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
Contact Info: [email protected]

Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2009
Advisor: Matthew Mescher
Dissertation Title: "Third Signal Cytokines and Their Roles in CD8 T Cell Responses."

Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2020
Advisor: Dave Masopust
Dissertation Title: "Expansive residence decentralizes immune homeostasis "

Current Position: Pediatric Resident at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX)
Contact Info: [email protected]

Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2016
Advisor: Dave Masopust
Dissertation Title: "Evaluating memory CD8 T Cell quantity, distribution and migration."

Current Position: Research Associate (Navdeep Chandel lab), Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Contact Info: [email protected]

Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2014
Advisor: Dave Masopust
Dissertation Title: "The Distribution and Function of Resident Memory CD8 T Cells."

Current Position: Assistant Professor of Translational Molecular Pathology and Immunology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Contact Info: [email protected]

Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2014
Advisor: Dave Masopust
Dissertation Title: "Essential Discrimination of Vascular and Tissue Lymphocytes Redefines CD8 T Cell Responses to Respiratory Infection."

Current Position: Senior Research Associate, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Phil Greenberg lab), Seattle, WA
Contact Info: [email protected] 

Program: MCDB&G
Defense Year:2015
Advisor: Mike Farrar
Dissertation Title: "Anti-leukemia Immunity is Enabled by Unmasking Cross-Reactive Antigens with Vaccination and Checkpoint Blockade."

Fellowship dates: 2015-2016
Advisor: David Masopust
Research Emphasis: