Abigail Dutton
Undergrad Institute: Yale University
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Leib
Project: Investigating neurological morbidity following neonatal infection with herpes simplex viruses
Abigail McGee
Undergrad Institute: Ithaca College
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Obar
Project: The role of alveolar macrophage peroxisomes in response to viral and fungal infections.
Alexander Pastora
Undergrad Institute: Middlebury College
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. O'Toole
Project: The production and localization of RTX adhesins in Pseudomonas fluorescens
Alexander Rapp
Undergrad Institute: The University of Connecticut
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Obar
Project: CD4+ T cell responses against the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus
Alia Sajani
Undergrad Institute: Grinnell College
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Noelle
Project: Peripheral T cell tolerance and naive T cell heterogeneity
Alicia Bostwick
Undergrad Institute: Hope College
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Usherwood
Project: Investigating mechanisms of enhancing metabolic flexibility and function in CD8 T cells
Amy Conaway
Undergrad Institute: Middlebury College
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Hogan
Project: Unique biofilm strategies used by LasR- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Ana Altamirano Hefferan
Undergrad Institute: University of Albany
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Hogan
Project: Effects of methylglyoxal on Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Arielle Sclar
Undergrad Institute: Lafayette College
Current Lab Affiliation: Drs. Rosato & Skorput
Project: Neuro-immune interactions in the context of chronic pain.
Asmaa Mohamed
Undergrad Institute: University of California, Merced
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Huang
Project: Identifying the role of DC11c myeloid cells in maintaining skin tissue resident CD8 T cells
Bassam El Hafi
Undergrad Institute: American University of Beirut
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. O'Toole
Project: Polymicrobial communities within the cystic fibrosis lung
Carson Finger
Undergrad Institute: Emory University
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Hogan
Project: Studying metabolic interactions in poly-microbial communities.
Casey Latario
Undergrad Institute: Grove City College
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Ross
Project: Microbe-microbe interactions in the mammalian gut
Cecilia Gutierrez Perez
Undergrad Institute: Central Connecticut State University
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Cramer
Project: Antifungal drug discovery in the context of invasive fungal infections
Chris Park
Undergrad Institute: University of California, Berkeley
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Pioli
Project: The role of immune system in progression of systemic sclerosis and using immunotherapy to treat the disease
Christopher Tanner
Undergrad Institute: University of Maine
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Curiel
Project: Improving Cancer Immunotherapy through translational research on a novel Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor, αPDL2.
Clarrisa Dabi
Undergrad Institute: University of Massachusetts
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Bliska
Project: Investigating effector-triggered immunopathogenesis caused by aType VI secretion system in Burkholderia orbicola.
Colin Hartman
Undergrad Institute: Northern Kentucky University
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Ackerman
Project: Ex vivo arming of immune cells with cancer-specific antibodies for antitumor responses
Danielle Douglas
Undergrad Institute: Northeastern University
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Usherwood
Project: Spatial transcriptomics to evaluate the effect of various immunotherapies in the tumor microenvironment in the context of metabolism.
David "Tyler" Boone
Undergrad Institute: Wesleyan University
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Huang
Project: Signaling mechanisms of B cell development.
David Ritz
Undergrad Institute: Ohio State
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Schultz
Project: The dynamics of antibiotic resistance in P. aeruginosa
Emily-Claire Duffy
Undergrad Institute: Bates College
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Usherwood
Project: The metabolic pathways of immune cells in ovarian cancer.
Fiona McEnany
Undergrad Institute: Plymouth State University
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Leib
Project: Characterizing the morbidity and mortality of neonatal HSV-2 clinical isolates in a murine model
Francois LeSage
Undergrad Institute: Andrews University
Current Lab Affiliation: Ashare Lab
Project: Investigating the role of extracellular vesicles and Macrophages in Cystic Fibrotic Lung
Gregory Ho
Undergrad Institute: Colby College
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Fiering
Project: The mechanism and durability of the immune memory generated by our lab's in situ vaccination model
Hao Geng
Undergrad Institute: Rice University
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Schultz
Project: Antibiotic resistance mechanisms adapt to new environments in the context of a dynamical drug response
Heetaek Yang
Undergrad Institute: University at Buffalo
Current Lab Affiliation: Drs. Pioli & Whitfield
Project: The roles of macrophage and the cellular origins of diseased fibroblasts during the development of Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)
Himanshu Goswami
Undergrad Institute: Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Skopelja-Gardner
Project: Mechanisms of kidney injury in cystic fibrosis.
Jichang Han
Undergrad Institute: Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Turk
Project: Profiling the durable anti-tumor T cell responses in melanoma patients
Joao Pedro Carvalho
Undergrad Institute: University of São Paulo
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Schultz
Project: Stochastic variation and heterogeneity in antibiotic resistance in E.coli.
Jordan Isaacs
Undergrad Institute: Smith College
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Rosato
Project: Targeting anti-viral resident memory T cells as cancer immunotherapy
Julianna Donohoe
Undergrad Institute: Oregon State University
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Bomberger
Project: Immunometabolism of viral-bacterial coinfections in the CF lung.
Katherine Doss
Undergrad Institute: Stetson University
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Cramer
Project: Investigating the molecular mechanisms of Aspergillus fumigatus strain-specific virulence in patients treated with ibrutinib.
Katherine Quinn
Undergrad Institute: University of Minnesota
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Cramer
Project: Investigating the unique metabolism of Aspergillus fumigatus fungal infections.
Leena Abdullah
Undergrad Institute: Lahore University of Management sciences, Pakistan
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Huang
Project: Understanding commitment to T vs B cell fate in the primary lymphoid organs
Lily Charpentier
Undergrad Institute: University of Maine
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Stanton
Project: Pseudomonas, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, & Prevotella-derived vesicles on airway epithelial cells when these bacteria are cultured in artificial sputum media
Melanie Peck
Undergrad Institute: The University of Western Ontario
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Huang
Project: Armored CAR T cell trafficking and differentiation into distinct memory populations.
Mirjana Stevanovic
Undergrad Institute: New York University
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Schultz
Project: Stochasticity and heterogeneity in bacteria during antibiotic responses
Natasha Kelkar
Undergrad Institute: Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Ackerman
Project: Developing novel techniques to improve vaccine studies
Neeti Mittal
Undergrad Institute: Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, India
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Turk
Project: Investigating resident memory T cell (Trms) responses in cancer with the overarching goal of leveraging Trms as adoptive cell therapy.
Nicole Kordana
Undergrad Institute: Saint Michael's College
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Cramer
Project: Innate immune effector cells (particularly neutrophils) and mechanisms of host response to Aspergillus fumigatus, a high mortality fungal pathogen
Paige Canova
Undergrad Institute: University of Maryland Baltimore County
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Leib
Project: Determining the role of autophagy in HSV-1 latency and reactivation
Rebecca Valls
Undergrad Institute: Florida International University
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. O'Toole
Project: Understanding how the gut microbiome in infants with cystic fibrosis can affect disease progression
Shannon Ferry
Undergrad Institute: University of Rochester
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Huang
Project: Enhancing the efficacy of CAR T cells armored with Super IL2 and IL33 in the context of solid tumors.
Sharanya Sarkar
Undergrad Institute: St. Xavier's College
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Stanton
Project: Host-pathogen interactions in the context of co-infections in Cystic Fibrosis
Stacie Stuut
Undergrad Institute: Grand Valley State University
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Hogan
Project: Investigating factors that provide Pseudomonas aeruginosa a fitness advantage in microoxic environments
Sweta Shrestha
Undergrad Institute: SANN International College, Kathmandu, Nepal
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Ackerman
Project: Study characteristics of IgGs in the context of Antibody-Mediated Rejection (AMR) and HIV Neutralization
Xin Li
Undergrad Institute: Peking University (China)
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Jakubzick
Project: The mononuclear phagocyte system and its importance in homeostasis maintenance