{"id":120,"date":"2019-08-28T14:14:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T18:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sb2\/?page_id=120"},"modified":"2025-08-13T20:24:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T00:24:02","slug":"trainees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sb2\/trainees\/","title":{"rendered":"Trainees"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Cohort of 2024\u20132026<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/eric-b-aa1335135\/\">Eric Bueno<\/a> (Mary Dunlop\u2019s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anjaligajendiran\/\">Anjali Gajendiran<\/a> (Mo Khalil&#8217;s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/megan-hoppe\/\">Megan Hopton<\/a> (Liang Hao\u2019s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/robertovallejr\/\">Robert Ovalle Jr.<\/a> (Miguel Jimenez\u2019s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li>Siyi Zheng (Michelle Teplensky\u2019s laboratory)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Cohort of 2023\u20132025<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nery-arevalos-b0153a204\/\"><span>Nery<\/span> Arevalos<\/a> (Alex Green\u2019s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/audreyvanheest\/\">Audrey Van Heest<\/a> (Liang Hao\u2019s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/florence-guerina\/\">Tori Guerina<\/a> (Meg Younger\u2019s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lorangliford\/\">Loran Gliford<\/a> (Erica Pratt\u2019s laboratory)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Cohort of 2022\u20132024<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/maryam-dashtiahangar-a9113b15b\/\">Maryam Dashtiahangar<\/a> (Trevor Siggers&#8217;s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/juan-jos%C3%A9-jaramillo-montezco-355b428a\/\">Juan Jaramillo Montezco<\/a> (Alex Green&#8217;s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joey-zhuoying-huang\/\">Joey (Zhuoying) Huang<\/a>\u00a0(Wilson Wong&#8217;s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/emily-schwartz-795818126\/\">Emily Schwartz<\/a> (Joyce Wong&#8217;s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/liz-tchantouridze-36b37a251\/\">Liz Tchantouridze<\/a> (Mo Khalil&#8217;s\u00a0laboratory)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Cohort of 2021\u20132023<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/diana-arguijo-703163154\/\">Diana Arguijo Mendoza<\/a> (Doug Densmore\u2019s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/james-robson23\/\">James Robson<\/a> (Alex Green\u2019s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michaelrsilverstein\/\">Michael Silverstein<\/a> (Daniel Segr\u00e8\u2019s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/eric-south-xyz\/\">Eric South<\/a> (Mary Dunlop\u2019s laboratory)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Cohort of 2020\u20132022<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/noshinnawar-bme\/\">Noshin Nawar<\/a> (Zeba Wunderlich\u2019s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cristiancoriano\/\">Cristian Coriano-Ortiz<\/a> (Mary Dunlop\u2019s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ezira-yimer-wolle\/\">Ezira Yimer Wolle<\/a> (Mo Khalil\u2019s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mzulch\/\">Michael Zulch<\/a> (Joe Larkin\u2019s laboratory)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Recent Ph.D. graduates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/adam-sanford-057aa8107\/\">Adam Sanford<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Cohort of 2019\u20132021<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D. Thesis title: \u201cDevelopment of a Scalable Yeast-Based Functional Selection Platform to Enable the Discovery of Diverse Protein-Based G Protein-Coupled Receptor Modulators\u201d (5\/5\/2024)<\/li>\n<li>Thesis advisor: Mo Khalil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/eric-bressler-4a2940a5\/\">Eric Bressler<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Cohort of 2019\u20132021<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D. Thesis title: \u201cEngineering Biomaterial-Enhanced Therapeutics to Control Locally Aggressive Malignancies\u201d (3\/17\/2023)<\/li>\n<li>Thesis advisors: Wilson Wong &amp; 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