2024 Intersect Fellowship Awardees

Agak

George W. Agak, Ph.D. (AAI ’23)
Assistant Professor
University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Postdoctoral Fellow: Woodvine Otieno, Ph.D. (AAI ’23)

Co-PI: Matteo Pellegrini, Ph.D.
Professor
University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Darville

Toni Darville, M.D. (AAI ’04)
Professor
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

Postdoctoral Fellow: Kacy S. Yount, Ph.D. (AAI ’23)

Co-PI: Xiaojing Zheng, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

Gottschalk

Rachel A. Gottschalk, Ph.D. (AAI ’18)
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh, USA

Postdoctoral Fellow: Laura Strube, Ph.D. (AAI ’24)

Co-PI: James Faeder, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh, USA

Haeryfar

Mansour Haeryfar, Ph.D. (AAI ’15)
Professor
University of Western Ontario, CAN

Postdoctoral Fellow: Marina Ninkov, Ph.D. (AAI ’21)

Co-PI: Tallulah Andrews, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Western Ontario, CAN

Halkias

Joanna Halkias, M.D. (AAI ‘20)
Assistant Professor
University of California, San Francisco, USA

Postdoctoral Fellow: Elaine S. Kouame, Ph.D. (AAI ’23)

Co-PI: Gabriela Fragiadakis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of California, San Francisco, USA

Hamerman

Jessica A. Hamerman, Ph.D. (AAI ’05)
Director, Academic Affairs
Benaroya Research Institute, USA

Postdoctoral Fellow: Susana L. Orozco, Ph.D. (AAI ’23)

Co-PI: Hannah DeBerg, Ph.D.
Bioinformatics Group Manager
Benaroya Research Institute, USA

Hinterleitner

Reinhard Hinterleitner, Ph.D. (AAI ’18)
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh, USA

Postdoctoral Fellow: Ariadna S. Soto, Ph.D. (AAI ’23)

Co-PI: Jishnu Das, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh, USA

Sahu

Avinash D. Sahu, Ph.D. (AAI ’23)
Assistant Professor
University of New Mexico, USA

Postdoctoral Fellow: Kushal Virupakshappa, Ph.D. (AAI ’24)

Co-PI: Eric Bartee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of New Mexico, USA

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