CMB Students

Student Directory

Deborah Ajayi

First year doctoral student

dajayi@uvm.edu

Jayita Barua, M.S.

Graduate Student • Advisor: Daniel J. Weiss, M.D.,Ph.D.

Elucidating the effects of Mesenchymal Stromal Cell treatment on neutrophils during Acute Lung Injury.

John Ball

Graduate Student • Advisor: Steve Roberts, Ph.D.

john.t.ball@uvm.edu

Asser Bedair

First year doctoral student

Pharmacology

abedair@uvm.edu

Sombodhi Bhattacharya

First year doctoral student

Cameron Cordero

Graduate Student • Advisor: Steven Roberts, Ph.D.

Juliana Barbosa Torreão Dáu

Graduate Student • Yvonne Janssen-Heininger, Ph.D.

Role of oxidoreductase in epithelial cell plasticity in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)

Jake Dearborn​

Graduate Student • Advisor: Dev Majumdar, Ph.D.

jacob.dearborn@uvm.edu

Will Dowell

Graduate Student • Advisor: Dev Majumdar, Ph.D.

mRNA Vaccines and Therapeutics

William.Dowell@uvm.edu

Sebastian Duno-Miranda

Graduate Student • Advisor: David Warshaw, Ph.D.

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

sebastian.duno-miranda@uvm.edu

Victoria Gibson, M.S.

Graduate Student

Elucidating the role of peroxiredoxin 3 in tumor biology specifically mesothelioma while aiding in the development of novel cancer therapies 

victoria.m.gibson@med.uvm.edu

Jon Girard

Graduate Student • Markus Thali, Ph.D.

jon.girard@uvm.edu

Hector Granela

First year doctoral student

Virology

hector.granela@uvm.edu

Soyeon Gullickson

Graduate Student • Advisor: Eyal Amiel, Ph.D.

soyeon.gullickson@med.uvm.edu

Emmaleigh Hancock

Graduate Student • Matthew Caporizzo, Ph.D.

Emmaleigh.Hancock@uvm.edu

Brianna Hilton​

Graduate Student • Dissertation Advisor: Jon Boyson, Ph.D.

Brianna.Hilton@uvm.edu

Tyler Hogan

Graduate Student • Advisor: Dimitry Krementsov, Ph.D.

Functional characterization of microproteins in innate immune cells

tchogan@uvm.edu

Katherine Horrigan

Graduate Student

The role of γδ T cells in cancer

Katherine.Horrigan@uvm.edu

Alyssa Hurley

Graduate Student • Advisor: Steve Roberts, Ph.D.

alyssa.hurley@med.uvm.edu

Emily Joyce

Graduate Student • Advisor: Albert van der Vliet, Ph.D.

The Response of Redox Enzymes to Thiol-Reactive Electrophiles

emily.joyce.1@uvm.edu

Abigail Kirch

First year doctoral student

Tylar Kirch

Graduate Student • Advisor: Dev Majumdar, Ph.D.

tylar.kirch@uvm.edu

Ally Langley

Graduate Student • Advisor: John Salogiannis, Ph.D.

Molecular mechanisms of microtubule-based transport

allison.morrissey@med.uvm.edu

Sylvester Languon

Graduate Student • Advisor: Dev Majumdar, Ph.D.

virus-host interactions

sylvester.languon@uvm.edu

James Lignos

Graduate Student • Advisor: Karen Glass, Ph.D.

Elucidating epigenetic regulation of conserved apicomplexan bromdomain containing protein 

jlignos@uvm.edu

Vanessa Lopez

Graduate Student • Advisor: Steve Roberts, Ph.D.

Transcription-associated TOP1-dependent mutations in human cancer

vanessa.lopez@uvm.edu

Jacob Mackinder

Graduate Student • Advisor: Matthew Wargo, Ph.D.

𝘗𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘢 detection and transcriptional response to host-derived sphingolipids

jacob.mackinder@med.uvm.edu

Ana Madrigal

Graduate Student • Advisor: Sean Diehl, Ph.D.

Ana.Madrigal@uvm.edu

Kiera Malone

Graduate Student • Advisor: Karen Glass, Ph.D.

Structural biology, chromatin-associated proteins, epigenetics

kiera.malone@med.uvm.edu

Madeline McTigue

Graduate Student • Advisor: Alan Howe, Ph.D.

cAMP-dependent protein kinase signaling on cell migration and adhesion through focal adhesions

Zachary Miller​

Graduate Student • Advisor: Dev Majumdar, Ph.D.

