2014 First-Year PhD Students
The Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences welcomed its ninth class of PhD students on July 21, 2014. The nine students are Steven Albanese, Jacob A. Boyer, Christopher Hulton, Nayan Jain, Nicholas F. Kuhn, Xiaoyi Li, Michelle M.E. Riegman, Benjamin Y. Tischler, and Yuchen Xie.
The new GSK class comes from Columbia University, Cornell University, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Julius-Maximilian’s University of Wurzbürg, Northeastern University, Pennsylvania State University, Tsinghua University, and University College Utrecht.
The new arrivals participated in a weeklong orientation to get on board with housing and administration and the MSK community. They were welcomed by GSK faculty, students, and staff at a reception on July 21. The orientation culminated with a dinner cruise on July 26; the students began their first lab rotation on July 28.
Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University
First Year Mentor: Jason Lewis
Rotation Mentor: Daniel Heller
Undergraduate Institution: Pennsylvania State University
First Year Mentor: Alan Hall
Rotation Mentor: Christopher Park
Undergraduate Institution: Northeastern University
First Year Mentor: Christopher Park
Rotation Mentor: Charles Rudin
Undergraduate Institution: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
First Year Mentor: Andrea Ventura
Rotation Mentor: Grégoire Altan-Bonnet
Undergraduate Institution: Julius-Maximilian’s University of Wurzbürg
First Year Mentor: Michael Glickman
Rotation Mentor: Jedd Wolchok
Undergraduate Institution: Tsinghua University
First Year Mentor: Xiaolan Zhao
Rotation Mentor: Scott Lowe
Undergraduate Institution: University College Utrecht
First Year Mentor: Emily Foley
Rotation Mentor: Emily Cheng
Undergraduate Institution: Columbia University
First Year Mentor: Ross Levine
Rotation Mentor: Philipp Niethammer
Undergraduate Institution: Tsinghua University
First Year Mentor: Emily Cheng
Rotation Mentor: Ming Li