Current Students & Alumni
2024 CPRIT CURE Summer Undergraduates
Eseohe Abulu
Univeristy of Texas at Austin
Mentor:
Dr. Richard Bouchard
Sayan Alekseev
University of Texas at San Antonio
Mentor:
Dr. Seyed Moghaddam
Shivani Babu
Stanford University
Mentor:
Dr. Han Xu
Nicholas Boling
University of Texas at Austin
Mentor:
Dr. George Calin
Angelo Chen
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Jonathan Kurie
Aurora Davis
Carleton College
Mentor:
Dr. Michael Galko
Jacob Finley
University of Notre Dame
Mentor:
Dr. Steven Lin
Ashley Garcia
Houston Christian University
Mentor:
Dr. Pratip Bhattacharya
Breana Herrera
Houston Christian University
Mentor:
Dr. Varsha Gandhi
Amelia Janiak
Duke Kunshan University
Mentor:
Dr. Anil Sood
Nicholas Le
Texas A&M University
Mentor:
Dr. Cassian Yee
Amy Li
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Katharina Schlacher
Maya Lobo
Scripps College
Mentor:
Dr. Kevin McBride
Abid Manzar
SUNY College at Buffalo
Mentor:
Dr. Gabriel Lopez Bernstein
Nicole Munoz
New York University
Mentor:
Dr. Steven Millward
Adithya Nair
Baylor University
Mentor:
Dr. Jian Hu
Ali Nilforoush
University of Virginia
Mentor:
Dr. Kristy Brock
Praveen Puviindran
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mentor:
Dr. Lauren Colbert
Chimamanda Santos- Obi
Fisk University
Mentor:
Dr. David Fuentes
Erin Suh
University of Georgia
Mentor:
Dr. Raghu Kalluri
Marcus Thurm
Drake University
Mentor:
Dr. Joseph Ludwig
Abigail Yoo
Johns Hopkins University
Mentor:
Dr. Humam Kadara
Jeffrey Zhang
Texas A&M University
Mentor:
Dr. Simona Colla
Qiyang Zhou
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mentor:
Dr. Jeffrey Molldrem
Nikki Adams
University of Nevada: Las Vegas
Mentor:
Dr. Faye Johnson
Varshini Anand
Smith College
Mentor:
Dr. Dihua Yu
Aunannya Banik
Sweet Briar College
Mentor(s):
Dr. Robert Bast and Dr. Zhen Lu
Elizabeth Butchko
Texas A&M University
Mentor:
Dr. Blaine Bartholomew
Jiashu (Terry) Cheng
Johns Hopkins University
Mentor:
Dr. Venkata Battula
Zoe Du
University of Texas at Dallas
Mentor:
Dr. Chunhua Shi
Carissa Fong
Baylor University
Mentor:
Dr. Wenyi Wang
Parshan Gerafian
University of California: Berkeley
Mentor:
Dr. Amy Moreno
Annelise Huynh
University of Oklahoma
Mentor:
Dr. Raghu Kalluri
Nathaniel John
Washington University: St. Louis
Mentor:
Dr. Caroline Chung
Jiwang Lee
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Xinrui Li
Bates College
Mentor:
Dr. Lawrence Kwong
Sahana Lothumalla
University of Michigan
Mentor:
Dr. Moran Amit
Nicole Massoumi
Yale University
Mentor:
Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Vineeth Murugan
University of Texas at Austin
Mentor:
Dr. Vidya Gopalakrishnan
Shreya Nair
University of Texas at Dallas
Mentor:
Dr. Michael Andreeff
Neil Nimmagadda
Duke University
Mentor:
Dr. Anirban Maitra
Roberto Rangel
University of Houston
Mentor:
Dr. Andrew Sikora
Aneesh Shakthy
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mentor:
Dr. Charles Manning
Chaeun (Christine) Song
Harvard College
Mentor:
Dr. Chunru Lin
Ayush Suresh
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Eugene Koay
Varun Vasireddy
University of Miami
Mentor:
Dr. Bin Wang
Kelsey Yutan
Scripps College
Mentor:
Dr. Jeffrey Myers
Wanyu Zhang
Duke University
Mentor:
Dr. Scott Evans
Arya Akbarshahi
Georgia Institute of Technology
Mentor:
Dr. George Calin
Boz Azordegan
University of California: Davis
Mentor:
Dr. Michael Curran
Nirjar Bhattacharya
University of Texas at Austin
Mentor:
Dr. Giulio Draetta
Francisco Chavez
Johns Hopkins University
Mentor:
Dr. Kadir Akdemir
Erin Citarella
Colorado State University
Mentor:
Dr. Jennifer McQuade
Morgan Fimreite
St. Norbert College
Mentor:
Dr. Katharina Schlacher
Alyssah Fuentes
University Of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Mentor:
Dr. Liuqing Yang
Sravya Gullapalli
University of Texas at Austin
