Fellowship dates: 2021-2025
Mentor: Ingunn Stromnes (Lab website)
Research Emphasis: List of Publications

Research Associate: 2013-2022
Mentor: Marc Jenkins

Research Emphasis/Publications: Group A Strep pathogenesis and Antigen-specific T cell response, pMHCII tetramers, Affinity enhanced pMHCII tetramers. Full list of Publications

Fellowship dates: 2012-17
Research Emphasis: Began building molecular tools, called peptide:MHCII tetramers, to understand antigen specific responses in both people and mice with autoimmune diabetes.

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School
Contact Info: [email protected]

Fellowship dates: 1993-2000
Research Emphasis: Immune adjuvants

Current Position: Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterologist, Medical Director Microbiota Therapeutics Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Contact Info: [email protected]

Fellowship dates: 2003-2008
Advisor: Stephen Jameson

Fellowship dates: 2014-2018
Research Emphasis: Investigated the pathogenesis of malaria and identified a therapy that prevents the fatal pathogenesis of cerebral malaria in mice by altering the pathogenic immune response.

Current Position: Investigator, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute; Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN
Contact Info:[email protected] 

Fellowship dates: 2018-2021
Research Emphasis: Examined mechanisms of immune escape by leukemias and lymphomas. Both his research interest and clinical practice have a particular focus on acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Contact Info: [email protected]

Fellowship dates: 2012-2018
Research Emphasis:  
Investigating the mechanisms behind breakdowns in immune tolerance that lead to autoimmune disease.

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota 
Contact Info: [email protected] 

Program: Surgery
Year Entered: 
Defense Year: 2009
Advisor: Marc Jenkins
Dissertation Title: "Graft Antigen Specific CD4+ T Cells Require CD154 Expression to Clonally Expand and Differentiate to the TH1 Phenotype and Initiate mTOR Dependant Intimal Hyperplasia in Cardiac Allografts."

Degrees received: 
B.A., University of Kansas, 1996
M.D., Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2000
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, TC, 2009

Program: MICaB
Year Entered: 2006
Defense Year: 2011
Advisor: Stephen Jameson
Dissertation Title: "The Role of Krüppel-Like Factor 2 in B Cells."

Degrees received: 
B.S., Bates College, 2002
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, TC, 2011