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 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 Ben Alman:*
Liam Gracia - Tuyet Nguyen
Mentored by Michel Bagnat:
Laura Childers - Brianna Peskin - Siyao Wang
Mentored by Nenad Bursac:
Sophia Bunnell - Nicholas Strash
Mentored by Nicole Calakos:
Matthew Oliver
Mentored by Blanche Capel:
Shannon Dupont - Dilara Anbarci
Mentored by Yarui Diao:
Arinze Okafor
Mentored by Stefano Di Talia:
Woonyung Hur & Yitong Xu
Mentored by Cagla Eroglu:
Maria Pia Rodriguez-Salazar - Christabel Tan - Nicholas Brose
Mentored by Charles Gersbach:
Samuel Reisman - Taylor Anglen
Mentored by Matthew Hilton:*
Abigail Leinroth - Helen Rueckert
Mentored by Brent Hoffman:*
Erick Maravilla
Mentored by Ru-Rong Ji:*
Yul Huh - Ouyang Chen
Mentored by Andrew Landstrom:*
Robin Perelli - Minu Tshyeto Bidzimou
Mentored by Terry Lechler:*
Maggie (Anne) Bara - Alexandra Prado Mantilla - Taylor Hinnant
Being Mentored by Danny Lew:*
Alec D’Alessandro
Mentored by Chris Nicchitta:
JohnCarlo Kristofich
Mentored by Ken Poss:
Clay Becker - Faraz Ahmed Butt
Mentored by Dave Sherwood:*
Daniel Costa - Aastha Garde
Mentored by Joshua Snyder:*
Joshua Ginzel - Joseph Fernandes
Mentored by Scott Soderling:
Kazi Hossain - Jaebin Kim
Mentored by Purushotama Rao Tata:
Arvind Konkimalla - Zac Farino
Note: * asterisk indicates Secondary Affiliated Faculty Member
Non-Cell Biology Affiliated Students in Labs:
Mentored by Stefano Di Talia:
Maya Evanitsky & Luke Hayden
Mentored by Cagla Erolgu:
Justin Savage (Neurobiology), Lawal Oluwadarmilola (Neurobiology) & Juan Ramirez (Neurobiology)
Mentored by Scott Soderling:
Daichi Shonai (MGM)