2023 – 2024 Student Directory

Aray Adylkhan, PhD Student

BS, Biological Sciences – Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Lu lab, Department of Cell Biology

Noor Alam, PhD Student

MS, Bioinformatics – Soka University, Japan
BS, Pharmacy – Dhaka International University, Bangladesh
Spiliotis lab, Department of Cell Biology

Jordon Aragon, PhD Candidate

**2023, NIH F31, Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual Fellowship
BS, Microbiology – Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Hirschi lab, Department of Cell Biology

Heather Barber, PhD Candidate

BS, Biology – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Kucenas lab, Department of  Biology

Allison Beachum, PhD Candidate

MS, Biology; BS, Biology – East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Coutinho-Budd lab, Department of Neuroscience

Austen Berry, PhD Student

BS, Biochemistry – North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Laurie lab, Department of Cell Biology

Shelby Cain, PhD Candidate

BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology – University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
Hirschi lab, Department of Cell Biology

Shaylyn Clancy, PhD Candidate

**2022, NIH F31, Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual Fellowship
BS, Biology– University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Lu lab, Department of Cell Biology

Aleksandra (Ola) Ćwiek, PhD Candidate

**2023, American Heart Association (AHA) Predoctoral Individual Fellowship
MS, Medical Biotechnology; BS, Biotechnology – University of Warsaw, Poland
Hirschi lab, Department of Cell Biology

Luke Eldredge, PhD Candidate

BS, Biology – Furman University, Greenville, SC
Stukenberg lab, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Klaudia Filipek, PhD Student

MS, Biochemistry; BS, Biochemistry – Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
Dwyer lab, Department of Cell Biology

Ewelina Hejenkowska, PhD Student

MS, Biotechnology; BS, Biotechnology – Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Swiatecka-Urban lab, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology

Madeline (Maddie) Jackson, PhD Student

MS, Biomedical Engineering; BS, Biomedical Engineering – California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California
Hirschi lab, Department of Cell Biology

Piotr Kraszewski, PhD Student

MS, Molecular Biotechnology; BS, Biotechnology – Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
Cope lab, Department of Neuroscience

Kaela Lettieri, PhD Student

BS, Neuroscience – University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dwyer lab, Department of Cell Biology

Mingyang Ma, PhD Candidate

MS, Food Safety and Technology – Illinois Institute Tech, Chicago, Illinois
BS, Bioengineering – Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, China
Braymann lab, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation
Laurie lab, Department of Cell Biology

Magdalena (Magda) Magaj, PhD Candidate

**2023 Robert R. Wagner Fellowship, UVA School of Medicine
MS, Biotechnology; BS, Biotechnology – Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Redemann lab, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics

Ryan Mulligan, PhD Candidate, MSTP

**2023, NIH F30, Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual Fellowship
BS, Biochemistry – University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida
Winckler lab, Department of Cell Biology

Clarissa Nassar, PhD Student

BS, Cell and Molecular Biology – California State University, Northridge, California
Dwyer lab, Department of Cell Biology

Gustavo Pacheco, PhD Candidate, MSTP

**2023, NIH F30, Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual Fellowship
BS, Biological Sciences – University Of Chicago, Chicago, Illinios
DeSimone lab, Department of Cell Biology

Jonathon Sewell, PhD Candidate

**2024, NIH F31, Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual Fellowship
**2023 Presidential Fellowship in Collaborative Neuroscience, UVA Brain Institute
BS, Chemistry, Biochemistry Track – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Deppmann lab, Department of Biology

Daryna Sputay, PhD Student

MS, Medical Biotechnology; BS, Biotechnology – University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
Levental lab, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics

Avery Sukienik, PhD Student, MSTP

BS, Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology – University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
O’Rourke lab, Department of  Biology

Isaiah Swann, PhD Student, MSTP

BS, Neuroscience The University of Texas at Dallas – Richardson, Texas
Winckler lab, Department of Cell Biology

 

**Internal and external fully funded fellowships.