Ruth Azaria Joined CMB: 2021 CMB Mentor: Andrew Lieberman, Ph.D. Undergraduate Institution: Univeristy of Michigan Student Organizations: Women Excelling More in Math, Engineering, and the Sciences (FEMMES), Biointerfaces Interlaboratory Committees (BIONIC)
Rachel Benedeck Joined CMB: 2022 CMB Mentor: Rachel Zemans, MD Research Interests: Lung regeneration, Alveolar epithelial cell biology, Role of immune cells in lung regeneration
Christopher Bidlack Joined CMB: 2019 CMB Mentor: Karl Desch, Ph.D. Umdergraduate Institution: Bucknell University Honors: Botanical Society of America Undergraduate Student Research Award Recipient (2017), Phi Sigma member (2018)
Margarita Brovkina Joined CMB: 2019 CMB Mentor: Josie Clowney, Ph.D. Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Research Interests: Understanding gene regulatory networks that govern neuronal circuit formation during development.
Michael Cadigan Joined CMB: 2022 CMB Mentor: Nicole Koropatkin Research Interests: Structural Biology, Bacteriology, Biochemistry
Faith Carranza-Connors Joined CMB: 2022 Mentor: Scott Leiser, Ph.D. Undergraduate Institution: Millersville University
Brandon Chen Joined CMB: 2020 CMB Mentor: Yatrik Shah,Ph.D. co-mentor: Costas Lyssiotis, Ph.D. Undergraduate Institution: Emory University Honors/ Service: Phi Beta Kappa, HHMI EXROP fellowship/Editor for Journal of Emerging Investigators (JEI)
Caleb Cheng Joined CMB: 2022 CMB Mentor: Costas Lyssiotis Research Interests: Pancreatic Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Cancer metabolism,
Sam Collie Joined CMB: 2021 CMB Mentor: Carole Parent, Ph.D. Undergraduate Institution: Millsaps College Research Interests: Understanding the role of NETs in neutrophil-mediated immune functions as well as the intercellular signaling cascade surrounding this process.
Sarah Connolly Joined CMB: 2020 CMB Mentor: Melanie Ohi, Ph.D. Undergraduate Institution: Truman State University Research Interests: I am studying the H. pylori virulence factor vacuolating cytotoxin A (VacA). Using single-particle cryo-EM, I am determining VacA's pore-form and characterizing its membrane interactions.
Adele Correia Joined CMB: 2021 CMB Mentor: Andrew Lieberman, Ph.D. Research Interests: I study the mechanisms of neurodegeneration in Niemann-pick type C disease, an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder
Gillian Davidson Joined CMB: 2023 CMB Mentor Costas Lyssiotis, Ph.D. Undergraduate Institution: The University of Texas at Austin
Devon Dennison Joined CMB: 2019 CMB Mentor: Ryan Baldridge, Ph.D. Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley Teaching Experience: Undergraduate Intern for the Seattle Children's Research Institute's Science Adventure Lab program
Jeffrey Dudley Joined CMB: 2022 CMB Mentor: Sethu Pitchiaya Research Interests: RNA metabolism, spatial transcriptomics, computational biology
Margaret Durdan Joined CMB: 2020 CMB Mentor: Megan Weivoda, Ph.D. Co-Mentor: Evan Keller, Ph.D Undergraduate Institution: Loras College - Dubuque, IA Honors: ECTS and ASBMR Young Investigator Award, Ed Cawley Undergraduate Research Thesis Scholarship Recipient
Emily Eberhardt Joined CMB: 2019 CMB Mentor: Michael Cianfrocco, Ph.D. Undergraduate Institution: Mississippi State University & University of Wisconsin at Madison Service: Science Saturdays coordinator for community outreach in Madison, WI 2017-2018; DNA Day 2019
Najia Elkahlah Joined CMB: 2021 CMB Mentor: Josie Clowney, Ph.D. Research Interests: Understanding the genetic mechanisms regulating the development and function of neural circuits controlling innate behaviors
Carina Elvira Joined CMB: 2021 CMB Mentor: Paul Jenkins, Ph.D. Undergraduate Institution: University of Chicago Research Interests: Role of Ankyrins in neuropsychiatric disorders, such as bipolar disorder and autism spectrum disorder.
Sylvia Emly Joined CMB: 2019 CMB Mentor: Jordan Shavit, Ph.D. Undergraduate Institution: University of South Florida Honors: Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award
Kamya Gopal Joined CMB: 2019 CMB Mentor: Alice Telesnitsky, Ph.D. Service: AWIS Research Interests: Structural dynamics of HIV-1 RNA
Desiree Gordian Joined CMB: 2021 CMB Mentor: Martin Myers, Ph.D. Research Interests: Diabetes metabolism, and neuronal circuits
James Haggerty-Skeans MSTP Student Joined CMB: 2020 CMB Mentor: Sriram Venneti, M.D., Ph.D. Undergraduate Institution: UCLA Research Interests: Our lab studies how epigenetic and metabolic dysregulation influence the development and biology of pediatric brain tumors.
Maha Hamed Joined CMB: 2020 CMB Mentor: Mara Duncan, Ph.D. Undergraduate Institution: University of Missouri Honors: Rackham Merit Fellowship (2019), NIH IMSD EXPRESS Fellowship (2016-2019)
Caroline Hsieh Joined CMB: 2022 Mentor: Sami Barmada, MD, Ph.D. Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis Research Interests: Neurodegeneration, Epigenetics, RNA Stability, Protein Trafficking
Wesley Huang MSTP Student Joined CMB: 2019 CMB Mentor: Yatrik Shah, Ph.D. Undergraduate Institution: Duke University
Sumin Kim Joined CMB: 2017 CMB Mentor: William Dauer, Ph.D. Undergraduate Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Interest: Studying the mechanism of nuclear pore complex formation in neurons and the role of torsinA with regards to nuclear pore biology.
Jeffrey Knupp Joined CMB: 2019 CMB Mentor: Billy Tsai, Ph.D. Undergraduate Institution: University of Michigan Research Interests: ER protein quality control mechanisms and ER-phagy
Curtis Kuo MSTP Student Joined CMB: 2022 CMB Mentor: Andrew Lieberman, Ph.D. Undergraduate Instutution: University of Pennsylvania Student Organizations: Galens Medical Society, United Asian American Medical Student Association, Life Sciences Orchestra
Shannon Lacy Joined CMB: 2019 Mentor: Matthias Truttmann, Ph.D. Undergraduate Institution: Colgate University Research Interests Investigating the role of AMPylation on Hsp70 chaperones in Neurodegenerative Disease models
Kayla Lenshoek Joined CMB: 2022 Mentor: Chase Weidmann Research Interests: Epigenetics, non-coding genome, RNA, chemistry