Team – Baker Lab

Photo of Christa Baker — **Christa Baker, Ph.D.**
Asst Prof of Biological Sciences
Google Scholar
CV
*photo by Rick Soden*

photo of Jake Grodeon — **Jake Grodeon, B.S.**
Ph.D. student, Bioinformatics
*Genetics & Genomics Academy Travel Awardee*

Ayush Pathak, B.E.
MCS student

photo of Aniket Darp in front of the NCSU Bell Tower — **Aniket Darp, B.Eng.**
Master’s in Computer Science student

photo of Emma Payne — **Emma Payne**
Undergraduate Honors research assistant

photo of Katie Mason — **Katie Mason**
Undergraduate Honors research assistant

Photo of Alexandra Venuto — **Alexandra Venuto, Ph.D.**
*NSF PRFB Postdoctoral Fellow*
Google Scholar

photo of Emma Droste in front of Freedom of Expression tunnel — **Emma Droste, M.Ed.**
Ph.D. student, Genetics and Genomics
GAANN Fellowship in Molecular Biotechnology
Henry E. Schaffer Teaching Award

photo of Venkatesa Jayaraman — **Venkatesa Jayaraman, B.Tech.**
Electrical & Computer Engineering PhD rotation student

photo of Jordan Clayton — **Jordan Clayton**
Undergraduate research assistant

photo of Allison Emborsky — **Allison Emborsky**
Undergraduate research assistant

Alumni
Undergraduates
Mario Tornero-Vila (2026), joint with Dr. Kasey Wagoner, Physics & Astronomy
Jordan Clayton (2025-2026), BioSci Outstanding Transfer Student awardee
Katie Mason, Honors Thesis in Statistics (2025-2026)
Emma Payne, Honors Thesis in Zoology (2023-2026)
Kendall Lipsteuer (2025)
Avery Henson (2025)
Robin Waddell (2025)
Sofia Abril-De Nicola (2024-2025)
Breyton Hill, Honors Thesis in Genetics (2024-2025), BioSci Outstanding Senior Research awardee
Juman Odeh (2023-2024)
Morgan Cumberland (2023)

Technicians
Morolake Okanlawon (2024-2025)

Volunteers
Apoorva Iyer (2025)
Jordayne Wilkins (2024)