Vidali Lab's Members

Luis Vidali

Associate Professor of Biology and Biotechnology
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Program
BBT Graduate Coordinator
Principal Investigator - Research in plant cell polarized growth and signaling during plant-fungal interactions.


Rholee Xu

1st year PhD student

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Program

Jointly advised by Professor Vidali and Professor Min Wu on a project involving mathematical modeling of moss cell growth

Aaron M. Pilarick

2nd year graduate student

Applied Physics with a Concentration in Biophysics and Soft Tissue

I am researching the Biological Effects of Non-Ionizing Radiation

Fritz Gregory Cadet

1st year MS
Biology and Biotechnology

Danielle C. Costello

1st year MS
Biology and Biotechnology

Edward J. Chocano-Coralla

1st year PhD student
Biology and Biotechnology

Research in signaling during plant-bacterial interactions

Rachel L. Maurice

Undergraduate - Senior

Biochemistry and Professional Writing

Researching in the exocytotic machinery during polarized plant cell growth

Samantha L. Marcil

Undergraduate - Senior

Biology and Biotechnology

Using microfluidics for research in signaling during plant-fungal interactions

Kailana Wang

Undergraduate - Senior

Biology and Biotechnology major with a minor in Bioinformatics

Using microfluidics for research in signaling during plant-fungal interactions


Eric J. Bormann

Undergraduate - Senior

Double majoring in Biology and Biotechnology and Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Studying intracellular signaling during endocytosis and exocytosis

Julia R. Tatone

Undergraduate - Senior

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology major with a Data Science minor.

Investigating protein-protein interactions during exocytosis in polarized plant cell growth

Samantha A. Mora

Undergraduate - Senior

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Investigating protein-protein interactions during exocytosis in polarized plant cell growth


Emily H. Musser

Undergraduate - Senior

Double majoring in Biology and Biotechnology and Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Investigating protein-protein interactions during exocytosis in polarized plant cell growth


Amanda Holbrook

Undergraduate - Junior

Biochemistry major

Researching in the exocytotic machinery during polarized plant cell growth

Kya R. Garcia

Undergraduate - Sophomore

Biology and Biotechnology major

Lab assistant via work study student

Grace McCarthy

Undergraduate - Sophomore

Biology and Biotechnology major

Lab assistant via work study student

Sandra Phan

Undergraduate - Sophomore

Data Science major

Working with Professor Vidali on cytoskeleton and exocytosis simulations

Past and Present Collaborators

Min Wu - Assistant Professor - Mathematics - WPI


Mary Munson - Professor - University of Massachusetts - Medical School, MA


Dirk Albrecht - Associate Professor - BME - WPI


Sebastian Bednarek - Professor - UW- Madison


Erkan Tuzel - Associate Professor of Physics - Temple University, PA.


Manuel Gonzalez-Guerrero- GBGP - Madrid, Spain


Kaye Peterman - Professor - Wellesley College


David Domozych - Professor - Skidmore College


Lawrence Griffing - Professor - Texas A&M


Miguel Angel Villalobos - Investigador - IPN, Mexico


Magdalena Bezanilla - Dartmouth College, NH.

Previous Members

Boyuan Liu - M.S. - Biotechnology (2021)


Vivian Nguyen - Undergraduate Student - Biology and Biotechnology (2021)


George Horta - Undergraduate Student - Chemistry (2021)


Gabriella Davis - Undergraduate Student - Biology and Biotechnology (2021)


Giulia Galotto - Ph.D. - Biology and Biotechnology (2020)


Robert Orr - Ph.D. - Biology and Biotechnology (2020)


Catherine (Cat) Sherman - M.Q.P. Biology and Biotechnology and Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (2020)


Parker Simpson - Undergraduate Student - Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (2020)


Stephen Foley - M.Q.P. Biochemistry Major (2019)


Jeffrey Bibeau - Ph.D. in Biology and Biotechnology (2018)


Allison Butt - M.Q.P. Biology & Biotechnology and Biochemistry Double Major (2017)


Sakshi Khurana - M.Q.P. Biology & Biotechnology Major (2016)


Daniel MacVeigh-Fierro - M.Q.P. Biology & Biotechnology Major (2016)


Fabienne Furt - Postdoctoral Fellow (2011-2015)


Hao Sun - MS in Biology and Biotechnology (2015)


Ellen Pierce - M.Q.P. Biology & Biotechnology Major (2015)


Leah Pervere - M.Q.P. Biochemistry and Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Double Major (2015)


Jennifer Garbarino - M.Q.P. Biology & Biotechnology and Biochemistry Double Major (2015)


Sarah Kaptur - M.Q.P. Biology & Biotechnology and Biochemistry Double Major (2015)


Luisanna Paulino - Biology & Biotechnology Major (2015)


Xinxin Ding - M.Q.P. Biology & Biotechnology and Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Double Major (2014)

Currently: Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Botany


Kelsi Callahan - M.Q.P. Biology & Biotechnology Major (2014)


Chris Savoia - Biomedical Engineering Major (2014)


Zhiyuan Shen - MS. Biology & Biotechnology (2014)

Currently: R&D at Phosphorex, MA.


Erin Agar - M.Q.P. Biology & Biotechnology Major (2013)


A. Rob Collatos - MS. Biology & Biotechnology (2012)

Currently: Manufacturing Associate at Biogen, MA


Erin Armstrong - M.Q.P. Biology & Biotechnology Major (2012)


Dr. Yen-Chen Liu - Postdoctoral Fellow (2010-2012)

Currently: Research Scientist at Shuang Hor Group, Taiwan.


Supriya Agrawal - M.Q.P. Biochemistry Major (2011)