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Associate Professor

Patrick W. Oakes

Department of Cell & Molecular Physiology

Ph.D. Physics, 2009
Brown University


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Postdoctoral Scholars

Alexia Caillier


Ph.D. Cellular & Molecular Biology, 2021
Laval University (Canada)

Stefano Sala


Ph.D. Health Sciences, 2017
University of Ghent (Belgium)

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Lee Troughton


Ph.D. Cellular & Molecular Biology, 2018
Liverpool University (UK)

Graduate Students

Shreya Chandrasekar


Ph.D. Student - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

M.Sc. Biomedical Sciences, 2018
Rosalind Franklin University
B.S. Human Physiology, 2017
University of Iowa

Sasha Demeulenaere

Joint with Beach Lab

M.D./Ph.D. Student

B.S. Bioengineering, 2020
University California, Berkeley

Asia Paguntalan

Joint with Beach Lab

M.S. Student - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

B.S. Biochemistry, 2020
Clemson University

Joey Tidei

Joint with Beach Lab

Ph.D. Student - Physiology

B.S. Neurobiology 2014
University of Wisconsin - Madison

Maggie Utgaard

Joint with Beach Lab

Ph.D. Student - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

M.S. Neuroscience, 2021
Loyola University Chicago
B.S. Biology & Neuroscience, 2019
Augustana College

Alumni

Nick Reilly

2016-2019 Graduate Student
Department of Physics & Astronomy
University of Rochester

Currently: Pipher Group
[1] Hong et al. Nat Immunol, (2023)
[2] Fernandes et al. Front Immunol 11:1501 (2020)
[3] Reilly et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 117(22):12306-12314 (2020)
[4] Barger et al. Nat Commun, 10:1249 (2019)

Austin Skeeters

2016-2019 Graduate Student
Department of Physics & Astronomy
University of Rochester

Currently: Software Engineer at Vertex Solutions
[1] Bidone et al. PLoS Comput Biol, 15(6):e1007077 (2019)
[2] Finegan et al. EMBO J, 38(3):e100072 (2019)
[3] Oakes et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 115(11):2646-2651 (2018)

Lydia Petricca

2019 Undergraduate Researcher & REU Summer Student
University of Rochester

Maham Zia

2019 REU Summer Student
Reed College

Denis A. Ortega Ioni

2018 REU Summer Student
Florida International University