OUR TEAM
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Michael Verneris, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Director of BMT & Cellular Therapy
Syracuse University, BS
Dartmouth-Brown, MD
Pediatric Residency, Children's National in DC
Pediatric Heme/Onc Fellowship, Stanford
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford
Research Services Senior Professional
Eric Hoffmeyer, BS
Iowa State University, BS
Eric works on in vitro and in vivo assays related to CAR T cell and bone marrow transplant research as well as the lab's bioinformatics for -omics analysis.
Post Doctoral Fellow
Jen Cimons, PhD
University of Colorado, PhD
University of Notre Dame, BS
Jennifer's work focuses on CAR T cells.
Post Doctoral Fellow
Joselyn Cruz Cruz, PhD
Purdue University, PhD
Joselyn studies how efferocytosis, the clearance of apoptotic cells by macrophages, mediates immune evasion and chemoresistance in leukemia and sarcomas. She also works to improve homing and activity of CAR T cells in sarcomas.
Research Associate
Elena Woods, PhD
Trinity College Dublin
University College Dublin
Elena works on NK/ILC development and immunometabolic dysfunction in Down Syndrome.
Research Services Program Manager
Lab Manager
Kristin Schaller, PhD
Washington University, St. Louis, BA
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, PhD
Kristin works on CAR T cell design and cloning as well as most of the lab's in vitro molecular biological and biochemical assays and in vivo animal studies.
PhD Student
Patrick Pence
PhD Student, Pharmacology
Saint Louis University, BS
Patrick's research investigates the efficacy of novel CAR T cells targeting breast cancer.
PhD Student
Spencer Hall
PhD Student, Pharmacology
University of Virginia, BS
Spencer's research investigates novel costimulatory domains to enhance the performance of CAR T cells.