{"id":1687,"date":"2021-09-27T08:28:47","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T12:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/microbio\/?page_id=1687"},"modified":"2021-09-27T14:28:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T18:28:03","slug":"graduate-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/microbio\/graduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Abigail Dutton<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute:\u00a0Yale University<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Leib
\nProject:\u00a0Investigating neurological morbidity following neonatal infection with herpes simplex viruses<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Abigail McGee<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Ithaca College<\/span><\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation: Dr. Obar<\/em>
\nProject: The role of alveolar macrophage peroxisomes in response to viral and fungal infections.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Alexander Pastora<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Middlebury College<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. O'Toole
\nProject: The production and localization of RTX adhesins in Pseudomonas fluorescens<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Alexander Rapp<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: The University of\u00a0Connecticut<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Obar
\nProject: CD4+ T cell responses against the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Alia Sajani<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Grinnell College<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Noelle
\nProject: Peripheral T cell tolerance and naive T cell heterogeneity<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Alicia Bostwick<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Hope College<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Usherwood
\nProject: Investigating mechanisms of enhancing metabolic flexibility and function in CD8 T cells<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Amy Conaway<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Middlebury College<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Hogan
\nProject:\u00a0Unique biofilm strategies used by LasR- Pseudomonas aeruginosa<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Ana Altamirano Hefferan<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: University of Albany <\/span><\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:\u00a0<\/em>Dr. Hogan\u00a0<\/em>
\nProject: Effects of methylglyoxal on Pseudomonas aeruginosa.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Arielle Sclar<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Lafayette College<\/span><\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation: Drs. Rosato & Skorput<\/em>
\nProject: Neuro-immune interactions in the context of chronic pain.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Asmaa Mohamed<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: University of California, Merced<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Huang
\nProject: Identifying the role of DC11c myeloid cells in maintaining skin tissue resident CD8 T cells\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Bassam El Hafi<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: American University of Beirut<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. O'Toole
\nProject:\u00a0Polymicrobial communities within the cystic fibrosis lung<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Carson Finger<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Emory University <\/span>\u00a0<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation: Dr. Hogan<\/em>
\nProject: Studying metabolic interactions in poly-microbial communities.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Casey Latario<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Grove City College<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Ross
\nProject:\u00a0Microbe-microbe interactions in the mammalian gut<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Cecilia Gutierrez Perez<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute:\u00a0Central Connecticut State University\u00a0<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Cramer
\nProject: Antifungal drug discovery in the context of invasive fungal infections<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Chris Park<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: University of California, Berkeley<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Pioli
\nProject: The role of immune system in progression of systemic sclerosis and using immunotherapy to treat the disease<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Christopher Tanner<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: University of Maine<\/span>\u00a0<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation: Dr. Curiel<\/em>
\nProject: Improving Cancer Immunotherapy through translational research on a novel Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor, \u03b1PDL2.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Clarrisa Dabi<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: University of Massachusetts<\/span><\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation: Dr. Bliska\u00a0<\/em>
\nProject: Investigating effector-triggered immunopathogenesis caused by aType VI secretion system in Burkholderia orbicola.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Colin Hartman<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Northern Kentucky University<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Ackerman
\nProject: Ex vivo arming of immune cells with cancer-specific antibodies for antitumor responses<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Danielle Douglas<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Northeastern University\u00a0<\/span><\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation: Dr. Usherwood<\/em>
\nProject: Spatial transcriptomics to evaluate the effect of various immunotherapies in the tumor microenvironment in the context of metabolism.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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David \"Tyler\" Boone<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Wesleyan University<\/span><\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation: Dr. Huang<\/em>
\nProject: Signaling mechanisms of B cell development.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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David Ritz<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Ohio State<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Schultz
\nProject: The dynamics of antibiotic resistance in P. aeruginosa<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Emily-Claire Duffy<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Bates College<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation: Dr. Usherwood\u00a0<\/em>
\nProject: The metabolic pathways of immune cells in ovarian cancer.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Fiona McEnany<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute:\u00a0Plymouth State University\u00a0<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Leib
\nProject: Characterizing the morbidity and mortality of neonatal HSV-2 clinical isolates in a murine model<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Francois LeSage<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute:\u00a0Andrews University<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em> Ashare Lab
\nProject: Investigating the role of extracellular vesicles and Macrophages in Cystic Fibrotic Lung<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Gregory Ho<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute:\u00a0Colby College<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Fiering
\nProject: The mechanism and durability of the immune memory generated by our lab's in situ vaccination model\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Hao Geng<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Rice University\u00a0<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Schultz
\nProject: Antibiotic resistance mechanisms adapt to new environments in the context of a dynamical drug response<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Heetaek Yang<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: University at Buffalo<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Drs. Pioli & Whitfield
\nProject: The roles of macrophage and the cellular origins of diseased fibroblasts during the development of Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Himanshu Goswami<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India<\/span><\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation: Dr. Skopelja-Gardner<\/em>
\nProject: Mechanisms of kidney injury in cystic fibrosis.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Jichang Han<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute:\u00a0Nankai University, Tianjin, China<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Turk
\nProject:\u00a0Profiling the durable anti-tumor T cell responses in melanoma patients\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Joao Pedro Carvalho<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: University of S\u00e3o Paulo<\/span><\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation: Dr. Schultz<\/em>
\nProject: Stochastic variation and heterogeneity in antibiotic resistance in E.coli.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Jordan Isaacs<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute:\u00a0Smith College<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Rosato
\nProject: Targeting anti-viral resident memory T cells as cancer immunotherapy<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Julianna Donohoe<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Oregon State University <\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation: Dr. Bomberger\u00a0<\/em>
\nProject: Immunometabolism of viral-bacterial coinfections in the CF lung.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Katherine Doss<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Stetson University <\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:\u00a0 Dr. Cramer<\/em>
\nProject: Investigating the molecular mechanisms of Aspergillus fumigatus strain-specific virulence in patients treated with ibrutinib.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Katherine Quinn<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: University of Minnesota<\/span><\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation: Dr. Cramer<\/em>
\nProject: Investigating the unique metabolism of Aspergillus fumigatus fungal infections.<\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Leena Abdullah<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Lahore University of Management sciences, Pakistan<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Huang
\nProject: Understanding commitment to T vs B cell fate in the primary lymphoid organs<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Lily Charpentier<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: University of Maine<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Stanton
\nProject:\u00a0Pseudomonas, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, & Prevotella-derived vesicles on airway epithelial cells when these bacteria are cultured in artificial sputum media<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Melanie Peck<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: The University of Western Ontario<\/span><\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation: Dr. Huang<\/em>
\nProject: Armored CAR T cell trafficking and differentiation into distinct memory populations.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Mirjana Stevanovic<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute:\u00a0New York University\u00a0<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Schultz
\nProject: Stochasticity and heterogeneity in bacteria during antibiotic responses<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Natasha Kelkar<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute:\u00a0Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Ackerman
\nProject:\u00a0Developing novel techniques to improve vaccine studies<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Neeti Mittal<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, India<\/span><\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation: Dr. Turk\u00a0<\/em>
\nProject: Investigating resident memory T cell (Trms) responses in cancer with the overarching goal of leveraging Trms as adoptive cell therapy.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Nicole Kordana<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute:\u00a0Saint Michael's College<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Cramer
\nProject: Innate immune effector cells (particularly neutrophils) and mechanisms of host response to Aspergillus fumigatus, a high mortality fungal pathogen<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Paige Canova<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute:\u00a0University of Maryland Baltimore County\u00a0<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Leib
\nProject:\u00a0Determining the role of autophagy in HSV-1 latency and reactivation<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Rebecca Valls<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Florida International University <\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. O'Toole
\nProject: Understanding\u00a0how the gut microbiome in infants with cystic fibrosis can affect disease progression<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Shannon Ferry<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: University of Rochester<\/span><\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation: Dr. Huang<\/em>
\nProject: Enhancing the efficacy of CAR T cells armored with Super IL2 and IL33 in the context of solid tumors.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Sharanya Sarkar<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: St. Xavier's College<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Stanton
\nProject: H<\/em>ost-pathogen interactions in the context of co-infections in Cystic Fibrosis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Stacie Stuut<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Grand Valley State University<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Hogan
\nProject:\u00a0<\/em>Investigating factors that provide Pseudomonas aeruginosa <\/em>a fitness advantage in microoxic environments<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Sweta Shrestha<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute:\u00a0SANN International College, Kathmandu, Nepal<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Ackerman
\nProject:\u00a0Study characteristics of IgGs in the context of Antibody-Mediated Rejection (AMR) and HIV Neutralization\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Xin Li<\/h3>\n

Undergrad Institute: Peking University (China)<\/em>
\nCurrent Lab Affiliation:<\/em>\u00a0Dr. Jakubzick
\nProject: The mononuclear phagocyte system and its importance in homeostasis maintenance<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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