{"id":3,"date":"2014-09-09T17:06:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T22:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/haseltonlab\/homepage\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T12:48:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:48:58","slug":"personnel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/haseltonlab\/personnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Personnel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Haselton Laboratory Personnel<\/h2>\n
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Haselton Laboratory (L-R): Nicholas Spurlock, David Evans, Dalton Nelson, Nicole Malofsky, Rick Haselton<\/p><\/div>\n

Postdoctoral Scholars
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\"\"<\/a>Dalton J. Nelson<\/span>
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Postdoctoral Scholar<\/strong><\/h5>\n

BA in Mathematics & Applied Critical Thought and Inquiry
\nWilliam Jewell College<\/p>\n

BE in Biomedical Engineering
\nVanderbilt University<\/p>\n

PhD in Biomedical Engineering
\nVanderbilt University<\/p>\n

dalton.j.nelson [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/p>\n

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Graduate Students<\/h2>\n

\"David<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

David Evans
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Doctoral Student<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

BS in Bioengineering<\/span>
\nClemson University
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david.t.evans [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Nicole<\/a><\/p>\n

Nicole Malofsky
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Doctoral Student<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

BS and MS in Bioengineering
\nLehigh University
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nicole.a.malofsky [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Nicholas Spurlock
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
Doctoral Student<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

BA in Engineering
\nMaryville College<\/span><\/p>\n

BE in Biomedical Engineering<\/span>
\nVanderbilt University
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nicholas.a.spurlock [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/span><\/p>\n

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Undergraduate Students<\/h2>\n

\"Alex<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Alex Howard<\/span><\/h4>\n

Senior Chemistry Student
\nalexandrea.a.howard [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/p>\n

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Recent Graduates\/Escapees<\/h2>\n

Megan<\/strong>\u00a0Pask<\/strong>, our former lab manager and staff scientist, is now an administrative officer in the Vanderbilt Institute of National Security.<\/p>\n

Swesh Dhungel<\/strong> graduated with her bachelors in molecular and cellular biology in May 2025 and is now working as an anesthesia technician while preparing for medical school.<\/p>\n

Kunal Chugh<\/strong> graduated with his bachelors in biomedical engineering in May 2025 and is now working for Boston Consulting Group.<\/p>\n

Rosana Alfaro<\/strong> graduated with her bachelors in biomedical engineering in May 2024 and is pursuing her doctorate at Washington University in St. Louis, MO.<\/p>\n

Nick Adams,<\/strong> a former research assistant professor, is now a senior engineer at Thermo Fisher Scientific.<\/p>\n

Tricia Russ,\u00a0<\/strong>a former research assistant professor, is now an engineering and robotics teacher at Christ Presbyterian Academy.<\/p>\n

Alex Boyd <\/strong>graduated with his bachelors in biomedical engineering in May 2021 and is now pursuing a doctoral degree at Boston University.<\/p>\n

Tom Scherr,\u00a0<\/strong>a former research assistant professor, has departed our lab and is now a research associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at Vanderbilt University.<\/p>\n

Mark Baglia<\/strong> graduated with his masters in biomedical engineering and MBA in May 2016 and is now working at Amazon in Nashville, Tennessee.<\/p>\n

Amy Creecy<\/strong> graduated with her doctorate in June 2018 and is now a postdoctoral fellow at Indiana University.<\/p>\n

Nicholas Diehl<\/strong> graduated with his bachelors in biomedical engineering in May 2018 and is pursuing a career in biotechnology in New York, New York.<\/p>\n

Andrew Doyle<\/strong>, a former Haselton laboratory technician, received his masters from Northeastern University is now pursuing biomedical research at Prime Medicine.<\/p>\n

Hali Egnatchik <\/strong>graduated with her doctorate in May 2014 and is now working as an Engineering Supervisor in Informatics Division at Abbott in Dallas, Texas.<\/p>\n

Erin Euliano<\/strong> graduated with her bachelors and masters in biomedical engineering in May 2018 and her doctorate from Rice University in April 2024 and is pursuing a career in the biotech industry in Boston, MA.<\/p>\n

Joe Evans<\/strong> graduated with his masters in May 2014 and is now working in intellectual property law.<\/p>\n

