Lab Alumni
Former Postdoctoral Scholars
- Hannah Ledvina, Postdoctoral Scholar 2020–2025; Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellow, Leading Edge Symposium Speaker;Ìýcurrently an at the University of Michigan
- Uday Tak, Postdoctoral Scholar 2021–2024; Cancer Research Institute (CRI) Irvington Postdoctoral Fellow; currently an at the University of Virginia
Former Graduate Students
- Ryan Sayegh, Ph.D. Student in MCDB 2021–2025; NIH Signaling and Cellular Regulation Trainee, 2022–2024; currently an Associate Clinical Trial Manager at Medpace
- Emily Kibby, Ph.D. Student in Biochemistry 2019–2024; NIH Signaling and Cellular Regulation Trainee, 2020–2022; Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award, 2024; currently a in the Laboratory of Dr. Kimberley Seed at UC Berkeley
Former Staff
- Aidan Litt, Professional Research Associate 2020–2021
Former Undergraduate Researchers
| Student | Years in lab | Awards | Post-Whiteley Lab position | Honors Thesis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kate Schinkel | 2023–2025 | UROP Grant Recipient; University of Regensburg Scholarship Awardee; Honors thesis | Pursuing an M.P.H. at Colorado State University | Development and optimization of biosensors to detect signaling molecules in bacterial immune defenses |
| Alexa Macklin | 2022–2025 | Uplift Program Trainee, UROP Grant Recipient | Undergraduate, Â鶹Դ´ | Ìý |
| Alex Mahoney | 2023–2024 | Ìý | Undergraduate, Â鶹Դ´ | Ìý |
| Tammy Omokanye | 2024–2024 | Bridges to Bioscience Awardee | Front Range Community College Student | Ìý |
| SamanthaÌý Ridgeway | 2022–2024 | BSI Scholar; UROP Grant Recipient; Honors thesis | Molecular Biology and NGS Associate at Amgen | Elucidating the mechanism for activation of a bacterial NLR-related protein |
| Lindsay Whalen | 2022–2024 | BSI Scholar; UROP Grant Recipient; Honors thesis | Pursuing a Ph.D. at University of Illinois Chicago | Validating in silico predictions between bacterial NACHT proteins and their phage-encoded activators |
| Catalina Schuyler Gonzalez | 2022–2024 | Ìý | Research technician at National Jewish Health, laboratory of Drs. Leung and Goleva | Ìý |
| Melissa McEvoy | 2021–2023 | UROP Grant Recipient; University of Regensburg Scholarship Awardee | Pursuing a Ph.D. at Oregon Health and Science University | Ìý |
| Peace Holguin-Walth | 2021–2023 | UROP Grant Recipient | Staff Research Associate at NYU School of Medicine | Ìý |
| Alfredo Vargas | 2021–2023 | Wuttke-Beckman Scholar; BSI Scholar; UROP Grant Recipient | Pursuing a master's degree at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus | Ìý |
| Rico Carale | 2021–2023 | UROP Grant Recipient; BSI Scholar; Honors Thesis | Junior Research Specialist and PROPEL Scholar, Scharschmidt Lab, UCSF | How to beat a predator: Investigating the genetic determinants of resistance to Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus |
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