Postdoctoral fellows & Visiting scientists:
| Name | Year | Mentoring relationship | Current position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Clark, PhD | 2006-10 | Postdoctoral fellow, awarded UW-Madison Stem Cell Training Program Fellowship | Associate scientist, UW-Madison |
| Yu Huang, PhD | 2011-13 | Postdoctoral fellow (joint mentor with Justin Williams PhD, Biomedical Engineering, UW-Madison) | Associate Professor, Dept. of Biological Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, UT |
| Che Liu, PhD | 2012-17 | Postdoctoral fellow (joint mentor with Robert Kaletja PhD, McArdle Center for Cancer Research, UW-Madison) | Senior scientist, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc, Madison, WI |
| Jagannathan Balaji, MD | 2012 | Visiting scientist | Director of Clinical Pathology, Ananya Hospital, Bangalore, India |
| Eduardo Moioli, MD PhD | 2013 | Visiting scientist | Clinical Associate of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| Katja Uršič, MS | 2014 | Masters candidate in Molecular and Functional Biology, visiting international student | University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, Ljubljana (Slovenia) |
| Benjamin Umlauf, PhD | 2015-present | Postdoctoral fellow (joint mentor with Eric Shusta PhD, UW-Madison Dept. of Biological and Chemical Engineering) | Postdoctoral fellow (joint with Eric Shusta PhD, Dept. of Biological and Chemical Engineering) Assistant Professor, Dell Medical School, UT-Austin, Austin, TX |
| Priya Ezhilan, MS | 2007-2010, 2018-2021 | Research specialist Senior lab manager | Scientist II, Thermo Fisher, Austin, TX |
| Lokesh Kukreja, PhD | 2018- present | Research scientist | Research scientist, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX |
| Pushan Dasgupta, MD PhD | 2019-present | UT DMS Neurology resident, Neuro-oncology research | Neurology resident, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin (2019-23) |
Graduate students:
| Name | Year | Mentoring relationship | Current position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Wildenberg, MD PhD | 2006-12 | UW-Madison MD-PhD student, clinical mentor, research rotating student, PhD thesis committee | Interventional radiologist, Mayo Clinic Health Center, Eau Claire, WI |
| Michael Zorniak, PhD | 2007-13 | Faculty mentor for UW-Madison Neuroscience PhD student | Director, Portfolio Oncology MSL, Novartis, Inc. |
| *Bahauddeen Alrfaei, PhD | 2009-13 | Faculty mentor for UW-Madison Cellular Molecular Pathology PhD student | Director of Stem Cell Laboratory, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Saudi Arabia |
| *Kelli Pointer, MD PhD | 2011-17 | Faculty mentor for UW-Madison Cellular Molecular Biology PhD/MD-PhD student, clinical mentor | Resident, Radiation Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, Member, Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth University, Hanover, NH |
| Ray Zhang, MD PhD | 2013-19 | Faculty mentor for UW-Madison Cellular Molecular Biology PhD/MD-PhD student, clinical mentor, awarded Lovell Memorial Scholarship for best medical student interested in radiology | Dual Pathway Nuclear Medicine/Molecular Imaging and Diagnostic Radiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA Staff Radiologist, CA |
| Jonathan Tai | 2017-18 | UW-Madison Cellular Molecular Biology PhD/MD-PhD student, rotation student | Cellular and Molecular Biology PhD student MD student, UW-Madison |
| Max Frenkel | 2019-20 | Cellular Molecular Biology PhD/MD-PhD student | Cellular Molecular Biology PhD student MD student, UW-Madison |
| Cecilia Fitzgerald-Cook | 2020-21 | Integrated Life Sciences PhD rotation student | Cell Molecular Biology PhD student, The University of Texas at Austin |
| Taimoor Hassan | 2022-24 | Master’s student, Institute of Translational Medicine and New Drug Development | MS, China Medical University |
*Under-represented minority students
Residents:
| Name | Year | Mentoring relationship | Current position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amol J. Ghia, MD | 2005-7 | UW-Madison neurosurgery resident, research | Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology UT-MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
