Current Students & Alumni
2020 CPRIT CURE Summer Undergraduates
Romina Adel
Cal State - Sacramento
Mentor: Dr. George Calin
Eliot Behr
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Florian Muller
Cassandra Bishop
Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Athena Brooks
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie S. Watowich
Nina Denne
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie S. Watowich
Alexandra Flegle
Smith College
Mentor:
James George
Univ. Michigan
Mentor: Dr.
Kevin Guo
Stanford University
Mentor: Dr. Anirban Maitra
Sindhuri Ivaturi
Washington Univ. at St. Louis
Mentor: Dr. Caroline Chung
Enes Kelestemur
Univ. Illinois - Urbana
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Futreal
Joelle Kim
Baylor University
Mentor: Dr. George Calin
Nghi Lam (CPRIT '19)
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Qianyun (Lexi) Luo
Univ. Wisconsin-Madison
Mentor: Dr. Alexandre Reuben
Sujay Marisetty
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Moiz Ahmad
Timothy Miller
University of Evansville
Mentor: Dr. Cullen Taniguchi
Hyo Jung (Catherine) Park
Dickinson College
Mentor: Dr. Jihong Wang
Summer Volunteer*
Dzung Pham
Univ. Texas - Austin
Mentor: Dr.
Ayman Roslend
Univ. Illinois - Urbana
Mentor: Dr. Caroline Chung
Claire Shao
Williams College
Mentor: Dr. Lokesh Battula
Simran Singh
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. Kristy Brock
Madeleine Turner
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Cullen Taniguchi
Lucas Warma
University of Toronto
Mentor: Dr.
Mary Zhang
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr.
Summer Volunteer*
Matthew Anderson
Hillsdale College
Mentor: Dr. George Calin
Arjun Bhatt
University of Georgia
Mentor: Dr. Susan Peterson
Emily Blitz
Univ. Arkansas - Ft. Smith
Mentor: Dr. Alexandre Reuben
Ashish Chakraborty
Univ. Texas - Austin
Mentor: Dr. Samir Hanash
Selena Ding
Univ. California - Berkeley
Mentor: Dr. Georgios Karras
Ann Marie Flusche
University of Tulsa
Mentor: Dr. John de Groot
Morgan Green
Prairie View A&M Univ.
Mentor: Drs. Jensen & Fowlkes
Thinh Huynh
College of Wooster
Mentor: Dr.
Rachael Johnson
Georgetown University
Mentor: Dr. Cullen Taniguchi
Ghazaleh Khodaparast
Univ. California - Berkeley
Mentor: Dr. Joya Chandra
Jordan Kramer
Georgetown
University
Mentor: Dr. Roza Nurieva
Sophie Liu
Univ. Texas - Austin
Mentor: Dr.
Aurian Maleki
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. David Fuentes
Joycelyn Mathew
University of
Rochester
Mentor: Dr. Matt Gubin
Anh Nguyen
Concordia College
Mentor: Dr. Bisrat Debeb
Iyinyeoluwa Okulate
Univ. Maryland - Eastern Shore
Mentor: Dr.
Reshmi Patel (CPRIT '19)
Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Dr. James Bankson
Julia Powell
Hillsdale College
Mentor: Dr. Robert C. Bast, Jr.
Spencer Rothfuss
Hillsdale College
Mentor: Dr. George Calin
Poojan Shukla
Univ. California - Berkeley
Mentor: Dr. Katharina Schlacher
Dominique Tan
Univ. Texas - Austin
Mentor: Dr. Moiz Ahmad
Helen Wang
Harvard University
Mentor: Dr.
Matthew Watowich
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Robert C. Bast, Jr.
Raymond Zou
Rice University
Mentor: Dr.
Sima Arfania (CPRIT '19)
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. Nick Navin
Manusree Bhatter
Univ. Texas - Dallas
Mentor: Dr. David Fuentes
John Boom
Duke University
Mentor:
Brandon Curl
Univ. Texas -
Austin
Mentor: Dr. Caroline Chung
Lily Erickson
Hillsdale College
Mentor: Dr. Caroline Chung
Benjamin George
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr.
Carolina Guerrero
Dartmouth College
Mentor: Dr. Katharina Schlacher
Andrew Ibrahim
Texas Tech Univ.
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Futreal
Anvita Kandru
Rice University
Mentor: Dr.
John Killough
Texas A&M Univ.
Mentor: Dr. Kyle Jones
Zachary Kulstad
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr.
Catherine Luo
Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Dr.
Nothando (Thandie) Mangena
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Bisrat Debeb
Emma McCollum (CPRIT '19)
Washington Univ. at St. Louis
Mentor: Dr. Kristy Brock
Keri Nichols
University of Georgia
Mentor: Dr. Alexandre Reuben
Lilia Olmstead
Univ. Texas - El Paso
Mentor: Dr. Laura Beretta
Meliza Perez
Wellesley College
Mentor: Dr. John de Groot
Jonathan Qi
Stanford Univ.
