Former Students
| Name | Grad Group | Grad Year | Thesis Title | Where are they now? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natalie Hutnick | CAMB GTV | Spring 2010 | Adenovirus Specific T-Cell Responses in Humans Following Natural Infection and Vaccination | Senior Director - Neuro-Oncology, Janssen Pharmaceuticals |
| Jennifer Grier | CAMB MVP | Winter 2012 | A Role for CD16 (FcγRIIIA) in Natural Killer Cell-Mediated Spontaneous Cytotoxicity Identified via a Human Immunodeficiency-Causing Germline Mutation | Associate Professor of Immunology/Virology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville |
| Erin Graf | CAMB MVP | Spring 2013 | Clinical Measures of HIV Provide Insight into Determinants of Reservoir Size | Director of Clinical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic |
| Te-Lang (Brian) Wu | CAMB MVP | Spring 2013 | Adaptive Immune Responses to Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) Vector-Mediated Gene Transfer | Postdoctoral Associate, Fox Chase Cancer Center |
| Dustin Shilling | NGG | Spring 2013 | Examinations into the Calcium Hypothesis of Alzheimer's Disease | Business Development and Corporate Strategy, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. |
| Jing Guo | NGG | Spring 2013 | Pathogenesis of Neurodegenerative Diseases via Templated Recruitment | Associate Director - Discovery Biology, Stealth Startup |
| Steven Tuyishime | CAMB GTV | Winter 2013 | Optimization of Novel Prime-Boost Strategies Based on Chimpanzee-Origin Adenovirus Vaccine Vectors | Assistant Scientific Director - Division of Intramural Research, National Institute for Environmental Health Studies |
| Benjamin Walters | BMB | Winter 2013 | Large Protein Folding and Dynamics Studied by Advanced Hydrogen Exchange Methods | Senior Principal Scientist, Genentech |
| Maria (Ellen) De Obaldia | IGG | Summer 2014 | T-Lineage Specification and Commitment Requires Constraint of Myeloid Gene Expression Programs by HES1 | Genetic Medicines - Research Program Management, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals |
| Rachel Leskowitz | CAMB GTV | Summer 2014 | EBNA1-Specific T Cell Responses During Persistent Rhesus LCV Infection and the Development of a Novel Therapeutic Prototype Vaccine for EBV-Associated Diseases | Associate Director of Translational Science Operations, University of Pennsylvania Center for Cellular Immunotherapies |
| Sarah Elliott | CAMB MVP | Winter 2014 | Distinct Patterns of CCR5 Versus Alternative Coreceptor Dependence in Non-Natural Host Versus Natural Host Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection | Lead Research Scientist, Spark Therapeutics |
| Rebecca Chance | NGG | Spring 2015 | Between Slit and Repulsion: Cell and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Robo-Mediated Midline Guidance | Health Science Specialist - Center for Data and Computational Sciences, U.S. Dept of Veteran Affairs |
| Jason Diaz | CAMB MVP | Spring 2015 | Novel Regulatory Mechanisms by which Large T Antigen Coordinates the Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Life Cycle | Education Program Director, The Wistar Institute |
| Alison Buch Rodgers | NGG | Summer 2015 | Transgenerational Epigenetic Mechanisms of Stress Axis Programming | |
| Brian Cole | CAMB GTV | Summer 2015 | Terrae Incognitae: Integrative Genomic Analysis of hnRNP L Splicing Regulation | Vice President - Machine Learning, OnCorps |
| Deanne Francis | CAMB DSRB | Summer 2015 | Compensatory Branching Morphogenesis in the Drosophila Tracheal System | Lecturer/Adjunct Research Associate - Molecular and Cell Biology, James Cook University |
| Geoffrey Hannigan | CAMB GTV | Winter 2015 | Novel Insights into Skin Bacterial and Viral Communities in Health and Acute Wounding | Principal Scientist, Merck |
| Rachel Lynn | CAMB GTV | Winter 2015 | FRβ-Directed CAR T Cells for Immunotherapy of Cancer | Associate Director - Research, Lyell Immunopharma |
