diff --git a/db/lab.json b/db/lab.json
index 86396878..e5b044fe 100644
--- a/db/lab.json
+++ b/db/lab.json
@@ -58,22 +58,26 @@
 		"Hank Lin" : {
 			"status" : "BS",
 			"projects" : ["astral"],
-			"advisor" : ["Luke Ziarek"]
+			"advisor" : ["Luke Ziarek"],
+			"joint_advisor": true
 		},
 		"Saurav Singhe" : {
 			"status" : "PhD",
 			"projects" : ["astral"],
-			"advisor" : ["Luke Ziarek"]
+			"advisor" : ["Luke Ziarek"],
+			"joint_advisor": true
 		},
 		"Grant Wrazen" : {
 			"status" : "BS",
 			"projects" : ["pocketdata"],
-			"advisor" : ["Luke Ziarek", "Geoff Challen"]
+			"advisor" : ["Luke Ziarek", "Geoff Challen"],
+			"joint_advisor": true
 		},
 		"Lakshmi Prasanna Ethiraj" : {
 			"status" : "BS",
 			"projects" : ["pocketdata"],
-			"advisor" : ["Luke Ziarek", "Geoff Challen"]
+			"advisor" : ["Luke Ziarek", "Geoff Challen"],
+			"joint_advisor": true
 		},
 		"Michael Kulbacki" : {
 			"status" : "BS",
@@ -86,7 +90,8 @@
 		"Aurijoy Majumdar" : {
 			"status" : "MS",
 			"projects" : ["astral"],
-			"advisor" : ["Luke Ziarek"]
+			"advisor" : ["Luke Ziarek"],
+			"joint_advisor": true
 		}
 	},
 	"collaborators" : [