Former Difference Makers
This is a list of the previous difference makers. They are order first by the year they left the lab, then alphabetically by last name.
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2025
AnnMarie Munecas
AnnMarie Munecas
Caden Shiver
Caden’s work focused on detailed tracking of patients. This included tracking and analyzing individual trends of improvement of other symptoms in addition to epileptic seizures when applying PKT.
Caden Shiver
Hanyu Luo
Hanyu Luo was a Undergraduate Research Assistant in Nov 01 2024 and worked with the PKT lab to March 03, 2025
Hanyu Luo
Sri Sudha
Sri Sudha
Zoe Craig
Zoe Craig is a Nutritional Sciences Major who is also on the pre-med track. Zoe’s work will focus on going through the lab’s system and organizing patient folders/information, as well as assisting in the patient tracking systems
Zoe Craig
2024
Matias Capurro
Matias Capurro was a Biology major on the pre-med track. Matias’s work consisted of the use of the Foodomics Database, attending patient visits, and recipe-making for patients as he worked with the lab until he graduated in 2024.
Matias Capurro
Harleen Kahlon
Harleen Kahlon is a graduated Nutritional Sciences major who was also on the pre-med track. She was a Co-leader of the Diet Rx and Recipes Team. Harleen’s work focused on nutrient runs, recipe development, and seeing patients, as she worked with the lab through 2024.
Harleen Kahlon
Renata Martinez
Renata Martinez was a Food Science Major. She worked with the PKT lab and graduated in 2024.
Renata Martinez
Renata Volonterio
Renata Volonterio was a biotechnology major as she pursued a double major in behavioral and cognitive neuroscience. She was co-leader of the Diet Rx and Recipes Team, which focused on recipe-making for the PKT program, as well as a KetoBuddy for her patients. Renata was with the team from 2021-2024.
Renata Volonterio
2023
Maddy Campellone
Maddy Campellone
Megan Gordon
Megan Gordon was in the lab in 2023 as one of the Health Education and Behavior interns.
Megan Gordon
Kaley Hildebrand
Kaley Hildebrand was a fourth year entomology major who joined our lab in August 2022. She had been involved in research projects since she was a sophomore, and joined the lab to combine her love of problem-solving and desire to serve patients. Her main goal was to help update the PKT Foodomics Database so patients can use the database ingredients in recipes. Upon graduating in spring 2023, she will attend medical school and use her lab experience to continue researching topics in neurology.
Kaley Hildebrand
Haley Horton
Haley Horton
Laura Suarez Morales
Laura Suarez Morales was a Nutritional Sciences Major. She was researching food’s nutrient composition to refresh and improve the PKT Foodomics Database, which was incorporated into the PKT recipes. Her goal in the lab was to help finalize the PKT Cookbook, so patients have a wide variety of recipes available on the PKT website. She hopes to take her experience in the lab and follow the clinical dietician path to educate the public about using food as medicine.
Laura Suarez Morales
Saahi Nagulapalli
Saahi Nagulapalli worked in the PKT lab from August 2020 to May 2021. During her time at the lab, she worked on the Foodomics database and refining meal rations for patients. She will graduate in May 2023 with a degree in Nutritional Sciences.
Saahi Nagulapalli
Giang Phan
Giang Phan
Chloe Shearan
Chloe Shearan
2022
Hazel Avalos
Hazel Avalos majored in Computer Science. Hazel spent Spring 2022 on a special project as part of the data team in the PKT lab and will graduated in May 2022.
Hazel Avalos
Ila Bagheri
Ila Bagheri is a behavioral and cognitive neuroscience major. His project focused on updating and maintaining the Foodomics database and working closely with patients as a keto-buddy. Ila was with the team Fall 2021-Summer 2022.
Ila Bagheri
Bianca Barroso
Bianca Barroso is a behavioral and cognitive neuroscience major under a pre-med track at UF. Her work focused on making recipes, attending patient visits, caring for patients, nutrition runs, and organizing keto buddies. She worked in the clinical team from Fall 2021 to Spring 2022.
Bianca Barroso
Katherine Binkley
Katherine Binkley is a behavioral and cognitive neuroscience major. Her work focused on making recipes, attending patient visits, caring for patients, nutrition runs, and organizing keto buddies. She worked with the clinical team Summer 2022.
Katherine Binkley
Raymond 'Mitch' Faloona
Mitch Faloona is a Biology major. He is a ketobuddy, the Leader of the Foodomics Team and help with Dr. Borum’s course “Foodomics-What is in the Food We Eat and Use to Treat Patients?”.His project focused on the clinical use of the Foodomics database, organization and assignment of nutrient runs, and implementation of fatty acid and amino acid profiles. Mitch worked in the lab 2021-2022.
