Infectious Diseases Scholars

Allyson Caldwell
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Carolyn Coyne
Department: Genetics & Genomics

Katrina DeWitt
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Jean-Philippe Gilbert
Department: Biology

Emma Heckenberg
PhD Candidate
Mentor:  Carolyn Coyne
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Gillian Horn
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Immunology
Department: Micah Luftig

Bach Nguyen
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Kenichi Yokoyama
Department: Biochemistry

Yelizaveta Rassadkina
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Department: John Rawls

Oyindamola Adefisayo, PhD
Post-doctoral Fellow
Mentor: Clare Smith
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Makenzie Bonner
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Jatin Roper
Department: Cell Biology

Emily Cannistraci
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Maria Schumacher
Department: Biochemistry

Haleigh Conley, PhD
Post-doctoral Fellow
Mentor: Justin Pollara
Department: School of Medicine, Surgery

Sara Estevez, PhD
Post-doctoral Fellow
Mentor: Andrew Jones
Department: Pratt School of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Angela Jones
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Dennis Ko
Department: Genetics & Genomics

Jia Lu
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Lingchong You
Department: Pratt School of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering

Aruna Menon
PhD Candidate
Mentor: David Tobin
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Jeffrey Reitano
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Jorn Coers
Department: Immunology

Jana Cable
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Micah Luftig
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Ching Wen Chen, PhD
Post-doctoral Fellow
Mentor: Ashley Moseman
Department: Immunology

Lukas Marnus du Plooy
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Andrew Alspaugh
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Grace Hooks
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Richard Brennan
Department: Biochemistry

Rachel Keener
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Dennis Ko
Department: Genetics & Genomics

Miriam Kutsch, PhD
Post-doctoral Fellow
Mentor: Jorn Coers
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Katherine Mueller
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Raphael Valdivia
Department: Genetics & Genomics

Chungxi Wang
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Fan Yuan
Department: Biomedical Engineering

Sebastian Wellford
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Ashley Moseman
Department: Immunology

Carissa Harvest
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Edward Miao
Department: Immunology

Valerie Gartner
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Gregory Wray
Department: Genetics & Genomics

Jacob Heggestad
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Ashutosh Chilkoti
Department: Pratt School of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering

Kelly Huynh
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Bruce Donald
Department: Biochemistry

Julia Palmucci
PhD Candidate
Mentor: John Perfect
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Estefany Reyes
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Mari Shinohara
Department: Immunology

Benjamin Schott
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Dennis Ko
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Chin Yee Tan
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Neil Surana
Department: Pediatrics

Katherine Willard
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Micah Luftig
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Sophie Gobeil, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Mentor: Leonard D. Spicer
Department: Biochemistry & Radiology

Dulcemaria Hernandez
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Jörn Coers
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Michael Hoy
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Joseph Heitman
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Calla Telzrow
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Andrew Alspaugh
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Brady Travis
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Maria Schumacher
Department: Biochemistry

Gopinath Viswanathan
Postdoctoral Associate
Mentor: David M. Tobin
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Stephen Walsh
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Jörn Coers
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Hannah Brown
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Andrew Alspaugh
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Abhishek Chhetri
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Kenichi Yokoyama
Department: Biochemistry

Matthew Draelos
MSTP Lab Yr 2
Mentor: Kenichi Yokoyama
Department: Chemistry

Rebekah Dumm
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Nicholas Heaton
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Ben Fenton
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Pei Zhou
Department: Biochemistry

Vincent Han
Postdoctoral Associate
Mentor: Barton Haynes
Department: Duke Human Vaccine Institute

Joshua Messinger
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Micah Luftig
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Shelby Priest
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Joseph Heitman
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Maria Tuyishime
Postdoctoral Associate
Mentor: Guido Ferrari
Department: Surgery

Jianxuan Wu
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Soman Ninan Abraham
Department: Immunology

Alfred Harding
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Nicholas Heaton
Department: MGM

Kelly Hughes
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Mary Klotman
Department: MGM

Letitia Jones
Post Doc
Mentor: Tony Moody
Department: DHVI

Mubeen Mosaheb
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Matthias Gromeier
Department: MGM

Tinashe Nyanhete
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Georgia Tomaras
Department: Immunology

Corrina Probst
Post Doc
Mentor: Dennis Thiele
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology

HIlda Sucipto
Post Doc
Mentor: Kenichi Yokoyama
Department: Biochemistry

Tatyana Sysoeva
Post Doc
Mentor: Lingchong You
Department: Biomedical Engineering

Matthew Zirui Tay
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Georgia Tomaras
Department: MGM

Ted Espenschied
PhD Candidate
Mentor: John F. Rawls
Department: MGM

Aaron Smith
Post-Doctoral
Mentor: Dr. Dennis Thiele
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology

Xiou Cao
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Alejandro Aballay
Department: MGM

Dora Posfai
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Emily Derbyshire
Department: MGM

