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
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.
Asha Bozicevich
Immunology PhD Candidate
B.A. Biology, Carleton College
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
Asha is studying the impact of IL-22, IL-6, and REG proteins on the progression of pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Her project also explores how these proteins influence the intestine, aiming to better understand how tissue-specific immune responses contribute to both disease prevention and development.
Peter Wang
MD/PhD Candidate
B.S. Biological Sciences, University of Chicago
Hometown: Bellevue, WA
Peter is interested in the mechanisms of induction and maintenance of immune tolerance in peripheral tissues.
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.
Zeran Fei
University of Chicago Undergraduate Student
Hometown: New York, NY
Zeran is investigating how gut infections impact liver innate immunity via IL-22.
Sebastian Lopez
University of Chicago Undergraduate Student
Hometown: Greenwich, CT
Sebastian is studying how different subcellular localizations of antigens, this being cytosolic, secreted and transmembrane, affect their availability to the immune system.
Alumni
Jorden Lane
Immunology PhD Candidate 2019-2024
B.S. Biology, Towson University. Postdoctoral Scholar at New York University
Aliia Fatkhullina
Postdoctoral Scholar 2020-2023
PhD, Fox Chase Cancer Center. Postdoctoral Scholar at University of Pennsylvania
Fabiola Sepulveda
Undergraduate Research Assistant 2022-2024
B.S. Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago. Clinical Research Coordinator at Northwestern University
Emily Schaffer
Undergraduate Research Assistant 2022-2024
B.S. Biological Sciences, University of Chicago. Postbaccalaureate Fellow at National Institute of Health
Grace Liu
Undergraduate Research Assistant 2021-2023
B.S. Biological Sciences, 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