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 Announcements

Six PCB students successfully defended this April, May, and June - Congratulations to Dr. Bradley Clegg (Cierpicki / Grembecka Lab), Dr. Nicole Collins (Beard Lab), Dr. Ayza Croskey (Mapp Lab), Dr. Ingrid Kilde (Koutmos Lab), Dr. Jose Reyes (Garner Lab), and Dr. Yuchu Sun (S. Xu Lab)!!

Welcome to our 8 newest Ph.D. students joining the Program in Chemical Biology in Fall 2025!

Ivan Anterola (University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign)
Eli Avraamides (Northeastern University)
Gillian Camacho (Pennsylvania State University)
Brooke Cheng (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Julio Guaman (University of Connecticut)
Ashley Haralson (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Grace Su (Smith College)
Christian Zvokel (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

We are pleased to announce four PCB students, Christopher Azaldegui (Biteen Lab), Joseph Loomis (Smrcka Lab), Layne Bond (Greineder/Tessier Labs), and Alyssa Winkler (Cierpicki/Grembecka Labs) successfully defended this past December and January - Congratulations to Dr. Azaldegui, Dr. Loomis, Dr. Bond, and Dr. Winkler!

Cancer Chemical Biology MS student, Christian Zvokel, has been awarded a Rackham Non-Traditional Fellowship for Winter 2025. Congratulations, Christian!

Three PCB students successfully defended over the Summer term - Congratulations to Dr. Tessa Epstein (Mapp/Narayan Labs), Dr. Sebastian Rivera (Sherman Lab), and Dr. Saffron Little (DeSantis Lab)!

Rising second year student Marc Dean (Garner Lab) and Alana Ponte (Balunas Lab), have been selected for the Proteogenomics of Cancer Training Program (PCTP), funded by the NIH, which supports and provides training for graduate students performing cancer-related research. Congratulations, Marc and Alana!