A biotechnology predoctoral training grant from the NIH National Institute for General Medical Science pays stipend, tuition and fees for nine predoctoral fellows, with the Duke Graduate School contributing a tenth fellowship for a non-US citizen.
Fellows
Daniel Alvarez
Daniel earned a BS in Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering from Boston University in 2014. He is a BME PhD student in Dr. David Katz's Lab.
Korie Bush
Korie Earned a BS in biology from Cornell University in 2014. He is a PhD student in the Sullenger Lab.
Charlene Chabata
Charlene earned her BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Brown University in 2016. She is currently a PhD student in Dr. Bruce Sullenger’s Lab.
Rachel Chapla
Rachel earned a BS in Textile Engineering from North Carolina State University in 2015. She is a PhD student in Dr. Jennifer West's Lab.
Kasie Collins
Kasie earned a BS in Biochemistry and a BA in Chemistry from Eastern Carolina University in 2012. She is currently being co-advised by Dr. Brent Hoffman and Dr. Jennifer West.
John Decker
John earned a B.S. in neuroscience from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2016. He is a Ph.D. student in the Lynch lab.
Daniel French
Dan earned both a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Purdue University and a BS in Chemistry from Butler in 2014. He is a PhD student in the Zauscher Lab.
Chelsea Fries
Chelsea received her BS in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Chemistry from Northwestern University in 2016. She is a PhD student in Joel Collier’s group.
Veronica Gough
Veronica earned a BS in Bioengineering from Rice University in 2016. She is a PhD student in the Gersbach Lab.
Kelly Hainline
Kelly earned a BE in Biomedical Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 2016. She is a PhD student in the Collier lab.
Jennifer Hennigan
Jennifer earned a BS in Chemistry from Stetson University in 2015. She is a PhD student in the Lynch lab.
Garrett Kelly
Garrett earned a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University in 2014. He is a PhD student in the Chilkoti lab
Tyler Klann
Tyler earned a BS and MS in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2014. He is a PhD student in the Gersbach Lab.
Alexander McCumber
Alex earned a BS in Biochemistry from Oklahoma Christian University and a MS in Environmental Science from the University of Oklahoma. He is a PhD student in Claudia Gunsch's lab.
Emily McFadden
Emily earned a BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Richmond in 2013. She is a PhD student in Amanda Hargrove's Lab.
Romel Menacho-Melgar
Romel, originally from Peru, obtained his B.S. from the University of South Carolina at Columbia in May 2013. He then started his PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Duke under the supervision of Dr. Gabriel Lopez. As of July 2015, Romel has joined the lab of Dr. Michael Lynch.
Tejank Shah
Tejank earned a BS in Materials Science and a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Carngie Mellon in 2014. He is a PhD student in Dr. Stefan Zauscher's Lab.
Aline Umuhire Juru
Aline earned a B.A. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Hendrix College (Conway, AR) in 2015. She is a PhD student in Dr. Amanda Hargrove’s Lab.
Ellen Weburg
Ellen earned a BA in Engineering Science and BE in Biomedical Engineering from Dartmouth College in 2014. She is a PhD student in Dr. George Truskey's Lab.