Team

Crista Wadsworth

Dr. Wadsworth joined RIT in 2019 after a postdoctoral fellowship at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Dr. Yonatan Grad. She earned her Ph.D. from Tufts University in 2016, and her B.A. from Smith College in 2010. Dr. Wadsworth is currently a Visiting Scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her research on microbial evolution and population dynamics integrates genomics with experimental approaches.

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Current Lab Members

  • Satyr de Cesare (2025-)
  • Sway Issifou (2025-)
  • Meghan Bell (2025-)
  • Cade Medina (2025-)
  • Nikhi Boggavarapu (2024-, co-mentored)
  • Leah Robinson MS (2023-)
  • Molly Regan (2023-)
  • Caroline Mcdevitt (2023-)

Past Lab Members

  • Makenna Swartz MS (2023-25)
  • Sanjana Logu MS (2023-25)
  • Kinzie Bailey MS (2022-24)
  • Sophie Quail (2023-24)
  • Irwin Cano (2023)
  • Daniel Dimartino (2023) 
  • Laura Krebs (2022-23)
  • Bryant Cromartie Jr. (2022)
  • Kiley Trombly (2021-23)
  • Kelly Frost (2021-23)
  • Sarah Teeter (2021-22)
  • Lucille Tomin (2021)
  • Jordan Raisman (2020-21)
  • Michael Fiore (2020-21)
  • Thomas Murphy (2019-22) 
  • Emily Reilly (2020-22)
  • Lauren McElroy (2020)
  • Paul Podbielski (2020)
  • Shani Hayes (2020)
  • Spencer Lopp (2019-20)