Raymond ‘Mitch’ Faloona
Kelsi Garcia
Kelsi Garcia received a BS in Dietetics from James Madison University in August 2020. She is pursuing a M.S./D.I. in Human Nutrition and Food Science, and worked with the Borum Lab on systematic review of ketogenic diets and neurological diseases in children until 2022.
Kelsi Garcia
Adrienne Gefre
Adrienne Gefre majors in physics. Adrienne will worked as part of the systematic review team and as a keto buddy she was in the lab 2021-2022.
Adrienne Gefre
Emma Hammer
Emma Hammer majors in Nutritional Sciences and is also on the pre-Dental track. She was co-leader of the Data Collection and Analyses Team. Emma worked closely with patients and families as a KetoBuddy by helping to monitor progress and provide support. Emma worked in the lab 2021-2022.
Emma Hammer
Alexandra Kalo
Alexandra Kalo is a Nutritional Sciences major. She was on the clinical team from 2021 to 2022. During her time at the lab, Alexandra ll lead the Foodomics group, audited recipes, and worked as a KetoBuddy with our patients.
Alexandra Kalo
Ha Nguyen
Ha Nguyen is a Dietetics major. She interacted and made recipes for her KetoBuddies, went on food runs, and discussed data visualization projects. Ha believed the experience and knowledge she gains while working in Dr. Borum’s lab will carve a path for her to become pediatric nutrition professional. Ha worked in the lab from 2021 – to 2022.
Ha Nguyen
Nirali Patel
Nirali is a second year Dietetics major. Nirali’s work consists of attending patient visits, making recipes, nutrient runs, and caring for patients. She worked in the lab Summer 2022.
Nirali Patel
Heinrich Perez
Heinrich Perez majored in Computer Science. He spent Spring 2022 on his special project with the data team in the PKT lab and graduated in May 2022.
Heinrich Perez
Luna Perricone
Luna Perricone is a Nutritional Sciences and Psychology major. She worked on the clinical team from 2021-2022.
Luna Perricone
Heinrich Perez
Santiago Quintero majored in Computer Science. He spent Spring 2022 on the DietRx Project and graduated in May 2022.
Santiago Quintero
Poliana Santana
Poliana Santana majors in Computer Science. Poli spent Spring 2022 on her special project with the PKT lab and will graduate in May 2022.
Poliana Santana
Jhada Sims
Jhada Sims is an Applied Physiology and Kinesiology major on the pre-med track. She worked on the clinical team from Fall 2021 to Summer 2022. She worked as a Keto Buddy, making and modifying the recipes specialized for each of her patients.
Jhada Sims
Lyndsay Stueve
Lyndsay Stueve was a Summer Intern and a Health Performance Major. She worked on materials to be added to the website to help families and health care professionals learn more about Precision Ketogenic Therapy (PKT). She worked in the lab Summer 2022.
Lyndsay Stueve
Kaitlyn Taylor
Kaitlyn Taylor is majoring in dietetics. She was the Leader of the Data Collection and Analyses Team. Kaitlyn’s clinical work included serving as a KetoBuddy and working on recipes. She worked in the Borum Lab Summer 2021 to Summer 2022.
Kaitlyn Taylor
Jasmine Velez
Jasmine Velez was a Nutritional Sciences major on the pre-med track. During her time on the clinical team from 2021 through Spring of 2022, she was a Keto Buddy for patients as well as audited and developed recipes.
Jasmine Velez
Amy Xie
Amy Xia is a Biology major and on the clinical data team, The purpose of her project was to examine the mechanisms of growth and its implications with patients on Precision Ketogenic Therapy. Amy was with the team from 2020 to 2022.
Amy Xie
2021
Devin Blem
Devin Blem was a Computer Science major and worked with the lab throughout 2021. His work focused on the Foodomics database.
Devin Blem
Dylan Booth
Dylan Booth was a Computer Science major. His project focused on the Diet Prescription Calculator. Devin worked with our team throughout 2021.
Dylan Booth
Svea Chang
Svea Chang graduated with a degree in Biological Sciences from Cornell University in December 2020. She was in the lab throughout 2021 helping Dr. Borum with courses, conducting research on ketogenic therapy, coordinating patient care, and designing graphics for our website and patient materials.
Svea Chang
Javier Moreno Flores
Javier Moreno Flores is majoring in Biochemistry. The purpose of his project is to further develop the biostatistical and data management procedures for patient care and for research in the Precision Ketogenic Therapy program. Javier worked with the lab starting in 2020 until Summer 2021.