Post Transcriptional Regulation of Immunoglobulin RNA

Zachary.D.Miller@uvm.edu

Selina Mintaah

First year doctoral student

Cancer immunology

selina.mintaah@uvm.edu

Pika Nandagopal, M.S

Graduate Student • Advisors: Paula Deming Ph.D, David J. Seward, M.D., Ph.D. (Bebo)

Functional Characterization of C-terminal polybasic motif STK11 Variants 

gnandago@uvm.edu

Akshay Neeli

Graduate Student • Advisor: Jeff Spees

Akshay.Neeli@uvm.edu

Maurice Newton​

Graduate Student • Advisor: Yvonne Janssen-Heininger, Ph.D.

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)

Maurice.Newton@uvm.edu

Israel Odekunle

Graduate Student • Advisor: David (Bebo) Seward, MD./Ph.D.

Mapping early cellular event in KRAS-driven Lung adenocarcinoma

Israel.odekunle@uvm.edu

Justin Paluba

Graduate Student • Advisors: Chris Berger, Ph.D. and Wen Ma, Ph.D.

Computational biology

jpaluba@uvm.edu

Sarah-Catherine Paschall

Graduate Student • Advisor: Jason Stumpff, Ph.D.

Spatial and temporal regulation of kinesins in neuronal development and maintenance.

spaschal@uvm.edu

Aditya Patwardhan

First year doctoral student

Paola E. Peña Garcia, B.Sc.

Graduate Student • Advisor: Matthew Poynter, Ph.D.

Airway Epithelial Inflammatory Responses in Obese Asthma

ppena2@uvm.edu

Alexa Price

Graduate Student • Advisor: Alan Howe, Ph.D.

Cell Adhesion and Motility in Cancer Models

alexa.price@uvm.edu

Shannon Prior

Graduate Student • Advisor: Paula Deming, Ph.D.

Signaling and metabolic dysregulation in cancer

smprior@uvm.edu

Ethan Putnam

First year doctoral student

Kathleen Quinn

Graduate Student • Advisor: Seth Freitze, Ph.D.

Epigenetics in Breast Cancer

kathleen.quinn@uvm.edu

Allison Racela

Graduate Student • Advisor: David (Bebo) Seward, MD./Ph.D.

Cory Raymond

Graduate Student • Advisor: Brian Cunniff, Ph.D.

Impacts of Miro1 mediated mitochondrial positioning on redox processes

cory.raymond@uvm.edu

Atri Raval, B.S.

Graduate Student • Advisor: Steve Roberts, Ph.D.

atri.raval@uvm.edu

Jason Rengo

Graduate Student • Advisor: Mark Nelson, Ph.D.

Smooth Muscle Physiology

jason.rengo@uvm.edu

Alexis Roberson

Graduate Student • Advisor: David Bernstein, Ph.D.

alexis.roberson@uvm.edu

Mona Ruban

Graduate Student • Advisor: Vikas Anathy, Ph.D.

Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Lung Inflammation during Influenza Infection

Amila Šemić

Graduate Student • Advisor: Jason Stumpff, Ph.D.

Chromosome Segregation & Mitotic Motor Proteins

amila.semic@uvm.edu

Megan Tarte

Graduate Student • Advisor: Yvonne Janssen-Heininger, Ph.D.

Redox biology in chronic lung disease

mtarte@uvm.edu

Randi Termos

Graduate Student • Advisor: Brian Cunniff, Ph.D.

Miro1-mediated mitochondrial positioning in the development and metastasis of breast cancer

Randi.Termos@uvm.edu

Maggie Trout

Graduate Student • Advisor: James Stafford, Ph.D.

Targeting the Mitochondria in Diffuse Midline Glioma treatment

Margaret.trout@uvm.edu

Emily Van Beek

Graduate Student • Advisor: Jason Botten, Ph.D.

Virus-host interactions

Emily.Van-Beek@uvm.edu

Josh Victor, M.S.

Graduate Student • Advisor: Nimratt Chatterjee, Ph.D.

The effect of TLS polymerases on SARS-CoV-2 survival and pathogenesis

javictor@uvm.edu

Regina Visconti

Graduate Student • Advisor: Mary Tierney, Ph.D.

Endomembrane trafficking in Arabidopsis thaliana

regina.m.visconti@uvm.edu

Ethan Wagner

First year doctoral student

Cancer Biology

ethan.wagner@uvm.edu

Joseph Walzer

Graduate Student • Advisor: Vikas Anathy, Ph.D.

The Role of Sialyltransferases at the Intersection of Influenza and Asthma

joseph.walzer@uvm.edu

Courtney Waytashek, B.S.

Graduate Student • Advisor: Dimitry Krementsov, Ph.D.

Host genetic and immunologic factors regulating control of gammaherpesvirus replication

courtney.waytashek@uvm.edu

Shaina (Shae) Weingart

Graduate Student • Advisors: Travis P. Todd, Ph.D. & John Green. Ph.D.

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

sweingar@uvm.edu