| Brandon Rocque, MD MS | 2005-12 | UW-Madison neurosurgery resident, research, faculty mentor | Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of Alabama-Birmingham, AL |
| Basheal Agrawal, MD | 2006-13 | UW-Madison neurosurgery resident, research | Neurosurgeon, Grand Junction, CO |
| Casey Madura, MD | 2008-15 | UW-Madison neurosurgery resident, research | Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI |
| Kyle I. Swanson, MD | 2008-15 | UW-Madison neurosurgery resident, research mentor | Neurosurgeon, Aurora Neuroscience Innovation Institute, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI |
| Heather E. Leeper, MD | 2010-12 | UW-Madison neurology resident, research | Neuro-oncologist, Northshore University Health System Neurological Institute, Evanston, IL |
Medical Students:
| Name | Year | Mentoring relationship | Current position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Struck, MD | 2007-8 | UW-Madison Medical student Shapiro award researcher | Associate Professor, Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO |
| Dave Francis, MD | 2009-10 | UW-Madison Medical student Shapiro award researcher | Resident, Human Oncology, UW-Madison Radiation Oncologist, UW Health Cancer Center at ProHealth Care, Pewaukee, WI |
| Siarhei Vysotski, MD | 2010-12 | UW-Madison Medical student Shapiro award researcher, Awarded Research Honors with MD | Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, Theda Clark Medical System, Neenah, WI |
| Matthew Tipping, MD | 2011 | UW-Madison Medical student Shapiro award researcher | Oncology fellow, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR |
| *Steve Amaefuna, MD | 2013-17 | UW-Madison Medical student Shapiro award researcher | Resident, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD Anesthesiologist, Luminis Health, Annapolis, MD |
| Jonathan A. Lubin, MD | 2016-18 | UW-Madison Medical student Shapiro award researcher, Research Honors | Radiation Oncology residency, Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, NY Radiation Oncologist, SSM Health Cancer Care, Janesville, WI |
| *Joslyn K. Strebe, MD | 2016-18 | UW-Madison Medical student Shapiro award researcher, Research Honors | Resident, Internal medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX |
| Huytram Nguyen, MD | 2017-18 | UW-Madison Medical student Shapiro award researcher, AANS NREF Research Scholar award, Research Honors | MD with Research honors, UW-Madison (class of 2020) Diagnostic Radiology resident, University of Chicago |
| Orlin Sergev, MD | 2017 | UW-Madison Medical student Shapiro award researcher | MD, UW-Madison (class of 2020) |
| Garrett Johnson, MD | 2018 | Dell Medical School student | MD student, Dell Medical School (class of 2020) |
| Jeffrey Traylor, MD | 2018-20 | Dell Medical School student | MD, Dell Medical School (class of 2020) Neurosurgery resident, UT-Southwestern (2020- |
| Praveen Satarasinghe, MD | 2019-21 | Dell Medical School student | MD, Dell Medical School (class of 2021) |
| Nitya Rao, MD | 2019-21 | Dell Medical School student | MD, Dell Medical School (class of 2021) |
| Vik Kohli, MD | 2020-22 | Dell Medical School student | MD, Dell Medical School (class of 2022) Neurosurgery resident, Dell Medical School (2022-29 expected) |
| Aneesh Thallapureddy | 2023-26 | Dell Medical School student | MD, Dell Medical School (2026) |
| Akhil Surapaneni | 2019-26 | Dell Medical School MD PhD student | MD, Dell Medical School (2026 expected) PhD, Biomedical Engineering, UT-Austin 2025 |
*Under-represented minority students
Undergraduate and HS students:
| Name | Year | Mentoring relationship | Current position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Treisman, PhD | 2006-8 | Undergraduate researcher, UW-Madison | Postdoctoral fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC |
| *Odaine Gordon, PhD | 2007 | Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program (IBS-SRP) | Senior Scientist, Pharmacyclics, an AbbVie company, San Francisco, CA |
| Michael Jones, MD | 2007-8 | Undergraduate researcher, UW-Madison | Neurosurgery resident, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL |
| Alexander Sasha Rackman, MD | 2007-9 | Undergraduate researcher, | Assistant professor of Geriatric Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL |
