Current Students & Alumni
2021 CPRIT CURE Summer Undergraduates
Romina Adel
California State University - Sacramento
Mentor:
Dr. George Calin
Yamini Ananth
Columbia University
Mentor:
Dr. Traver Hart
Olga Batarse
Houston Baptist University
Mentor:
Dr. Rosa Nurieva
Emily Blitz
University of Arkansas- Fort Smith
Mentor:
Dr. David Fuentes
Sueda Cetinkaya
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Nidhi Sahni
Brandon Curl
University of Texas- Austin
Mentor:
Dr. Caroline Chung
Allyson Drawdy
Clemson University
Mentor:
Dr. Varsha Gandhi
Alina Feng
Duke University
Mentor:
Dr. David Tweardy
Ashley Gelin
Pennslyvania State University
Mentor:
Dr. Micahel Curran
Margaret Han
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Powell Brown
Kristy Hernandez
Houston Baptist University
Mentor:
Dr. George Eisenhoffer
Thinh Huynh
The College of Wooster
Mentor: Dr. Jia Wu
Aparajith Kannapiran
University of Texas - Austin
Mentor:
Dr. Jia Wu
Negar Koupaei
University of Texas - Austin
Mentor:
Dr. Powell Brown
Michael Li
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. David Piwnica- Worms
Alice Liu
University of Illinois- Chicago
Mentor:
Dr. Michael Davies
Catherine Luo
John Hokins University
Mentor:
Dr. Kelly Hunt
Nothando Mangena
Carleton College
Mentor:
Dr. Steven Lin
Avha Mohanty
University of Texas- Austin
Mentor:
Dr. Phil Jones
Navya Murugesan
Tulane University
Mentor:
Dr. Kunal Rai
Joshua Ni
John Hopkins University
Mentor:
Dr. Phil Jones
Janice Oh
University of Texas- Austin
Mentor:
Dr. Filippo Giancotti
Nicholas Rubino
Hamilton College
Mentor:
Dr. David Fuentes
Alexandre Schnell Ribeiro
Houston Baptist University
Mentor:
Dr. Robert Bast Jr.
Mona Shirvani
University of Texas- Austin
Mentor:
Dr. Katharina Schlacher
Hongshen Wang
Carleton University
Mentor:
Dr. Steven Frank
Awurama Akyianu
Carleton College
Mentor:
Dr. Steven Millward
Matthew Anderson
Hillsdale College
Mentor:
Dr. George Calin
Emma Becker
Kenyon College
Mentors:
Dr. Phil Jones
John Boom
Duke University
Mentor:
Dr. Jia Wu
Guo Chen
Northwestern University
Mentor:
Dr. Rosa Nurieva
Selena Ding
University of California- Berkeley
Mentor:
Dr. Georgios Karras
Shafqat Ehsan
St. Marys University
Mentors:
Dr. Robert Bast Jr.
