Current Students

PhD Students

CLASS OF 2017


William Gibson 

EDUCATION:  B.S., Oregon State University, 2011; M.S., University of Louisville, 2019
MENTOR(S):  Dr. Corey Watson
PROJECT:  Genetics behind antibody expression and usage in the context of naive and stimulated adaptive immune response.  How an individual's germline antibody genes contribute to vaccine and disease response.  Novel sequencing techniques to better study the underlying genetic structure of the antibody coding regions in the genome of Humans and Rhesus Macaque.

CLASS OF 2018


Makayla Brady

EDUCATION:
B.S. Biochemistry, 2017 - Bridgewater State Univ. Bridgewater MA
MENTOR(S): David Powell
PROJECT: Understanding the mechanisms of Lupus Nephritis development due to a genetic loss of ABIN1 function.


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Annalara Fischer 

EDUCATION:
B.S. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology/ Music, 2016 - Centre College, Danville, KY
MENTOR(S):  Dr. Joseph Moore IV
PROJECT: The role of matricellular CCN proteins in chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy


Belinda Petri

EDUCATION:
B.S. Biology, 2018 - Indiana Univ. Southeast New Albany, IN
MENTOR(S): Carolyn Klinge
PROJECT: HNRNPA2B1 contributes to endocrine resistance in ERalpha positive breast cancer by dysregulating microRNAs


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Muge Sak 

EDUCATION:
B.S. Molecular Biology & Genetics, 2017 - Middle East Technical University, Ankara Turkey
MENTOR(S): Norman Lehman
PROJECT: Novel combination therapy approaches against glioblastoma 


Alexis Vega

EDUCATION:
B.S. Biotechnology, 2014 - Florida Gulf Coast University, FL; M.S. Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, 2018 - Univ. of Louisville, Louisville, KY
MENTOR(S): Levi Beverly
PROJECT: Understanding the cross-talk between lung adenocarcinoma and lung microbiome

CLASS OF 2019


Danielle Little

EDUCATION:  B.S. Biochemistry, 2018 - Oakwood Univ. Huntsville, AL
MENTOR(S): Steven Jones
PROJECT:  TBD


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Benjamin Rood 

EDUCATION:  B.S. Biology- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA;B.S. Kinesiology- Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
MENTOR(S):  Michal Hetman, MD, PhD
PROJECT: Induction of cellular senescence after spinal cord injury


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Hieu Vo 

EDUCATION:  B.S. Molecular Biology & Genetics, 2015 - Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; M.S. Biochemistry, 2018 - Murray State University, Murray, KY
MENTOR(S): Ben Lovely, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
PROJECT: Tissue Specific BMP Profile

CLASS OF 2020


Raeden Gray

EDUCATION:  B.S. in Biology, St. Thomas University, May 2020
MENTOR(S):  Ben Lovely, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
PROJECT: Characterizing the role of the Planar Cell Polarity in jaw development during prenatal alcohol exposure


Jonah Stephan

EDUCATION:  B.S. in Natural Sciences, Pre-Medicine Emphasis, Pensacola Christian College
MENTOR(S):  Marcin Wysoczynski, Associate Professor in Diabetes and Obesity Center
PROJECT:  Neutrophil Diversity after MI-induced Emergency Granulopoiesis


Collin Wells

EDUCATION:  B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Centre College, 2020
MENTOR(S): Brad Hill, Professor in Diabetes and Obesity Center
PROJECT: Role of Pck2 in cardiac fibrosis

CLASS OF 2021


Caitlin Howard

EDUCATION:  B.S. in Engineering, University of Louisville
MENTOR(S): Steve Jones, Professor in Diabetes and Obesity Center
PROJECT: TBD


Catherine Kaiser

EDUCATION:  B.S. in Chemistry, Pennsylvania State Unviersity
MENTOR(S): Melissa Smith, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
PROJECT: TBD


Andrea Poole

EDUCATION:  B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wright State University
MENTOR(S): Dr. Joseph B. Moore, Associate Professor of Medicine
PROJECT: TBD


Ghazal Sadri

EDUCATION:  B.S. in Chemistry, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
MENTOR(S): Dr. Joseph B. Moore, Associate Professor of Medicine
PROJECT: FACIT collagens in regulation of cardiac ECM structure and function


Mary Sumlut

EDUCATION:  B.S. Biochemistry from Brescia University, Owensboro
MENTOR(S): Brian Clem, Associate Professor of Biochemistry
PROJECT: TBD

CLASS OF 2022


Ben Doelling

EDUCATION:  BS, Physiology and Cellular Biology, University of Louisville, 2017
MENTOR(S): Shahid Baba, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
PROJECT: Role of Histadyl Dipeptides in Heart Failure


Eric Engelbrecht

EDUCATION:  BA, Molecular Biology 2014, Kenyon College
MENTOR(S): TBD
PROJECT: TBD


Leanne Price

EDUCATION:  B.S in Chemistry from Butler University, Dec 2021
MENTOR(S): TBD
PROJECT: TBD


Makenzie Stearsman

EDUCATION:  BS in Biology from Murray State University, 2021
MENTOR(S): TBD
PROJECT: TBD


Jacob Young

EDUCATION:  BS, Psychological Sciences and BS, Biochemistry from Western Kentucky University, 2021
MENTOR(S): TBD
PROJECT: TBD

MS STUDENTS

CLASS OF 2018



Shannon Green

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CLASS OF 2020


 

 

Seth Lundy

EDUCATION: B.A. Biology, Univ of Louisville, 2019
MENTOR(S): TBD
PROJECT: TBD