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Our 2026 Research Mentors

  • Alexa Nicolas

    Postdoctoral Scholar in the Korem Lab

  • Alexis Stutzman Lewis

    Postdoctoral Scholar in the Jones Marlin Lab

  • Amy Reilein

    Associate Research Scientist in the Kalderon Lab

  • Andrew Matheson

    Postdoctoral Scholar in the Tosches Lab

  • Anna Plank

    Graduate Student in the Duvall Lab

  • Apoorva Vashisht

    Postdoctoral Scholar in the Kahn Lab

  • Camille Brown

    Graduate Student in the Bendesky Lab

  • Clara Liff

    Graduate Student in the Marlin Lab

  • Erin Flaherty

    Postdoctoral Scholar

  • Letitia Bortey

    Graduate Student in the Shirasu-Hiza and Barnhart Labs

  • Huiyi Liang

    Postdoctoral Scholar

  • Hunter Whitbeck

    Graduate student in the Barnhart Lab

  • Jana Carolina Aguirre Castañeda

    Graduate Student

  • Jessica King

    Graduate Student in the Jovanovic Lab

  • Jessica Peiser

    Graduate Student in the Canman Lab

  • Keanu Shadron

    Postdoctoral Scholar in the Woolley Lab

  • Lanie Bachmann

    Graduate Student in the Shohamy Lab

  • Lauren Brooke Unterreiner

    Graduate Student in the Dietrich Lab

  • Luke Geiger

    Graduate Student in the Hobert Lab

  • Mingye (Christina) Wang

    Graduate Student with Stefano Fusi & Larry Abbott

  • Naima Okami

    Graduate Student in the Andolfatto Lab

  • Nastasia Nelson

    Graduate Student in the Duvall Lab

  • Nicholas Baer

    Graduate Student in the Lomvardas Lab

  • Nicholas Midler

    Graduate Student

  • Nicolas Felgentreter

    Graduate Student in the Greene Lab

  • Owen Marschall

    Postdoctoral Scholar in the Litwin-Kumar Lab

  • Patra Holmes

    Graduate Student in the Dietrich Lab

  • Renee Tung

    MD/PhD student in the Rungratsameetaweemana Lab

  • Robert Hincapie

    Postdoctoral Scholar in the Correa Lab

  • Sachira Denagamage

    Postdoctoral Scholar with Gwyneth Card & Rudy Behnia

  • Siddhant Iyer

    Graduate student with Nuttida Rungratsameetaweemana and Stefano Fusi

  • Sienna Bruinsma

    Graduate Student with Daphna Shohamy and Kyo Iigaya

  • Tamina Keira Ramirez

    Graduate student in the Makinson Lab

  • Thiago Arzua

    Postdoctoral Scholar in the Jones Marlin Lab

  • Thomas Yao

    Graduate Student in the Manley Lab

  • Vivian Lewis

    VP&S alumna

  • Will Foster

    Graduate Student in the Abdus-Saboor Lab

  • Yanzhe Ma

    Graduate Student in the Jovanovic Lab

2025 Research Mentors

  • Andrew Tomlinson

    Professor

  • Jaeseung Hahn

    Associate Research Scientist

  • Nicholas Chua

    Graduate Student

  • Amy Rumora

    Assistant professor

  • Robert Hincapie

    Postdoctoral Scholar

  • Letitia Bortey

    Graduate Student

  • Andrew Matheson

    Postdoctoral Scholar

  • Elise Pililani Kuwaye

    Graduate Student

  • Vanessa Lopez

    Graduate Student

  • Erin Flaherty

    Postdoctoral Scholar

  • Alexis (Alex) Stutzman Lewis

    Postdoctoral Scholar

  • Giulio Valperga

    Postdoctoral Scholar

  • Briana M Robles

    Research Technician

  • Erica Rodriguez

    Associate Research Scientist

  • William Foster

    Graduate Student

  • Jessica King

    Graduate Student

  • Renee Jessica Tung

    MD/PhD Student

  • Rachel Estrella

    Graduate Student

  • Clara Liff

    Graduate Student

  • Sarah Payne Bortel

    Graduate Student

  • Amy Reilein

    Associate Research Scientist

  • Huiyi Liang

    Postdoctoral Scholar

  • Naima Emory Okami

    Graduate Student

  • Jessica Peiser

    Graduate Student

  • Christopher Isaacs

    Research Staff Assistant

  • Kenney Kay

    Postdoctoral Scholar

  • Mark Fongheiser

    Laboratory Manager / Staff Associate Researcher

  • Pauline Affatato

    Graduate Student