During the first year of study, our students complete several courses along with participating in journal club and laboratory rotations. They begin their full-time dissertation research at the beginning of their second year.
First-Year Students
Marimar Benitez De La Vega
benitem2@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
Ines Fernandez Maestre
maestrei@sloankettering.edu
BS, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; MS, Fachhochschule Technikum Wien
Mohammed T. Islam
islamm2@sloankettering.edu
BA, Skidmore College
Margaret Kennedy
kennedm4@sloankettering.edu
BS, The College of New Jersey
Hyunu Kim
kimh7@sloankettering.edu
AB, Washington University in St. Louis
Dingyu Liu
liud5@sloankettering.edu
BS, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Thomas F. McNamara
mcnamat1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Trinity College
Brianna Naizir
naizirb@sloankettering.edu
BS, The City College of New York
Minh N. Nguyen
nguyenm4@sloankettering.edu
AB, Mount Holyoke College
Sarah C. Perlee
perlees@sloankettering.edu
BS, The University of Vermont
Troy M. Robinson
robinsont1@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of California, Santa Barbara
Ana Sanchez
sancheza6@sloankettering.edu
BS, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Thinh N. Tran
trant2@sloankettering.edu
BS, New York University Abu Dhabi; M.Sc, University of Toronto
David J. Van Dongen
vandongd@sloankettering.edu
BA, Drew University
Isaac Wakiro
wakiroi@sloankettering.edu
BS, College of St. Scholastica
Nan Xu
xun@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Haochen Zhang
zhangh5@sloankettering.edu
BS, BA, The University of Chicago
Zhi Zheng
zhengz1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Southern University of Science and Technology
Second-Year Students
Bradley Benjamin
Benjamib@sloankettering.edu
BS, Tufts University; MS, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Mentor: Stewart H. Shuman
Kevin M. Boehm
Boehmk@sloankettering.edu
BS, Yale University
Mentor: Sohrab P. Shah
Yanyang Chen
cheny4@mskcc.org
BA, Columbia University; BS, City University of Hong Kong
Mentor: John Maciejowski
Celeste Dang
dangc1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mentor: Joseph C. Sun
Shengyu (Sherry) Gao
Gaos1@sloankettering.edu
BS, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Mentor: Ming Li
Eleanor M. Johns
Johnse@sloankettering.edu
BA, University of Pennsylvania
Mentor: Richard M. White
Ella M. Melnik
Melnike@sloankettering.edu
BS, Pacific Union College
Mentor: Christopher D. Lima
Katelyn Mullen
Mullenk1@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Mentor: Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue
Chi L. Nguyen
Nguyenc1@sloankettering.edu
BA, Colgate University
Mentor: Marcel R. M. van den Brink
Alexander Settle
Settlea@sloankettering.edu
BS, Cornell University
Mentor: Morgan Huse
Hongyu Shi
Shih@sloankettering.edu
BS, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Mentor: Nikolaus D. Schultz and Sohrab P. Shah
Michael Waarts
Waartsm@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Chicago
Mentor: Ross L. Levine
Jielin Yan
Yanj3@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Chicago
Mentor: Danwei Huangfu
Third-Year Students
Corina Amor Vegas
amorvegc@sloankettering.edu
MD, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Mentor: Scott W. Lowe, PhD
Jordan Aronowitz
aronowij@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Rochester
Mentor: Piro Lito
Mariano Aufiero
aufierom@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Texas Austin
Mollie Chipman
chipmanm@sloankettering.edu
BS, Tufts University
Mentor: Luis F. Parada
Florisela Herrejon Chavez
herrejof@sloankettering.edu
BS, Portland State University
Mentor: Michael Kharas
Ellen Horste
horstee@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Michigan Ann Arbor; MS, Loyola University Chicago
Mentor: Christine Mayr
Buren Li
lib@sloankettering.edu
BS, MS, University of Toronto
Mentor: Nikola P. Pavletich
Adina Schonbrun
wakschla@sloankettering.edu
BA, Yeshiva University
Mentor: Marilyn D. Resh
Zhouyang Shen
shenz@sloankettering.edu
BS, UC Los Angeles
Mentor: Philipp Niethammer
Adele Whaley