Mentor:
Dr. Guillermina Lozano
Zara Italia
Houston Christian University
Mentor:
Dr. David Tweardy
Paridhi Latawa
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mentor:
Dr. Bin Wang
Ryan Lee
University of Texas at Austin
Mentor:
Dr. Uddalak Bharadwaj
Andy Liu
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Richard Bouchard
Cindy Luong
Houston Christian University
Mentor:
Dr. Roza Nurieva
Medha Mohan
Albion College
Mentor:
Dr. Katy Rezvani
Katherine Meyerholtz
Carleton College
Mentor:
Dr. Stephanie Watowich
Jalen Nguyen
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Michael Andreeff
Alysa Pham
University of Texas at Austin
Mentor:
Dr. James You
Elizabeth Rose
Amherst College
Mentor:
Dr. Yejing Ge
Ria Sinha
Boston University
Mentor:
Dr. Vilar-Sanchez
Lalithaa Subramanian
University of Texas at Austin
Mentor:
Dr. John Tainer
Serena Thomas
University of Illinois at Chicago
Mentor:
Dr. Wendy Woodward
William Wu
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Ronald DePinho
Ashley Zhang
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Yejing Ge
Catherine Zhou
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Ken Chen
2023 CPRIT CURE Summer Undergraduates
Eleazar Abraham
Univeristy of Kansas
Mentor(s):
Drs. Albert Koong and Dadi Jiang
Elisabeth S. Arrondo
Hope College
Mentor:
Dr. Paul Shen
Phoebe H. Calkins
Townson University
Mentor:
Dr. Micael Andreeff
Zara De Leon
Houston Christian University
Mentor:
Dr. George Calin
Onyinye Francisa Ejiaka
Fisk University
Mentor:
Dr. Faye M. Johnson
Armina Fani
Georgia State
Mentor:
Dr. Wenyi Wang
Maanas Gupta
University of Texas
Mentor:
Dr. Georgios Karras
Jia Byron
Carleton College
Mentor:
Dr. Katy Rezvani
Rahm Kim
University of Texas
Mentor:
Dr. Kadir Akdemir
Hannah Li
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Lauren Colbert
Sahana Lothumalla
University of Michigan
Mentor:
Dr. Moran Amit
Daniel Mousavi
John Hopkins University
Mentor:
Dr. Jennifer McQuade
Audrey Parrott
Carleton College
Mentor:
Dr. Jeffrey Molldrem
Maria Puche
Houston Christian University
Mentor:
Dr. Roza Nurieva
Roberto Rangel
University of Houston
Mentor:
Dr. Andrew Sikora
Dvij Sharma
Davidson College
Mentor:
Dr. Henry Manning
Chien M. Tran Phuoc
Bowling Green State Univeristy
Mentor:
Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Hamilton M. Young
University of Oklahoma
Mentor:
Dr. David Fuentes
Robert Al-Atrash
Abilene Christian University
Mentor(s):
Dr. Swathi Arur and Dr. Debabrata Das
Natalia Bowman
Austin College
Mentor:
Dr. Dihua Yu
Jeffrey Cheng
Ohio State University
Mentor:
Dr. Fei Yu
Varuna Dhanabal
University of Southern Indiana
Mentor:
Dr. Raghu Kalluri
Satvik R. Elayavalli
Fisk University
Mentor:
Dr. Ken Chen
Fatemeh S. Farassati
University of Kansas
Mentor:
Dr. Anirban Maitra
Daphne Han
Carnegie Mellon
Mentor:
Dr. Paul Scheet
Kevin Jin
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Yeijing Ge
Meredith Klay
Carleton College
Mentor:
Dr. Stephanie Watowich
Dimitri E. Lin
Colby College
Mentor:
Dr. Andrew Futreal
Cindy N. Luong
Houston Christian University
Mentor:
Dr. Roza Nurieva
Wanying Na
Carleton College
Mentor:
Dr. Stephanie Watowich
Elise Pham
Harvard University
Mentor:
Dr. David Piwnica-Worms
Ilsa Qureshi
Emory University
Mentor:
Dr. Gabriel Sawakuchi
Rafael I. Rojas
Johns Hopkins University
Mentor:
Dr. Ronald DePinho
Annamarie L. Thompson
Mississippi State University
Mentor:
Dr. Sayed Moghaddam
Zahra Vafaei Naeini
Lousiana State University
Mentor:
Dr. Gigi Lozano
Aran Zakeri
University of California - San Diego
Mentor(s):
Drs. Robert Bast and Zen Lu
Sayan Alekseev
University of Texas-San Antonio
Mentor:
Dr. Matt Gubin
Veronica Cabeza de Vaca
Tufts University
Mentor:
Dr. Anil Sood
Grace I. DeAlessandro
Baylor University
Mentor:
Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Zoe X. Du
University of Texas - Dallas
