Our team is composed of graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, faculty, and staff who are all focused on helping our students succeed—whatever that may look like for each student.
Jonathan Ehrman, PhD
SyBBURE Searle Director
jonathan.d.ehrman@vanderbilt.edu
John Wikswo, PhD
SyBBURE Searle Principal Investigator
Gordon A. Cain University Professor
A.B. Learned Professor of Living State Physics
Founding Director, VIIBRE
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Physiology &
Biophysics, and Physics
john.wikswo@vanderbilt.edu
Kyle Whitley
SyBBURE Searle Assistant Program Director
kyle.p.whitley@vanderbilt.edu
Katie Leaptrot, PhD
SyBBURE Searle Assistant Learning Director
Research Assistant Professor, Chemistry
katrina.l.leaptrot@vanderbilt.edu
Jad El Harake, PhD
SyBBURE Searle Lab Manager
jad.el.harake@vanderbilt.edu
Andrea Locke, PhD
SyBBURE Searle Assistant Director of Professional Development
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
andrea.locke@vanderbilt.edu
Stacy Sherrod, PhD
SyBBURE Searle Associate Scientific Director
Research Associate Professor, Chemistry
Scientific Director, Center for Innovative Technology
stacy.d.sherrod@vanderbilt.edu
Annie Mullins
SyBBURE Searle Program Coordinator
Tara Mack
SyBBURE Searle Graduate Fellow
PhD Candidate, Human Genetics taralynn.m.mack@vanderbilt.edu
Donovan Taylor
SyBBURE Searle Post-Baccalaureate Fellow
donovan.l.taylor@vanderbilt.edu
Paul Taufalele
SyBBURE Searle Graduate Fellow
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
paul.v.taufalele@vanderbilt.edu
Ismael Ortiz
SyBBURE Searle Graduate FellowPhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Nicole Sarna
SyBBURE Searle Graduate Fellow
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
nicole.s.sarna@vanderbilt.edu
Ashok Choudhury
SyBBURE Searle Intellectual Property Consultant
ashok.choudhury@vanderbilt.edu