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: 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

Fellowship dates: 2017-2023
Mentor: David Masopust (Lab website)
Research Emphasis: Ontogeny and function of oral- and lung-resident memory T cells. List of Publications.

Alumni:

Fellowship dates: 2021-2024
Mentor: David Masopust (Lab website)
Research Emphasis: Characterization of memory T cells recirculating through non-lymphoid tissues. List of Publications

Post Doctoral Fellow 2008-2012
Senior Research Associate 2012-2015
Laboratory of David Masopust

Post Doctoral Fellow 2011-2017
Senior Research Associate 2017-2019
Laboratory of David Masopust

Fellowship dates: 2015-2020
Research Emphasis: Tissue resident memory CD8 T cells (Trm) are present throughout non-lymphoid tissues of the body, poised to rapidly detect and activate upon pathogen re-encounter. I am investigating the mechanisms by which reactivated Trm create a potent immunostimulatory environment within local tissue, and how this can be harnessed as a potential cancer immunotherapy.

Fellowship dates: 2017-20
Research Emphasis: Studied the establishment and function of CD4+ resident memory T cells in response to viral exposure at mucosal barrier tissues.

Current Position: Medical/Technical Writer II, Abbott Laboratories
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