Meet the Team
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Kris Wood, Ph.D.
(CV)
Principal Investigator
Professor
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, MIT, 2007
Postdoctoral fellowship, Whitehead Institute / Broad Institute, 2007-2012
Hometown: Georgetown, KY
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Lucy Hart Peaden Taylor
Assistant to Dr. Wood
B.A., History, University of Virginia, 2007
M.S., Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2011
Hometown: Keysville, VA
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Areej Abu Rmaileh
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2023
M.Sc., Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Birzeit University, 2012
B.Sc., Medical Technology, Al-Quds University, 2008
Hometown: East Jerusalem
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Michael Aiduk
M.D./Ph.D. Student
B.S., Biochemistry, Syracuse University, 2018
Hometown: Sagamore Beach, MA
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Kerry Dillon
Graduate Student
B.S., Biology, B.A., Chemistry, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2015
Hometown: Yardley, PA
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Taylor Durall
Graduate Student
B.S. Biology, University of North Carolina, Asheville, 2021
Hometown: Plover, WI
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Xiang (Molly) Han
Graduate Student
M.S., Computational Biology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 2025
B.S., Human Biology, Heath and Society, Cornell University, 2023
Hometown: Beijing, China
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Dave Lee
Graduate Student
B.S., Chemistry, Duke University, 2023
Hometown: Memphis, TN
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Mike Lidsky, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Surgery, Duke University
Fellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology/Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, MSKCC, 2016-18
Resident and Research Fellow, Surgery, Duke University, 2009-2016
M.D., Medicine, Georgetown University
B.S., Animal Physiology and Neuroscience, UCSD
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
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Min Lu, Ph.D.
Lab Manager
Ph.D., Medicine, Wuhan University School of Medicine, 2007
Hometown: Hubei, China
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Cole Martin, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D., Pharmacology, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2026
B.A., Biochemistry, Biology, Wartburg College, 2020
Hometown: Rochester, MN
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Gabriel Mesa
Graduate Student
B.S., Biology, Wofford College, 2021
Hometown: Miami, FL
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Eric Nguyen
Graduate Student
B.S., Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University, 2024
M.S., Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University, 2024
Hometown: Boise, Idaho
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Taylor Nguyen
Graduate Student
B.S., Neuroscience and Biology, Duke University, 2024
Hometown: Cary, NC
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Stephanie Sun
M.D. Student
B.S., Biochemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, 2021
Hometown: San Jose, CA
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Caroline Teddy
Postdoctoral Researcher
B.S., Microbiology, University of Washington, 2018
Ph.D., Molecular Cancer Biology, Duke University, 2026
Hometown: Redmond, WA