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
Aliia Fatkhullina
Postdoctoral Scholar
PhD Fox Chase Cancer Center
Aliia is interested in the role of gut draining lymph node (LN) stromal cells and macrophages in sensing and responding to the local environment. Her project aims to define the importance of these understudied LN populations in conferring regional gut immunity and thereby immune homeostasis of the digestive system.
Jorden Lane
Immunology PhD Candidate
B.S. Biology, Towson University
Hometown: Waldorf, MD
Jorden is interested in how intestinal lymphatics contribute towards adaptive immune responses within the gut draining lymph nodes. His project utilizes intestinal insults such as infections to probe whether intestinal lymphatics actively contribute to adaptive immunity.
Dean Zhou
Immunology PhD Candidate
B.S. Biochemistry/Cell Biology and Economics, UC San Diego
Hometown: Hangzhou, China/Seattle, WA
Dean is interested in how different forms (cytosolic, secreted and surface) of tissue-specific antigens are being handled and presented under homeostatic and inflammatory conditions and whether hepatic and duodenal perturbations can influence the adaptive immunity of the pancreas via their shared lymph node drainage.
Macy Komnick
Immunology PhD Candidate
B.S. Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Tulane University
Hometown: Bloomington, IL
Macy is investigating how shared lymph node drainage in the upper small intestine shapes tissue-specific immunity.
Elida Nieves-Ortiz
Research Support Assistant
B.S. Marine Science and B.A. Animal Studies, Eckerd College
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Elida assists with lab procedures and maintenance. She is interested in studying implications of gut microbiota.
Ornella Ndatabaye
University of Chicago Undergraduate Student
Hometown: Kigali, Rwanda
Ornella will be investigating how gut infections change how our immune system perceives gut-derived self-antigens. This will help in understanding how diseases that are considered autoimmune may be triggered.
Emily Schaffer
University of Chicago Undergraduate Student
Hometown: Houston, TX
Emily is studying how infections and autoimmune T cells interact to cause autoimmune diabetes.
Fabiola Sepulveda
University of Chicago Undergraduate Student
Hometown: Miami, FL
Fabiola is studying how immune responses in the gut elicit inflammatory responses in the pancreas that may trigger pancreatic diseases.
Alumni:
Grace Liu
Undergraduate Research Assistant 2021-2023
B.S. Biological Science, University of Chicago. Medical Student at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Hailey Brown
Immunology PhD Candidate 2019-2021
B.S. Biological Science, Carnegie Mellon. Postdoctoral Scholar at Yale University
Julia Yescas
PREP Scholar 2020-2021
B.S. Biology, New Mexico State University. PhD Student at Northwestern University
Tess Joosse
Research Specialist 2018-2020
B.A. Biology, Oberlin College. UC Santa Cruz Graduate School