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

Claire Shudde

PhD Student (Pharmacology)

Abilene Christian University, BS (Chemistry)

Pharmacological Sciences Training Program (PSTP), 2021

PhRMA Foundation Predoctoral Fellow in Drug Discovery, 2023

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

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

Staff

Emma Pfeiffer

Research Technician

University of Michigan, BS (Biomedical Engineering)

Undergraduate Researchers & Post-bacs

Nina Castaneda, PREP Scholar

Kora Reid, Undergraduate Researcher

Alumni

Christina (Yating) Zheng

PhD Student

Next position: Life Science Specialist at L.E.K. Consulting

Xinyu Wang

Research Technician

Next position: U-M PIBS Pharmacology PhD Training Program

Joseph Serrenho

Research Technician

Next position: Vanderbilt PhD Program

Paola Medina-Cabrera

Post-Bac Researcher (PREP Scholar)

Next position: U-M PIBS Cancer Biology PhD Training Program

Taylor Piper

Research Technician

Undergraduate Researchers

Kaitlyn Kunselman (2021)

Lilliana Trinch (2022)

Elian Ruiz-Arevalo (2023)

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