Maya Ferrell
University of Oklahoma
Mentor:
Dr. Cullen Taniguchi
Viraj Govani
Cornell University
Mentor:
Dr. Keri Schadler
Bailey Harmon
Carleton University
Mentor:
Dr. Stephanie S. Watowich
Jingwen Hu
Houston Baptist University
Mentor: Dr. Di Zhao
Elaijah Islam
University of Texas- Rio Grande Valley
Mentor:
Dr. Federica Pisaneschi
Prabhat Kattel
University of Texas- Tyler
Mentor:
Dr. Jim Bankson
Maggie Lee
Georgia Tech University
Mentor:
Dr. Caroline Chung
Mark Li
University of Texas- Austin
Mentor:
Dr. Awdhesh Kalia
Sophie Liu
University of Texas- Austin
Mentor:
Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Seyedsepehr Madani
University of Massachusetts- Lowell
Mentor:
Dr. Chad Tang
Sujay Marisetty
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Giulio Draetta
Daniel Mousavi
John Hopkins University
Mentor:
Dr. Jennifer McQuade
Shivani Nellore
University of Pennslyvania
Mentor:
Dr. Moran Amit
Zainab Niaz
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Bin Wang
Alisha Patel
University of Florida
Mentor:
Dr. Phil Jones
Mumina Sadullozoda
University of New York- Brooklyn College
Mentor:
Dr. Keri Schadler
Mohammed Mehdi Shahid
Carleton College
Mentor:
Dr. Jihong Wang
Jovan Stanisavic
University of Chicago
Mentor:
Dr. Lawrence Kwong
Lucas Warma
University of Tornoto
Mentor:
Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Lusmeralis Almodovar Abreu
University of Puerto Rico
Mentor:
Dr. Kristy Brock
Hawk Azordegan
University of California- Berkeley
Mentor:
Dr. Henry Manning
Eliot Behr
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Ronald DePinho
Raul Caballero Montes
Texas Wesleyan University
Mentors:
Drs. Khandan Keyomarsi and Stephanie Watowich
Andrea De Leon
Houston Baptist University
Mentor:
Dr. Clifton Fuller
Phuong Anh Dinh
Albion University
Mentor:
Dr. Richard Behringer
Romina Falahaty
University of California- Los Angeles
Mentor:
Dr. Cullen Taniguchi
Smaran Garlapati
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Kunal Rai
Avi Gupta
Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor:
Dr. Traver Hart
Erin Harrison
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. John de Groot
Kai Hung
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Jagannadha Sastry
Richa John
University of Texas- Austin
Mentor:
Dr. Anirban Maitra
Justin Kim
Colby College
Mentor:
Dr. Di Zhao
Richard Lee
Emory University
Mentor: Dr. Jia Wu
Kathryn Lingen
Amherst College
Mentor:
Dr. Dihua Yu
Yuzhou Liu
Emory University
Mentor:
Dr. Sendurai Mani
Aurian Maleki
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Nafiza Meher
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Filippo Giancotti
Maira Mulla
Houston Baptist University
Mentor:
Dr. Irene Newsham
Linh Nguyen
Mount Holyoke
Mentor:
Dr. Ricahrd Bouchard
Katherine Nowak
Carleton College
Mentor:
Dr. Stephanie S. Watowich
Stephen Peng
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Seyed Moghaddam
Jean Schneider
Uniersity of Texas- Austin
Mentor:
Dr. Michael Gubin
Claire Shao
Williams College
Mentor:
Dr. Venkata Battula
William Symmans
Bates College
Mentor:
Dr. Candelaria Gomez-Manzano
Alvina Zia
Houston Baptist University
Mentor:
Dr. Sendurai Mani
CPRIT CURE Alumni
2020 CPRIT CURE Alumni
Romina Adel
Cal State, Sacramento
Mentor: Dr. George Calin
Sima Arfania (CPRIT '19)
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. Nick Navin
Arjun Bhatt
University of Georgia
Mentor: Dr. Susan Peterson
Cassandra Bishop
Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
John Boom
Duke University
Mentor: Dr. Jia Wu
Ashish Chakraborty
Univ. Texas- Austin
Mentor: Dr. Samir Hanash
Nina Denne
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie S. Watowich
Lily Erickson
Hillsdale College
Mentor: Dr. Caroline Chung
Ann Marie Flusche
University of Tulsa
Mentor: Dr. John de Groot
James George
Univ. Michigan
Mentor: Dr.Jia Wu
Carolina Guerrero
Dartmouth College
Mentor: Dr. Katharina Schlacher
Thinh Huynh
College of Wooster
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie S. Watowich
Sindhuri Ivaturi
Washington University at St. Louis
Mentor: Dr. Caroline Chung
Anvita Kandru
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Patrick Hwu
Chazaleh Khodaparast
Univ. California- Berkeley
Mentor: Dr. Joya Chandra
Joelle Kim
Baylor University
Mentor: Dr. George Calin
Zachary Kulstad
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Wargo
Sophie Liu
Univ. Texas- Austin
Mentor: Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Qianyun (Lexi) Luo
Univ.wisconsin- Madison
Mentor: Dr. Alexandre Reuben
Nothando (Thankdie) Mangena
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Bisrat Debeb
Joycelyn Mathew
University of Rochester
Mentor: Dr. Matt Gubin
Timothy Miller
University of Evansville
Mentor: Dr. Cullen Taniguchi
Keri Nichols
University of Georgis
Mentor: Dr. Alexandre Reuben
Iyinyeoluwa Okulate
Univ. Maryland- Eastern Shore
Mentor: Dr. Francesca Cole
Meliza Perez
Wellesley College
Mentor: Dr. John de Groot
Julia Powell
Hillsdale College
Mentor: Dr. Robert C. Bast, Jr.
