The Gestal Lab
The team
These are the amazing people that make magic happens


Tyler L. Williams
Lab manager 2020
Currently working as Clinical Laboratory Scientist.
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2020
Currently in a postdoctoral research position
Edna Ondari

Eshaan Tandon
SMART - High School Student - 2020
Currently at Tulane doing is Undergraduate

Sarah Elizabeth Gatti
SMART - High School Student - 2020
Currently at Stanford doing her College Degree in Engineering

Patrick Simon
SMART - High School Student - 2020
Currently doing his College degree at Arkansas University

Manuel Rico
Summer Undergraduate LSUHSC-S and Foundation Barrie de la Maza, 2021
Manuel is currently doing his third year of the Medical School at University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Nicolas Ambrosis
Visiting postdoc, 2021
Scientist at CONICET, Argentina

Keila Belhart
Visiting PhD student, 2021
She is finishing her PhD at the Sisti and Fernandez lab, CONICET, Argentina

Aine O'Nuanain
Summer Undergraduate, 2021
Aine is an undergraduate student from Louisiana State University.

Esther Calvino-Sanles
Summer Undergraduate LSUHSC-S and Foundation Barrie de la Maza, 2021
She is now doing a masters degree in Chemical Biology at University of Geneva

Sarah Johnson
SMART Student, 2021
Sarah is now doing her undergraduate at Rice University

Connor Roan
PhD Student, 2021
Connor is now working as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist at the VA, Shreveport

Jose Pedreira Lopez
Summer Undergraduate Student Foundation Barrie de la Maza- LSUHSCS, 2022
I am studying Pharmacy at the University of Santiago de Compostela, in Spain. I want to pursuit a career as a Scientist in Academia. I enjoy running, reading, and playing board games