Dante Ricci



Dante Paul Ricci (born August 18, 1982) hails from Baltimore, a land of contrasts that is known alternatively as "Charm City", "The City That Reads", "Mobtown", and "The Greatest City in America". He attended Mt. St. Joseph High School and JMU where he earned a degree (in Speech Pathology & Audiology) that he will never do anything with and made lifelong friends he could never have earned that degree without.

A budding interest in biomedical sciences led Dante to become an EMT and, later, to foray into biological research in a molecular genetics laboratory at the NIH. This experience prompted him to enter the graduate program in Molecular Biology at Princeton University, where he studied bacterial membrane biogenesis with Tom Silhavy, the undisputed godfather of bacterial genetics. In June 2013, Dante will begin a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University in the laboratory of Lucy Shapiro, the 2012 recipient of the Horwitz prize and the National Medal of Science.

Dante is a musician and music lover who will take just about any opportunity to incorporate music into his day. He was the lead guitarist for the NJ-based band Noah's Arcade and has performed with regional groups [[Media:the_rearrangement.jpg|The Rearrangement]], Some Assembly Required, the [[Media:jon_lall.jpg|Jon Lall Band]], [[Media:geneva_and_the_conventions.jpg|Geneva & the Conventions]], [[Media:doug_and_the_funnies.jpg|Doug & the Funnies]], Dante & the Infernos, [[Media:Yo_sunday.jpg|Yo Sunday]], and the one-night-only blues spectacular known as [[Media:fake_id.jpg|Fake ID]]. He loves nothing more than to entertain requests, and he'll let you sing [[Media:Dante_a&b_singing_stranger.jpg|if you're bigger than him]] (which you probably are). Dante is a science geek, pizza lover, brewer, Ravens fan, vegetarian, nail biter, PTC taster, and Sriracha addict. He has a Class III malocclusion and a [[Media:Sajdahmollie.jpg|tiny cat named Mollie]], but no gallbladder.

You can see pictures of his brain [[Media:Sub11a.png|here]].