Ayman Roslend
Univ. Illinois- Urbana
Mentor: Dr. Caroline Chung
Priya Sarlashkar
Univ. Texas- Austin
Mentor: Dr. David Fuentes
Poojan Shukla
Univ. California- Berkeley
Mentor: Dr. Katharina Sclacher
Simran Singh
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. Kristy Brock
Llaran Turner (CPRIT '18, '19)
Hampton University
Mentor: Dr. susan Peterson
Helen Wang
Harvard University
Mentor: Dr. James Bankson
Lucas Warma
University of Toronto
Mentor: Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Mary Zhang
Carleton College
Summer Volunteer*
Raymond Zou
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Nidhi Sahni
Matthew Anderson
Hillsdale College
Mentor: Dr. George Calin
Eliot behr
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Florian Muller
Manusree Bhatter
Univ. Texas- Dallas
Mentor: Dr. David Fuentes
Emily Blitz
Univ. Arkansas- Ft. Smith
Mentor: Dr. Alexandre Reuben
Athena Brooks
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie S. Watowich
Brandon Curl
Univ. Texas- Austin
Mentor: Dr. Caroline Chung
Selena Ding
Univ. California- Berkeley
Mentor: Dr. Georgios Karras
Alexandra Flegle
Smith College
Mentor: Dr. Giulio Draetta
Benjamin George
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Erik Cressman
Morgan Green
Prairie View A&M University
Mentor: Drs. Jensen & Fowlkes
Kevin Guo
Stanford University
Mentor: Dr. Anirban Maitra
Andrew Ibrahim
Texas Tech University
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Futreal
Rachael Johnson
Georgetown University
Mentor: Dr. Cullen Taniguchi
Enes Kelestemur
Univ. Illinois- Urbana
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Futreal
John Killough
Texas A&M University
Mentor: Dr. Kyle Jones
Jordan Kramer
Georgetown University
Mentor: Dr. Roza Nurieva
Nghi Lam (CPRIT '19)
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Catherine Luo
John Hopkins University
Mentor: Dr. Kelly Hunt
Aurian Maleki
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. David Fuentes
Sujay Marisetty
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Moiz Ahmad
Emma McCollum (CPRIT '19)
Washington Univ. at St. Louis
Mentor: Dr. Kristy Brock
Anh Nguyen
Concordia College
Mentor: Dr. Bisrat Debeb
Lilia Olmstead
Univ. Texas- El Paso
Mentor: Dr. Laura Beretta
Reshmi Patel (CPRIT '19)
John Hopkins University
Mentor: Dr. James Bankson
Dzung Pham
Univ. Texas- Austin
Mentor: Dr. Zhen Liu
Jonathan Qi
Standford University
Mentor: Dr. Laura Beretta
Spencer Rothfuss
Hillsdale College
Mentor: Dr. George Calin
Claire Shao
Williams College
Mentor: Dr. Lokesh Battula
Alexis Simmons (CPRIT '19)
Baylor University
Mentor: Dr. Kristy Brock
Dominique Tan
Univ. Texas- Austin
Mentor: Dr. Moiz Ahmad
Madeleine Turner
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Cullen Taniguchi
Karen Wang
Rive University
Mentor: Dr. James Bankson
Matthew Watowich
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Robert C. Bast, Jr.
Xing-Han Zhang
Texas A&M University
Mentor: Dr. Georgios Karras
2019 CPRIT CURE Alumni
Kano Amagai
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Greg Lizee
Marcos Armendariz
University of
Texas at El Paso
Mentor: Dr. Filippo Giancotti
Sarah Becker
Hillsdale College
Mentor: Dr. Robert C. Bast, Jr.
