Student Profiles
Graduate Students
Our graduate programs and the resources available to our postdoctoral team are unsurpassed. Our students come from the Immunology and Infectious Diseases, NIH Protein Biotechnology, and Interdisciplinary programs.
Graduate Training Programs
Research Opportunities

Shannon Allen
PhD Student
Advisor: Tom Kawula
.jpg?sfvrsn=93b25f3b_1)
Kaylee Andrews
PhD Student
Advisor: Leigh Knodler

Johannetsy Avillan
PhD Student
Advisor: Doug Call

Elizabeth Borghesan
PhD Student, IID
Advisor: Dr. Jean Celli

Kelly Deobald
PhD Student
Advisor: Tom Kawula

Sedelia Dominguez
Graduate Student, SMB
Advisor: Dr. Tom Kawula
-rs482d99e5-1923-4a0b-9dc3-6a674770729d.jpg?sfvrsn=33c25b3b_1)
Brandon Flatgard
PhD Student
Advisor: Amin Islam

Catherine Grady
M.S. Student
Advisor: Pilar Fernandez

Duncan Ithinji
PhD Candidate
Advisor: Tom Kawula

Katelin Jackson
PhD Student
Advisor: Eric Lofgren

Stephanie Johnson
PhD Student
Advisor: Eric Lofgren

Ahmed Lugelo
PhD Candidate
Advisor: Felix Lankester

Cameron Mandel
PhD Student
Advisor: Anders Omsland

Matthew Mietchen
PhD Student
Advisor: Eric Lofgren

Colleen Monahan
PhD Student
Advisor: Anders Omsland

Josphat Mulei Muema
PHD Graduate Fellow

Leonard Nderitu
PhD Student
Advisor: Kariuki Njenga

Josephine Nekura
MSc – Jomo Kenyatta University
Advisor: Samuel Thumbi Mwangi

Mutono Nyamai
PHD Graduate Fellow

Elkanah Otiang
PhD – University of Nairobi
Advisor: Samuel Thumbi Mwangi

George Semango
PhD Candidate
Advisor: Felix Lankester
.jpg?sfvrsn=39b25f3b_1)
Sinem Ulusan
PhD Student
Advisor: Bonnie Gunn

Steven Winter
PhD Student
Advisor: Margaret Wild
Advisor: Pilar Fernandez
-yockachonisb3e3d95c-6564-4399-bb72-a476415686ee.jpg?sfvrsn=8c6e5a3b_1)
TJ Yockachonis
PhD Student
Advisor: Bonnie Gunn