SIMR Alumni

We are incredibly proud of our SIMR trainees and can’t wait to see what they all do next!

2022 Interns

SIMR Intern 2022

Natalie Broussard

Natalie interned in the lab of Dr. Rhoel Dinglasan and was mentored by PhD candidate Jasmine Ayers. During her internship, she evaluated the transmission-blocking properties of niclosamide against Zika virus.

Natalie Broussard

SIMR INTERN 2022

Alyssa Goodyear

Alyssa interned in the lab of Dr. Linda Bloom and was mentored by Savannah Pollenz. During her internship, she characterized interactions between E. coli single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) and the helicase YoaA-X.

Alyssa Goodyear

SIMR INTERN 2022

Meera Nair

Meera interned in the lab of Dr. Stephanie Karst and was mentored by postdoctoral fellow Dr. Marco Grodzki. During her internship, she studied the role of host factors EDC4 and XRN1 in promoting human coronavirus replication.

Meera Nair

SIMR INTERN 2022

Quyen Nguyen

Quyen interned in the lab of Dr. Stephanie Karst and was mentored by PhD candidate Amy Peiper. During her internship, she worked on the development of a reporter murine norovirus to study virus-host intestinal epithelium interactions.

Quyen Nguyen

SIMR INTERN 2022

Tafadzwa Mapiki

Tafadzwa interned in the lab of Dr. Scott Tibbetts and was mentored by PhD candidate Natalie Martinez. During her internship, she performed phenotypic characterization of a mouse model of gammaherpesvirus tumorigenesis.

Tafadzwa Mapiki

SIMR INTERN 2022

Kathryn Savage

Katie interned in the lab of Dr. Jose Lemos and was mentored by postdoctoral fellow Dr. Kaylie Lam. During her internship, she studied microbial interactions in a dual-species model of Lactobacilli-Enterococci biofilm.

Katie Savage

SIMR INTERN 2022

Eleanor Wind

Ellie interned in the lab of Dr. Zsolt Toth and was mentored by PhD candidate Kenzie Spires. During her internship, she studied the viral hijacking of host E3 ubiquitin ligases to promote the Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) lytic cycle.

Ellie Wind

2023 Interns

SIMR INTERN 2023

Brooke Astley

Brooke interned in the lab of Dr. Steeve Boulant and was mentored by Yagmur Keser. During her internship, she studied…

Brooke Astley

SIMR intern 2023

Michael Cross

Michael interned in the lab of Dr. Stephanie Karst and was mentored by Joyce Morales. During his internship, he studied…

Michael Cross

simr intern 2023

Brooke Hall

Brooke interned in the lab of Dr. Rolf Renne and was mentored by Postdoctoral Associate Sarah McMahon. During her internship, she studied…

Brooke Hall

simr intern 2023

Neha Kashyap

Neha interned in the lab of Dr. Stephanie Karst and was mentored by Amy Peiper. During her internship, she studied…

N Kashyap

simr intern 2023

Kayleigh Lefley

Kayleigh interned in the lab of Dr. Linda Bloom and was mentored by Elijah Newcomb. During her internship, she studied…

K Lefley

simr intern 2023

Blessing Madzivanyika

Blessing interned in the lab of Dr. Zhe Ma and was mentored by Kimberly Paulsen. During her internship, she studied…

Blessing M

simr intern 2023

Archy Pattanaik

Archy interned in the lab of Dr. Zsolt Toth and was mentored by Kenzie Spires. During his internship, he studied…

Archy Pattanaik

simr intern 2023

Indigo Peterson

Indigo interned in the lab of Dr. Zhe Ma and was mentored by Tiffany Nelson. During her internship, she studied…

Indigo Peterson

simr intern 2023

Max Taylor

Max interned in the lab of Dr. Julie Moore and was mentored by Nicole Nazario. During her internship, she studied…

Max Taylor