Our highly collaborative team uses a combination of experimental and computational approaches.
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Principal Investigator
Rachel A. Gottschalk, PhD Follow Gottschalk Lab on Twitter
Principal Investigator
BS – Biology – Emory University
PhD – Immunology – Weill Cornell Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences / Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Laboratory of Dr. James Allison
Postdoc – National Institutes of Health, Laboratory of Systems Biology, Laboratory of Dr. Ronald Germain
Current Lab Members
Laura Strube, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
BS – Mathematics and Biology – University of Texas as Tyler
MS – Mathematics – University of Utah
PhD – Mathematics – University of Utah
Postdoc – Department of Mathematics and Department of Biological Sciences – Virginia Tech
Satarupa Ganguly, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
BS – Zoology – University of Calcutta
MS – Zoology – University of Calcutta
PhD – Biochemistry- University of Calcutta
Caroline Larkin
Postdoctoral Researcher
BS – Bioinformatics and Computational Biology – University of Maryland, Baltimore County
PhD – Computational Biology – University of Pittsburgh
Omkar Betsur
Research Technician
BS – Biological Sciences – University of Pittsburgh
Sonia Kruszelnicki
PhD Student, Integrative Systems Biology Program
BA – Biochemistry (major), Computer Science and Math (minors) – New York University
Morgan Jackson-Strong
PhD student, Program in Microbiology and Immunology
BS – Chemistry – Georgia State University
Anamarie Martinez
PHD STUDENT, JOINT CMU-PITT PHD PROGRAM IN COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
BS – Chemistry and Mathematics (majors), Data Analytics (minor) – Carlow University
Aaron Francis
PhD Student, Integrative Systems Biology Program
BS – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology – UC Santa Cruz
Yaxuan Yang
PhD Student, Integrative Systems Biology Program
BS – Molecular Biology – University of Pittsburgh
MS – Computational Biomedicine & Biotechnology – University of Pittsburgh
Caitlin Strassburg
PhD Student, Joint CMU-Pitt PhD Program in Computational Biology
BA – Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Mathematics – College of Wooster
Devon Colby
MD PhD Student, Medical Science Training Program (MSTP) Program in Microbiology and Immunology
BS – Biochemistry and Economics – University of Oklahoma
Joshua Kim
Undergraduate Researcher
Sophomore Biology Major – University of Pittsburgh
Former Lab Members
Neha Cheemalavagu, PhD
PhD student, Joint CMU-Pitt PhD Program in Computational Biology
Current position: AstraZeneca, Bioinformatician
Karsen Shoger
Research Technician
Current position: Novasenta, Senior Research Associate
Brandon Michalides
Research Technician
Current position – Immunology PhD Student at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
McKenna Vettori
Undergraduate Researcher
Current position: GSK, Senior Scientist
Thien Ngan (Vi) Do
Undergraduate Researcher
Current position:William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Yuqi (Maya) Cao
Research Technician
Current position: University of Pennsylvania, Dental Student
Abigail Sekyere
Undergraduate Researcher
Current position: Plans to apply to medical school.
Aaron Kim
Undergraduate Researcher
Current position: Altheda Medical Center, Healthcare Analytics and plans to apply to medical school
Amina Suleyman
Undergraduate Researcher
Junior Natural Sciences Major – University of Pittsburgh
Rushali Patel
Undergraduate Researcher
Current position: post-bacc and plans to apply for a Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology
K. Bajpai
Undergraduate Researcher
Samuel Botta
Undergraduate Researcher
Current position: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM)