Program: Comparative and Molecular Biosciences Graduate Student (DVM/PhD program)
Year Entered: 2018
Defense Year: 2024
Thesis Advisors: Steven Friedenberg and Marc Jenkins 
Dissertation Title: "Investigation of antigen-specific CD4+ T cells in dogs"

Program: Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology Graduate Student
Year Entered: 2017
Defense Year: 2024
Thesis Advisor: Marc Jenkins
Dissertation Title:  "A minority of Th1 and Tfh effector cells express survival genes shared by memory cell progeny and require IL-7 or TCR signaling to persist"

Program: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Student
Year entered: 2020
Defense Year: 2025
Thesis Advisor: Jesse Williams (Lab website)
Dissertation Title: "Adrenal Gland Macrophages & Stress Hormone Homeostasis"

Research: NGS analytics, macrophage biology. List of publications

Program: Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD)/Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
Year Entered: 2020
Year Defended: 2025
Thesis Advisor: Stephen Jameson
Dissertation Title: "Making good memories: investigating the generation of protective and pathogenic memory CD8+ T cells"

Program: Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology Graduate Student
Year Entered: 2018
Defense Year: 2024
Thesis Advisor: Kristin Hogquist
Dissertation Title: "Characterizing the role of thymic interferon in T cell development and selection"
 

Research: Negative selection of autoreactive T cells. List of publications

Email: [email protected]

Program: University of Minnesota Medical Student
Year Entered: 2020
Thesis Advisor: David Masopust (Lab website)

Program: Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology Graduate Student
Year Entered: 2017
Defense Year: 2024
Thesis Advisor: David Masopust (Lab website)
Dissertation Title: "Deep profiling deconstructs features associated with memory CD8 T cell tissue residence"

Program: Medical Scientist Training Program (MD./PhD)
Year Entered: 2019
Defense Year: 2025
Thesis Advisor: David Masopust (Lab website)
Dissertation Title: "Paracrine mechanisms of CD8 T cell antitumor and antiviral immunity"

Research: Tissue-resident CD8 T cell memory. List of publications

Program: MICaB/MSTP
Year Entered: 2018
Defense Year: 2023
Advisor: David Masopust
Dissertation Title: "Characterizing the migration and therapeutic potential of CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes"

Degrees received: 
BA, Bowdoin College, 2014
PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2023
MD-University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2025