| Johnathan Ebben, PhD | 2007-9 | Undergraduate researcher, Marquette University | IMPACT Physician-Scientist program, Internal Medicine and Hematology/Oncology residency/fellowship, UW-Madison, Madison, WI |
| *Jamie Hadac, PhD | 2008 | Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program (IBS-SRP) | Manager, Zitter Health Insights, San Francisco, CA |
| Raman Kutty, PhD | 2008-10 | Undergraduate researcher, Letters & Arts Senior Research Honors thesis award, UW-Madison | MD PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
| *Jose Montoya-Rosario, PhD | 2009 | Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program (IBS-SRP) | PhD, Developmental Genetics, New York University, New York, NY |
| *Woodley Pean, MD | 2010 | Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program (IBS-SRP), awarded Fulbright scholarship | Diagnostic Radiology resident, Cooper University Medical Center, Camden, NJ |
| Jeffrey Mahlum, MD | 2011 | Undergraduate researcher, Bryon Riesch Paralysis Foundation Scholarship, National Spinal Cord Injury Association Scholarship, UW-Madison | Resident, Psychiatry, UW Madison |
| *Mohamed Mohamed | 2011 | Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program (IBS-SRP) | BA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2015) |
| *Ardem Elmayan, MS, MPH | 2012 | Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program (IBS-SRP) | Research coordinator, Ochsner Institute of Clinical Research, New Orleans, LA |
| Daniel Walden, MD | 2011-13 | Undergraduate researcher, UW-Madison | MD, University of Wisconsin Resident, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN |
| Hong-En Chen | 2011-13 | Undergraduate researcher, UW-Madison | PhD, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA |
| Tej Mehta | 2012 | Undergraduate researcher, Lawrence University and UW-Madison | MD, North Dakota State University Medical School, ND Radiation Oncology resident, Johns Hopkins University |
| Herb Alex Chen | 2012 | High School student researcher | MD, Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT Psychiatry resident, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD |
| Matthew Stenerson | 2012, 2015 | High School student researcher, High School valedictorian, Lincoln HS, Wisconsin Rapids, WI | BS, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA MD student, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| *Asadullah Akhund, MS | 2013 | Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program (IBS-SRP) | Project/Validation engineer, Barry-Wehmiller Design Group, Inc |
| Will Lyon, MD | 2013-15 | Undergraduate researcher, UW-Madison | Joint Internal Medicine and Geriatrics residency, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
| *Rewais Hanna | 2013-16 | Undergraduate researcher, UW-Madison | BS, UW-Madison (2016) |
| Jordan T. Gaal | 2014-16 | Undergraduate researcher, UW-Madison | Associate, MorganMyers Inc, Waukesha, WI |
| Vishnu Naradarajan | 2016-18 | Undergraduate researcher, UW-Madison | BS, UW-Madison (2018) |
| *Sarea Recalde Phillips | 2017 | Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program (IBS-SRP) | BS, Penn State University, Hershey, PA (2019) |
| Nathan Ehrlich | 2017 | Undergraduate researcher, Wesleyan University | BA, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT (2019) |
| Mia Haraguchi | 2019-22 | National Science Foundation REU program | BS, Yale University, CT (2022) PhD student, Rockefeller University, New York, NY |
| Catherine Li | 2019-22 | LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow CNS Award for Excellence in Cancer Research Junior Fellows Program Dean’s Scholar Honors program | BA, The University of Texas at Austin (2022) MD, University of Texas at San Antonio (2026 expected) |
| Rohan Shah | 2021-22 | LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow | BA, The University of Texas at Austin |
| Willy Wei-Hong Ruan | 2022-23 | Undergraduate researcher | BS, China Medical University (2023) MS student, National Taiwan University |
| Smith Yi-Chuan Chiu | 2022-23 | Undergraduate researcher | BS, China Medical University (2023) |
| Dean Pan | 2023-25 | Pre-medical student | BA, The University of Texas at Austin |
| David C. Park | 2023-25 | Undergraduate researcher | BA, The University of Texas at Austin (2025) |
*Under-represented minority students