
Mentor:
Chad Benner
Joined CMB:
2018
Undergraduate Institution
Michigan State University

Mentor:
Scott Soleimanpour
Joined CMB:
2017
Undergraduate Institution:
Western Washington University Honors College
Service:
Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, Michigan Health Sciences Pre Exposure Academy, UROP mentoring
Research Interests:
I work in a beta-cell biology and diabetes lab. We are investigating how a selective form of autophagy, mitophagy, contributes to beta-cell bioenergetics and insulin secretion.
Research Interests:
I work in a beta-cell biology and diabetes lab. We are investigating how a selective form of autophagy, mitophagy, contributes to beta-cell bioenergetics and insulin secretion.

MSTP Student
Mentor:
Sami Barmada, M.D., Ph.D.
Joined CMB:
2017
Undergraduate Institution:
Tufts University

Mentor:
Alice Telesnitsky
Undergraduate Institution
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Service
AWIS
Joined CMB:
2019
Research Interests:
Structural dynamics of HIV-1 RNA

Joined CMB:
2021
Mentor:
Dr. Martin Myers
Research Interests:
Diabetes metabolism, and neuronal circuits