| Nicole M. Martinez-Gonzalez | BMB | Winter 2015 | Interplay Between Signaling and Splicing During T Cell Activation: A Study on MKK7 | Assistant Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology/Developmental Biology, Stanford University |
| Claire O'Leary | CAMB CPM | Winter 2015 | Ubiquitylation Regulates CD4+ T Cell Activation and Effector Differentiation to Shape the Immune Response | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin Madison |
| Ian Silverman | CAMB GGR | Winter 2015 | Identifying RNA-Protein Interaction Sites Throughout Eukaryotic Transcriptomes | Associate Director - Bioinformatics, Repare Therapeutics |
| Sabrina Tsang | CAMB MVP | Winter 2015 | Insight into Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Replication Through the Study of the Viral Early Proteins: Large and Small Tumor Antigens | Clinical Scientist - Infectious Diseases/Vaccines, Merck |
| Michael Allegrezza | CAMB GTV | Summer 2016 | Modulation of Antitumor Immunity by the MEK Inhibitor Trametinib: Implications for Targeted Therapy of Cancer | Associate Director, Janssen Pharmaceuticals |
| Alexandra Bryson | CAMB MVP | Summer 2016 | Covalent DNA Modifications in Phage and Bacterial Dynamics | Assistant Professor of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Payal Jain | CAMB DSRB | Summer 2016 | Molecular Mechanisms of Oncogenesis and Precision Medicine Approaches for Pediatric Low-Grade Gliomas | Principal Scientist - Translational Medicine, Servier Pharmaceuticals |
| Samuel Getchell | BMB | Winter 2016 | Biochemistry of Hunk Kinase: Activation by LKB1 and Identification of First Substrates | Senior Scientist, Ashvattha Therapeutics, Inc. |
| Maria Fasolino | NGG | Spring 2017 | Epigenomic and Nuclear Architectural Insights into Rett Syndrome | Program Director, Autism Spectrum Program of Excellence, University of Pennsylvania |
| Amanda Phillips Yzaguirre | CAMB DSRB | Summer 2017 | The Specification of Hemogenic Endothelium During Embryogenesis and Beyond | Principal Scientist, Fate Therapeutics |
| Adam SanMiguel | CAMB MVP | Summer 2017 | Impact of Topical Antimicrobial Treatments on Skin Bacterial Communities | Associate Director - Strategic Insights and Innovation, The Jackson Laboratory |
| Xiu Li Sim | CAMB DSRB | Summer 2017 | Understanding Megakaryopoiesis and Thrombopoiesis Using Human Stem Cells Models | Senior Manager - Strategy, Hummingbird Bioscience |
| James Knox | CAMB MVP | Winter 2017 | Characterizatioin of Human T-BET-Expressing B Lymphocytes and Their Role in the HIV Immune Response | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania |
| Sharanya Sivanand | CAMB CB | Winter 2017 | Linking Metabolism with DNA Repair: Role of ATP-Citrate Lyase | Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT |
| Jennifer Myers SanMiguel | CAMB G&E | Spring 2018 | Exploring the Role of TET1 in Genomic Imprinting | Study Director, The Jackson Laboratory |
| Kristy Ou | PGG | Winter 2018 | Beta Cell Replacement Therapy: A Novel Application for Targeted Epigenetic Editing | Postdoctoral Fellow, EMBL |
| Melissa Priest | CAMB DSRB | Winter 2018 | The Role of Molecular Motors in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration | Associate Vice President - Scientific Services, PPM Advisory Group |
| Srihari Sritharan | NGG | Winter 2018 | Characterization of Somatosensation in the Brainstem and the Development of a Sensory Neuroprosthesis | Business Development Manager, Beacon Biosignals |
| Julianne Rieders | CAMB GTV | Spring 2019 | Investigating the Dysregulation and Therapeutic Potential of Neuroprotective Stress Response Proteins in Huntington's Disease | Resident, Mount Sinai Health System |
| Alexandra Stanley | CAMB DSRB | Spring 2019 | Cellular Mechanotransduction and Skeletal Muscle Regeneration in Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) | Scientist II, Altos Labs |
| Dirk Auman | BMB | Summer 2019 | Uncovering Biophysical Determinants of Oxidoreductase Function Through De Novo Protein Design | Senior Scientist - Protein Engineering and Expression, AbbVie |