Javier Moreno Flores
Isabelle Gain
Isabelle Gain is a Health Education & Behavior major who worked with the Borum lab from January 2020 to April 2021. While at the lab, Isabelle developed a lacto-ovo vegetarian precision ketogenic therapy (LOVPKT) cookbook, while also working on the Foodomics Database, recipe making, and telehealth visits. In Spring 2021 Isabelle was as a student assistant with the 2021 CURE course ALS4932 “CURE: PKT Through the Life Cycle”.
Isabelle Gain
Kylie Grant
Kylie Grant worked in the lab from Summer 2020 to Summer 2021. Her primary focus was on the Foodomics database, performed audits to ensure the accuracy of items entered.
Kylie Grant
Riley Guerin
Riley Guerin was an intern with the lab in Spring 2021 before graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Health Education. During her time at the lab, Riley’s research focused on writing and revising standard operating procedures, visiting with patients, and helping with recipes and diet prescriptions.
Riley Guerin
Seth Hendricks
Seth Hendricks was with the lab in the Spring of 2021. He organized patient files and entered data into the patient database.
Seth Hendricks
Sarah Lozon
Sarah Lozon served as a Research Laboratory Assistant in 2021 while completing a Nutritional Sciences degree. The majority of her time in the lab was spent working on patient recipes, auditing final recipes to be sent to families, and inputting food products into the PKT database.
Sarah Lozon
Tyler Mueller
Tyler Mueller majored in Computer Science & Engineering . He was with our team throughout 2021 and worked on the foodomics intake calculator.
Tyler Mueller
Shelby Myers
Shelby Myers was a research assistant in Dr. Borum’s lab for more than a year. She worked in the lab with updating and adding to the nutritional database, researching ketoacidosis, creating recipes for PKT patients, and working with patients. She graduated in 2021.
Shelby Myers
Octavio Ochoa
Octavio Ochoa was with the lab team in 2020 and Summer of 2021. He serves as a data consultant for the lab. His work focused on data science application, creating a database for the lab’s clinical data, and designing the user interface for the lab’s web app and data entry functions. Octavio graduated with a Computer Science degree in August 2021.
Octavio Ochoa
Derek Padilla
Derek Padilla worked with the lab from 2020 until Spring of 2021 graduating with a B.S. in Computer Science. He is a consultant for the lab. Derek’s work focused on developing a software for managing the lab’s clinical data, as well as creating a ResVault platform and a database.
Derek Padilla
Rutva Patel
Rutva Patel was a Nutritional Sciences major on the pre-med track. She joined the lab in 2021, and was on the clinical team
Rutva Patel
Presley Pettit
Presley Pettit is majoring in Dietetics and her project’s purpose was to systematically review the literature concerning changes in the gut microbiome associated with nutritional ketosis and the possible role these microbes play in the mechanism of Precision Ketogenic Therapy. Presley worked in our lab 2020-2021.
Presley Pettit
Berlin Sankar
Berlin Sankar majored in Computer Science. She was with the PKT team through 2021 and worked on the continuous development of our PKT database and calculators.
Berlin Sankar
Rutva Patel
The purpose of Michael’s project is to establish telehealth Precision Ketogenic Therapy with procedures based on scientific and clinical practice literature. Michael is majoring in Philosophy and was with the Borum lab from 2020-2021.
Michael Shi
Ciera Smith
Ciera Smith is a Health Education and Behavior graduate who worked with the Borum lab in summer 2021. Her work focused on website design, digital communications, and organizational support.
Ciera Smith
Ben Weiss
Ben Weiss was with the Borum lab from August 2020 to May 2021 before graduating with a computer science degree. His time in the lab focused on the PKT research database and developing a PKT app.
Ben Weiss
Adam Weizman
Adam Weizman graduated with a dual major in Music and Computer Science in 2021. He worked in the lab throughout 2021 on the PKT cookbook and recipe databases.
Adam Weizman
Gregory ``Scott`` Wilkinson
Gregory “Scott” Wilkinson majored in Computer Science. His project focused on the Foodomics Database Metabolite Calculator. He was with the team Summer and Fall of 2021 when he graduated.
Gregory “Scott” Wilkinson
Adam Weizman
Maggie Wolf is a third year health science major, who is in the pre-med track. She was on the clinical team in 2021 and focused on being a Ketobuddy to patients, helped with recipe development, and further the development of our Foodomics database.
Margaret “Maggie” Wolf
2021
Stuart Case
Stuart Case majored in Nutritional Sciences and Microbiology & cell science. The purpose of his project was to improve efficacy and long term use of Precision Ketogenic Therapy by discovering how it modulates metabolism and physiology. Stuart was on our clinical team in 2020.
Stuart Case