Mentor:
Dr. Chunhua Shi
Jayden Fagbola
Baylor University
Mentor:
Dr. Jonathan Kurie
Ashley Garcia
Houston Christian University
Mentor:
Dr. Pratip Bhattacharya
Margaret Y. Han
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Cullen Tanigchi
Banoo M. Khani
University of California LA
Mentor:
Dr. Florencia McAllister
Eric Li
University of Texas
Mentor:
Dr. Priya Koppikar
Jason D. Lorenzana
University of Texas
Mentor:
Dr. Jihong Wang
Nicole L. Massoumi
Yale University
Mentor:
Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Kate Nelson
University of Arizona
Mentor:
Dr. Simona Colla
Aditya Prasad
University of Texas
Mentor:
Dr. Kristy Brock
Mahdia Rahman
University of Texas
Mentor:
Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Raha Sharaflari
Columbia College
Mentor:
Dr. Cassian Yee
Priya Tirumala
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Keri Schadler
Angelina J. Xu
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Richard Bouchard
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 Schlacher
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
Jean Schneider
University of Texas-Austin
Mentor:
Dr. Matthew Gubin
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
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
2017 CPRIT CURE Alumni
Sami Ahmad
Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Dr. James Allison
Rasha Bara
Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Dr. Lauren Byers
Ria Brown
Emory University
Mentor: Dr. John Tainer
Edward Chen
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. Jeff Molldrem
Josue Chirinos
Princeton University
Mentor: Dr. Michael Galko
Evelyn de Groot
Case Western Reserve University
Mentor: Dr. Michael Davies
Jacob Elnaggar
Baylor University
Mentor: Dr. Anil Korkut
Christina Hong
Emory University
Mentors: Drs. Elizabeth Grimm & Suhendan Ekmekcioglu
Jeremy Jong
UCLA
Mentor: Dr. Faye Johnson
Samah Khan
University of Texas at Austin
Mentor:
Trevin Kurtanich
University of Southern California
Mentor: Dr. Willem Overwijk
Jihoon Lim
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Mentor: Dr. Powel Brown
Armita Norouzi
UC Berkeley
Mentor: Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
William Pangburn
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Nick Navin
David Alejandro Sanchez
University of Texas San Antonio
Mentor: Dr. Pawel Mazur
Vikram Shaw
Yale University
Mentor: Dr. John de Groot
Elizabeth Silver
University of Conneticut
Mentor:
Kristin Smoot
University of North Carolina - Charlotte
Mentor:
Alison Vicary
Texas A&M University
Mentor: Dr. Michael Andreeff
Christine Atik
John Hopkins University
Mentor: Dr. Filippo Giancotti
Lynn Bi
Columbia University
Mentor: Dr. John Hazle
Alexandra Brown
Mississippi State University
Mentor: Dr. George Eisenhower
Sam Chen
Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Dr. Richard Buchard
Joanne Chung
Wellesley College
Mentor: Dr. Filippo Giancotti
Edward Diaz
Texas A&M University
Mentor: Dr. Jeff Myers
Roxana Hojjatie
Georgia Institute of Technology
Mentor: Dr. Dihua Yu
Ralf Krahe
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. Ralf Krahe
Jonah Kan
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Shao-Cong Sun
Maryanne Kihiu
Bryn Mawr College
Mentor: Dr. Varsha Gandhi
JiYoung Lee
Carleton College
Mentor:
Andrea Ludwig
Kenyon College
Mentor: Dr. Anil Sood
Katherine Ortell
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Watowich
Zachary Roccaforte
University of Houston
Mentor: Dr. Curtis Pickering
Yesha Shah
University of Texas
Mentor: Dr. Cullen Taniguchi
Vinita Shivakumar
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Mani Sendurai
Sean Simonsen
Whitman College
Mentor:
Lidya Tadesse
John Hopkins University
Mentor: Dr. Laura Beretta
Lekha Yesantharao
Columbia University
Mentor: Dr. Katharina Schlacher
2016 CPRIT CURE Alumni
