Current Students & Alumni
2022 CPRIT CURE Summer Undergraduates
Nalia Abney
Boston University
Mentor:
Dr. Guocan Wang
Hawk Azordegan
University of California-Berkeley
Mentor:
Dr. Charles Manning
Kayli Bolton
University of
Kentucky
Mentor:
Dr. Clifton Fuller
Michelle Chen
Smith College
Mentor:
Dr. Powel Brown
Bryan Duong
University of Illinois
Mentor:
Dr. Jennifer Wargo
Maya Ferrell
University of Oklahoma
Mentor:
Dr. Cullen Taniguchi
Loraine Gigi
Texas A & M University
Mentor:
Dr. Di Zhao
Eve Hall
North Carolina State University
Mentor:
Dr. Gigi Lozano
Wilson Huang
John Hopkins University
Mentor:
Dr. George Calin
Ryan Kashanchi
Stanford University
Mentor:
Dr. Chunhua Shi
Rishab Kolachina
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Gabriel Sawakuchi
Emily Lu
John Hopkins University
Mentor:
Dr. Seyed Moghaddam
Sujay Marisetty
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Giulio Draetta
Lynn-Chi Nguyen
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Moran Amit
Reethi Padmanabhan
Vanderbilt University
Mentor:
Dr. Sendurai Mani
Maria Puche
Houston Baptist University
Mentor:
Dr. Roza Nurieva
Lauren Reed
Biola University
Mentor:
Dr. Min Gyu Lee
Jorge Rodas
Amherst College
Mentor:
Dr. David Tweardy
Autumn Sunderland
University of Toledo
Mentor:
Dr. Powel Brown
Anh Ton
University of Texas MD Anderson
Mentor:
Dr. George Calin
Matthew Ye
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. James You
Danny Zhang
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Cassian Yee
Anagha Alapati
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Boyi Gan
Esther Beck
University of Chicago
Mentor:
Dr. Lawrence Kwong
Hannah Burleson
University of Central Florida
Mentor:
Dr. Clifton Fuller
Yining Chen
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Ronald DePinho
Jayden Fagbola
Baylor
University
Mentor:
Dr. Nidhi Sahni
Aishani Gargapati
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Cullen Taniguchi
Alvaro Goncalves
Princeton
University
Mentor:
Dr. Anil Sood
Carl Ho
Harvard University
Mentor:
Dr. Andrew Futreal
Rachel Ivy
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Mentor:
Dr. Caroline Chung
Vindhya Kilaru
University of California-Berkeley
Mentor:
Dr. Francesca Bergemann Cole
Katerina Kourpas
Princeton University
Mentor:
Dr. Katharina Schlacher
Leila Madanizadeh
Trinity University
Mentor:
Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Alysia Martinez
Baylor University
Mentor:
Dr. George Calin
Ali Nilforoush
University of Virginia
Mentor:
Dr. Kristy Brock
Pranathi Pilla
University of Texas-Austin
Mentor:
Dr. Piwnica-Worms
Sahana Ramaswamy
Texas A & M University
Mentor:
Dr. Caroline Chung
Ariah Richards
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Robert Behringer
Raha Sharaflari
Columbia University
Mentor:
Dr. Cassian Yee
William Symmans
Bates College
Mentor:
Dr. Candelaria Gomez-Manzano
Bach Tran
Albion College
Mentor:
Dr. Jihong Wang
Yidian Ye
University of Washington
Mentor:
Dr. Katharina Shclacher
Grace Zhou
University of Texas-Austin
Mentor:
Dr. Andrew Sikora
Sayan Alekseev
University of Texas-San Antonio
Mentor:
Dr. Michael Curran
Eliot Behr
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Ronald DePinho
Duc Ngan Chau
Western Michigan
University
Mentor:
Dr. Venkata Battula
Lorenzo Cruz
John Hopkins University
Mentor:
Dr. Laura Beretta
Fatemeh Farassati
University of
Kansas
Mentor:
Dr. Anirban Maitra
Nikhil Garlapati
University of
Texas-Austin
Mentor:
Dr.
Chunru Lin
Elijah Gonzalez
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Mark Pagel
Nghia Hoang
Franklin and Marshall College
Mentor:
Dr. Cullen Taniguchi
Ylliah Jin
Wellesley College
Mentor:
Dr. Michael Andreeff
Sanghyun Kim
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Guocan Wang
Dawei Liu
Georgia Institute of Technology
Mentor:
Dr. Katy Rezvani
Niloofar Madanizadeh
Trinity University
Mentor:
Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Daniel Mousavi
John Hopkins University
Mentor:
Dr. Jennifer McQuade
Yamillie Ortiz
St. Catherine University
Mentor:
Dr. Moran Amit
Nithin Poreddy
Carleton College
Mentor:
Dr. Steven Lin
Lindsey Ran
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Francesca Bergemann Cole
Caroline Robins
Texas Tech University
Mentor:
Dr. Mark Pagel
Max Slotnik
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Ronald DePinho
Priya Tirumala
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Mary Geck Do
Andrea Waltrip
Mary Washington College
Mentor:
Dr. Raghu Kalluri
Melvin Zarghooni
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Seyed Moghaddam
CPRIT CURE Alumni
2021 CPRIT CURE Alumni
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
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