Meet the Team

  • Aleksander Rebane

    Principal Investigator

  • Hala Ouzon-Shubeita

    Research Associate

    Single-molecule Optical Tweezers

    RNA Structural Switches

    Macromolecular Crowding

  • Mohammad Ahmad

    Research Associate

    Liquid-liquid phase Separation

    pH-responsive Stress Granule Assembly

  • Basil Otieno

    Research Assistant

    Organelle Morphology

    Dynamic Shaping and Adhesion of Giant Vesicles

  • Malvern Whende

    Biology Capstone Student

    Liquid-liquid Phase Separation

    pH-responsive Stress Granule Assembly

  • Sean Xiao

    Physics Undergraduate

Alumni

Iman Lalani (Chemistry Undergraduate, 2023 - 2026) - Ph.D. student at McGill University

Capstone Project: Dewetting mechanism of hydrogel-based super-repellent surface

Rayan Makarem (Physics Undergraduate, 2025 - 2026)

Measuring ion-dependent stability of RNA hairpins using single-molecule optical tweezers

Deema Al Qemzi (Biology Undergraduate, 2026)

Elucidating the alkaline stress response signaling pathway

Maureen Okine (Biology Undergraduate, 2024 - 2025)

Effect of macromolecular crowding on protein solubility