A biotechnology predoctoral training grant from the NIH National Institute for General Medical Science pays stipend, tuition and fees for ten predoctoral fellows, with the Duke Graduate School contributing an eleventh and twelfth fellowship for non-US citizens.
Fellows

Rohan Bhattacharya
Rohan earned a B.S. & M.S. (Dual Degree) in Biotechnology from Amity University, Noida, India in 2018. He is a PhD student in Dr. Samira Musah’s Lab.

Makenzie Bonner
Makenzie graduated with a B.S. in Marine Science (with minors in Biology and Chemical Oceanography) from the University of South Carolina in 2020. She is a PhD student in Dr. Samira Musah's Lab.

Taylor Chavez
Taylor graduated with a B.S. in Bioengineering from Stanford University in 2018. She is a PhD student in Dr. Sharon Gerecht's Lab.

Benjamin Cosette
Benjamin earned a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in 2017. He is a PhD student in Dr. Joel Collier’s Lab.

Jessica LaLonde
Jessica earned a B.A. in Biology and B.S.E. in Materials Science and Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 2019. She is co-advised by Dr. Jennifer West & Dr. Stefan Zauscher.

Christopher Mansfield
Christopher earned a B.S. in Biology from Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2016. He is a PhD student in Dr. Emily Derbyshire’s Lab.

Yunxin Ouyang
Yunxin graduated with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University in 2020. She is a PhD student in Dr. Tatiana Segura's Lab.

Zachary Quinn
Zachary graduated with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Binghamton University in 2020. He is a PhD student in Dr. Ashutosh Chilkoti's Lab.

Sam Reisman
Sam graduated with a B.S. in Plant Biology from UC Davis in 2015. He is a PhD student in Dr. Charlie Gersbach's Lab.

Meghan Reynolds
Meghan earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering with a Double Concentration in Mechanical and Materials Engineering from Loyola University Maryland in 2019. She is a PhD student in Dr. Brenton Hoffman’s Lab.