{"id":82,"date":"2023-12-09T21:14:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T21:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/mark-scimone\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2026-09-24T18:46:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T18:46:05","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/mark-scimone\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/mark-scimone\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2025\/08\/IMG_4586-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_4586\" height=\"2560\" width=\"1920\" title=\"IMG_4586\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tPrincipal Investigator\t<\/h3>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/mark-scimone\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/12\/ScimoneHeadShotBCH.png\" alt=\"ScimoneHeadShotBCH\" height=\"360\" width=\"281\" title=\"ScimoneHeadShotBCH\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tMark T. 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Biotechnology &#8217;25<\/p>\n\t<h5><strong>Syeda Butool<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>M.S. Biotechnology &#8217;25<\/p>\n\t<h5><strong>Deekshitha Megavath<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>M.S. Biotechnology &#8217;25<\/p>\n\t<h5><strong>Ganesh Vodela<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>M.S. Biotechnology &#8217;24<\/p>\n\t<h5><strong>Ninu Jacob<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>M.S. Biotechnology &#8217;26<\/p>\n\t<h5><strong>Majed Almustafa-Shelly<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>B.S. Neuropsychology &#8217;26<\/p>\n\t<h5><strong>Collin Humphreys<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>B.S. Biotechnology &#8217;26<\/p>\n\t<h5><strong>Kate Mazur<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>M.S. Biotechnology &#8217;25<\/p>\n\t<h5><strong>Jhansi Velpula<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>M.S. Biotechnology &#8217;25<\/p>\n\t<h5><strong>Manasa Pilli<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>M.S. Biotechnology &#8217;25<\/p>\n\t<h5><strong>Teja Kannekanti<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>M.S. Biotechnology &#8217;24<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Principal Investigator Mark T. 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