People

Daria Esterhazy

Assistant Professor, Pathology

Committee on Immunology, Committee on Cancer Biology, Committee on Microbiology, Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition.

Hometown: Vienna, Austria

Education and Training:

The Rockefeller University – Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2013-2018
UT Southwestern-2012-2013 Postdoctoral Fellowship
ETH Zurich Switzerland – Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2011-2012
ETH Zurich Switzerland – PhD, 2010
University of Cambridge UK – MSci, 2006
University of Cambridge UK – B.A., 2005

Dean Zhou

Immunology PhD Candidate

B.S. Biochemistry/Cell Biology and Economics, UC San Diego

Hometown: Hangzhou, China/Seattle, WA

Macy Komnick

Immunology PhD Candidate

B.S. Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Tulane University

Hometown: Bloomington, IL

Ben Lauring

Immunology PhD Student

B.S., Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University

Hometown: Tenafly, NJ

Peter Wang

MD/PhD Candidate

B.S. Biological Sciences, University of Chicago

Hometown: Bellevue, WA

Carrie Everett

Research Analyst

B.S. Chemistry, Haverford College

Hometown: Westport, CT

Lorenzo D'Alessio

Sr. Research Analyst

B.S. Integrative Biology and M.S. Evolutionary Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Hometown: Lake in the Hills, IL

Ornella Ndatabaye

University of Chicago Undergraduate Student

Hometown: Kigali, Rwanda

Roxanna Fahid

University of Chicago Undergraduate Student

Hometown: London, UK

Zeran Fei

University of Chicago Undergraduate Student

Hometown: New York, NY

Alumni

Elida Nieves-Ortiz

Research Support Assistant 2022-2025

Entered with: B.S. Marine Science and B.A. Animal Studies, Eckerd College

Now: PhD student at Loyola University Chicago

Jorden Lane

Immunology PhD Candidate 2019-2024

Entered with: B.S. Biology, Towson University

Now: Postdoctoral Scholar at New York University

Aliia Fatkhullina

Postdoctoral Scholar 2020-2023

Entered with: PhD, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Now: Postdoctoral Scholar at University of Pennsylvania

Fabiola Sepulveda

Undergraduate Research Assistant 2022-2024

B.S. Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago

Now: Clinical Research Coordinator at Northwestern University

Emily Schaffer

Undergraduate Research Assistant 2022-2024

B.S. Biological Sciences, University of Chicago

Now: Postbaccalaureate Fellow at National Institute of Health

Grace Liu

Undergraduate Research Assistant 2021-2023

B.S. Biological Sciences, University of Chicago

Now: Medical Student at the University of Illinois at Chicago

Hailey Brown

Immunology PhD Candidate 2019-2021

Entered with: B.S. Biological Science, Carnegie Mellon

Now: Postdoctoral Scholar at Yale University

Julia Yescas

PREP Scholar 2020-2021

B.S. Biology, New Mexico State University

Now: PhD Student at Northwestern University

Tess Joosse

Research Specialist 2018-2020

Entered with: B.A. Biology, Oberlin College

Now: UC Santa Cruz Graduate School