CURRENT
Assistant Scientist/Research Assistant Professor
Dr. Aneesha Dasgupta
Dr. Rebecca Schmitt
Predoctoral
Savannah Epstein, MS - PhD student (expected graduation 2027)
Andrew Hennigan - PhD student (expected graduation 2027)
Undergraduate
Harry Mann
ALUMNI
Postdoctoral
Dr. Dong Seong Cho: Postdoctoral Fellow. Current: Scientist, Genentech
Dr. Jan Schmidt: Visiting MD (Czech Republic). Current: Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove
Dr. Kelly Hogan: Postdoctoral Fellow. Current: Research Scientist, Penn State
Predoctoral
Daniel Gibbard: PhD student (expected graduation 6/2025) - Mayo Clinic
Rameen Shah: PhD student (graduated 4/2024). Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Dr. Josiane Joseph: MD/PhD student (graduated 4/2021). Current: General Surgery Resident, University of Florida
Dr. Paige Arneson-Wissink: PhD student (graduated 6/2021). Current: K99/R00 Postdoctoral Fellow, Oregon Health Sciences University
Post-baccalaureate/research assistant
Alejandro Hernandez: Research Assistant. Current: Research Assistant at Butler University
Jessica Schneider: GREP (post-bac) student. Current: PhD student at Cornell University
Alexandra Shin: GREP (post-bac) student, 2018-2021. Current: Medical School, Mayo Clinic
Dr. Adrienne Samani: PREP (post-bac) student, 2016-2018. Current: Clinical Trials Manager, Medpace
Dr. Patrick Palines: GREP (post-bac) student, 2016. Current: Surgical Residency, University of Washington
Undergraduate
Savannah Mosier, 2020, U Minnesota Rochester. Current: Bioengineering Ph.D Candidate, University of Kansas
Misk Al-Zahidy, 2019-2020, U Minnesota Rochester. Current: Vascular Access Technician, Mayo Clinic
Summer
Mark Zoberi: IUSCCC Summer Scholar, 2024. Current: Wash U undergraduate student.
Ava Concannon: Summer student, 2023. Summer Undergraduate Research Experience in the Biomedical Sciences (SUREBS) program.
Evalyn Beall: SURF (summer) student, 2021. Current: Graduate Research Assistant, University of Minnesota
Selena Martinez: SURF (summer) student, 2021. Current: PhD student at CU Anschutz
Shantelia Shook: SURF (summer) student, 2020. Current: PREP scholar, Tufts University
Danielle Yee: SURF (summer) student, 2018. Current: NIH post-bac
Gabrielle Reinhartz: SURF (summer) student, 2017. Current: PhD candidate (ISU)
Akash Patel: SURF (summer) student, 2016. Current: Innovation Medicine Program (IMED), UIC
High school
Angel Martinez-Perez: SEED/STEM scholar. Current: HS student at Crispus Attucks High School
Srijani Datta: Eden Prairie High School Honors Program