PhD Programs
Kaelin Dean
Program: Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Current advisor: Bahaa E. Elgendy, PhD
Undergraduate university: University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 2024
Josh Deffenbaugh
Program: Immunology
Current advisor: Takeshi Egawa, MD, PhD
Undergraduate university: Ohio State University-Columbus, 2022
Diego DeMmon
Program: Immunology
Current advisor: Christina L. Stallings, PhD
Undergraduate university: University of New Mexico-Albuquerque, 2023
Aryahi Deorukhkar
Program: Computational and Systems Biology
Current advisor: Rotating in the lab of Ting Wang, PhD
Undergraduate university: Case Western Reserve University, 2025
Julianna Determan
Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Current advisor: Kristen L. Kroll, PhD
Undergraduate university: Missouri Southern State University, 2021
Rachel DeWeerd
Program: Cancer Biology
Current advisor: Abby M. Green, MD
Undergraduate university: Drury University, 2019
Zahra Dhanerawala
Program: Neurosciences
Current advisor: Edward B. Han, PhD
Undergraduate university: Simmons College, 2018
Alessandra DiMauro
Program: Cancer Biology
Current advisor: Gregory D. Longmore, MD
Undergraduate university: University of Rochester, 2020
Xukai Ding
Program: Neurosciences
Current advisor: Rotating in the lab of John A. Cooper, MD, PhD
Undergraduate university: Zhejiang University, 2025
Riyaz Ditter
Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Current advisor: Rotating in the lab of Joshua Blodgett, PhD
Undergraduate university: Reed College, 2022