Hilary Renshaw
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Dr. William J Steinbach
Department: MGM

Alexander Kovach
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Dr. Richard Brennan
Department: Biochemistry

Nandan Gokhale
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Stacy M Horner
​Department: MGM

Saintedym Wills
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Georgia Tomaras
Department: Immunology

Laura Ganser
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Hashim Al-Hashimi
Department: Biochemistry

Christine Vazquez
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Dr. Stacy Horner
Department: MGM

Christine Daniels
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Daniel Lew
Department: Molecular Cancer Biology

Benjamin Anderson
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Gregory Gray
Department: Infectious Diseases

Emily Snavely
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Raphael Valdivia
Department: MGM

Jennifer Gamboa Jackman
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Bruce Sullenger
Department: Biomedical Eng

Kimberly Freeland Starr
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Joseph St. Geme III
Department: MGM

Kristy Marie Bialas
Post-Doctoral
Mentor: Sallie Permar
Department: DHVI

Linying (Alice) Li
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Gabriel Lopez
Department: Biomedical Eng

Sarah Jaslow
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Dennis Ko
Department: MGM

Monica Thomas
PhD Candidate
Mentor:  Dennis Ko
Department: CMB/MGM

Shannon Kimberly Esher
PhD Candidate
Mentor:  Andy Alspaugh
Department: MGM

Todd Christopher Bradley
PhD Candidate
Mentor:  Barton Haynes
Department: DOM

Victoria Carpenter
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Raphael Valdivia
Department: MGM

Nicholas Homa
Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Micah Luftig
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Brandi Johnson-Weaver​
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Herman Staats
Department: Pathology

Sarela Garcia-Santamarina
Post-Doc Candidate
Mentor: Dennis Thiele
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology

Kara Shumansky
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Bruce Sullenger
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Brandt Levitt
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Mariano Garcia Blanco
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Matthew Howe
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Tim Haystead
Department:  Pharmacology and Cancer Biology

Sissel Juul Jensen
Post-Doctoral Associate
Mentor: Kam Leong
Department: Biomedical Engineering

Kim Dolich
Post-Doctoral Associate
Mentor: David Tobin
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Kyla Selvig
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Andy Alspaugh
Department: UPGG

Danielle M. Pilla
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Jorn Coers
Department: MGM

Ashley Mead Trama
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Barton F. Haynes
Department: Immunology

Brad Hover
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Kenichi Yokoyama
Department: Biochemistry

Jeff Blackinton
Post-Doctoral Associate
Mentor: Jack Keene
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Masashi Kanayama
Post-Doctoral Associate
Mentor: Mari Shinohara
Department: Immunology

Chaoran Li
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Qi-Jing Li
Department: Immunology

Casey Perley
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Rich Frothingham
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Nam Thontat
Post-Doctoral Associate
Mentor: Maria Schumacher
Department: Biochemistry

Katy Riccione
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Lingchong You
Department: Biomedical Engineering

Kristen Smith
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Sunhee Lee
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Guang Yang
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Garnett Kelsoe
Department: Immunology

Makoto Inoue
Post-Doctoral Associate
Mentor: Mari Shinohara
Department: Immunology

Chris Castorena
PhD Candidate                                                                                                                                             
Mentor: Katia Koelle
Department: Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Richard Festa
Post-Doctoral Associate
Mentor: Dennis Thiele
Department: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology

Carlos Goller
Post-Doctoral Associate
Mentor: Patrick C. Seed
Department: Pediatrics

Jeff Melvin
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Dewey McCafferty
Department: Biochemistry

Anand Pai
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Lingchong You
Department: Biomedical Engineering

Robert Smith
Post-Doctoral Associate
Mentor: Lingchong You
Department: Biomedical Engineering

Chen Ding
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Mentor: Dennis Thiele
Department: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology

Michael Hast
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Mentor: Lorena S. Beese
Department: Biochemistry

Stephanie Holmer
Pre-Doctoral Student
Mentor: Jo Rae Wright
Department: Cell & Molecular Biology/Cell Biology

Ian McDonald
Pre-Doctoral Student
Mentor: Meta Kuehn
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology/Cell & Molecular Biology

Ryan Michalek
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Mentor: Jeffrey Rathmell
Department: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology

Eric Porsch
Pre-Doctoral Student
Mentor: Joseph St. Geme
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Maria Traver
Pre-Doctoral Student
Mentor: Greg Taylor
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Elizabeth Ballou
Pre-Doctoral Student
Mentor: Andrew Alspaugh
Department: University Program in Genetics & Genomics

Edmond Byrnes
Pre-Doctoral Student
Mentor: Joseph Heitman
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Ine Jorgensen
Pre-Doctoral Student
Mentor: Raphael Valdivia
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Tracy Nevitt, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow 
Mentor: Dennis Thiele
Department: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology

Stacey Prow
Pre-Doctoral Student
Mentor: Pat Seed
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Jennifer Umbach, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Mentor: Bryan Cullen
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology