Grad School Y1

Education:

Carleton College
Biology major
B.A., 2021

MSTP Student Governance:

• Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee, 2024-2025

Thesis Advisor: David Masopust, Ph.D. 

Publications

For work prior to the UMN MSTP:

Watowich MB, Gilbert MR, Larion M. T cell exhaustion in malignant gliomas. Trends Cancer. 2023 Apr;9(4):270-292. PMCID: PMC10038906. Review

Education:  
University of California - Berkeley
Molecular and Cell Biology major
B.A., 2021

MSTP Student Governance:

• Student Advisory Committee, 2023-2025

Thesis Advisor: Michael Farrar, Ph.D.

Publications:

For work prior to the UMN MSTP

Education:  
Swarthmore College
Biology major, Psychology minor
B.A., 2018

Publications:

For work prior to the UMN MSTP

Cooney AL, Brommel CM, Traore S, Newby GA, Liu DR, McCray PB Jr, Sinn PL. Reciprocal mutations of lung-tropic AAV capsids lead to improved transduction properties. Front Genome Ed. 2023 Nov 22;5:1271813. PMCID: PMC10702583

Education:  
University of Texas - El Paso
Neuroscience major
B.S., 2020

Thesis Advisor: Walter Low, Ph.D.

Publications:

Reyes JF, Devarajan, M, Cai D, Mashek DG. Senescent glia-bridging neuronal mitochondrial dysfunction and lipid accumulation in aging. Life Metab. 2024 Jul 24;3(6):loae031. PMCID: PMC11303841

For work prior to the UMN MSTP

Education:  
Howard University
Biology major, Chemistry and Psychology minors
B.S., 2023

MSTP Student Governance:

• JEDI Committee, 2024-2025
• WISM, 2024-2025

Thesis Advisor: Kevin Wickman, Ph.D. 

Publications: 

For work prior to the UMN MSTP

Education:  
Lewis and Clark College
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology major
B.A., 2019

MSTP Student Governance:

• JEDI Committee, 2024-2025
• WISM, 2024-2025

Thesis Advisor: Carol Lange, Ph.D. 

Publications:

For work prior to the UMN MSTP

Education:  
University of Arizona
Molecular and Cellular Biology and Physiology majors, Spanish minor
B.S.(2), 2019

Thesis Advisor: Kaylee Schwertfeger, Ph.D. 

Publications:

For work prior to the UMN MSTP

Education:  
Amherst College
Neuroscience major
B.A., 2019

Thesis Advisor: Arif Hamid, Ph.D.

Publications:

For work prior to the UMN MSTP

Education:  
University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Biochemistry major
B.S., 2023

MSTP Student Governance:

• JEDI Committee, 2024-2025
• WISM, 2024-2025

Thesis Advisor: Peter Crawford, M.D., Ph.D.

Education:  
Washington & Jefferson College
Chemistry major, Communications and Arts minors
B.A., 2020

MSTP Student Governance: 

• Student Advisory Committee, 2023-2025

Thesis Advisor: Gunga Georg, Ph.D.

Publications:

For work prior to the UMN MSTP