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Cal Kunzle (they/them/theirs)
Senior Lab Research Analyst, 2022
B.S. Duke University (2020)
Interests: horses, sustainable agriculture, equine skin microbiomes, GPCR biochemistry
Hometown: New York City, NY
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Clara Tandar (she/her/hers)
Duke 2023 Amgen Scholar
Undergraduate Student, Brown, Junior (Class of 2025)
Major: Bioengineering & International and Public Affairs
Interests: painting, paddleboarding, baking, and SCLC plasticity and drug resistance
Nomi Tserentsoodol, PhD (she/her/hers)
PhD: Medical Science, Gunma University, Japan, 2001
Postdoc: Natl Eye Institute/NIH, Maryland, 2007
Research Scientist, Duke Eye Center, 2007-2022
Research Scientist, 2022-2023
Interests: hiking, backpacking, travel, microscopy & imaging
Hometown: Durham, NC
Laura Youngblood (she/her/hers)
Staff Assistant, 2022-2024
Interests: theatre, sourdough, cats, and gardening
Hometown: New Orleans, LA
Bryony Hawgood (she/her/hers)
Lab Research Analyst I, 2022 - 2024
Interests: painting, hiking, dogs, and developmental signaling pathways
Hometown: Harare, Zimbabwe
Tony Reyes (he/him/his)
Ph.D. Student, University of Utah, 2018-2024
Interests: Shoes, basketball, biscuits and gravy, neutrophils, and tumor heterogeneity
Hometown: North Hollywood, California
Abbie Ireland (she/her/hers)
Postdoc, Duke University, 2025–2026
Ph.D. Student, University of Utah, 2021 (transferred to Duke)
Dept.of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, 2022–2025
Interests: Rock climbing, skiing, rainbows, and tumor evolution
Hometown: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Maria M. Xu, M.D. Ph.D. (she/her/hers)
General Surgery Resident, Duke University, PGY-2 (2021–2028)
M.D.: University of Connecticut (2021)
Ph.D.: Immunology, University of Connecticut (2019)
Interests: Cooking, experiments, tennis, skiing, surgical oncology, and inflammation
Hometown: Morgantown, West Virginia
Aamna Abbasi (she/her/hers)
Ph.D. Student, Duke University, 2023–
B.A.: University of California, Berkeley, 2019
Interests: Coffee, bullet journaling, maintaining my Lab Archives, and tumor immunology
Hometown: Irvine, California
Scar Lucas (they/them/theirs)
Lab Research Analyst I, Duke University, 2024–
B.S.: Zoology, NC State (2020)
Interests: Musical theatre, my cats, animals in general, Legos, and GEMMs
Hometown: Willis, Virginia
Diego Lopez-Robles (he/him/his)
Undergraduate Student, Duke University, Senior (Class of 2025)
Major: Biology - Genetics Concentration; Minor: Chemistry
Interests: Music, playing guitar, taking photos, my dog, and genetic factors of cancer development
Hometown: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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