Alumni - Current Positions
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(updated 06/2024)
| Name | Year of Graduation | Advisor's Name | Thesis Project | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mildred Unti | 2024 | Samie Jaffrey |
A Method for Expressing Circular mRNA in Mammalian Cells and its Use as A Therapeutic and Research Tool |
Scientist at Stealth Startup |
| Svena Verma | 2024 | Merghoub/Wolchok |
Targeting Tumor Glycolysis Redirects Intratumoral Glucose Uptake and Improves Anti-Tumor Immunity |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Merghoub/Wolchok Lab |
| Daniel Worroll | 2024 | Yueming Li |
4-Aminoquinoline Inhibitors of the Autophagy-Lysosomal Pathway (ALP) as a Therapeutic Approach For Pancreatic Cancer |
Postdoctoral Fellow - Dr. Yueming Li Lab |
| Lia Zallar | 2024 | Kristen Pleil |
"The Reciprocal Relationship Between Estrogen, Alcohol, and the P450 Enzyme Aromatase" |
Postdoctoral Scientist at New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University |
| Melissa Boby | 2023 | Derek Tan |
Development of Adenylation Enzyme Inhibitors as Novel Antibiotics |
Drug Discovery Fellow - D. E. Shaw Research |
| Broderick Corless | 2023 | Derek Tan |
EpoxySEAKER: CAR T-Cell Model for Targeted Local Biosynthesis of Therapeutic Warheads |
Senior Scientist - Pfizer |
| Krysta Dikun | 2023 | Lorraine Gudas |
Investigating the Roles of Retinoic Acid Receptor (RAR) Alpha and Beta in Kidney Cell Types |
Postdoctoral Fellow of DNA Encoded Library Screening Technology at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine |
| Lauren Dong | 2023 | Taha Merghoub |
Intermittent MEK inhibition with GITR co-stimulation rescues T cell function for increased efficacy with CTLA-4 blockade in solid tumor models |
Scientific Lead at Loxo@Lilly |
| Lauren Jonas | 2023 | Yueming Li |
Interferon Inducible Transmembrane Protein 3 (IFITM3) in Alzheimer’s Disease and Tauopathy |
Analyst at inThought Research |
| Jonathan Khan | 2023 | Wolchok/Brentjens |
Rational Development of an Optimized CAR T Cell Platform for Therapy of Glioblastoma |
Postdoctoral Fellow - Merghoub Lab |
| Kyeara Mack | 2023 | Jason Lewis |
Antibody-Based Theranostics in Ovarian Cancer: Targeting MUC16 for Diagnosis and Radioimmunotherapy |
Postdoctoral Associate - Brookhaven National Lab |
| Leona Nease | 2023 | Elena Piskounova |
Selenocysteine tRNA Methylation as an Antioxidant Mechanism in Melanoma Metastasis |
Biotech Equity Research AssociateBiotech Equity Research Associate - JonesTrading |
| Kyle Planck | 2023 | Kyu Rhee |
Harnessing Chemical Biology and Metabolomics for Preclinical TB Drug Discovery |
Technical Advisor - McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP |
| Thomas Rossetti | 2023 | Jochen Buck and Lonny Levin |
Optimizing Small Molecule Inhibitors of Soluble Adenylyl Cyclase (sAC) for Use as Male Contraceptives |
Postdoctoral Associate, UMass Chan Medical School |
| Pedro Silberman | 2023 | David Scheinberg |
Tumor Microenvironment Actuated T-Cells (MEAT-Cells) to Conditionally Express Chimeric Antigen Receptors and Mitigate Lethal Toxicity |
Medical Student, The Ohio State University |