Lab News
September 2026: Welcome undergrad Deea Kapoor to the lab after a successful summer research experience! We are also welcoming MS student Elizabeth Enriquez to the lab and wishing farewell to Anindita Saha as she transitions out of the lab and into the Rutgers Microbial Biology PhD Program!
Congratulations to Alex Kwasnik on a successful M.S. Thesis Defense - you will be missed!
August 2026
Welcome Cassandra Correa to the lab for her PhD!
April 2026Congratulations to Varnith on a successful undergraduate Honors Thesis defense and for being awarded the Henry Rutgers Award! Varnith also presented a winning poster at the Rutgers Microbiome Symposium.
April 2026January 2026: Welcome undergraduate Justin Gomez to the lab!
August 2025: Welcome Laboratory Researcher Anindita Saha to the lab!
Zach, Paola, and Varnith attend 2025 NYBIG.
June 2025
September 2024: The Lonergan Lab officially opens and welcomes Alex Kwasnik as the first graduate student!
Lab Bowling, featuring Rutgers undergrad Deea Kapoor, who is spending the summer in the lab as part of the CSI SURF Program.
April 2025 Group Photo
June 2025: Welcome Paola Garay Martis to the lab for her PhD!
June 2026January 2025: Welcome undergrads Roxanne Jolie and Varnith Bhat to the lab!
December 2025 Holiday Party remnants
May 2026 Group Photo