Mentor: Dr. Laura Beretta
Priya Sarlashkar
Univ. Texas - Austin
Mentor: Dr. David Fuentes
Alexis Simmons (CPRIT '19)
Baylor University
Mentor: Dr. Kristy Brock
Llaran Turner (CPRIT '18, '19)
Hampton University
Mentor: Dr. Susan Peterson
Karen Wang
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. James Bankson
Xing-Han Zhang
Texas A&M Univ.
Mentor: Dr. Georgios Karras
CPRIT CURE Alumni
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
2018 CPRIT CURE Alumni
Oluwapelumi (Esther) Akinwande
University of Houston
Mentor: Dr. Richard Behringer
Hossein Bakhshandeh
Davidson College
Mentor: Dr. James Allison
2019 Goldwater Scholar
Emily Caggiano
Ohio University '19
Mentor: Dr. Filippo Giancotti
Current: PhD Program, MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School
Allison Chang
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Kimberly Schluns
Ezzeddine (Ed) Elmir
University of Texas at Austin
Mentor: Dr. Robert Bast, Jr.
Sanaz Ghotbaldini
University of California at Berkeley
Mentor: Dr. Marina Konopleva
Ameen Homayoon
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. Nick Navin
Binisha Karki
Southeastern Louisiana University '19
Mentor: Dr. Willem Overwijk
Current: Research Assistant, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Dowon Kim
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. Swathi Arur
Samuel Oedi
University of Houston '19
Mentor: Dr. David Fuentes
Current: PhD Program in Physics, University of Houston
Caleb Kroll
Brandeis University
Mentor: Andrew Futreal
Aaron (Asaph) Kupferman
University of Pennsylvania
Mentor: Dr. Giulio Draetta
Sophie Lu
Williams College '19
Mentor: Dr. Bin Wang
Current: Research Assistant, Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Harvard Affiliated)
Marisela Martinez de Kraatz
Houston Baptist University
Mentor: Dr. John de Groot
Lindsey Mortensen
University of Notre Dame
Mentor: Dr. Steven Lin
Eduardo Quesada-Diaz
University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras
Mentor: Dr. Candelaria Gomez-Manzano
Srikar Ranga
University of Texas at Austin '19
Mentor: Dr. Gigi Lozano
Current: Master's in Public Health Program, UT Health
Thomas Rubino
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. David Tweardy
Carli Stewart
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Mentor : Dr. Michael Andreeff
Yusha Sun
Princeton University
Mentor: Dr. Joya Chandra
Connor Tou
University of California at Berkeley
Mentor: Dr. John Tainer
2019 Goldwater Scholar
Meng Han (Ashley) Wu
University of Arizona '19
Mentor: Dr. Sean Post
Current: PhD program, University of Colorado - Denver
Kaveh Zare
University of California at Irvine
Mentor: Dr. Gan Boyi
2018 CPRIT CURE Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
Madeleine Andreas
University of Notre Dame
Mentor: Dr. Sendurai Mani
Karina Bursch
Catholic University
of America '19
Mentor: Dr. Powel
Brown
Current :
MSTP (MD/PhD Program) at Univeristy of Minnesota
Nathan Carroll
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. George Eisenhoffer
Nicholas DeCleene
Hillsdale College '19
Mentor: Dr. Powel Brown
Current: PhD Program, Baylor College of Medicine
Karen George
Houston Baptist University
Mentor: Dr. Laura Beretta
Carolyn Guan
Princeton University
Mentor: Dr. Ron DePinho
Efiyenia (Fenia) Kaparos
Georgia Institute of Technology '19
Mentor: Dr. David Tweardy
Current: PhD Program, NYU Langone
Dong Hwan (David) Kim
Brown University '19
Mentor: Dr. Junjie Chen
Current: Research Assistant, One Brave Idea at Brigham and Women's University
Jacqueline Kisa
Yale University '19
Mentor : Dr. Giulio Draetta
Current: Post-Bac Research Fellowship, Yale University
Oleksandr (Sasha) Kyrysyuk
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Watowich
Jinjie Ling
Duke University
Mentor: Dr. Zhimin Lu
Ariana Maleki
Houston Baptist University
Mentor: Dr. Greg Lizee
Sheighlah McManus
University of St. Thomas
Mentor: Dr. Varsha Gandhi
Diana Odhiambo
Benedict College
Mentor : Dr. Faye Johnson
Edie (Alex) Osuma
Wesleyan College
Mentor: Dr. Michael Curran
Shilpa Rajagopal
University of Texas at Austin
Mentor : Dr. Curtis Pickering
Sneha Rao
University of California at Berkeley '19
Mentor: Dr. Laura Beretta
Current: Research Assistant, University of California at San Francisco
Leah Salinsky
University of Texas at Austin
Mentor: Dr. John Tainer
Current: Research Assistant, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Anna Sabu Kurian
University of Houston
Mentor: Dr. Dan Frigo
Current:
Postbac at NIH
Heather Sweeney
Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Myers
Llaran Turner
Hampton University
Mentor: Dr. Dihua Yu
Joycelyn Yiu
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. David Grosshans
Shoshana Zhang
Yale University
Mentor: Dr. David Piwnica-Worms