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

  • Chris Bassil

    M.D./Ph.D. student

    B.S., English, Duke University, 2012

    Hometown: Durham, NC

  • Christian Cerda-Smith

    M.D./Ph.D. student

    B.S., Biochemistry and Zoology, Miami University of Ohio, 2013

    Hometown: Lakewood, OH

  • 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

  • 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

  • Shane Killarney

    M.D./Ph.D. student

    B.S., Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2017

    Hometown: Las Vegas, NV

  • 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

  • Gabriel Mesa

    Gabriel Mesa

    Graduate Student

    B.S., Biology, Wofford College, 2021

    Hometown: Miami, FL

  • Jude Raj

    M.D./Ph.D. student

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

    Hometown: Mooresville, NC

  • Caroline Teddy

    Graduate Student

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

    Hometown: Redmond, WA