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 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