Current Members
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Ariel Alperstein, PhD
Assistant Professor/PI
Joined 2022
amalpers@udel.edu
![](https://sites.udel.edu/alperstein/files/2024/06/Liv-2024-e1718914353553.jpg)
Olivia Tancredi
Graduate Student
Joined 2022
oxt@udel.edu
![](https://sites.udel.edu/alperstein/files/2024/06/Tonalli_headshot_052024-1.jpg)
Saúl Tonalli Rodríguez Vázquez
Visiting Summer and Fall Student
Joined 2024
tonalli@udel.edu
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Raghed Kurbaj
Graduate Student
Joined 2022
rkurbaj@udel.edu
![](https://sites.udel.edu/alperstein/files/2024/03/SPallus-68bbfeae907513d0-e1709673639359-1024x1024.jpg)
Sarah Pallus
Undergraduate Student
Joined 2024
sepallus@udel.edu
![](https://sites.udel.edu/alperstein/files/2023/04/Mulhearn_headshot_edited.jpg)
Erin Mulhearn
Graduate Student
Joined 2022
erinmm@udel.edu
![](https://sites.udel.edu/alperstein/files/2024/03/20240304_225617-5ed7131defd707b0-e1709673845204-1024x1024.jpg)
Xavier Flaiz
Undergraduate Student
Joined 2024
xavierf@udel.edu
Lab Pets
![](https://sites.udel.edu/alperstein/files/2024/06/Carley_2024.jpg)
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![](https://sites.udel.edu/alperstein/files/2024/06/IMG-20240426-WA0001-e1718923144129.jpg)
![](https://sites.udel.edu/alperstein/files/2024/06/Tonalli_dog.jpg)
![](https://sites.udel.edu/alperstein/files/2023/04/Cat_IrohMulhearn_edited.jpg)
![](https://sites.udel.edu/alperstein/files/2024/06/Cat_Liv_edited-1.jpg)
Lab Alumni
![](https://sites.udel.edu/alperstein/files/2023/04/Novin_headshot_edited.jpg)
Julian Novin
Undergraduate Student
Feb 2023-August 2023
Current undergraduate at Northwestern
![](https://sites.udel.edu/alperstein/files/2024/06/IMG_2866_edited-1024x1024.jpg)
Daniela Thompson
Undergraduate Student
Sept 2023-May 2024
Currently works at Colgate-Palmolive
Lab Group Photos Archive
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