Graduate Students in the Department of Cell Biology
Ph.D. and MD/Ph.D students are an integral part of the Department, which is deeply committed to their success. Students typically spend the first year rotating between research laboratories and taking classes. Course work is usually concluded in the second year and students then begin their thesis research in earnest. The Graduate School Training Grant supports Ph.D. students for the first year, after which they are supported by funds from their mentor's laboratory. Many of our students have been very successful in obtaining their own funding from a variety of sources such as the National Science Foundation, American Heart Association, Howard Hughes Medical Institute or a National Research Service Award (NRSA). More information on Graduate Students at Duke can be found at the Duke University Graduate School Website.
Scroll further down to see a list of all of our current Graduate Students and their mentors.
Current Graduate Students
Mentored by Michel Bagnat:
Siyao Wang - Thidar Aye
Mentored by Stefano Di Talia:
Christine Cao - Lexie Heistand - Brenda Pardo Loredo
Mentored by Cagla Eroglu:
Nicholas Brose - Kavya Raghunathan - Gabrielle Sejourne
Mentored by Chantell Evans:
Jordan Green - Olivia Conway
Mentored by Amy Gladfelter
Latanya Coke - Christine Cao - Kelly Gim - Taylor Pompan
Mentored by Charles Gersbach:
Samuel Reisman
Mentored by Matthew Hilton:*
Helen Rueckert - Janae McCloud
Mentored by Andrew Landstrom:*
Enya Dewars
Mentored by Terry Lechler:*
Joseph Sheheen
Mentored by Akankshi Munjal:
Jiacheng Wang - Nadia Eliora
Mentored by Chris Nicchitta:
Emma Beane
Mentored by Nicole Scott-Hewitt:
Meredith Stewart
Mentored by Joshua Snyder:*
Joseph Fernandes
Mentored by Scott Soderling:
Joey Mao
Mentored by Purushotama Rao Tata:
Rebecca Shelley - Jeremy Morowitz
Mentored by Raphael Valdivia:*
Liam Gracia
Note: * asterisk indicates Secondary Affiliated Faculty Member