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Oliver M. Stockert

Biography


Education: 
Mount Holyoke College
Biochemistry and Music majors
B.A., 2021

MSTP Student Governance:

  • Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee, 2023-24
  • Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, 2021-24

Thesis Advisor: Carol Lange, Ph.D.

Publications

For work prior to the UMN MSTP:

UMN MSTP student Oliver Stockert

Adrianna M. Rivera-León

Biography


Education: 
University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras
Cellular and Molecular Biology major
B.S., 2019

MSTP Student Governance:

  • Student Advisory Committee, 2023-24
  • Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee, 2023-24
  • Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, 2022-24

Thesis Advisor: Kristin Hogquist, Ph.D.

Publications

For work prior to the UMN MSTP:

UMN MSTP student Adrianna Rivera-Leon

John R. Lozada

Biography


Education: 
University of Rochester
Molecular Genetics major, Business minor
B.S., 2021

MSTP Student Governance:

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Paarth B. Dodhiawala

Biography


Education: 
Saint Louis University
Biology major
B.S., 2017

MSTP Student Governance:

  • Student Advisory Committee, 2021-23

Thesis Advisors: Jeff Miller, M.D. and Paulo Provenzano, Ph.D. 

Paarth B.

Sang V. Vo

Biography


Education: 
University of Massachusetts - Boston
Biochemistry major, Creative Writing minor
B.S., 2020

Thesis Advisors: Courtney Aldrich, Ph.D and Anthony Baughn, Ph.D.

Publications

For work prior to the UMN MSTP:

UMN MSTP student Sang Vo

Melissa A. Walsh

Biography


Education: 
University of Chicago
Biochemistry and Chemistry majors
B.S., B.A., 2020

MSTP Student Governance:

  • Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee, 2023-24

Thesis Advisor: Benjamin Hackel, Ph.D.

Publications:

For work prior to the UMN MSTP:

Bebel A, Walsh MA, Mir-Sanchis I, Rice PA. Elife. A novel DNA primase-helicase pair encoded by SCCmec elements. 2020 Sep 18;9:e55478. PMCID: PMC7581432

Melissa A. Walsh

Sarah Zaghouani

Biography


Education: 
Harvard University
Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology major, Language Citation in Modern Arabic (minor)
B.A., 2016

MSTP Student Governance:

  • Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, 2021-22

Sarah is currently working on her PhD externally at Harvard University.

UMN MSTP student Sarah Zaghouani