Asrar Alimohamed
Wofford College
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Futreal
Efosa Amadasu
Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Dr. Konstantin Sokolov
Matthew Cagley
University of Texas
Mentor: Dr. Anirban Maitra
Julius Danquah
Philander Smith College
Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Kurie
Ziyu Fan
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Yunfei Wen
Jessica Gibson
University of Notre Dame
Mentor: Dr. Susan Peterson
Astrid Guevara
University of St. Thomas
Mentor: Dr. Menashe Bar Eli
Collin Harlan
Texas A&M University
Mentor: Dr. James Bankson
Lisa Hom
Whittier College
Mentor: Dr. Francois Claret
Julia Josowitz
Kenyon College
Mentor: Dr. Patrick Hwu
Gabriela Lammoglia
Texas A&M University
Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Kurie
Nicolas Martinez Sanchez
University of California Berkeley
Mentor:
Kelsey Montoya
New Mexico State University
Mentor: Dr. David Tweardy
Fatemeh Naini
Houston Baptist University
Mentor:
Amanda Ivette Pacheco Lebron
University of Puerto Rico- Rio Piedras
Mentor:
Nikita Maria-Jose Sankoorikkal
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Michael Galko
Charles Slocum
Carleton College
Mentor:
Lisa Strong
University of Texas
Mentor: Dr. Junjie Chen
Yizhen (Vicky) Weng
Northeastern University
Mentor: Dr. Jagannadha Sastry
Natalie Wu
University of Texas
Mentor: Dr. Michael Curran
Brandon Alston
University of Houston
Mentor: Dr. Varsha Gahndi
Deeksha Bidare
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Gigi Lozano
Hannah Dakin
University of Notre Dame
Mentor: Dr. Bin Wang
Safia Essein
University of Houston
Mentor: Dr. Bob Bast
Triana Fernandez
University of Notre Dame
Mentor: Dr. Michelle Barton
Carolina Gonzalez Cavazos
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
Mentor: Dr. Seyed Moghaddam
Harshit Gupta
University of Texas
Mentor: Dr. Zhen Fan
Grant Hom
Case Western Reserve University
Mentors: Drs. Juan Fueyo and Candé Gomez-Manzano
Salena Huang
Duke University
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Gladden
Rebecca Kazen
University of Colorado
Mentor: Dr. Russell Broaddu
Morayo Lawal
John Hopkins University
Mentor: Dr. Honami Naora
Emma McCormick
Rice University
Mentor:
Emma Moore
University of Houston
Mentor: Dr. Richard Behringer
Kristen Ott
Houston Baptist University
Mentor: Dr. George Eisenhoffer
Ante Rebic
Birmingham Southern College
Mentor: Dr. Xiaobing Shi
Sei Sho
Juniata College
Mentor: Dr. Boyi Gan
Haley Steinman
University of Texas
Mentor: Dr. Sean Post
Malavika Suresh
Hillsdale College
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Watowich
Ben Whitfield
Davidson College
Mentor: Dr. Jim Allison
Stephanie Yang
Rice University
Mentor:
2015 CPRIT CURE Alumni
Yasamine Abbey
Vassar
Mentor: Dr. Liz Travis
Katherine Alexander
Washington University in St Louis
Mentor: Dr. Sendurai Mani
Varun Bansal
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Kenneth Tsai
Waynesha Blaylock
Tougaloo College
Mentor: Dr. Powel H. Brown
Caitlyn Brashears
University of Texas Baylor University
Mentor: Dr. Swathi Arur
Sarah Cunningham
University of Georgia
Mentor: Dr. Eisenhoffer
Chloe Friedman
Emory University
Mentor: Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Kavanya Gray
Ripon College
Mentor: Dr. Sue-Hwa Lin
Raquel Jaeger
The University of Texas
Mentor: Dr. Xiaobing Shi
Karan Kathuria
The University of Texas
Mentor: Dr. Edward Yeh
Mehrnoosh Kohansal Kallina
Texas A&M University - Commerce
Mentor: Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Androniki Mitrou
Grinnell College
Mentor: Dr. Jim Bankson
Tra Ngo
The University of Texas at Dallas
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Futreal
Kwadwo Owusu Ansah
Philander Smith College
Mentor: Dr. Boyi Gan
Mabel Perez-Oquendo
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
Mentor: Dr. Craig Logsdon
