Past Preceptors
Faculty who have hosted students in the past.
Stephen Tuttle, PhD:
Dr. Tuttle was a member of the Radiobiology Division of the Department of Radiation Oncology at PENN for over 25 years. His research interests included the role of the bioenergetics and metabolomics in the cellular response to ionizing radiation and radiomimetic chemotherapeutics. He was the first to demonstrate that the oxidative pentose phosphate cycle is a key regulator of apoptosis in response to ionizing radiation as well as other forms of oxidative stress. Dr. Tuttle was the SUPERS program director for 9 years.
Former SUPERS Students: Sarah Porter, Richmond, 2010, 2011; Charanya Kaushik, W & J College, 2011, 2012; Julianne Davis, Rutgers, 2013, 2014
Sydney Evans, VMD, MS:
Dr. Evans studied pathologic processes associated with hypoxia, including radiation resistance, chemotherapy resistance and tumor aggression [metastasis, invasion]). Dr. Evans was the originator of the SUPERS program and the PI on the grant. Dr. Evans now holds Emeritus status.
Former SUPERS Students: Nikesh Shah, U Miami, 2010; Mailene King, Norfolk State, 2011; Ugocinye Ezidegwu, Rutgers, 2011; Victoria MacPherson, RIT, 2012; Carly Garrison, Lehigh, 2012; Madison Rosen, Bryn Mawr, 2013, 2014; Romsin McQuade, Temple, 2015 & 2016; Samantha Weiss, Rowan University, 2017
Gary Kao, MD, PhD:
Dr. Kao is an Associate Professor in the department of Radiation Oncology.
Former SUPERS Students: Daniel Erkes, Skidmore, 2010; Caitlyn Reihl, Washington College, 2011; Keshav Magalick, UPenn, 2014; Gabriela Fenollal, UPR Rio Padres, 2015; Demond Williams, Morehouse, 2015; Sophia Williams-Perez, Wartburg, 2016; Bruna Bittencourt, UFCSPA, 2016; Amberly Mendes, Suffolk University, 2017; Sankirth Madabhushi, Brandies Univ., 2018; William Hasken, Wartburg College, 2019
Andy Minn, MD, PhD:
Dr. Minn is a Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology. His laboratory is focused on Interferon Signaling in Cancer, Cancer Immunotherapy, and Virus Mimicry and Cancer Therapy. Dr. Minn is the director of The Mark Foundation Center for Immunotherapy, Immune Signaling, and Radiation at UPenn.
Former SUPERS Students: Titas Banerjee, Carnegie Mellon, 2011, 2012; Isabel Janmey, McGill Univ., 2012; Brianne Wiemann, Weselyan (CT), 2013; Brian Kim, UPenn, 2015, 2016; Zooe D'Costa, Cornell, 2017; Doug Shea, Brown, 2017
Stephen Avery, PhD:
Dr. Avery is an Associate Professor in the Physics Division of the Department of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Avery is involved with PSOM's Center for Global Health in the development of a USA/Africa Radiation Oncology Core.
Former SUPERS Student: Samantha Mikaiel, U Miami 2012
Alejandro Carabe-Fernandez, PhD, MIPEM:
Dr. Carabe was an Assistant Professor in the Physics Division of Radiation Oncology.
Former SUPERS Students: Mark Kondrala, Drexel, 2012; Chris Wang, UPenn, 2013
Christos Davatzikos, PhD:
Dr. Davatzikos is a Professor in the Department of Radiology.
Former SUPERS Student: Vadim Pigrish, Loyola Marymount (CA)2013
Ann R. Kennedy, DSc:
Dr. Kennedy is a Professor Emeritus of Radiation Oncology.
Former SUPERS Students: Gabriella James, Washington College, 2011, 2012; Jennifer Shah, Lehigh, 2013, 2014
Daniel A. Pryma, MD:
Dr. Pryma is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology and Clinical Director of the Division of Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Molecular Imaging at the Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on the use of targeted radiopharmaceuticals for the imaging and therapy of neuroendocrine cancers.
Former SUPERS Students: John Mkitsh, Temple, 2011; Ezra Margolin, UPenn, 2012; Geoffrey Matthes, Vassar, 2013, 2014; Sam Sanders-Effron, Brown, 2015, 2016; Paige Burrell, Harrisburg Univ. of Science and Technology, 2018; Dalia Mitchell, Univ. of Rochester, 2019
Amit Maity, MD, PhD:
Dr. Maity was a Professor and physician-scientist in the Department of Radiation Oncology.
Former SUPERS Students: Michael Verano, Rutgers, 2010; James Ruggero, Rutgers, 2011
Harish Poptani, PhD:
Dr. Poptani was an Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the Departments of Radiology and Radiation Oncology.
Former SUPERS Student: Muhammed Wasil-Wahi, Penn State, 2013
Cameron Koch, PhD:
Dr. Koch is a Professor Emeritus of Radiation Oncology.
Former SUPERS Students: James Weltz, Carnegie Mellon, 2011; Caitlyn Reihl, Washington College, 2012; David O'connell, Brown, 2014; Romsin McQuade, Temple, 2015, 2016
Arjun Yodh, PhD:
Dr. Yodh is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Penn.
Former SUPERS Student: Nathaniel Thorne, U. Sciences of Philadelphia, 2011
Ann Marie Chacko, PhD:
Ann-Marie Chacko was a Research Associate in Penn Radiology.
Former SUPERS Students: Aaron Hemphill, II, Moorehouse, 2014; Edward Xiao, Princeton, 2014
Robert H. Mach, PhD:
Dr. Mach is the Britton Chance Professor of Radiology
Former SUPERS Student: Estifanos Tilahun, University of MD, 2014
Jarod C. Finlay, PhD:
Dr. Jarod Finlay began his career at the University of Pennsylvania in 2003. He was a faculty member in the Department of Radiation Oncology and the Director of the Master of Medical Physics program.
Former SUPERS Students: Emily Kraus, Syracuse, 2014, Megan Fitzgerald, Alfred College, 2016