Trainees

Graduate Students in the Department of Cell Biology

Cell Biology Graduate Student

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 two years, 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

Mentored by Nicole Calakos:
Matthew Oliver

Mentored by Blanche Capel:
Shannon Dupont

Mentored by Cagla Eroglu:
Maria Pia Rodriguez-Salazar - Nicholas Brose - Kavya Raghunathan - Gabrielle Sejourne

Mentored by Chantell Evans:
Jordan Green - Olivia Conway

Mentored by Amy Gladfelter
Latanya Coke

Mentored by Charles Gersbach:
Samuel Reisman - Taylor Anglen

Mentored by Matthew Hilton:*
Helen Rueckert

Mentored by Andrew Landstrom:*
Minu Tshyeto Bidzimou - Enya Dewars

Mentored by Terry Lechler:*
Alec D’Alessandro

Mentored by Akankshi Munjal:
Jiacheng Wang - Nadia Eliora

Mentored by Chris Nicchitta:
Emma Beane

Mentored by Ken Poss:
Faraz Butt

Mentored by Joshua Snyder:*
Joshua Ginzel - Joseph Fernandes

Mentored by Scott Soderling:
Kazi Hossain - Joey Mao

Mentored by Purushotama Rao Tata:
Rebecca Shelley - Jeremy Morowitz

Mentored by Raphael Valdivia:*
Liam Gracia

Note: * asterisk indicates Secondary Affiliated Faculty Member