Jennifer Schwieterman
Texas A&M University
Mentor: Dr. Lauren Byers
Martin Sentmanat
University of Dallas
Mentor: Dr. Michael Galko
Joan Shang
Emory University
Mentor: Dr. Jae-il Park
Feiya Sophia Shi
Washington University at St. Louis
Mentor: Dr. Wendy Woodward
Miquel Sobral
John Hopkins University
Mentor: Dr. Giulio Draetta
Sharon Syau
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Junjie Chen
Hieu Van
College of St. Benedict
Mentor: Dr. Seyed Moghaddam
Ryan Yang
Emory University
Mentor:
Nathan Akhavan
Yeshiva University
Mentor: Dr. Raghu Kalluri
Ashley Armantrout-Draisey
University of Northern Iowa
Mentor: Dr. Russell Broaddus
Parvathy Bhushan
Mount Holyoke College
Mentor: Dr. Elsa Flores
Joseph Bower
University of Arizona
Mentor: Dr. Dihua Yu
Jovita Byemerwa
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. Zhimin Lu
Mazin Zaki Elsarrag
Virginia Commonwealth University
Mentor: Dr. Zahid Siddik
Maria Gonzalez
University of California Santa Cruz
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Gladden
Yulun He
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Mentor: Dr. Sunil Krishnan
Jennifer Julizar Schwieterman
Texas A&M University
Mentor: Dr. Lauren Byers
Sunada Khadka
Wesleyan College
Mentor: Dr. Ronald DePhino
Megan Mandile
Fordham University
Mentor:
Yismeilin Feliz Mosquea
University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon
Mentor: Dr. Junjie Chen
Emily Nip
Wellesley College
Mentor: Dr. Anil Sood
Dana Paine
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Tomasz Zal
Bruce Plowshay
Berea College
Mentor: Dr. Michelle Barton
Shayak Sen
The University of Texas at Austin
Mentor: Dr. Faye Johnson
Ankeeta Shah
Columbia University Barnard College
Mentor: Dr. Anirban Maitra
Soumya Shekhar
The University of Texas
Mentor: Dr. Dean Lee
Hannah Smati
Harvard University
Mentor:
Ellen Sukharevsky
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. David McConkey
Tristen Tellman
Hardin Simmons University
Mentor: Dr. Francois Claret
Rebecca Wiersma
Carleton College
Mentor:
Huilin (Erin) Yang
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Gigi Lozano
2014 CPRIT CURE Alumni
Anushree Agrawal
Yale University
Mentor: Dr. Gigi Lozano
Andrew Alter
Emory University
Mentor: Dr. Laura Beretta
Wei-Sheng (Jeff) Chen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mentor: Dr. James Allison
Mu Feng
Oregon State University
Mentor: Dr. Pierre McCrea
Selena Hernandez Carmona
Texas A&M University
Mentor: Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Emily Hillmer
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Watowich
Stephan Cheng Hu
University of Notre Dame
Mentor: Dr. Sandurai Mani
Nicolas Hyun Ledru
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. Jeff Molldrem
Nicholas King
University of Notre Dame
Mentor: Dr. Michelle Barton
Ryan P. Larger
Ohio State University
Mentor: Dr. John Hazle
Helen Lu
University of North Texas
Mentor: Dr. Varsha Gandhi
Alexandra Makara
Fordham University
Mentor: Dr. Russell Broaddus
Zachary Mastrovich
University of Notre Dame
Mentor:
Matthew Metzinger
University of Notre Dame
Mentor:
Nkechi Nwabueze
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Francios Claret
Rachel Robinson
Louisiana State University
Mentor: Dr. Joya Chandra
Alaina Roth
Texas A&M University
Mentor: Dr. Francois Claret
Valeria Sanabria Guillen
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. Shao-Cong Sun
Janaya Shelly
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Mentor:
Lauren Renee Smith
The University of Texas at Austin
Mentor:
Aly Valliani
Swarthmore College
Mentor: Dr. Lauren Byers
Wenyue (Ivy) Wu
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Tomasz Zal
Cynthia Nalleli Alanis
Saint Edwards University University
Mentor: Dr. Jessica Tyler
Carson Bogatto
The University of Notre Dame
Mentor: Dr. Dennis Hughes
