People

Principal Investigator Eli Borrego was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley and graduated high school from the Science Academy of South Texas in 2004. He earned a B.S. in Plant and Soil Science from Texas A&M University-Kingsville in 2008, and Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Texas A&M University in 2014. Eli started his adventures at RIT in the Fall of 2019 and during his free time (lol) he enjoys playing racquetball, slow cooking, and listening to podcasts. He is on a quest to taste all the Mexican resturants in Western New York.
Current research group
Kate Spencer
Enviromental Science
MS student
Fall 2021-
Ulysses Hampton
Enviromental Science
MS student
Fall 2023-
Bryden Kerchoff
Biochemistry
Undergraduate Student
Spring 2024-
John Zobbi
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Undergraduate Student
Spring 2025-
Oliver Stolarek
Biomedical Sciences
Undergraduate Student
Spring 2025-

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Past group members
- Lily DePalma, Biology, Spring 2023 - Fall 2023
- Shui Li Eu-Balint, Biology, Spring 2022 - Spring 2024
- Benjamin Piotraschke, Biochemistry, Spring 2023 - Spring 2024
- Hazel Civalier, Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience, Spring 2022 - Spring 2023
- Dane Wintermantel, Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience, Fall 2022 - Spring 2023
- Joe Cain, Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience, Spring 2022 - Sprig 2023
- Nathan Hahn, Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience, Summer 2024
- Makayla Reed, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Fall 2021- Spring 2022
- Claire Boyle, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Fall 2021- Spring 2022
- Kavya Phadke, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Fall 2021- Spring 2022
- Lexi Pyke, Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience, Fall 2020- Fall 2021
- Madison Aust, Biochemistry, Fall 2021
- Elizabeth Axford, Biology, Fall 2021
- Sebastian Correa Gomez, Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience, Fall 2020- Spring 2021
- Mariah Robertson, MS Bioinformatics, Spring 2020- Summer 2021
- Chirstina Domondon, Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience, Fall 2019- Spring 2021
- Hannah Kuntz, Biomedical Sciences, Spring 2020- Spring 2021
- Paul Podbielski, Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience, Fall 2020- Spring 2021
- Cynthia Loi, Biology, Fall 2020- Spring 2021
- Stasha Rup, Biology, Fall 2020- Spring 2021
- Emalee Wrightstone, Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience, Spring 2020- Spring 2021
- Jacob Horn, Biology, Fall 2020- Spring 2021
- Kyle Max, Chemical Engineering, Spring 2020- Fall 2020
- Virginia Aswad, Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience, Spring 2020- Fall 2020
- Camille Sisto, Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience, Fall 2020
- Ashley Roberts, Biology, Fall 2020
- Benjamin Pervier, Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience, Spring 2020