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

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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

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Kyle Whitley, MBA

SyBBURE Searle Assistant Program Director
kyle.p.whitley@vanderbilt.edu

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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

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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

anastasia.i.mullins@vanderbilt.edu

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Ashok Choudhury

SyBBURE Searle Intellectual Property Consultant
ashok.choudhury@vanderbilt.edu