Annie Dai
Harvard University
Mentor: Dr. Laurence Cooper
Renato Guerrieri
Davidson College
Mentor: Dr. Varsha Gandhi
Madeleine Hewitt
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Giulio Draetta
Phuc Hoang
Oxford University
Mentor: Dr. Bill Plunkett
Anh Phuong Huynh
Duke University
Mentor: Dr. Michael Galko
Barbara Kim
Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Dr. Ron Depinho
Sushanth Kumar
University of Arkansas
Mentor: Dr. Ralf Krahe
Kyle Lewellen
University of Notre Dame
Mentor:
Grace J. Ma
University of Miami
Mentor:
Kristen Maslar
The University of Scranton
Mentor: Dr. Powell Brown
Megan McGarel
University of Notre Dame
Mentor:
Grace Newick
University of Virginia
Mentor: Dr. Vicki Huff
Shyam Popat
The University of Texas at Austin
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Gladden
Miguel Alexandro Rodriquez
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. David McConkey
Fatema Saifuddin
The University of Texas at Austin
Mentor: Dr. Thomas Guerrero
Elisa Shaphia Shamese James
Grambling State University
Mentor: Dr. Thomas Guerrero
Wesley Skillern
The University of Texas at Austin
Mentor:
Phuoc (Tien) Tran
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Dean Lee
Jessica Wilder
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Watowich
Joan Zhang
Harvard University
Mentor: Dr. Raghu Kalluri
2013 CPRIT CURE Alumni
Joseph Botros
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. Michelle Barton
Vivian Chang
Bryn Mawr College
Mentor: Dr. Elsa Flores
Adrienne Chestang
Prairie View A&M
Mentor: Dr. William Plunkett
Alexi Choueiri
Arizona State University
Mentor: Dr. Zhimin Lu
Melissa Dang
University of Oklahoma
Mentor: Dr. David McConkey
Zhou Fang
the University of Texas Austin
Mentor: Dr. Peter Ruvolo
Vivian Fu
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Joya Chandra
Chinonye (Nonye) Imo
Harvard University
Mentor: Dr. William Overwijk
Johnathan Dexuan Jia
Emory University
Mentor: Dr. Shao-Cong Sun
Brooke Kania
Bucknell University
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Gladden
Chongjin (Nick) Lee
Texas Tech
Mentor:
Yun Liang
Princeton University
Mentor:
Robert Lusi
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Richard Anthony Meena
University of Notre Dame
Mentor:
Juliet Austin Murray
San Francisco State University
Mentor:
Lindy Pence
Wofford College
Mentor: Dr. Charles Adelmann
Shannon Reinert
Middlebury College
Mentor: Dr. Roza Nurieva
Andrea Schneider
State University of New York Buffalo
Mentor: Dr. Jae-il Park
Kathryn E. Squiers
University of Notre Dame
Mentor:
Thomas Vu
Xavier University of Louisiana
Mentor: Dr. Howard Gutstein
Jennifer Wray
Dartmouth College
Mentor: Dr. Giulio Draetta
Nicole Yson
Rutgers University
Mentor: Dr. Isabelle Bedrosian
Yurun Zhang
University of Wisconsin
Mentor: Dr. Powel Brown
Francis G. Celii
Saint Louis University
Mentor: Dr. Gigi Lozano
Jeremy Cheatam
University of Nevada, Reno
Mentor: Dr. Edward Jackson
Hyang Ki Cho
Washington University at St. Louis
Mentor: Dr. Anil Sood
Kegan Cunniff
Carroll College
Mentor: Dr. Vicki Huff
Chris Ellis
Duke University
Mentor: Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Kaitlyn Fragogiannis Cahuzac
Georgia Institute of Technology
Mentor: Dr. David McConkey
Martha Cecilia Guerra
Indian Institute of Technology - Madras
Mentor: Dr. Jessica Tyler
Patrick Jia Huang
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Michael Galko
Jerry Jiang
Pomona College
Mentor: Dr. Nicholas Navin
Christina D. Kwon
Harvard University
Mentor: Dr. Ralf Krahe
Bonnie Leung
The University of Texas at Austin
Mentor: Dr. Bill Plunkett
Dale Lobo
University of Notre Dame
Mentor: Dr. Francois Claret
Elisabeth Massey Baquet
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Watowich
Carmin Munoz Lavanderos
Columbia University
Mentor: Dr. Jeff Myers
Miriam Ortega
