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Adam Courtney
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
University of California, San Francisco, Postdoctoral Fellow (Immunology)
University of Wisconsin, Madison, PhD (Biochemistry)
University of Waterloo, BS (Biochemistry)
Dr. Courtney’s research interests include signal transduction in the immune system, T cell signaling pathways, immunotherapy strategies, protein regulation, and cancer therapeutics.
Graduate Students

Monica Chanda
PhD Student (Cancer Biology)
Purdue University, BS (Biomedical Engineering)
Purdue University, MS (Biomedical Engineering)
Cancer Biology Training Program, 2021
Rogel Cancer Center TrEC Predoctoral Fellowship, 2022
Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship / NIH F31 Award, 2025
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Zehui Gu
PhD Student (Pharmacology)
China Pharmaceutical University, BS
University of Michigan, MS (Pharmacology)
Charles W. Edmunds Fellowship, 2024

Grace Aleck
PhD Student (Cellular & Molecular Biology)
Boston College, BS (Biology)
Cell & Molecular Biology Training Program, 2022

Alejandra Rosario Crespo
PhD Student (Cancer Biology)
University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, BS (Biology)
Rackham Merit Fellow, 2025
Staff
Yena Jin
Research Technician
University of Michigan, MS (Pharmacology)
Calvin University, BS (Biochemistry)
Alumni
PhD Students
Claire Shudde
Next position: Post-doc
Christina (Yating) Zheng
Next position: Life Science Specialist at L.E.K. Consulting
MS students
Xinyu Wang
Next position: U-M PIBS CDB PhD Training Program
Post-baccalaureate Researchers
Paola Medina-Cabrera (PREP Scholar)
Next position: U-M PIBS Cancer Biology PhD Training Program
Nina Castaneda (PREP Scholar)
Next position: U-M PIBS Immunology PhD Training Program
Staff
Taylor Piper (Technician)
Joseph Serrenho (Technician)
Emma Pfeiffer (Technician)
Undergraduate Researchers
Kaitlyn Kunselman (2021)
Lilliana Trinch (2022)
Elian Ruiz-Arevalo (2023)
Kora Reid (2025)
Rotation Students
Matthew Perricone (Immunology) 2022
Jiayu Wang (Pharmacology) 2020
Monica Bonilla (Cancer Biology) 2020
Brian Tran (Pharmacology) 2019
Shreeya Bakshi (Pharmacology) 2019
Erik Peterson (Cancer Biology) 2019