IBS Alumni

	Name Julie Ahn Year Entered 2016 Program Molecular Medicine Thesis Advisor Miller Candidacy Date 10/24/18 Email	Rotations N/A Graduation Date 2022, Fall Current Position (2023) Postdoctoral Associate, The George Washington University Previous Degree Undergraduate: Cornell University LinkedIn Profile
	Name Sonali Bahl Year Entered 2015 Program Molecular Medicine Thesis Advisor Seto / Lee Candidacy Date 7/3/17	Rotations E. Seto, A. Horvath, X. Zheng Graduation Date 2020, Fall Current Position (2022) Senior Engineer I, Takeda Previous Degree Undergraduate: Stonybrook University LinkedIn Profile
	Name Christopher Bailey Year Entered 2016 Program Molecular Medicine Thesis Advisor Wang / Lee Candidacy Date 10/22/18	Rotations Y. Wang Graduation Date 2021, Spring Current Position (2022) Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Immunotherapy, University of Maryland, Baltimore Previous Degree Undergraduate: University of Central Florida Graduate: Johns Hopkins University LinkedIn Profile
	Name Annika Balraj Year Entered 2016 Program Molecular Medicine Thesis Advisor Miller Candidacy Date 2/5/19 Email	Rotations N/A Graduation Date 2022, Fall Current Position Previous Degree Undergraduate: George Washington University LinkedIn Profile
	Name Aparna Baxi Year Entered 2016 Program Molecular Medicine Thesis Advisor Moody Candidacy Date 10/23/18 Email	Rotations N/A Graduation Date 2022, Fall Current Position (2022) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH) Previous Degree Undergraduate: Birla Institute of Technology Graduate: University of Maryland-Baltimore LinkedIn Profile
	Name James Bernot Year Entered 2015 Program Genomics & Bioinformatics Thesis Advisor Crandall Candidacy Date 11/28/17	Rotations K. Crandall, M. Perez Losada, J. Hawdon Graduation Date 2020, Fall Current Position (2022) NSF Postdoc Research Fellow, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Previous Degree Undergraduate: University of Connecticut Graduate: University of Connecticut Website
	Name Katherine Blackmore (McGeever) Year Entered 2016 Program Molecular Medicine Thesis Advisor Young Candidacy Date 10/18/18 Email	Rotations C. Young Graduation Date 7/13/21 Current Position (2022) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School and Dana Farber Cancer Institute Previous Degree Undergraduate: University of New Hampshire-Durham (B.S.) Graduate: University of Illinois-Urbana (M.S.) LinkedIn Profile
	Name Nicole Bonan Year Entered 2018 Program Cancer Biology Thesis Advisor Fernandes Candidacy Date 6/5/20 Email	Rotations 1: A. Bosque • 2: K. Chiappinelli • 3: R. Fernandes Graduation Date 2022, Fall Current Position (2023) Research Scientist I, NK Cell Immunotherapy, Miltenyi Biotec Previous Degree Undergraduate: American University Graduate: American University LinkedIn Profile
	Name Erin Bonner Year Entered 2017 Program Cancer Biology Thesis AdvisorNazarian / Vilain Candidacy Date 9/9/19	Rotations 1: A. LaMantia • 2: J. Nazarian • 3: J. Nazarian Graduation Date 2022, Summer Current Position (2022) Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Genetic Medicine at Children's National Hospital Previous Degree Undergraduate: Bryn Mawr College LinkedIn Profile
	Name Madeline Dahut Year Entered 2018 Program Microbiology & Immunology Candidacy Date 7/20/20 Email	Rotations 1: T. Armstrong • 2: M. Gilbert • 3: C. Palena Thesis Advisor Palena / Leitenberg Current Position (2023) Clinical Research Scientist at Novocure Graduation date 2023, Summer Previous Degree Undergraduate: Georgetown University LinkedIn
	Name Tyson Dawson Year Entered 2019 Program Pharmacology & Physiology Candidacy Date 7/8/21 Email LinkedIn	Rotations 1: K. Crandall • 2: R. Mazumder • 3: W. Li Thesis Advisor Crandall Current Position (2023) Postdoctoral Researcher, AMPEL BioSolutions Graduation date 2023, Spring Previous Degree Undergraduate: Brigham Young
