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"
Fellowship dates: 2018-2023
Mentor: Marc Jenkins
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: 2017-2021
Research Emphasis: The challenge in rheumatoid arthritis is different in that the autoimmune process is driven by peptides that are chemically modified (e.g. citrullinated). In my research, I will use MHC tetramers to identify and characterize pathogenic T-cells in patients with antibody mediated rejection of lung transplant as well as rheumatoid arthritis.
Fellowship dates: 2015-2022
Research Emphasis: Using adoptive cell transfer and p:MHCII-tetramer enrichment with I have demonstrated important mechanisms programing CD4 T helper-1 cells during acute and persistent infections.
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Fellowship dates: 1997-2003
Advisor: Marc Jenkins
Research Emphasis: In vivo analysis of T cell signal transduction: Flow cytometric analysis of T cell receptor signal transduction.
Fellowship dates: 2011-14
Fellowship dates: 2008-2014
Research Emphasis: Memory B cells and developed an innovative laboratory technique using metallic additives and magnets to test experimental vaccines to see which B cells bind to them.
