![Alondra Torres.](https://mmod.unl.edu/pictures/Alondra%20Torres2_0.jpg)
Alondra Torres
2023-2024 trainee B.S. 2021 Microbiology, Inter American University of Puerto Rico Ph.D. in Progress
Research Project: The role of AAA-ATPase ATAD3A in regulating mitochondrial architecture and its implications in disease
Mentors: Dr. Oleh Khalimonchuk and Dr. Rodrigo Franco-Cruz
![Rachelle Nelson.](https://mmod.unl.edu/pictures/RachelleNelson_0.jpg)
Rachelle Nelson
2023-2024 traineeUnion College, B.S. Elementary Education (2015) B.S. Biomedical Science (2022)Ph.D. in Progress
Research Project: Reductive stress in endothelial cells
Mentors: Dr. Xinghui Sun and Dr. Oleh Khalimonchuk
![Tyler Miller.](https://mmod.unl.edu/pictures/TylerMiller_0.png)
Tyler Miller
2023-2024 trainee B.S. 2017 Biological Systems Engineering from the University of Nebraska-LincolnPh.D. in progress
Research Project: developing a oral gene delivery platform utilizing outer membrane vesicles isolated from commensal E. coli
Mentors: Dr. Angie Pannier and Dr. Amanda Ramer-Tait
![Tyrell Rossman](https://mmod.unl.edu/image/Rossman_Tyrell_web.jpg)
Tyrell Rossman
2022-2023 trainee B.S. 2021 Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-LincolnPh.D. in progress
Research Project: Exploration of cysteine modifications in human pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase
Mentors: Dr. Don Becker and Dr. Tomas Helikar
Brandon McDonald
2022-2023 trainee B.S. Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska LincolnPh.D. in progress
Research Project: Role of Antioxidant Nanoparticle Treatment in the Amelioration of Lysosomal Membrane Permeabilization Following Traumatic Brain Injury
Mentors: Dr. Forrest Kievit and Dr. Xinghui Sun
![Josh Loecker.]( https://mmod.unl.edu/image/Josh%20Loecker%20MMoD%20photo.jpg )
Josh Loecker
2022-2023 trainee B.S. Biochemistry, minor in Computer Science, South Dakota State University Ph.D. in Progress
Research Project: Creating metabolic models of human immune cells, specifically hematopoietic stem cells. I will also be developing tools to speed up the creation of our lab's future models
Mentors: Dr. Tomas Helikar and Dr. Lindsey Crawford