Meet the Team
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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
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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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Chris Bassil
M.D./Ph.D. student
B.S., English, Duke University, 2012
Hometown: Durham, NC
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Caroline Bridgwater
Graduate Student
B.S., Microbiology, University of Washington, 2018
Hometown: Redmond, WA
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Christian Cerda-Smith
M.D./Ph.D. student
B.S., Biochemistry and Zoology, Miami University of Ohio, 2013
Hometown: Lakewood, OH
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Arunangshu Chakrabarty
Research Technician
B.S.E., Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, 2023
Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC
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Chris Delaney
M.D./Ph.D. student
B.S., Biology, University of Chicago, 2014
Hometown: Richmond, VA
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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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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
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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
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Shane Killarney
M.D./Ph.D. student
B.S., Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2017
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
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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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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
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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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Gabriel Mesa
Graduate Student
B.S., Biology, Wofford College, 2021
Hometown: Miami, FL
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Jude Raj
M.D./Ph.D. student
B.S., Biology and Mathematics, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 2016
Hometown: Mooresville, NC