People

Program affiliation
Immunology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Cancer Biology

Research summary
My goal is to understand how CAR T cells interact with their immune environment, and to manipulate these interactions to improve outcomes of treatment.

Key words
CAR T cells, HSCs, cell therapy, gene therapy, cancer

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2018

Thesis Advisor: Matthew J. Walter

Thesis Title: The role of H2afy in normal and malignant hematopoiesis

Program: Developmental Biology

Graduation Year: 2011

Thesis Advisor: Zhou-Feng Chen

Thesis Title: Central and peripheral mechanism of gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRPR)-mediated itch sensation.

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2011

Thesis Advisor: Ted H. Hansen

Thesis Title: Single Chain MHC Trimers (SCTs)-based DNA Vaccines for Pathogen Protection

Program: Biophysics

Graduation Year: 2004

Thesis Advisor: Jacob Schaefer

Thesis Title: The Structural Characterization of Vancomycin Analogue Binding Sites in Staphylococcus Aureus

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2010

Thesis Advisor: Aaron DiAntonio

Thesis Title: The Role of the Novel Drosophila Gene Ema for Endosomal Maturation and Autophagy

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2011

Thesis Advisor: John A. Cooper

Thesis Title: Molecular Mechanism and the Regulation of Capping Protein

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2017

Thesis Advisor: Daniel Kerschensteiner

Thesis Title: Motion processing in the mouse retina

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Current advisor: Rotating in the lab of Ali H. Ellebedy, PhD

Undergraduate university: Pusan National University, 2022

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 1993

Thesis Advisor: Lee Ratner

Thesis Title: Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type I-Mediated Lymphocyte Immortalization: Viral Replication and Lymphoproliferation.