	Name Hayley Dingerdissen Year Entered 2014 Program Molecular Medicine Thesis Advisor Mazumder Candidacy Date 10/24/16	Rotations N/A Graduation Date 2020, Fall Current Position TBD Previous Degree Undergraduate: University of DC Graduate: George Washington University LinkedIn Profile
	Name Brett Eaton Year Entered 2014 Program Microbiology & Immunology Thesis Advisor Cooper / Leitenberg Candidacy Date 10/18/18	Rotations Cooper Graduation Date 2021, Summer Current Position (2021) Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Previous Degree Undergraduate: Bucknell University Graduate: Johns Hopkins University
	Name Kaitlin Garofano Year Entered 2016 Program Molecular Medicine Thesis Advisor Lee Candidacy Date 9/22/18 Email	Rotations N/A Graduation Date 2022, Summer Previous Degree Undergraduate: Skidmore College LinkedIn Profile
	Name Stephanie Gomez Year Entered 2017 Program Microbiology & Immunology Thesis Advisor Chiappinelli K. Candidacy Date 9/26/19 Email	Rotations 1: I. Khan • 2: K. Chiappinelli • 3: R. Fernandes Graduation Date 2022, Fall Current Position (2023) Research Postdoctoral Fellow, Children's National Hospital Previous Degree Undergraduate: George Washington University LinkedIn Profile
	Name Maria Hernandez Year Entered 2017 Program Cancer Biology Thesis Advisor Villagra / Sotomayor Candidacy Date 9/24/19 Email	Rotations 1: A. Vilagra • 2: E. Sotomayor • 3: A. Villagra Graduation Date 2022, Fall Current Position (2023) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH Previous Degree Undergraduate: Texas Tech University LinkedIn Profile
	Name Hye (Amy) Hwang Year Entered 2017 Program Neuroscience Thesis Advisor Hashimoto-Torii Candidacy Date 9/5/19 Email	Rotations 1: Hashmoto-Torii • 2: Hashimoto-Torii • 3: Hashimoto-Torii Graduation Date: 2022, Spring Previous Degree Undergraduate: North Carolina State University (B.S.) Graduate: Georgetown University (M.S.) LinkedIn Profile
	Name Kristy Johnson (Ortega) Year Entered 2015 Program Molecular Medicine Thesis Advisor Triplett / Colonnese Candidacy Date 7/3/17	Rotations J. Triplett, R. Miller, M.A. Stepp Graduation Date 2021, Summer Current Position (2022) Scientific Project Manager, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research Previous Degree Undergraduate: California State University Graduate: University of Missouri LinkedIn Profile
	Name Tomas Kanholm Year Entered 2018 Program Genomics & Bioinformatics Candidacy Date 8/17/20 Email LinkedIn	Rotations 1: A. Villagra • 2: R. Fernandes • 3: K. Chiappinelli Thesis Advisor Chiappinelli K. Graduation date 2023, Summer Previous Degree Undergraduate: University of California-Los Angeles Graduate: University of Southern California
	Name Tessa Knox Year Entered 2017 Program Cancer Biology Thesis Advisor N. Lee Candidacy Date 9/4/19 Email	Rotations 1: N. Lee • 2: N. Lee • 3: N. Lee Graduation Date 2022, Fall Current Position (2023) Visiting Research Fellow, Georgetown University Previous Degree Undergraduate: University of Illinois-Urbana Graduate: University of Florida LinkedIn Profile
	Name Kristen Kocher Year Entered 2017 Program Genomics & Bioinformatics Thesis Advisor Vilain Candidacy Date 9/16/19 Email	Rotations 1: J. Nazarian • 2: E. Vilain • 3: R. Cruz Graduation Date 2022, Fall Current Position (2023) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Developing Brain Institute, Children's National Hospital Previous Degree Undergraduate: Dickinson College Graduate: George Washington University LinkedIn Profile
	Name Debbie Ledezma Year Entered 2017 Program Microbiology & Immunology Thesis Advisor Fernandes Candidacy Date 8/15/19 Email	Rotations 1: A. Villagra • 2: R. Fernandes • 3: R. Fernandes Graduation Date 2022, Fall Current Position (2023) Postdoctoral Fellow, UC San Diego Health Moores Cancer Center, Cancer Therapeutics Training (CT2) Previous Degree Undergraduate: University of Virginia LinkedIn Profile
	Name Dana Lewis (Cobb) Year Entered 2017 Program Neuroscience Thesis Advisor Khaliq / Colonnese Candidacy Date 8/1/19 Email	Rotations 1: Histed • 2: Khaliq • 3: Khaliq Current Position (2023) Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Johns Hopkins University Graduation date 2023, Spring Previous Degree Undergraduate: Appalachian State University LinkedIn
	Name Jonathan LoTempio Year Entered 2017 Program Genomics & Bioinformatics Candidacy Date 9/12/19 Email LinkedIn	Rotations 1: R. Mazumder • 2: J. Nazarian • 3: E. Vilain Thesis Advisor Vilain Current Position (2023) Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California - Irvine Graduation date 2023, Spring Previous Degree Undergraduate: University of Rochester
	Name Kelly Murphy Year Entered 2014 Program Molecular Medicine Thesis Advisor Chen / Chiappinelli Candidacy Date 10/24/16 Email	Rotations N/A Graduation Date 2022, Summer Previous Degree Undergraduate: Gettysburg College LinkedIn Profile
	Name Emily Phung Year Entered 2016 Program Microbiology & Immunology Thesis Advisor Graham / Lynch Candidacy Date 8/23/18	Rotations B. Graham, R. Koup Graduation Date 2020, Fall Current Position (2022) Expert Scientist, Cellular Immunology and In Vivo Services, GSK Previous Degree Undergraduate: Virginia Tech (B.S.) LinkedIn Profile
	Name Allison Powell Year Entered 2017 Program Microbiology & Immunology Thesis Advisor Cruz / Leitenberg Candidacy Date 8/8/19 Email	Rotations 1: R. Cruz • 2: R. Cruz • 3: R. Cruz Graduation Date 2021, Spring Current Position (2022) Senior Scientist, AstraZeneca Previous Degree Undergraduate: Virginia Tech Graduate: George Washington University (MPH) LinkedIn Profile
	Name Jakob Samsel Year Entered 2016 Program Microbiology & Immunology Candidacy Date 9/20/18 Email LinkedIn	Rotations N/A Thesis Advisor Koup / Lynch Current Position (2023) Graduate Student Researcher at National Institute of Health Graduation date 2023, Summer Previous Degree Undergraduate: University of Tennessee
	Name Indra Sarabia Year Entered 2016 Program Microbiology & Immunology Thesis Advisor Bosque Candidacy Date 10/31/18	Rotations N/A Graduation Date 2021, Spring Current Position (2022) Scientist, Immunology Discovery, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies Previous Degree Undergraduate: University of California-Santa Cruz LinkedIn Profile
	Name Danielle Sohai Year Entered 2018 Program Cancer Biology Candidacy Date 10/13/20 Email	Rotations 1: RC Wu • 2: A. Villagra • 3: M. Shibata • 4: R. Cruz Thesis Advisor Cruz / Bollard Graduation date 2023, Summer Previous Degree Undergraduate: University of Delaware LinkedIn
	Name Nathaniel Stearrett Year Entered 2017 Program Genomics & Bioinformatics Candidacy Date 9/25/19 Email	Rotations 1: K. Crandall • 2: E. Vilain • 3: K. Crandall Thesis Advisor Crandall Graduation date 2023, Spring Previous Degree Undergraduate: Virginia Commonwealth University
	Name Neerja Vashist Year Entered 2019 Program Genomics & Bioinformatics Candidacy Date 7/23/21 Email	Rotations 1: E. Vilain • 2: W. Li • 3: G. Nino Thesis Advisor Vilain Graduation date 2023, Summer Previous Degree Undergraduate: University of California-Los Angeles LinkedIn
	Name Andrew Wilson Year Entered 2016 Program Microbiology & Immunology Thesis Advisor Lynch Candidacy Date 9/26/18	Rotations P. Brindley, R. Lynch, M. Bukrinsky Graduation Date 2021, Fall Current Position (2022) Scientist II, Amador Bioscience Previous Degree Undergraduate: College of William & Mary (B.S.) LinkedIn Profile
	Name Bogang Wu Year Entered 2016 Program Cancer Biology Thesis Advisor R. Li Candidacy Date 8/31/18	Rotations N/A Graduation Date 2020, Fall Current Position (2021) Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital Previous Degree Undergraduate: Jinan University (Bachelor of Engineering) Graduate: Jinan University (M.S.) LinkedIn Profile