The Lee-Oesterreich lab alumni (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty) are pursuing careers in diverse areas. These include:

Academia

Michelle Boisen, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
David Boone Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Xiaojiang Cui, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Cedars Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
Robert Dearth, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, UT Pan Am, Edinburgh, TX
Jason Garee, Ph.D., Clinical Laboratory Manager at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-James Cancer Hospital
Amy Hassan, M.D., Assistant Professor, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Daniel Hochbaum, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Buenos Aires
Petra Den Hollander, Ph.D.,  Instructor, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Benny Kaipparettu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Tiffany Katz, Ph.D., Instructure, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Hyun-Jung Kim Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Carolyn Kitchens, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Bethany College, Bethany, WV
Jose Pablo Leone, M.D., Assistant Professor, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Sayali Onkar, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Vaccine and Cell Therapy Lab, Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Institute
Thushangi Pathirajaa, Ph.D., Adjunct Faculty at The Community College of Baltimore County Baltimore, MA
Nolan Priedigkeit, M.D., Ph.D., IM Resident, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Matthew Sikora, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, UCD, Denver ,CO
Winston Tan, M.D., Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
Sarah Taylor, M.D., Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Roby Thomas, M.D., Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Rebecca Watters, Ph.D , Research Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh

Industry

Courtney Andersen, Ph.D., Postdoc, AstraZeneca
Emily Bossart, Ph.D., Scientist at Cernostics, Inc, Pittsburgh
Angelo Casa PhD, Senior Medical Writer, BGB Group, NY
Susan Farabaugh Ph.D., Scientist, Carmell Therapeutics, Pittsburgh
Rekha Gyanchandani Ph.D., Scientist, Western Oncolytics, Pittsburgh
Ryan Hartmaier Ph.D., Associate Director, AstraZeneca, Boston
Margarita Ivanova, Director of Translational Medicine Unit, Lysosomal and Rare Disorders Research Treatment Center, Washington, DC
Ge (Serena) Liao, Senior Principal Biostatistician – Novartis Oncology
Beate Litzenburger Ph.D., Senior Genomics Scientist, Qiagen
Simeen Malik, Ph.D., PhD, Sr. Bioinformatics Scientist, MSD Pharmaceuticals, Kenilworth, NJ
Alison Nagle PhD., Clinical and Research Liaison, Tempus
Sreeja Sreekumar, Ph.D., Senior Scientist – Cardiff Oncology, CA
Nicholas Smith, M.S., Associate at ZS, Chicago
Nilgun Tasdemir, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Functional Genomics, Target Sciences at Pfizer, NY
Steven Townson, Oncology Scientific Director, MERCK, Seattle, WA
Jennifer M. Xavier, Ph.D., Director of Translational Medicine, Prelude Therapeutics, DE

Below is the complete list of Lee-Oesterreich lab alumni:

Faculty

Jennifer M. Xavier, Ph.D., 2017-2023

Postdoctoral Fellows

Osama Shiraz Shah, Ph.D., 2023
Sheeba John Mary, Ph.D., 2022-2023
Olivia McGinn, Ph.D., 2021-2022
Jacqueline Mann, Ph.D., 2020-2021
Lyuqin (Lydia) Chen, Ph.D., 2019-2021
Zheqi (Vaciry) Li, Ph.D., 2020-2021
Ye Qin, Ph.D., 2018-2020
Nilgun Tasdemir, Ph.D., 2014-2019
Nolan Priedigkeit, M.D., Ph.D., 2018-2019
Rekha Gyanchandani, Ph.D., 2013-2017
Sreeja Sreekumar, Ph.D., 2013-2017
Chandra Bathula, Ph.D., 2012-2015
Daniel Hochbaum, Ph.D., 2012-2014
Susan Farabaugh, Ph.D., 2011-2017
Rebecca Watters, PhD, 2011-2016
Mathew Sikora, PhD, 2011-2016
David Boone, Ph.D., 2011-2015
Ryan Hartmaier, Ph.D., 2011-2015
Tiffany Katz, 2014-2016
Carolyn Kitchens, 2011-2012
Bonita Chan Ph.D.,  2008-2012
Petra Den Hollander, Ph.D., 2008-2010
Stephanie Hammerich-Hille, 2007-2009
Benny Abraham Kaipparrettu, 2005-2009
Robert Dearth, Ph.D. 2005-2009
Hyun-Jung Kim Ph.D. 2004-2006
Xiaojiang Cui, Ph.D 2003-2007
Rene Meyer PhD, 2003-2006
Margarita Ivanova PhD, 2000-2004
Jana Divisova Ph.D. 2000-2003
Shiming Jiang, 2001-2006
Steven Townson, 1999-2004

