Starczynowski Lab Alumni

Our lab alumni have gone on to postdoctoral fellowships and professional positions across the United States and the world. Learn more about these team members below.

Garrett Rhyasen, PhD
Years Active in the Lab: 2012-2014
Position Held in the Lab: PhD Student
Position After Lab: Vice President, Oncology Search and Evaluation, GlaxoSmithKline (Maryland, USA)

Jing Fan, MD, PhD
Years Active in the Lab: 2011-2016
Position Held in the Lab: Postdoc
Position After Lab: Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina (South Carolina, USA)

Melinda Varney, PhD
Years Active in the Lab: 2011-2016
Position Held in the Lab: Postdoc
Position After Lab: Assistant Professor, Marshall University (West Virginia, USA)

Molly Smith, PhD
Years Active in the Lab: 2014-2019
Position Held in the Lab: PhD Student
Position After Lab: Scientist II, Poseida Therapeutics (California, USA)

Katelyn Melgar, MD, PhD
Years Active in the Lab: 2014-2019
Position Held in the Lab: PhD Student
Position After Lab: Clinical Fellow (Internal Medicine), University of Cincinnati (Ohio, USA)

Tomoya Muto, MD, PhD
Years Active in the Lab: 2015-2020
Position Held in the Lab: Postdoc
Position After Lab: Assistant Professor, Chiba University (Japan)

Madeline Niederkorn, PhD
Years Active in the Lab: 2014-2020
Position Held in the Lab: PhD Student
Position After Lab: Postdoctoral Fellow, St. Jude's Hospital (Tennessee, USA)

Laura Barreyro, PhD
Years Active in the Lab: 2015-2020
Position Held in the Lab: Postdoc
Position After Lab: Hematologic Malignancies Lead, Janssen Pharm (New Jersey, USA)

Timothy Chlon, PhD
Years Active in the Lab: 2016-2020
Position Held in the Lab: Postdoc
Position After Lab: Assistant Professor, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital (Ohio, USA)

LaQuita Jones, DO
Years Active in the Lab: 2016-2020
Position Held in the Lab: Clinical Fellow
Position After Lab: Assistant Professor, Cincinnati Children's Hospital (Ohio, USA)

Josh Bennett, MD / PhD Student
Years Active in the Lab: 2019-2023
Position Held in the Lab: MD, PhD Student
Position After Lab: Medical School, University of Cincinnati (Ohio, USA)