Alumni - Current Positions
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(updated 06/2024)
| Name | Year of Graduation | Advisor's Name | Thesis Project | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Postdoctoral Researcher - Weill Cornell Medicine |
| 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 |
| Daniel Tylawsky | 2023 | Daniel Heller |
Drug Delivery to Intracranial Tumors by Active Transport of Targeted Nanocarriers |
Research Scholar at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| Jiayi (Cassie) Yuan | 2023 | Lorenz Studer |
Genome-Wide Loss-of-Function Screens in Human Microglia to Identify Novel HSV1 Susceptibility Factors |
Clinical Scientist Intern at Genentech |
| Madeline Dorso | 2022 | Sarat Chandarlapaty |
Characterization of FOXA1-Glucocorticoid Receptor as a Therapeutic Target in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer |
Senior Research Scientist - Arvinas, Inc. |
| Arijh Elzein | 2022 | David Solit |
Predicting Oncogenic p110δ Mutants Using A Quantitative Paralogy Algorithm |
Research Fellow - MSKCC |
| Heather Jones | 2022 | David Scheinberg |
Modulating the Target Specificity of TCRs |
Scientist at T Scan - Boston, MA |
| Joshua Korsen | 2022 | Jason Lewis |
Molecular Imaging and Radioimmunotherapy Targeting Delta-like Ligand 3 in Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer |
Biotech Equity Research Associate at H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC |
| Joanna Luo | 2022 | Yueming Li |
Mechanism of Gamma-Secretase Modulators: From Tools to Therapeutics |
Research Fellow at Albert Einstein College of Medicine |