Sparsh Gupta<\/strong> graduated with his bachelors in biomedical engineering in May 2018, after receiving his MD he is pursuing his residency in New York.<\/p>\n

Austin Hardcastle<\/strong>\u00a0graduated with his bachelors in biomedical engineering in May 2018 and is working in global health in Nashville, Tennessee.<\/p>\n

Michael Kammer\u00a0<\/strong>graduated with his doctorate in May 2017, following his postdoctoral fellowship, he is now a Research Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.<\/p>\n

Aditya Karhade <\/strong>graduated with his bachelors in biomedical engineering in May 2015 and is pursing a dual degree in medicine and masters in business administration from Harvard University followed by a doctoral degree from Leiden University. He is now working in the healthcare industry in the Boston area.<\/p>\n

Emily Kight <\/strong>graduated with her doctorate in May 2023 and is now working in the biotechnology industry in Huntsville, Alabama.<\/p>\n

Mindy Leelawong<\/strong>, a former Research Assistant Professor finished her Public Health Laboratory Fellowship and is now the Chief of STI Molecular Detection at the New York City Public Health Laboratory.<\/p>\n

Kelly McGee <\/strong>graduated with his bachelors in biomedical engineering in May 2018.<\/p>\n

Stephanie Pearlman<\/strong> graduated with her doctorate in May 2022 and is a R&D engineer at Sherlock Biosciences in Boston, MA.<\/p>\n

Athran Abdul Rahman<\/strong> graduated with his bachelors in chemical engineering in May 2015 and is pursuing an advanced degree in engineering from the University of Sydney.<\/p>\n

Cameron Ridgewell<\/strong> graduated with his bachelors in mechanical engineering and computer science in May 2015 and now a robotics engineer at Booz Allen Hamilton.<\/p>\n

Hayley Ryskoski<\/strong> graduated with her bachelors in biomedical engineering in May 2016, then worked for the Environmental Protection Agency before returning to graduate school. She received her masters in 2021 and is pursuing a doctoral degree from the University of Washington.<\/p>\n

Francesca Solinas<\/strong>, a former technician in the Haselton laboratory is now pursuing biomedical research at the Cologne Center for Genomics in Cologne, Germany.<\/p>\n

Adithya Sivakumar<\/strong> graduated with his bachelors in biomedical engineering in May 2018 and his MD in 2023 and is pursuing his pediatric residency in New York.<\/p>\n

Hannah Stepp <\/strong>graduated with her bachelors in biomedical engineering in May 2023 and is pursing an internship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).<\/p>\n

Josh Trantum<\/strong> graduated with his doctorate in May 2014 and continues to consult on commercial aspects of biotechnology in the Nashville, Tennessee area.<\/p>\n

Christia Victoriano<\/strong> graduated with her bachelors in biomedical engineering in May 2021 and is pursuing a doctoral degree at Columbia University in New York City.<\/p>\n

Cassandra Wessely<\/strong> graduated with her bachelors in biomedical engineering in May 2017 and is pursuing a career in the healthcare industry.<\/p>\n

Emma Wheat<\/strong> graduated with her bachelors in biomedical engineering in May 2023 and masters in 2024 from Boston University and is pursuing a career in the biotech industry in Boston, MA.<\/p>\n

Anna Wolfe<\/strong> graduated with her bachelors in biomedical engineering in May 2019 and masters in 2021 from University of California, Berkeley and is pursuing a career in biomechanics research.<\/p>\n

Zackary Zimmers<\/strong> graduated with his doctorate in August 2021 and is an R&D engineer in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Haselton Laboratory Personnel Postdoctoral Scholars Dalton J. Nelson Postdoctoral Scholar BA in Mathematics & Applied Critical Thought and Inquiry William Jewell College BE in Biomedical Engineering Vanderbilt University PhD in Biomedical Engineering Vanderbilt University dalton.j.nelson [at] vanderbilt.edu   Graduate Students David Evans Doctoral Student BS in Bioengineering Clemson University david.t.evans [at] vanderbilt.edu      …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1985,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/haseltonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/haseltonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/haseltonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/haseltonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/haseltonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":129,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/haseltonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":627,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/haseltonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions\/627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/haseltonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/haseltonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}