Kian Behmard
Emory University
Mentor: Dr. Georgios Karras
Miao Cao
University of Wisconsin -
Madison
Mentor: Dr.
Shao-Cong Sun
Juan Cerda
Houston Baptist
University
Mentor: Dr. Sean Post
Jodi Goldman
UCLA
Mentor: Dr. Caroline Chung
Alec Jacobson
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Michael Galko
Justin Kim
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Futreal
Neetij Krishnan
Saint Olaf
College
Mentor: Dr. Helen Piwnica-Worms
Emily Lasse
Purdue University - West
Layfayette
Mentors: Drs. Jones and Geck Do
Emma Lederer
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Watowich
Raj Malhotra
Rutgers University
Mentor: Dr. James Bankson
Gabriel Mesa
Wofford College
Mentor: Dr. Powel Brown
Diana Odhiambo (CPRIT '18)
Benedict
College
Mentor: Dr. Roza Nurieva
Jonathan Qi
Stanford University
Mentor: Dr. Laura Beretta
Carolina Ramirez
Abilene Christian
University
Mentor: Dr. Powel Brown
Leah Salinsky
University of Texas at Austin '19
Mentor: Dr. John de Groot
Current: Research Assistant, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Antonio (Vitor) Souza
Dartmouth
College
Mentor: Dr. Swathi Arur
Hannah Stumpf
Hillsdale College
Mentor: Dr. Lauren Byers
Sophia Tang
University of
Chicago
Mentor: Dr. Laura Beretta
Joey Toker
Harvard University
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Wargo
Llaran Turner (CPRIT '18)
Hampton
University
Mentor: Dr. Joya Chandra
Nicole Wright
Vanderbilt
University
Mentor: Dr. John Tainer
Tiffany (Adrianne) Wu
Mount Holyoke
College
Mentor: Dr. Paul Scheet
2019 CPRIT Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
Sima Arfania
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. Nicholas Navin
Mehdi Baqri
Yale University
Mentor: Dr. David Fuentes
Hossein Bakhshandeh (CPRIT '17, '18)
Davidson College
Mentor. Dr.
James P. Allison
Mackenzie Bruzzio
Kenyon
College
Mentor: Dr. David Tweardy
Zakaria Cherif
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Giulio Draetta
Sanaz Ghotbaldini (CPRIT '18)
University of California - Berkeley
Mentor: Dr. Marina Konopleva
Ameen Homayoon (CPRIT '18)
Brown
University
Mentor: Dr. Curtis Pickering
Rachael Johnson
Boston &
Georgetown Universities
Mentor: Dr.
Cullen Taniguchi
Anuradha Korukonda
Emory
University
Mentor: Drs. Jones & Fernandez
Nghi Lam
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Nhi Le
University of Houston -
Downtown
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Futreal
Samuel Liu
Duke University
Mentor: Dr. Seyed Moghaddam
Emma McCollum
Washington University
at St. Louis
Mentor: Dr. David Fuentes
Jessica Nye
University of Texas at
Austin
Mentor: Dr. John Tainer
Reshmi Patel
Johns Hopkins
University
Mentor: Dr. James Bankson
Kanchana Raja
Columbia
University
Mentors: Drs. Jones and Cross
Matthew Rosolen
University of
Charleston
Mentor: Dr. Sendurai Mani
Alexis Simmons
Baylor
University
Mentor: Dr. Kristy Brock
Carli Stewart (CPRIT '18)
Univ.
Tennessee - Knoxville
Mentor: Dr.
Michael Andreeff
Divya Sundararajan
Bryn Mawr
College
Mentor: Dr. Curtis Pickering
Mahima Thapa
Truman State
University
Mentor: Dr. Michael Andreeff
Anh Tran
Mount Holyoke College
Mentor: Dr. George Calin
Melinda Wang
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Cullen Taniguchi
Haoyi Wu
University of Texas at
Austin
Mentor: Dr. David Tweardy