Meet the Team

  • Kris Wood, Ph.D.

    (CV)

    Principal Investigator

    Associate Professor

    Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, MIT, 2007

    Postdoctoral fellowship, Whitehead Institute / Broad Institute, 2007-2012

    Hometown: Georgetown, KY

  • Lucy Hart Peaden Taylor

    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

  • 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

  • Michael Aiduk

    M.D./Ph.D. Student

    B.S., Biochemistry, Syracuse University, 2018

    Hometown: Sagamore Beach, MA

  • Arunangshu Chakrabarty

    Research Technician

    B.S.E., Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, 2023

    Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC

  • Chris Delaney

    M.D./Ph.D. student

    B.S., Biology, University of Chicago, 2014

    Hometown: Richmond, VA

  • Kerry Dillon

    Graduate Student

    B.S., Biology, B.A., Chemistry, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2015

    Hometown: Yardley, PA

  • Taylor Durall

    Taylor Durall

    Graduate Student

    B.S. Biology, University of North Carolina, Asheville, 2021

    Hometown: Plover, WI

  • Alex Gooding, M.D., Ph.D.

    Resident, Duke Radiation Oncology

    M.D., Case Western Reserve University, 2020

    Ph.D., Cancer Biology, Case Western Reserve University, 2018

    B.S., Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2012

    Hometown: Milwaukee, WI

  • Pete Hendrickson, M.D., Ph.D.

    Resident, Radiation Oncology (w/David Kirsch, M.D., Ph.D.)

    M.D., University of Utah School of Medicine, 2019

    Ph.D., Oncological Sciences, University of Utah/Huntsman Cancer Institute, 2017

    B.S., Biological Sciences, DePaul University, 2009

    Hometown: Milwaukee, WI

  • 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

  • Annie Liu, M.D., Ph.D.

    Resident, General Surgery, Duke University

    M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2018

    Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, 2017

    B.A., Biological Sciences, Northwestern University, 2011

    Hometown: Charleston, IL

  • Min Lu, Ph.D.

    Lab Manager

    Ph.D., Medicine, Wuhan University School of Medicine, 2007

    Hometown: Hubei, China

  • William McAlpine, M.D., Ph.D.

    William McAlpine, M.D., Ph.D.

    Medical Oncology Fellow

    M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2022

    Ph.D., Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2018

    B.S., Biochemistry and Genetics, Clemson University, 2013

    Hometown: Hickory, NC

  • Gabriel Mesa

    Gabriel Mesa

    Graduate Student

    B.S., Biology, Wofford College, 2021

    Hometown: Miami, FL

  • Eric Nguyen

    Graduate Student

    B.S., Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University, 2024

    M.S., Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University, 2024

    Hometown: Boise, Idaho

  • Jude Raj

    M.D./Ph.D. student

    B.S., Biology and Mathematics, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 2016

    Hometown: Mooresville, NC

  • Stephanie Sun

    Stephanie Sun

    M.D. Student

    B.S., Biochemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, 2021

    Hometown: San Jose, CA

  • Caroline Teddy

    Graduate Student

    B.S., Microbiology, University of Washington, 2018

    Hometown: Redmond, WA