University in Queens, New York. In her undergraduate research, she worked with DNA origami. To change research directions in graduate school, she is working on single-molecule imaging in fission yeast. Outside of the lab, she enjoys her walks in the parks, reading books, playing board games, and swimming.
yfyod@umich.edu

Ishika is from Haryana, in northern India. She earned a bachelor's in Chemistry from U. Delhi, and a master's in Chemistry from IIT Delhi, where she studied the kinetics of polyphenol degradation in almost aqueous conditions and collaborated to identify inhibitors against the neurological illness ALS; she is broadly interested in spectroscopy and biology. In her free time, Ishika enjoys sketching, badminton, listening to music, spending time with friends, and—more recently—learning to ice skate.
iishika@umich.edu

Ruochuan is from Guangzhou, China. She earned her B.S. degree in Physics from Pennsylvania State University, where she focused her undergraduate research on studying the kinetics of ribozymes under in-vivo-like conditions. Outside the lab, Ruochuan enjoys playing badminton, baking, and arts.
rchuang@umich.edu

Zeyang comes from Sichuan, China. She earned her B.S. degree from the University of California, Irvine. Her undergrad research focused on spectroscopy, specifically using an integrating sphere to measure the absorption of silicon and gold nanoparticles. She has also done DFT calculations for gold clusters. Outside the lab, she loves to play board games and spend time with her cat.
zeyangh@umich.edu