
MSTP Student
Mentor:
Jason Spence, Ph.D.
Year in CMB:
2019
Undergraduate Institution:
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Research Interests:
Using a human-based model organoid systems to recapitulate early embryonic development in vitro. Particularly interested in using these models to study the regulatory signaling pathways during lung development

Mentor:
Dr. Kaushik Ragunathan
Joined CMB:
2020
Undergraduate Institution:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Service:
AWIS
Honors:
National Science Foundation (NSF) Honorable Mention
Research Interests:
Epigenetics, Heterochromatin, S pombe

Mentor:
Dr. David Ginsburg and Dr. Brian Emmer
Joined CMB:
2018
Undergraduate Institution:
Universidad Metropolitana Cupey and Case Western Reserve University
Awards/Honors:
Rackham Merit Fellowship, CMB Training Grant (2018-2019), and HHMI Gilliam Fellow
Research Interests:
CRISPR Screening, LDL uptake
Joined CMB:
2021
Mentor:
Dr. Nicole Koropatkin
Research Interests:
Structural biology, microbiomes, host-microbe interactions

Mentor:
Dr. Billy Tsai
Joined CMB:
2020
Undergraduate Institution:
Blackburn College
Research Interests:
Understanding the mechanisms of HPV cellular entry.