Lab Alumni

The following are alumni members of the Hildeman Lab and their current roles:

Research Assistants

• Sarah Wojo
  • Position in Lab – Research Assistant
  • Position after Lab – Director Flow Cytometry Facility, University of Kupio, Finland
• Allyson Sholl
  • Position in Lab – Research Assistant
  • Position after Lab – Nurse
• Ashwini Sheshasayee
  • Position in Lab – Research Assistant
  • Position after Lab – Banker
• Sarah Jones
  • Position in Lab – Research Assistant/Lab Manager
  • Position after Lab – Clinical Research Coordinator III – CCHMC
• Vivian Varghese
  • Position in Lab – Research Assistant
  • Position after Lab – Medical Student - Nova Southeastern University
• Maria Lehn
  • Position in Lab – Research Assistant
  • Position after Lab – Senior Research Assistant – UC
• Michelle Bilgen
  • Position in Lab – Research Assistant
  • Position after Lab – Research Assistant

Undergraduate Students

• Sahil Parikh (Summer Student 2006)
• Alicia Browning (Summer Student 2008-2010)
• Stephanie Jackson (Summer Student 2008)
• Aarion Gross (Summer Student 2011)
• Lily Prior (Summer Student 2014)
• Kimberly Naumann (Summer Student 2014)
• Lyan Alkudairy (Summer Student 2016)
• Elizabeth Krekeler (UC Undergraduate Scholar 2018)
• Jenna Martin (Summer Student 2022)
• Patrick Wilkerson (Medical Student 2023)
• Ella Anderson (Undergraduate Student 2024)

Graduate Students

• Luis Acero, M.S. 2005
• Adora Lin, Ph.D. 2008; M.D., 2010 (Currently an Assistant Professor at George Washington University and Washington National Children’s Hospital)
• Sema Kurtulus, Ph.D. 2013 (Associate Director, Regeneron)
• Jana Raynor, Ph.D. 2014 (Post-doctoral Fellow at St. Jude Research Hospital)
• Kun-Po Li, Ph.D. 2017 (Director of Business Development - Immunwork)
• Maha Almanan, Ph.D. 2018 (Postdoctoral Researcher)
• Sharmila Shanmuganad, PhD. 2022 (Staff Scientist, Appia Bio)
• Alyssa Thomas, PhD. 2022 (Clinical Trials Manager, Medpace)
• Amy Rossi, PhD. 2023 (Medical School)
• Tiffany Shi, PhD. 2024 (Medical School)
• Ramiah Caine, Immunology PhD student (2023-present)
• Katie Morrice, Immunology PhD student (2023-present)

Post-Graduate Fellows

• Brian Ladle, M.D., Ph.D. 2009-2010 (currently an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University)
• Pulak Tripathi, Ph.D. 2004-2014 (currently a Research Associate at CCHMC)
• Omar Niss, M.D. 2011-2013 (currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, CCHMC)
• Matthew Alder, M.D., Ph.D. 2012-2015 (Assistant Professor in Clinical Care Medicine - CCHMC)
• Cyd Castro-Rojas, PhD. 2016 – 2020 (currently a Research Associate in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, CCHMC)
• Maha Almanan, PhD. 2018-2020 (Postdoctoral Researcher)
• Ashley Burg, PhD. 2020-Present
• John (Tim) Caldwell, MD, PhD. 2021-2023 (currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of Nephrology & Hypertension)
• Mohamed Eyad Khorki, MD. 2022-2024 (Assistant Professor, Tulane University)

Visiting Trainees

• Pit Engling, MS
  • Position in Lab – Visiting Trainee - Germany
  • Position after Lab – Graduate Student
• Stanley Odidika Chinenye, PhD
  • Position in Lab – Visiting Trainee - Germany
  • Position after Lab – Postdoctoral Scientist