Alumni - Current Positions
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(updated 06/2026)
| Name | Year of Graduation | Advisor's Name | Thesis Project | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chieh Hsiao | 2024 | Dan Bachovchin |
The Regulation of the NLRP1 and CARD8 Inflammasomes |
Postdoctoral Fellow - Harvard Medical School |
| Mindy Hugo | 2024 | |||
| Elizabeth Isaac | 2024 | Jan Grimm |
Harnessing the Therapeutic Potential of Iron and Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) in the Treatment of Solid Tumors |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at MSKCC specializing in Cancer Research, Nanotechnology, and Tumor Immune Microenvironment |
| Keifer Kurtz | 2024 | David Scheinberg |
Orthogonal approaches for enhancing immunotherapies |
Scientist I at Nurix Therapeutics |
| Wendy Lin | 2024 | Joao Xavier |
Fusobacterium nucleatum Reprograms ColorectalCancer Cells to Evade NK Cell Killing |
Fellow - Baret Scholars |
| Brandon Ng | 2024 | Van Den Brink |
Engineered Il-18 Secretion and Multi-Antigen Targeting Enable CAR T cells to Eliminate Multiple Myeloma with Low Antigen Expression in an Immunocompetent Mouse Model |
Research Scientist II at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| Nathaniel Tse | 2024 | Francis Lee |
Preadolescent Stress Impairs Social Interaction and Alters Social Circuit Activity in the mOFC-BLA Projection |
Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Francis Lee's Lab |
| 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 |