Team

Michalina Janiszewska, PhD

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Assistant Professor
UF Scripps Biomedical Research
Department of Molecular Medicine

2016-2018 Instructor: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
2012-2016 PostDoc: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
2012 PhD; University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Michalina Janiszewska, Ph.D.

Antonio Rodriguez

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Joined March 2024

Antonio Rodriguez

Roberto Salatino, PhD

GRADUATE STUDENT > POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

Joined May 2019
(defended PhD thesis in May 2024)

2016-2018 Research Technician, Columbia University Medical Center
2014 BSc; University of Utah

Roberto Salatino

Arantxa Romero-Toledo, PhD

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

Joined November 2022

2021-2022 Postdoc; University of Pittsburgh
2020 PhD; Barts Cancer Institute, UK
2015 MSc; Barts Cancer Institute, UK
2013 BSc; Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico

Arantxa2

Kelsey Wolfe, BSc


GRADUATE STUDENT

Joined February 2023

2022 BSc; State University of New York at Fredonia

Kelsey Wolfe

Elena Garcia, BSc


SUMMER INTERN

Joined May 2024

2023-present; FAU Medical School
2022 BSc; University of Florida

Elena Garcia

Victory Moore


SUMMER INTERN

Joined June 2024

2021-present Elon University, NC

Victory Moore 2

Alumni

Ugoma Onubogu, PhD

MD/PHD STUDENT

February 2020 – April 2024

Currently: FAU Medical School, Boca Raton

Ugoma Onubogu, BSc

Stephen Zorc, PhD

MD/PHD STUDENT

February 2021 – February 2024

Currently: FAU Medical School, Boca Raton

Stephen Zorc, BSc

Cristen Knapp

SUMMER INTERN

Joined June 2023

2023-now; University of Alabama at Birmingham

Cristen

Benjamin Oakes

RESEARCH TECHNICIAN

October 2022 – June 2023
&
June-August 2019 
(INTERN – SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM)

2019-2022 BSc; University of Miami

Currently: Medical Student at University of Central Florida, Orlando

Benjamin Oakes

Jessica Camacho

INTERN – SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

June – August 2022

2020-now Vassar College

Currently: Student at Vassar College

Jess Camacho

Kacper Walentynowicz, PhD

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

January 2020 – July 2022

2019 PhD; Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, PAS, Poland
2014 MSc; University of Sheffield Medical School, UK
2013 BSc; University of Wolverhampton, UK

Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York

Kacper Walentynowicz, PhD

Melanie Maerken, PhD

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

May 2019 – June 2022

2019 PhD; University of Liverpool, UK
2014 MSc; University of Marburg, Germany
2012 BSc; University Recklinghausen, German

Currently: Technical Specialist at Synthego

Melanie Maerken

Andrea Tigges

INTERN – SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

June – August 2021

2018-2022 BSc; Iowa State University

Currently: Graduate Student at Northwestern University

Andrea

Shreya Yadav, BSc

RESEARCH TECHNICIAN

September 2018 – July 2020

Currently:
Research Assistant at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York

Shreya Yadav, BSc