Student Directory
Graduate Student • Advisor: Daniel J. Weiss, M.D.,Ph.D.
Elucidating the effects of Mesenchymal Stromal Cell treatment on neutrophils during Acute Lung Injury.
First year doctoral student
Graduate Student • Advisor: Steven Roberts, Ph.D.
Graduate Student • Yvonne Janssen-Heininger, Ph.D.
Role of oxidoreductase in epithelial cell plasticity in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
Graduate Student • Advisor: Dev Majumdar, Ph.D.
mRNA Vaccines and Therapeutics
William.Dowell@uvm.edu
Graduate Student • Advisor: David Warshaw, Ph.D.
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
sebastian.duno-miranda@uvm.edu
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
Graduate Student • Advisor: Dimitry Krementsov, Ph.D.
Functional characterization of microproteins in innate immune cells
tchogan@uvm.edu
Graduate Student • Advisor: Albert van der Vliet, Ph.D.
The Response of Redox Enzymes to Thiol-Reactive Electrophiles
emily.joyce.1@uvm.edu
First year doctoral student
Graduate Student • Advisor: John Salogiannis, Ph.D.
Molecular mechanisms of microtubule-based transport
allison.morrissey@med.uvm.edu
Graduate Student • Advisor: Karen Glass, Ph.D.
Elucidating epigenetic regulation of conserved apicomplexan bromdomain containing protein
jlignos@uvm.edu
Graduate Student • Advisor: Steve Roberts, Ph.D.
Transcription-associated TOP1-dependent mutations in human cancer
vanessa.lopez@uvm.edu
Graduate Student • Advisor: Matthew Wargo, Ph.D.
𝘗𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘢 detection and transcriptional response to host-derived sphingolipids
jacob.mackinder@med.uvm.edu
Graduate Student • Advisor: Karen Glass, Ph.D.
Structural biology, chromatin-associated proteins, epigenetics
kiera.malone@med.uvm.edu
Graduate Student • Advisor: Alan Howe, Ph.D.
cAMP-dependent protein kinase signaling on cell migration and adhesion through focal adhesions
Graduate Student • Advisor: Dev Majumdar, Ph.D.
Post Transcriptional Regulation of Immunoglobulin RNA
Zachary.D.Miller@uvm.edu
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
Graduate Student • Advisor: Yvonne Janssen-Heininger, Ph.D.
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
Maurice.Newton@uvm.edu
Graduate Student • Advisor: David (Bebo) Seward, MD./Ph.D.
Mapping early cellular event in KRAS-driven Lung adenocarcinoma
Israel.odekunle@uvm.edu
Graduate Student • Advisors: Chris Berger, Ph.D. and Wen Ma, Ph.D.
Computational biology
jpaluba@uvm.edu
Graduate Student • Advisor: Jason Stumpff, Ph.D.
Spatial and temporal regulation of kinesins in neuronal development and maintenance.
spaschal@uvm.edu
First year doctoral student
Graduate Student • Advisor: Matthew Poynter, Ph.D.
Airway Epithelial Inflammatory Responses in Obese Asthma
ppena2@uvm.edu
Graduate Student • Advisor: Alan Howe, Ph.D.
Cell Adhesion and Motility in Cancer Models
alexa.price@uvm.edu
Graduate Student • Advisor: Paula Deming, Ph.D.
Signaling and metabolic dysregulation in cancer
smprior@uvm.edu
First year doctoral student
Graduate Student • Advisor: David (Bebo) Seward, MD./Ph.D.
Graduate Student • Advisor: Brian Cunniff, Ph.D.
Impacts of Miro1 mediated mitochondrial positioning on redox processes
cory.raymond@uvm.edu
Graduate Student • Advisor: Vikas Anathy, Ph.D.
Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Lung Inflammation during Influenza Infection
Graduate Student • Advisor: Jason Stumpff, Ph.D.
Chromosome Segregation & Mitotic Motor Proteins
amila.semic@uvm.edu
Graduate Student • Advisor: Yvonne Janssen-Heininger, Ph.D.
Redox biology in chronic lung disease
mtarte@uvm.edu
Graduate Student • Advisor: Brian Cunniff, Ph.D.
Miro1-mediated mitochondrial positioning in the development and metastasis of breast cancer
Randi.Termos@uvm.edu
Graduate Student • Advisor: James Stafford, Ph.D.
Targeting the Mitochondria in Diffuse Midline Glioma treatment
Margaret.trout@uvm.edu
Graduate Student • Advisor: Nimratt Chatterjee, Ph.D.
The effect of TLS polymerases on SARS-CoV-2 survival and pathogenesis
javictor@uvm.edu
Graduate Student • Advisor: Mary Tierney, Ph.D.
Endomembrane trafficking in Arabidopsis thaliana
regina.m.visconti@uvm.edu
Graduate Student • Advisor: Vikas Anathy, Ph.D.
The Role of Sialyltransferases at the Intersection of Influenza and Asthma
joseph.walzer@uvm.edu
Graduate Student • Advisor: Dimitry Krementsov, Ph.D.
Host genetic and immunologic factors regulating control of gammaherpesvirus replication
courtney.waytashek@uvm.edu
Graduate Student • Advisors: Travis P. Todd, Ph.D. & John Green. Ph.D.
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
sweingar@uvm.edu