Lab Manager

Jennifer Sturgis

B.S. Purdue University

Role: Keeps the lab from burning down

Postdoctoral fellows

Md. Hassan Safdar, PhD

PharmD, Riphah International University, Pakistan

M.Phil Biochemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan

PhD, Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University.

Project:Mechanistic characterization and therapeutic targeting of BCOR-CCNB3 fusion-positive pediatric sarcomas

Satyam Singh, PhD

B.S.Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, India

M.S., Madurai Kamaraj University Madurai, India

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India

Project: Selective targeting of RING1 paralogs in neuroblastoma

Abhishek Wahi

B.S Pharmacy, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University

Project: Decoding epigenetic pathways underlying drug tolerance and persistence in pediatric solid tumors

Xiaochen Zhang, MS

B.S. Pharmacy, Zhengzhou university; M.S. Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics, USC

Project: Defining mechanisms underlying GD2 regulation in Ewing sarcoma

Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Infinite Love Young Investigator

Cure Childhood Cancer early investigator

Education

PharmD, 2014 , Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy

PhD, Pharmacology, 2019, Duke University Graduate School

Postdoc / Instructor, Pediatric oncology, 2019-2024, Stegmaier lab, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School

Grace Hardebeck

B.S. student, Biomedical Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences

Project: Generate new models for understanding MYCN regulation

Adriana Garcia

B.S. student, Biomedical Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences

Project: Identify therapeutic combinations in Ewing sarcoma

Akshaya Lingala

B.S. student, Biology, B.A student, Sociology, College of Science

Project: Uncover mechanisms underlying BCOR alterations in pediatric sarcomas

Veena Lokhnauth

B.S. student, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering

Project: Identify new therapeutic for drug tolerant persistence in neuroblastoma