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Pamela Rosato, PhD<\/h3>\n

Principal Investigator<\/i>
\nPam grew up in Massachusetts and received her B.S. from The College of William & Mary in 2008. There, her time in the lab of Dr. Patty Zwollo studying B cells in rainbow trout sparked her interest in immunology. She then spent a year at the Ragon Institute in Boston as a technician before joining the Molecular & Cellular Biology graduate program at Dartmouth. Pam earned her Ph.D. from the lab of Dr. David Leib where she studied neuronal immunity to herpes simplex virus, and her curiosity in immune control of viral infections took off. Excited by the discovery of tissue resident memory T cells and their implication in viral immunity, she went on to train as a postdoc with Dr. David Masopust at the University of Minnesota. Pam returned to Dartmouth as an Assistant Professor in 2020 where her labs studies T cell immunity to viruses in the brain and tumors. Outside of the lab Pam loves to run, camp and hike with her husband, Alex, and dogs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Sierra Kleist, PhD<\/h3>\n

Postdoc<\/em><\/p>\n

Sierra grew up in Wisconsin and received her B.S. in Microbiology from the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire in 2019. During undergrad, she worked in the lab of Dr. Daniel Herman, where she studied soil-derived antibiotic-producing bacteria. Following graduation, Sierra\u2019s interest in immunology grew through a research internship at the Mayo Clinic. There, in Dr. Kathryn Knoop\u2019s lab, she studied the role of gut-residing bacteria on the development of the immune system. Sierra started her graduate studies at Dartmouth in the fall of 2020, and joined the Rosato lab for her thesis. She studies the role of resident memory T cells in brain tumors, and how they may be utilized as an immunotherapy. Outside of the lab, Sierra loves to spend time outdoors hiking, skiing, and exploring New England. During her graduate tenure, she hiked all of New Hampshire\u2019s 4000 footers! Sierra defended her PhD from the Rosato lab in the Spring of 2026 and is wrapping up work as a postdoc before heading to the lab of Dr. Jenny Lund in Seattle.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Hanna Degefu, PhD<\/h3>\n

Postdoc<\/em><\/p>\n

Originally from Ethiopia, Hanna completed her undergraduate degree at Colby-Sawyer College with a B.S. in Biology and minors in Math & Chemistry. During her time at Colby-Sawyer, she worked with Dr. Chery Whipple investigating the role of antimicrobial peptides in cancer. \u00a0Before joining MCB, she spent time as an NH-INBRE iSRUF fellow at Dartmouth studying the development of memory T cells in the Huang Lab. Her work in the Rosato Lab seeks to understand the specificity of Trm in the human brain. Outside of lab, Hanna enjoys the brief warm NH weather, hiking and cooking. Hanna defended her PhD in Spring 2026 and is staying on to finish up work as a postdoc!<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Tiffany Chen, BS<\/h3>\n

PhD graduate student<\/em><\/p>\n

Originally from Florida, Tiffany graduated from Princeton University in 2020, receiving her BA in Molecular Biology and minor in Neuroscience. During her time there, her thesis work focused on autism, the cerebellum, and mouse learning behaviors in the Wang Lab. After graduating, her interest in neuroimmunology grew upon joining the Okada Lab at UCSF as a research technician, focusing on CAR-T cell immunotherapies for glioblastoma. In the Rosato Lab, her work seeks to understand how resident memory T cells in the brain impact the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Outside the lab, Tiffany enjoys dog-spotting (in the hopes of one day having one of her own), baking, taekwondo, and drawing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Arielle Sclar, BS<\/h3>\n

PhD Graduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Joint with Skorput Lab<\/em><\/p>\n

Arielle grew up in Massachusetts and received her B.S. in Neuroscience and minor in Religious Studies from Lafayette College in 2022. There, she worked in the lab of Dr. Tamara Stawicki studying the roles of cilia genes in sensory hair cell regeneration in zebrafish. During her undergraduate studies she also spent time in the lab of Dr. Rosalind Segal at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute studying the pediatric brain tumor microenvironment. Arielle entered the IND program at Dartmouth in 2022, and joined the Skorput and Rosato labs for her thesis. She is interested in studying neuro-immune interactions in ocular chronic pain. Outside of lab, Arielle loves to run, hike, surf, and spend time with her family.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Celeste Parra Bravo, PhD<\/h3>\n

Postdoc<\/em><\/p>\n

Celeste grew up in Santa Barbara, California, and received her B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from UC Santa Barbara in 2020. During her time at UCSB, she worked in the lab of Dr. Ken Kosik studying the role of delta-catenin protein in neurodevelopmental disorders. She also spent a summer in San Francisco in the lab of Dr. Martin Kampmann at UCSF conducting a CRISPRi screen for cellular factors driving tau protein oligomerization in a human iPS neuronal model. After graduation, Celeste began her doctoral studies at Weill Cornell in New York City. There, she earned her Ph.D. in Neuroscience in 2025 from the lab of Dr. Li Gan dissecting the underlying mechanisms of tau aggregation, leveraging a 4R-tau iPS neuronal model and CRISPR functional genomic screening. In the Rosato lab, Celeste is interested in characterizing the dynamics of tissue resident memory T cells and how they affect neighboring cells in the brain. Outside of lab, Celeste enjoys climbing, biking, spending time with friends, and watching reality TV with her husband.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Neva DiBlasi, BS<\/h3>\n

PhD Graduate student<\/em><\/p>\n

Neva grew up in Salem, NY and received her B.S. in Biological Engineering with a minor in Chemistry from Wentworth Institute of Technology in 2022. During her time in undergraduate studies she worked at a biotech company aimed toward leveraging T cells to target solid tumors. Following this experience, she sought to continue in an immune related field, researching different engineering methods to develop an allogeneic B cell to evade immune rejection. In the Rosato lab Neva is excited to research how resident memory T cells can be harnessed for therapeutic benefit in brain tumor settings as well as how they implicate brain tumor metastasis. Outside of the lab Neva loves to explore new music, spend time with her family, ski, bake sourdough, play the fiddle and is an avid concert-goer. She is also a new dog mom and loves to come home to spend time with her puppy!!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Cinthia Gonzalez Cruz<\/h3>\n

Graduate student<\/em><\/p>\n

Cinthia grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, and received her B.S.and M.S. in Biomedical Science from Arizona State University in 2020. After undergrad, she worked at LabCorp doing COVID testing until 2022. Following this experience, she became a lab technician in Dr. Claudia Cantoni's lab at Barrow Neurological Institute. There, she looked at how the stress-response gene FKBP5 is dysregulated during stress and how this dysregulation could exacerbate disease and neuroinflammation in EAE, the mouse model of Multiple Sclerosis. Inspired by this experience, she wanted to pursue a PhD in a neuroimmunology-related field. In the Rosato lab, Cinthia is excited to research resident memory T cell heterogeneity across CNS compartments in healthy and diseased brains. Outside the lab, Cinthia loves kayaking, spending time with friends, baking, cooking, and listening to live music.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Brady and Finn<\/h3>\n

Lab morale<\/em><\/p>\n

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