Current and Recent Trainees

Current and Recent Trainees

Current NIH trainees

Andrew Berger(PhD in Physics, in progress - Advisor Betterton)

Natalie Bratset - The mechanisms of CDK7 regulation of mRNA biogenesis and 3’ end processing of genes (PhD in Biochem, in progress - Advisor Taatjes)

Emily Clark - (PhD in Physics, in progress - Advisor Figueroa-Morales)

Melissa Duncan - Identifying the mechanism by which zinc alters chromatin accessibility (PhD in Biochem, in progress - Advisor Palmer)

Sydney Edwards - Structural basis of ribosomal DNA silencing by the nucleolar remodeling complex (PhD in Biochem, in progress - Advisor Luger)

Siobhan Kells - NaĂŻve Human Antibody Repertoires (PhD in Chem & Biol Eng, in progress - Advisor Whitehead)

Noah Lohar - Structural and Mechanistic Analysis of KDM6A-Chromatin Specificity (PhD in Biochem, in progress - Advisor Kasinath)

Lauren Ohler - Biomolecular Condensates in Placental Stem Cell Differentiation (PhD in MCD Biology, in progress - Advisor Brumbaugh)

Hannah Padgette - An in silico approach towards the rational design of immunogens for Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1)(PhD in Chem & Biol Eng, in progress - Advisor Sprenger)

Chris Rauchet - Characterizing Transcription Factor – RNA interactions (PhD in Biochem, in progress - Advisor Wuttke/Dowell)

Maria Rogan - The protease domain of PEG10 and its implication in human disease (PhD in Biochem, in progress - Advisor Alexandra Whiteley)

Ivana Tang - Enhanced sampling methods for molecular simulation in drug discovery (PhD in Chem & Biol Eng, in progress - Advisor Shirts)

Current CU trainees

Oscar Cordova - Drug target discovery(PhD in MCD Biology, in progress - Advisor Stowell)

Ange Morignot - Signaling Mechanism of Intracellular Domain of Electric Field Sensing Protein Galvanin (PhD in MCD Biology, in progress - Advisor Belliveau)

Meg Radke - Biomaterials to study immune cell behavior (PhD in Chem & Biol Eng, in progress - Advisor Hind)

Current Affiliate trainees

Spandan Basu (PhD in Biochem, in progress - Advisor Batey)

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Recent NIH Trainees

Jeffre Allen (PhD in Biochem, 2024 - Advisor Hough)

Sylas Anderson (PhD in MCD Biology, in progress - Advisor Voeltz)

Kelsie Anson (PhD in Biochem 2020 - Advisor Palmer)

Giancarlo Bruni (PhD in MCDB 2019 - Advisor Kralj)

Tova Christensen (PhD in MCDB 2020 - Advisors Anseth/Leinwand)

Holly Coleman (PhD in Chem & Biol Eng 2024 - Advisors Randolph/Kaar/Schwartz)

Kira Cozzolino (PhD in MCD Biology 2023 - Advisor Taatjes)

Leah Damon (PhD in Biochem 2022 - Advisor Palmer)

Katherine DaPron (PhD in MCD Biology 2026 - Advisor Sousa)

Nicole Day (PhD in Chem & Biol Eng 2024 - Advisor Shields)

Anthony Dominic III (PhD in Chem, in progress - Advisor Montoya-Castillo)

Jonathan Faris (PhD in Chem & Biol Eng 2025 - Advisor Sprenger)

Alexandria Fiorenza (PhD in MCD Biology, in progress - Advisor Luger)

Naiara Garcia (PhD in MCD Biology, in progress - Advisor Niswander)

Andy Garcia Gordillo (PhD in Physics, in progress - Advisor Figueroa-Morales)

Elizabeth George (PhD in Mat Sci, in progress - Advisor Bryant)

Gayle Geschwind (PhD in Physics 2024 - Advisor Perkins)

Moshe Gordon (PhD in Biochem 2021 - Advisor Falke)

Jack Gugel (PhD in MCD Biology 2025 - Advisor Leinwand)

Danielle Guillen (PhD in Biochem, in progress - Advisor Kasinath)

Patrick Holland (PhD in Chem, in progress - Advisor Walczak)

Abigail Horn (PhD in Biochem 2017 - Advisor - Goodrich)

Clair Huffine (PhD in Biochem 2025 - Advisor Cameron)

Sabrina Hunt (PhD in Biochem 2017 Advisor - Pardi)

Aitana Ignes-Romeu (PhD in Chem & Biol Eng, in progress - Advisor Hind)

Taylor Jones (PhD in Biochem 2023 - Advisor Taatjes)

Jonah Kern (PhD in Chem & Biol Eng, in progress - Advisor Fox)

Nickolaus Lammer (PhD in Biochem 2023 - Advisor Wuttke)

Marc-Andre LeBlanc (PhD in Biochem 2018 - Advisor Sousa)

Shelby Lennon (PhD in Biochem 2023 - Advisor Batey)

