Team
Principal Investigator
Sangyong Choi, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Nutritional Sciences
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Education
- Postdoctoral/Faculty Research Associate, University of Texas at Arlington, TX (2020)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, OH (2016)
- PhD in Nutrition Sciences, Ohio State University, OH (2015)
- MS in Food & Nutrition, Yonsei University, Korea (2008)
- BS in Biology and Food & Nutrition, Yonsei University, Korea (2006)
Lab Members
Suyun Choi, MS
PhD student, Nutritional Sciences
Evelyn Nathania, BS
PhD student, Nutritional Sciences
Lori Huang
MS student, Nutritional Sciences
Ella Goodney
MS student, Nutritional Sciences
Ryan Gerardi
Undergraduate student, Nutritional Sciences (Honors Program)
Avarie Kim
Undergraduate student, Molecular and Cell Biology
Former Lab Members
Kristofer Terrell
PhD in Nutritional Sciences, 2021–2026
Zachary Conrad
Undergraduate researcher, Molecular and Cell Biology (Honors Program), 2025–2026
Karina Huang
Undergraduate researcher, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2024–2026
Azaria Pullet
Bridging the Gap fellow, Summer 2026
Ryan Chan
Undergraduate researcher, Kinesiology, 2024–2025
Carolina Logrono
Undergraduate researcher, Allied Health Sciences (Honors Program), 2024–2025
Chase Sayaith
Bridging the Gap fellow, Summer 2025
Faizan Ahmad
Bridging the Gap fellow, Summer 2025
Mason Monaco
Undergraduate researcher, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2023–2025
Alexis Bates
Undergraduate researcher, Pathobiology, 2023–2024
Shuxuan Han
Undergraduate researcher, Nutritional Sciences, 2023
Nishant D’Souza
Undergraduate researcher, Nutritional Sciences (Honors Program), 2022–2024
Ryan Lee
Undergraduate researcher, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2022–2024
Emily Strickland
Undergraduate researcher, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2022
Chevenese McKayle
Bridging the Gap fellow, Summer 2022
Adrian Tam
Undergraduate researcher, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2021–2023
Yasir Ameen
Undergraduate researcher, Nutritional Sciences, 2021–2022
Julie Kantner
Undergraduate researcher, Molecular and Cell Biology and Nutritional Sciences (Honors Program), 2020–2022