Previous Lab Members


Postdocs (PhD)

2011- 2014 Dr. Shameem Fawdar, PhD
2014-present: Deputy CEO Axonova, Mauritius

2011- 2014 Dr. Anna Marusiak, PhD
2016-2020: Senior Postdoc, University of Warsaw
2020-present: Group Leader, IMOL, Polish Academy of Sciences

2012-2016 Dr. Natalia Stephenson, PhD
2017-2018: Postdoc at University of Leeds and Manchester Biocentre
2018-present: Data Scientist at KPMG, UK

2014-2022 Dr. Pedro Torres-Ayuso, PhD
2022-present: Assistant Professor, Temple University

2017-2021 Dr. Amy Funk, PhD
2021-2022: NPA liaison for the NCI CCR-FYI
2022-present: Pharmaceutical Scientist, FDA

2017-2020 Dr. Van Barnes (Hoang), PhD
2020-2021: Licensing Associate, USF Tech Transfer
2021-present: Clinical Relations Coordinator, Moffitt Cancer Center

2017-2020 Dr. Christina Young, PhD
2020-present: Program Manager at the NCI

2020-2021 Dr. Ryan Bensen, PhD
2021-present: Application Scientist at Integrated DNA Technologies

2021-2022 Dr. Jungwuk Lee, PhD

2022-2023 Dr. Jennifer Wong-Roushar, PhD
May 2023-Oct 2023: Scientist at Meso Scale Diagnostics
Oct 2023-Aug 2024: Jr Scientist I at Odyssey Systems
Nov 2024-present: Senior scientist at Fina BioSolutions

2022-2024 Dr. Lily Klapper, PhD
2025-present: Senior Scientist at Pfizer

PhD students

2011- 2016 Dr. Zoe Edwards, PhD
2016-present: Postdoc, CRUK Manchester Institute, Hagan Lab

2012-2016 Dr. Ewelina Testoni, PhD
                        2016-2017: Scientist at Redx Pharma
2017-2019: Medical Scientist at Aptus Clinical
2019-present: Medical Science Liason at the Medical affairs company

2012-2016 Dr. Andrew Hudson, PhD
2016-present: Clinical Senior Lecturer at The University of Manchester
& Honorary Consultant Clinical Oncologist at The Christie NHS Trust

Postbacs‍ ‍

2017-2019 Ms. Elvira An
2019-present: PhD student, Yale University, Lab of Dr. Craig Crews

2017-2018 Mr. Roger Liang
2018-present: MD/PhD student at UT Southwestern

2020-2022 Ms. Sophia Lookingbill

2020-2022 Ms. Knickole Bergman
2022-present: PhD student at University of Rochester

2022-2024 Ms. Kelcie Foss
2024-2025: Clinical Research Asssitant at CenExel
2025-2026: Clinical Research Coordinator at Chindren’s Hospital Colorado

2022-2025 Ms. Maxine Rubin
2025-present: PhD student at George Washington University

2023-2025 Mr. Nick Brill-Edwards
2025-present: MD/PhD student at Thomas Jefferson University

2023-2025 Ms. Noelle Tesi

2024-2025 Ms. Aamna Siddiqui
2025-present: MD/PhD student at MD Anderson UTHealth

Lab Managers

2011- 2016 Ms. Eleanor Trotter, PhD
2016-present: Lab manager for Dr. Iain Hagan CRUK MI

2016-2025 Ms. Katherine Nyswaner, MSc (retired)