Alison Leonard (PhD in Chem & Biol Eng 2024 - Advisor Whitehead)

Neil Lloyd (PhD in Biochem 2018 - Advisor - Wuttke)

Fred Longshore-Neate (PhD in Biochem, in progress - Advisor Parker)

Laura Maguire (PhD in Physics  2019 - Advisor: Hough)

Kathryn Mains (PhD in Chem & Biol Eng 2023 - Advisor Fox)

Meagan Nakamoto (PhD in Biochem 2019 - Advisor Wuttke)

David Nicholson (PhD in Chemistry 2022 - Advisor Nesbitt)

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Faith Olulana (PhD in Chem & Biol Eng, in progress - Advisor Neu)

Megan Palacio (PhD in Biochem 2025 - Advisor Taatjes)

Jake Polaski (PhD in Biochem 2016 - Advisor - Batey)

David Protter (PhD in Biochem 2017 - Advisor - Parker)

Dominique Ramirez (PhD in Biochem 2026 - Advisor Shirts)

Laurel Robbins (PhD in Biochem, in progress - Advisor Aaron Whiteley)

Alex Ruppe (PhD in Chem & Biol Eng 2020 - Advisor Fox)

Stephanie Ellyse Schneider (PhD in Mech Eng 2022 - Advisor Neu)

Sarah Schoonraad (PhD in Mat Sci 2022 - Advisor Bryant)

Matthew Siewny (PhD in Physics 2018 - Advisor - Perkins)

Shea Siwik (PhD in Biochem 2026 - Advisor Batey)

Lottie Steward (PhD in Biochem 2026 - Advisor Stowell)

Ashley Sullivan (PhD in Biochem, in progress - Advisor Aaron Whiteley)

Hayden Swisher (PhD in Biochem 2020 - Advisor - Falke)

Ella Tommer (PhD in Biochem, in progress - Advisor Cech)

Calvin Voong (PhD in Biochem 2024 - Advisor Goodrich)

Dustin White (PhD in MCD Biology 2026 - Advisor Stowell)

Lindsey Whitmore (PhD in Chem & Biol Eng, in progress - Advisor Shirts)

Tom Wieser (PhD in Biochem 2023 - Advisor Wuttke)

Recent CU Trainees

Samson Adelani (PhD in Mat Sci, in progress - Advisor Bay)

Samantha Allen (PhD in Chemistry 2020 - Advisor Jimenez)

Claire Armstrong (PhD in Biochem 2022 - Advisor Spencer)

Christian Brininger (PhD in Biochem 2024 - Advisor Cameron)

Lindsey Broadwell (PhD in MCDB 2021 - Advisor Leinwand)

Tobin Brown (PhD in Chem & Biol Eng 2017 - Advisor Anseth)

Garrett Edwards (PhD in Biochem 2020 - Advisor Luger)

Desmond Hamilton (PhD in Biochem 2022 - Advisor Batey)

Olivia Irvin (PhD in Chem & Biol Eng, in progress - Advisor Whitehead)

David Kelaita (PhD in Chem & Biol Eng 2026 - Advisors Schwartz/Kar)

Hui-Shun Kuan (PhD in Chem/Physics 2016 - Advisor Eaves/Betterton)

Adam Lamson (PhD in Physics 2020 - Advisor Betterton)

Angie Liu (PhD in Biochem, in progress - Advisor Batey)

Michal Matyjasik (PhD in Biochem 2019 - Advisor Batey)

Jeffrey Moore (PhD in Physics 2020 - Advisor Betterton)

Greg Morrin (PhD in Chem & Biol Eng 2020 - Advisor Schwartz)

Srijit Mukherjee (PhD in Chem 2022 - Advisor Jimenez)

David Nicholson (PhD in Chemistry 2022 - Advisor Nesbitt)

Russell Perkins (PhD in Chem 2017 - Advisor Vaida)

Ameya Prabhune (PhD in Physics 2025 - Advisor Figueroa-Morales)

Erin Richards (PhD in Biochem 2025 - Advisor Palmer)

Hector Sanchez-Moran (PhD in Chem & Biol Eng 2023 - Advisors Schwartz/Kaar)

Greg Smith (PhD in Physics 2018 - Advisor Clark)

Jared Snell (PhD in Chem & Biol Eng 2019 - Advisor Randolph)

Patrick Thomas (PhD in Biochem 2020 - Advisor Cameron)

James Weltz (PhD in Chem & Biol Eng 2019 - Advisor Kaar)

Recent CU Affiliates 

Tom Buckles (PhD in Biochem 2019 - Advisor Falke)

Jacob Greenberg (PhD in Chem/Biochem 2017 - Advisors Sammakia/Sousa)

Jon Markert (PhD in Biochem 2021 - Advisor Luger)

Jeffrey Moore (PhD in Physics 2020 - Advisor Betterton)

Kathyrn Palma Wall (PhD in Biochem 2016 - Advisor Hough)

Andres Sosa (PhD in Chem & Biol Eng 2021 - Advisors Kaar/Schwartz)