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
Bradley Benjamin
Benjamib@sloankettering.edu
BS, Tufts University; MS, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Yanyang Chen
Cheny4@sloankettering.edu
BA, Columbia University; BS, City University of Hong Kong
Celeste Q. Dang
Dangc1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Shengyu (Sherry) Gao
Gaos1@sloankettering.edu
BS, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jonathan Guzman
guzmanj2@sloankettering.edu
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eleanor M. Johns
Johnse@sloankettering.edu
BA, University of Pennsylvania
Ella M. Melnik
Melnike@sloankettering.edu
BS, Pacific Union College
Katelyn Mullen
Mullenk1@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Chi L. Nguyen
Nguyenc1@sloankettering.edu
BA, Colgate University
Alexander Settle
Settlea@sloankettering.edu
BS, Cornell University
Hongyu Shi
Shih@sloankettering.edu
BS, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Michael Waarts
Waartsm@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Chicago
Jielin Yan
Yanj3@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Chicago
Second-Year Students
Corina Amor Vegas
amorvegc@sloankettering.edu
MD, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Mentor: Scott W. Lowe
Jordan Aronowitz
aronowij@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Rochester
Mentor: Piro Lito
Mariano Aufiero
aufierom@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Texas Austin
Mentor: Ming Li
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
Sara Khalil
khalils@sloankettering.edu
BS, Trinity College
Mentor: John Maciejowski
Gangwook Kim
kimg@sloankettering.edu
BS, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Mentor: Zhirong Bao
Buren Li
lib@sloankettering.edu
BS, MS, University of Toronto
Mentor: Nikola P. Pavletich
Adina Schonbrun
wakschla@mskcc.org
Yeshiva University
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
Third-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 Lowe
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
Fourth-Year Students
Nicholas M. Adams
adamsn@sloankettering.edu
BS, Yale University
Mentor: Joseph Sun
Paige Arnold
arnoldp@sloankettering.edu
BS, Duke University
Mentor: Lydia Finley
Hsuan-An Chen
chenh2@sloankettering.edu
BS, National Taiwan University (Taiwan)
Mentor: Scott 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
Fifth-Year Students
Steven Albanese
albaness@sloankettering.edu
BA, Cornell University
Mentor: John Chodera
Jacob A. Boyer
boyerj@sloankettering.edu
BS, Pennsylvania State University
Mentor: Neal Rosen
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
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
Benjamin Y. Tischler
tischleb@sloankettering.edu
Columbia University
Mentor: Tobias Hohl
Yuchen Xie
xiey1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Tsinghua University
Mentor: Emily Cheng
Sixth-Year Plus Students
Scott J. Callahan
callahas@sloankettering.edu
BSE, Princeton University
Mentor: Lorenz Studer and Richard White
Ivan J. Cohen
coheni@sloankettering.edu
BA/MA, Hunter College
Mentor: Ronald G. Blasberg
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
Mehmet Erman Karasu
karasum@sloankettering.edu
BS, Bilkent University
Mentor: Scott Keeney
Edward Kastenhuber
kastenhe@mskcc.org
BSE, University of Pittsburgh
Mentor: Scott Lowe, PhD
James W. Keith, Jr.
keithj@sloankettering.edu
BA, Vassar College
Mentor: Eric G. Pamer
Michael Langberg
langberm@mskcc.org
BA, Vassar College
Mentor: Minkui Luo
Qing Li
liq@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Arizona
Mentor: Danwei Huangfu
Brian Santich
BA, University of California, Berkeley
Mentor: Nai-Kong Cheung and Morgan Huse
Ryan C. Smith
smithr@sloankettering.edu
BA, Wesleyan University
Mentor: Viviane Tabar
Kelsey Temprine
temprink@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Texas Austin
Mentor: Richard White
George Vaisey
vaiseyg@sloankettering.edu
MBiochem, University of Oxford
Mentor: Stephen B. Long
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
Raymond Wu
wur@sloankettering.edu
BA, Cornell University
Mentor: Andrea Ventura
Zeda Zhang
zhangz3@sloankettering.edu
BS, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Mentor: Charles L. Sawyers