| Elizabeth Dempsey | BMB | Winter 2019 | Engineering Novel Nanomaterials from Ultrasmall Gold Clusters for Use in Cancer Therapy | Research Associate, Northwestern University |
| Colleen Harrington | CAMB CB | Winter 2019 | Harnessing the Pro-Apoptotic Function of MYC to Improve Therapeutic Responses in Chemoresistant B-Cell Lymphoma | Research Scientist II, Broad Institute |
| Lumena Louis | PGG | Winter 2019 | Synthetic DNA Technology as a Tool to Generate Vaccine Immunity in the Skin | Scientist, Mnemo Therapeutics |
| Dylan Marchione | PGG | Winter 2019 | The Intersection of Proteomics and Pathology for Translational Cancer Epigenetics Research | Senior Scientist - Clinical Biomarkers, Servier Pharmaceuticals |
| Frances Taschuk | CAMB MVP | Winter 2019 | Antiviral Activities of Dead-Box RNA Helicases | Expert Scientist - Vector Biology, GSK |
| Izmarie Poventud-Fuentes | PGG | Spring 2020 | Novel Microfluidic Systems as Tools to Study Hemostasis | Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania |
| Analise Gruenewald | NGG | Summer 2020 | Analysis of the Role for Antioxidant Enzyme Heme OXYGENASE-1 in Brain Regional HIV Neuropathogenesis and Blood Brain Barrier Function | Associate Scientific Director, Lumanity |
| Bihui Xu Melidosian | CAMB CB | Summer 2020 | Cancer Cell Antiviral Signaling Amplifies Transcription Output Through Chromatin Alterations to Drive Therapy Resistance | Research Investigator, Incyte |
| Sanika Khare | CAMB CB | Winter 2020 | Tumor Suppressive Role of Urea Cycle Enzymes in Renal Carcinoma | Postdoctoral Researcher, Salk Institute |
| Robert Norgard | CAMB CB | Spring 2021 | Cellular Plasticity and Heterogeneity: Implication in Tumor Cell Invasion and Metastasis | Senior Scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim |
| Lisa Cucolo | CAMB CPM | Summer 2021 | Tumor RIPK1 Signaling Regulates Intrinsic and Extrinsic Mechanisms of Resistance to Immune Checkpoint Blockade Therapy | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania |
| Yekaterina Kori | BMB | Summer 2021 | Profiling of Protein Post-Translational Modifications Through Proteomic and Genomic Approaches Reveals Critical Biological Regulation | Medical Writer II, PRECISIONscientia |
| Rebekah Brooks | CAMB CB | Winter 2021 | PBAF-Associated Circadian lncRNA ADIRF-AS1 Regulates Renal Clear Cell Tumorigenesis |
Scientist, Altos Labs |
| Monika Eiva | CAMB CB | Winter 2021 | Disentangling T Cell Heterogeneity in Human Ovarian Cancer: A Focus on Tumor Specific and Early Memory T Cells | Scientist - Large Molecule and Drug Product Development, Janssen Pharmaceuticals |
| Danielle Minichino | CAMB CPM | Spring 2022 | “You got your cancer in my autoimmune disease!”: Novel mechanisms of BRAFV600E regulation of inflammation in dendritic cells of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis | Life Sciences Specialist, L.E.K. Consulting |
| Shivesh Ghura | PGG | Winter 2023 | Common PERK Variants Alter Stress Resilience | Life Science Specialist, L.E.K. Consulting |
| Erin Reagan | CAMB GTV | Winter 2023 | Design, Testing, and Optimization of a Preclinical mRNA-LNP Vaccine for Hepatitis C Virus Prophylaxis | Eagleton Science and Politics Fellow, Eagleton Institute of Politics |
| Alexander Starr | PGG | Winter 2023 | Modeling and modulating myeloid cell-mediated neuroinflammation following human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection | Associate, McKinsey & Company |
| Chris Choe | CAMB GTV | Spring 2024 | Cardiac MTSS1 Downregulation Protects Against Dilated Cardiomyopathy in a Sex-Specific Manner | |
| Alex Indeglia | BMB | Spring 2024 | P53 is Part of the Citrullinenation: PADI4 is a regulation of the p53 pathway and tumor suppression | |
| Nils Wellhausen | PGG | Spring 2024 | Epitope Editing in Hematopoietic Cells Enables Protection from CD45-Directed Immunotherapies for the Treatment of Blood Cancers and Beyond | Associate Director - Center for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Engineering, University of Pennsylvania |