Graduate Students

Osama Shiraz Shah, 2018-2023
Laura Savariau, 2018-2022
Megan E. Yates, 2019-2022
Sayali Onkar, 2017-2022
Kai Ding, 2017-2022
Ashu Elangovan, 2017-2022
Dorothy Carter, 2018-2021
John Willis, 2017-2020
Zheqi (Vaciry) Li, 2015-2020
Peyton McIntyre, 2018-2019
Geoffrey Pecar, 2018-2019
Zeynep Erdogan-Yildirim, 2017-2019
Hannah Guzolik, 2017-2018
Maddie Lionberger, 2017-2018
Kevin Levine, 2014-2018
Nicholas Smith, 2014-2018
Ahmed Basudan, 2013-2018
Ali Nagle, 2013-2018
Emily Bossart, 2012-2018
Amir Bahreini, 2012-2016
Courtney Andersen, 2011-2016
Gregory Logan, 2014-2015
Jason Garee, 2005-2011
Ryan Hartmaier, 2005-2010
Angelo Casa, 2005-2010
Adam Potter 2006-2010
Yu-Fen Wang, 2008-2010
Thushangi Pathiraja, 2005-2010
Beate Litzenburger, 2006-2009
Simeen Malik, 2003-2009
Klaudia Dobrzycka, 2001-2005

Clinical Fellows

Susrutha Narayanan, M.D., 2021-2023
Azadeh Nasrazadani, M.D., Ph.D. 2017-2022
Roby Thomas, M.D. 2015-2018
Karthik Kota, M.D. 2015-2018
Sarah Taylor, M.D. 2012-2015
Michelle Boisen, 2015 – 2017
Tadeu Ambros, M.D. 2014-2015
Aju Mathew, M.D., 2013-2015
Jose (Pablo) Leone, M.D. 2012-2013
Jorge Rios, M.D. 2011-2012
Shweta Nayak M.D., 2011
Robin Laskey M.D., 2011
Amy Hassan, M.D. 2006-2007
Jay Wang, M.D., 2006
Ali Moussa, M.D, 2000
Winston Tan, M.D.1998 – 1999

Medical students

Amruth Jonnalaggadda, MS research, 2014-2018
Bahar Laderian, MS1 (summer lab), 2011

Research Staff

Liane Fairfull – Senior Research Technician
Kelly Murphy – Research Technician
Jade Young – Bioinformatics Technician
Christy Smolak – Animal Husbandry Technician
Beth Knapick – Lab Manager/Research Technician
Geoffrey Pecar – Research Technician
Kyle Biery – Animal Husbandry Technician
Julie Scott – Research Specialist
Tanya Minteer – Research Specialist IV
Whitney (Crosson) Wright – Research Technician
Elizabeth Nelson – Research Assistant
Ping Zhang – Technician

Visiting Scholars

Simeng Liu, 2019-2021  – Tsinghua-Pitt scholar
Yang Wu, 201902921 – Tsinghua-Pitt scholar
Fangyuan (Chelsea) Chen, 2018-2020, 2023 – Tsinghua-Pitt scholar, Visiting Scholar
Tiantong (Tendo) Liu, 2018-2020 – Tsinghua-Pitt scholar
Nicola Cosgrove – Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, 2019

Summer and undergraduate students

Pooja Tallapaneni, 2018, 2019-2022
Minji Chung, 2018-2020
Antonia Giles, 2018-2019
Zahra Ahmad, 2018-2019
Margaret Jankowski, 2019
Marianna Salinas, UPCI Summer Academy, 2017
Carolin Meier, 2016
Sophie Roe, 2016
Jahnik Kurukulasuriya UPCI Summer Academy, 2015
Peilu Wang, 2015
Katie Ferrick, 2015
Alexander Christie, 2014
Vinod Rajakumar, UPCI Summer Academy, 2013
Sarah Small, 2013
Lauren Walheim, Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh Honors Program, 2012-2015
Adam Robbins, 2012
Chai Scott, UPCI Summer Academy, 2012
Diana Townsend, 2012
Nitesh Turaga, MS Computational Biology, CMU, 2012
Soyoung Kim, UPCI Summer Academy, 2011
Emily Robinson, 2011
Sivaprakash Sivaji (Siva), 2011
Ilyas Patanam, SMART summer student, 2010
Joshua Herzstein, 2009
Neva Gohel, 2009
Ilena Ochadsvey, Summer student, 2009
Laura Sanchez, 2008
Tamar Schiff, Summer student, 2007
Kathryn Connery, SMART summer student, 2006
Tanya Khan, 2005
Andrew Clark, SMART summer student, 2005
Natalia Vazquez-Marerro, 2004
Brian Adkins, 2003
Marco Vega, SMART summer student, 2003
Allison Stanley, 2002
Kimberley Thomason, SMART summer student, 2002
Mamie Air, 2001
Jasmeen Dara, SMART summer student, 2001
Klaudia Dobrzycka, 2000

Minority Educational Program

Winfred Frazier, M.D., 2000-2002

Interns

Martin Blohmer, 2018

Administrative Staff

Madison Seaver, 2023
Renee Mandell, 2022