{"id":897,"date":"2015-01-06T17:00:58","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T21:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.immunology.uh.uconn.edu\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:37:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:37:36","slug":"graduate-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/immunology\/students\/graduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Deep Bansal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: GGSIP University, Delhi, India<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Vijay Rathinam<\/a><\/p>\n

dbansal@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Cara Ann Bartlett<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Guangfu Li<\/a><\/p>\n

cabartlett@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Emmanuel Boafo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: University of Ghana<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Adam Kim<\/a><\/p>\n

eboafo@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Emma Carlson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: University of Sheffield<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja<\/a><\/p>\n

emcarlson@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/p>\n

Arshmeet Kaur Chawla<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Indraprastha University<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Pramod Srivastava<\/a><\/p>\n

achawla@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/p>\n

Hanning Cheng<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Tufts University<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Pramod Srivastava<\/a><\/p>\n

hcheng@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/p>\n

Conner Chiari<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Quinnipiac University<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Kepeng Wang<\/a><\/p>\n

chiari@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/p>\n

Brooke Dreyer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: University of California Davis<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Jianbin Ruan<\/a><\/p>\n

dreyer@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Zena Haddad<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Lebanese American University<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Jenna Bartley<\/a><\/p>\n

zhaddad@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Aadrita Hazra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja<\/a><\/p>\n

hazra@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Michael C. Kann<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Bowdoin College<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Anthony Vella<\/a><\/p>\n

kann@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Keaton<\/p>\n

Keaton Karlinsey<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Brigham Young University<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Beiyan Zhou<\/a><\/p>\n

karlinsey@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/p>\n

Hannah Levasseur<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: University of Connecticut<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Beiyan Zhou<\/a><\/p>\n

hlevasseur@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/p>\n

Stephen Yitlong Li<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: John Hopkins University<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Sasan Jalili<\/a><\/p>\n

stli@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/p>\n

Shuaiqi Li<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Nankai University<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Gaungfu Li<\/a><\/p>\n

shuli@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/p>\n

Stabonia Maji<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Vellore Institute of Technology, India<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Pramod Srivastava<\/a><\/p>\n

maji@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/p>\n

Mason Marosvari<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Boise State University<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Kelly Hawley<\/a><\/p>\n

marosvari@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Shelene Mitchell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: University of Massachusetts Amherst<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Adam Kim<\/a><\/p>\n

smitchell@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/p>\n

Olamide Olaoba<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: University of Missouri<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Guangfu Li<\/a><\/p>\n

olaoba@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/p>\n

Anchala Rao<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Icahn School of Medicine - Mount Sinai<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Jenna Bartley<\/a><\/p>\n

anrao@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Hunter Repanier<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: University of New Haven<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Yanjiao Zhou<\/a><\/p>\n

repanier@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Purva Pundeer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Indraprastha University; Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Pramod Srivastava<\/a><\/p>\n

pundeer@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Bishajit Sarkar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja<\/a><\/p>\n

bsarkar@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/p>\n

Raphael Serna<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: University of South California<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Zhichao Fan<\/a><\/p>\n

serna@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/p>\n

Evelyn Teran<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Rutgers School of Graduate Studies<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Jianbin Ruan<\/a><\/p>\n

teran@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/p>\n

Eileen Theune<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: University of Connecticut<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Kepeng Wang<\/a><\/p>\n

etheune@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/p>\n

William Theune<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: University of New Haven<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Kepeng Wang<\/a><\/p>\n

theune@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ashley Tucker<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Rochester Institute of Technology<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Anthony Vella<\/a><\/p>\n

astucker@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/p>\n

Ariel Kogan Zajdman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Kent State University<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Margaret Callahan<\/a><\/p>\n

koganzajdman@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/p>\n

Zihuan Wang<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Emory University<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Penghua Wang<\/a><\/p>\n

zwang@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/p>\n

Xinzheng Wang<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Jilin Medical College<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Vijay Rathinam<\/a><\/p>\n

xinwang@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/p>\n

Mysra Youssef<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Rutgers University<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Joel Pachter<\/a><\/p>\n

myyoussef@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/p>\n

Yuanyuan Zhang<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences<\/p>\n

Major Advisor: Dr. Kai Li<\/a><\/p>\n

yuazhang@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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