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Mentor: Dr. Jagannadha Sastry
Shalini Ranmuthu
The University of Texas at Austin
Mentor: Dr. Jason Stafford
Jose Mario Rodriguez
The University of Texas at Brownsville
Mentor: Dr. Francois Claret
Jay V. Shah
The University of Texas at Austin
Mentor: Dr. John Hazle
Shannon Swisher
Southern Methodist University
Mentor: Dr. Jill Schumacher
Jaiwen (Jenny) Wei
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mentor: Dr. Ronald DePinho
Stacey Yi
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. James Bankson
Justin Xiyao Yu
Duke University
Mentor:
2012 CPRIT CURE Alumni
Charles (Hank) Adelmann
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Kenneth Tsai
Mary Blake (Meyer)
California State University-Sacramento
Mentor: Dr. Joya Chandra
Jefferson Chaoyu Chen
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. Varsha Gandhi
Kevin Morales DeJesus
University of Puerto Rico
Mentor: Dr. Pierre McCrea
Abigail Dutkiewicz (Solitro)
Ferris State University
Mentor: Dr. Gigi Lozano
Elisa Glubok Gonzalez
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. David McConkey
Tamara Griffiths
Texas A&M at Corpus Christi
Mentor: Dr. Michelle Barton
Athena Huang
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. Dong Chen
Kaveeta Kaw
The University of Texas at Austin
Mentor: Dr. Li Ma
Roger Liang
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Lawrence Kwong
Lauren Mason
Rutgers University
Mentor: Dr. Jeff Myers
Chiara Prodani
Texas A&M Corpus Christi & Del Mar College
Mentor: Dr. Michelle Barton
Chayanit Sasiponganan
The University of Texas at Austin
Mentor: Dr. Vicki Huff
Harkiran Sodhi
University of California Berkeley
Mentor: Dr. Shao-Cong Sun
Shayda Alaghemand (O'Hara)
San Francisco State University
Mentor: Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Allison Bloom
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Watowich
Carrie Danielson
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. Gary Gallick
Lavanya Dharmarajan
The University of Texas
Mentor: Dr. Craig Logsdon
Mira Gandhi
The University of Texas
Mentor: Dr. Patrick Zeidler-McKay
Jolie Graf Schafer
Houston Baptist University
Mentor: Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Gillian Horwitz
Brown University
Mentor: Dr. Ronald DePinho
Akshay Jaggi
Stanford University
Mentor: Dr. Jihong Wang
Bethany LaVergne
Northwestern State University
Mentor: Dr. Varsha Gandhi
Marisa Luck
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Watowich
Brandon Tien Nguyen
The University of Texas at Austin
Mentor:
Sonakshi Sahu
Anna University (India)
Mentor: Dr. Elsa Flores
Jerry So
The University of Texas
Mentor: Dr. John Hazle
2011 CPRIT CURE Alumni
Carolina Alexander-Rodriguez (Savino)
Rochester Intitute of Technology
Mentor: Dr. Junjie Chen
Jessica Jie Chen
Washington University at St. Louis
Mentor: Dr. Swathi Arur
Jasmine Ginn
Howard University
Mentor:
Henry Han
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Michelle Barton
Lotanna Pamela Ikeotuonye
Howard University
Mentor: Dr. Joya Chandra
Lauren Larrabure
University of California Berkeley
Mentor:
Mirna Martinez
Howard University
Mentor:
Sarah Schuhmacher
Trinity University
Mentor: Dr. Pierre McCrea
David Walker
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Dean Lee
Yasaman Azodi
University of Washington
Mentor: Dr. Kenneth Aldape
Kevin Chen
University of Toronto
Mentor: Dr. Elsa Flores
Jung Hyun Gloria
University of Notre Dame
Mentor:
Sarah Hargis
Murray State University
Mentor: Dr. William Plunkett
YeJi Jun
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Watowich
Morgan Marie Malloy
Florida State University
Mentor:
Leila Salehi
University of California Berkeley
Mentor: Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Amanda Walborn
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Kimberly Schluss