Personnel
Want to join us? E-mail Elizabeth to learn more. Candidates for postdoctoral fellow positions should include a statement of research interests and experience and the names of three references. Rotation projects are available for graduate students in the Cell and Molecular Biology program and opportunities for undergraduates are sometimes available.
Faculty
Elizabeth A. White (she/her)
Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
B.A. (Biochemistry And Molecular Biology) Dartmouth College
Ph.D. (Biology) University Of California, San Diego
Elizabeth is a virologist in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery and Microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. She was a graduate student in Biological Sciences at the University of California, San Diego, and a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School before moving to Penn in 2017. Her research interests are everything HPV. When she's not in the lab, Elizabeth enjoys hiking in the mountains and spending time outdoors in Philly.
Research Specialist / Laboratory Manager
Paola Castagnino
B.S. (Organic Chemistry) University of Genoa
Ph.D. (Physiology) University of Genoa, National Cancer Institute
Paola joined the lab in 2021, bringing broad expertise in cancer biology and cell biology. She was previously the Technical Director of the UPenn Biomechanics Core Facility.
Postdoctoral Fellow
William Blakely
B.S. (Chemistry/Biochemistry) Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D. (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Indiana University
NIH T32 (Tumor Virology) Postdoctoral Trainee
Will joined the lab in 2020 after earning his PhD working on Toxoplasma gondii at Indiana University. He is working on host cell signaling pathways regulated by HPV E7 and PTPN14.
Graduate Student
Joangela Nouel (she/her)
B.S. (Chemistry) The City College of New York
University of Pennsylvania CAMB-GTV graduate student, entered 2018.
NIH R01 Diversity Supplement Fellow
Joangela joined the lab in August 2019 and is characterizing newly identified binding partners of high-risk HPV E7. She is interested in tumor virology and how viruses cause cancer. Joangela is a ballet dancer and practiced Olympic shooting. In her free time, she likes to watch TV shows.