whaleya@sloankettering.edu
BS, SUNY Stony Brook
Mentor: Neal X. Rosen
Fourth-Year Students
Yu-Jung Chen
cheny5@sloankettering.edu
MD, National Yang Ming University; MS, National Yang Ming University
Mentor: Luis Parada
Miguel Francisco de Jesus
dejesusm@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of the Philippines
Mentor: Morgan Huse
Michael Galiano
galianom@sloankettering.edu
BA, Connecticut College
Mentor: Zhirong Bao
Tyler Hitchman
hitchmat@sloankettering.edu
BS, Clarkson University
Mentor: Yu Chen
Renhe Luo
luor@sloankettering.edu
BS, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Mentor: Danwei Huangfu
Stella V. Paffenholz
paffenhs@sloankettering.edu
MS, Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg (Germany); BS, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Bonn (Germany)
Mentor: Scott W. Lowe, PhD
Amy Shyu
shyua@sloankettering.edu
BS, National Taiwan University; MS, University of Pennsylvania
Mentor: Ming Li
Maria Sirenko
sirenkom@sloankettering.edu
BS, Cornell University
Mentor: Elli Papaemmanuil
Ryan Smolkin
smolkinr@sloankettering.edu
BS, UC Los Angeles
Mentor: Jayanta Chaudhuri
Zhongmin Wang
wangz2@sloankettering.edu
BSc, The University of Hong Kong
Mentor: Alexander Rudensky
Fifth-Year Students
Paige Arnold
arnoldp@sloankettering.edu
BS, Duke University
Mentor: Lydia Finley
Hsuan-An Chen
chenh2@sloankettering.edu
BS, National Taiwan University (Taiwan)
Mentor: Scott W. Lowe, PhD
Tingxu Chen
chent1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Mentor: Kathryn Anderson
Anton Dobrin
dobrina@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Toronto; MS, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Mentor: Michel Sadelain
Rui Gao
gaor@sloankettering.edu
BS, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, U. of London; Master of Research, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, U. of London
Mentor: Andrea Ventura, MD, PhD
Caroline Gleason
gleasonc@sloankettering.edu
BA, Barnard College
Mentor: Andrew Koff
Emily Kansler
kanslere@sloankettering.edu
BS, Salisbury University; ScM, Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Ming Li
Yasemin Kaygusuz
kaygusuy@sloankettering.edu
BS, Bilkent Universitesi
Mentor: Joan Massaguè
Miguel Miranda-Roman
mirandm4@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
Mentor: Ping Chi
Gemma Regan-Mochrie
reganmog@sloankettering.edu
BA, Smith College
Mentor: Xiaolan Zhao
Sarah Tang
tangs@sloankettering.edu
BS, UC Irvine
Mentor: Ingo Mellinghoff
Sixth-Year Plus Students
Jacob A. Boyer
boyerj@sloankettering.edu
BS, Pennsylvania State University
Mentor: Neal Rosen
Ivan J. Cohen
coheni@sloankettering.edu
BA/MA, Hunter College
Mentor: Ronald G. Blasberg
Christopher Hulton
hultonc@sloankettering.edu
BS, Northeastern University; MS, Northeastern University
Mentor: Charles Rudin
Nayan Jain
jainn@sloankettering.edu
B. Tech, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Mentor: Michel Sadelain
Mark J. Jelcic
jelcicm@sloankettering.edu
BA, New York University
Mentor: Philipp Niethammer
Brian J. Joseph
josephb1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mentor: Eric C. Lai
James W. Keith, Jr.
keithj@sloankettering.edu
BA, Vassar College
Mentor: Eric Pamer
Nicholas F. Kuhn
kuhnn@sloankettering.edu
BS, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg; MS, Charité University Medicine Berlin
Mentor: Renier Brentjens
Xiaoyi Li
lix@sloankettering.edu
BS, Tsinghua Univeristy
Mentor: Andrea Ventura
Michelle M. E. Riegman
riegmanm@sloankettering.edu
BS, University College Utrecht; MB, University of Pennsylvania
Mentor: Michael Overholtzer
Ryan C. Smith
smithr@sloankettering.edu
BA, Wesleyan University
Mentor: Viviane Tabar
Benjamin Y. Tischler
tischleb@sloankettering.edu
Columbia University
Mentor: Tobias Hohl
Hannah Wise
johnsenh@sloankettering.edu
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mentor: David B. Solit
Brittany A. Woods
woodsb@sloankettering.edu
BS, Boston College
Mentor: Ross Levine
Yuchen Xie
xiey1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Tsinghua University
Mentor: Emily Cheng
Zeda Zhang
zhangz3@sloankettering.edu
BS, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Mentor: Charles L. Sawyers