MICaB

Education:

Carleton College
Biology major
B.A., 2021

MSTP Student Governance:

• Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee, 2024-2026 (Co-Chair 2025-2026)

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: 
Middlebury College
Neuroscience major, Spanish minor
B.A., 2016

University of Minnesota
Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology Graduate Program
Ph.D., 2025

Honors & Awards:

• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 2024 - 2026

MSTP Student Governance:

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

MSTP Student Governance:

Education:
University of Miami
Biology major, Chemistry Minor
B.S., 2017

MSTP Student Governance:

• Student Advisory Committee, 2024-2026

Thesis Advisor: Douglas Yee, M.D.

Education: 
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Biochemistry and Statistics majors
B.S., 2022

Honors & Awards:

• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows, National Cancer Institute, 2025 - 2029

Thesis Advisor: Michael Farrar, Ph.D.

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

MSTP Student Governance:

• Student Advisory Committee, 2023-2025
• Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee, 2025-2026

Thesis Advisor: Michael Farrar, Ph.D.

Publications:

For work prior to the UMN MSTP

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

MSTP Student Governance:

• Student Advisory Committee, 2025-26
• JEDI Committee, 2025-2026 (Co-Chair 2025-2026)
• WISM, 2025-2026

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