Current T32 Fellows
Rice University
2022-2024
Jocelyn (Jocie) Baker
Bioengineering
NIH T32 Predoctoral Fellow
Department of Bioengineering
Mentors:
Rice - Julea Vlassakis, Ph.D.
MD Anderson - Keri Schadler, Ph.D.
Project: Investigating Metastatic Ewing Sarcoma Cell Phenotypic Markers and Driving Mechanisms with Novel On-Chip Tissue Modeling and Nano/Micro-technologies.
2022-2024
Olivia Flynn
Bioengineering
NIH T32 Predoctoral Fellow, Department of Bioengineering
Mentors:
Rice - Caleb Bashor. Ph.D.
MD Anderson - Cassian Yee, MD
Project: Synthetic biology approaches for controlling memory-like phenotypic subsets in therapeutic T lymphocytes.
2023-2024
Adam Yaseen
Bioengineering
NIH T32 Predoctoral Fellow
Department of Bioengineering
Mentors:
Rice - Gang Bao, Ph.D.
MD Anderson - Konstantin Sokolov, Ph.D.
Project: RNA Nanotechnology based Approaches for Cell-Specific Gene Editing in Cancer Therapeutics.
MD Anderson Cancer Center
2023-2025
Collin J. Harlan
Imaging Physics
NIH T32 Predoctoral Fellow
Department of Imaging Physics
Mentors:
MD Anderson - James Bankson, Ph.D.
Rice - Omid Veiseh, Ph.D.
Project: The development of a HP 129Xe CEST MR imaging protocol to image PFC NDs for NK cell labeling.
2023-2024
Ali Haghighat Mesbahi
Imaging Physics
NIH T32 Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Imaging Physics
Mentors:
MD Anderson - Konstantin Sokolov, Ph.D.
Rice - TBD
Project: The integration of layer-by-layer biomaterials in theragnostic drug delivery and the utilization of machine learning in cancer treatment.
2023-2025
Claire Jones, Ph.D.
Imaging Physics
NIH T32 Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Imaging Physics
Mentors:
MD Anderson - Richard Bouchard, Ph.D.
Rice - George Lu, Ph.D.
Project: Development of molecular photoacoustic-ultrasonic imaging for cancer diagnostics and therapy monitoring.
2023-2024
Adam Grippin, MD, Ph.D.
Radiation Oncology
NIH T32 Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Radiation Oncology
Mentors:
MD Anderson - Wen Jiang, MD, Ph.D.
Rice - TBD
Project: Engineering mRNA-nanoparticles for cancer immunotherapy.
T32 Nanotech Program Alumni
Aaron Schwartz-Duval, Ph.D.
After Graduation: Postdoctoral Fellow, MD Anderson Dept. of Imaging Physics, Houston, TX
Yara Kadria-Vili, Ph.D.
After Graduation: Sr. Research Scientist, Nanospectra Biosciences, Inc, Houston, TX
Rajarajeswari Muthusivarajan, Ph.D.
After Graduation: Postdoctoral Fellow, MD Anderson, Houston TX
Susan Butler, Ph.D.
CBER Staff Fellow (Gene Therapgy CMC Reviewer), FDA, Silver Spring, MD
Alexandra Rodzinski, Ph.D.
Technical Applications Trainer, Luminex Corporation, Austin, TX
Alyssa Pollard, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Ciceron Alaya Orozco, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Rice University Dept. of Chemistry, Houston, TX
Brian Grindel, Ph.D.
Instructor, MD Anderson Dept. of Cancer Imaging Systems, Houston, TX
Jennifer Burnett, Ph.D.
After Graduation: Product Engineer, Alcon, Houston, TX
Emily Evans, Ph.D.
After Graduation: Principal, Polymerase Consulting, Houston, TX
Khaled Habiba, Ph.D.
After Graduation: Health Physicist, Department of the Army, Maryland, U.S.A.
Michelle Ho, Ph.D.
After Graduation: Analyst, 5AM Ventures, San Francisco, CA
Brittany Parker Kerrigan, Ph.D.
After Graduation: Director, Research Planning & Development, MD Anderson Dept. of Cancer Neuroscience, Houston, TX
Rebeca Romero-Aburto, Ph.D.
After Graduation: Executive Alliance Manager, US Development, Nanobiotix Corporation, Boston, MA
Nicholaus James Trenton, Ph.D.
After Graduation: Scientist, Seattle Genetics, Seattle, WA
Rodrigo Vinluan, Ph.D.
After Graduation: Department Chair, Physical Sciences at San Jacinto College, Houston, TX