The BREATHE - Gestal Lab
Bordetella Research on Eosinophils, Airway Tolerance, Host responses and Exacerbation
LSU Health Science Center at Shreveport


The team

Dr. Nicholas First
PhD Student 2020-2025
First Graduate Student of the Gestal Lab. Currently doing a postdoctoral Fellowship at UT San Antonio at Dr. Morel

Tyler L. Williams
Lab manager 2020
Currently working as Clinical Laboratory Scientist.

Edna Ondari
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2020
Global assessor RSTMH. Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Dundee, UK

Eshaan Tandon
SMART - High School Student - 2020
About to start Medicine at Boston University School

Sarah Elizabeth Gatti
SMART - High School Student - 2020
Working at Medtronic Engineer

Patrick Simon
SMART - High School Student - 2020
Undergraduate at Arkansas University

Manuel RFS silvestre
Summer Undergraduate LSUHSC-S and Foundation Barrie de la Maza, 2021
Master in Neuroscience in Oxford University, UK

Nicolas Ambrosis
Visiting postdoc, 2021
Project Leader, Ergo, Argentina

Keila Belhart
Visiting PhD student, 2021
Postdoctoral researcher, CONICET, Argentina

Aine O'Nuanain
Summer Undergraduate, 2021
Master Student at Utrecht University, Germany

Esther Calvino-Sanles
Summer Undergraduate LSUHSC-S and Foundation Barrie de la Maza, 2021
PhD Student at Gulbekian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM) | MSCA ITN ISOBIOTICS, Portugal

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

Connor Roan
PhD Student, 2021
Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Shreveport

Gabrielle Miller
SMART Student 2022-2023
PHIRE undergraduate 2024
Undergraduate Virginia Commonwealth University

Emily Cox
Summer Undergraduate Student 2022
Undergrad Premed

Courtney M. Gregoire
MD student, class 2024
Medical intern at Utah

Rishi Sultana
SMART Student 2024-2025
Undergrad at Yale University

Elham Abdollahi
Postdoctoral 2023-2025
Senior Research Associate, Dr. Tomas Helikar's Lab, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Hannah Fry
SMART Student 2023-2024
Undergraduate at Louisiana Tech

Laura Lopez
Summer Undergraduate LSUHSC-S and Foundation Barrie de la Maza, 2023
Biology Teacher High School, Spain

Yago Somoza
Summer Undergraduate LSUHSC-S and Foundation Barrie de la Maza, 2024
Biochemist, Master Student

Manuel Mayo
Summer Undergraduate LSUHSC-S and Foundation Barrie de la Maza, 2025
Biotechnology Undergraduate, Universidad Santiago de Compostela

Julia Muniak
Intern 2024
PhD Student, Poland