CSBL group members

November 2021
Postdoctoral Fellows
Geena Ildefonso, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Project: Multi-scale modeling of immune cell activation
Ph.D.: Chemical and Physical Biology, Vanderbilt University
B.S.: Mathematics, University of Central Florida
Ph.D.: Chemical and Physical Biology, Vanderbilt University
B.S.: Mathematics, University of Central Florida
Graduate Students
Colin Cess

Ph.D. Candidate
Project: Multi-scale modeling of tumor-immune interactions
B.S.: Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo
B.S.: Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo
Patrick Gelbach

Ph.D. Candidate
Project: Constraint-based model of macrophage metabolism in colorectal cancer
B.S.: Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
B.S.: Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
Vardges Tserunyan

Ph.D. Candidate
Project: Modeling 41BB signaling in CAR-NK cells
B.S.: Neuroscience, Brandeis University
B.S.: Neuroscience, Brandeis University
Holly Huber

Ph.D. Student
Project: Modeling signaling in lymphatic endothelial cells
B.S.: Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California
B.S.: Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California
Lynne Cherchia

Ph.D. Student
Project: Integrating imaging and mathematical modeling to study cell signaling
B.S.: Biology, Boston University
B.S.: Biology, Boston University
Niki Tavakoli

Ph.D. Student
Project: Constraint-based modeling of cancer and stromal cells
B.S.: Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles.
M.S.: Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California.
B.S.: Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles.
M.S.: Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California.
Diamond Mangrum

Ph.D. Student
B.S.: Biological Engineering, North Carolina A&T University
Undergraduate Students
Ariella Simoni

B.S., Biomedical Engineering 2023 (expected)
Neel Tangella

B.S., Quantitative Biology 2024 (expected)