Lab Members

Sarosiek Laboratory Members (Current)

• Kristopher Sarosiek, PhD
  Principal Investigator
  Co-Director, JBL Center for Radiation Sciences
  Associate Professor of Radiation Biology and Cell Death
  






• Shatha AlShehri
  Graduate Student (2025 – Present)
  





• Christopher Clark
  Graduate Student (2024 – Present)
  







• Lissah Johnson
  Graduate Student (2021 – Present)
  NIH Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Awardee (F31CA281083: Understanding and exploiting apoptotic dysregulation in ovarian cancer)
  Undergraduate Studies: University of California Santa Barbara; University of Redlands (Redlands, CA)
  View Lissah’s Publications from the Sarosiek Laboratory





• Sebastian Keppler
  Technician (2025 – Present)
  






• Marwa Osman
  Graduate Student (2022 – Present)
  NIH Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Awardee (F31ES036462: Investigating the Role of Apoptosis in Early Life Vulnerability to Lead-Induced Neurotoxicity)
  Undergraduate Degree: University of Colorado at Boulder
  View Marwa’s Publications from the Sarosiek Laboratory






• Xingping Qin, MD, PhD
  Postdoctoral Fellow (2020 – Present)
  View Xingping’s Publications from the Sarosiek Laboratory






• Oyku Sumer
  Graduate Student (2023 – Present)
  Undergraduate Degree: Middle East Technical University
  Graduate Degree: University of Heidelberg in Germany
  View Oyku’s Publications from the Sarosiek Laboratory






• Yantao Wang
  Undergraduate Student (2026 – Present)
  Undergraduate Institution: Boston College
  






• Atomu Yamaguchi, PhD
  Postdoctoral Fellow (2024 – Present)
  Graduate Degree: Kobe University
  View Atomu’s Publications from the Sarosiek Laboratory






• Zijing “Jane” Zhu, PhD
  Graduate Student (2022 – 2025)
  Postdoctoral Fellow (2025 – Present)
  View Jane’s Publications from the Sarosiek Laboratory

Sarosiek Laboratory Members (Alumni)

• Anna Abruzzo
  Undergraduate Summer Intern (2019)
  








• Kadiatou Bah
  Undergraduate Summer Intern (2023)
  








• Jonathan Choiniere, PhD
  Postdoctoral Fellow (2021 – 2023)
  View Jon’s Publications from the Sarosiek Laboratory







• Eva Finke
  Undergraduate Summer Intern (2017)
  







• Cameron Fraser
  Laboratory Technician (2016 – 2023)
  View Cam’s Publications from the Sarosiek Laboratory








• Sophie Fredberg
  Undergraduate Summer Intern (2023)
  








• Kiwi Florido
  Graduate Student (2020 – 2026)
  NIH Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Awardee (F31CA275321: Investigating the role of apoptosis regulation in cancer therapy-induced vascular toxicities) Co-mentored with Lee Rubin, Dept of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
  Master’s Degree in Pathology: Case Western Reserve University
  Undergraduate Degree: California State University – San Bernadino
  View Kiwi’s Publications from the Sarosiek Laboratory




• Zintis Inde, PhD
  Postdoctoral Fellow (2020 – 2025)
  NIH Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Awardee (F32AG077861: Apoptotic Regulation and Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease)
  NIH Pathway to Independence Awardee (K99AG086405: Apoptotic Dysregulation Across Cell Types in Aging and Neurodegeneration)
  Graduate Degree: Stanford University
  View Zintis’ Publications from the Sarosiek Laboratory






• Gaurav Joshi, PhD
  Postdoctoral Fellow (2016 – 2019)
  View Gaurav’s Publications from the Sarosiek Laboratory








• May Jung
  Undergraduate Thesis Student (2021 – 2025)
  







• Leah Martin
  Masters Student (2021 – 2023)
  









• Pilar Ibarra Noriega
  Undergraduate Summer Intern (2022)
  








• Adam Presser
  Laboratory Technician (2017 – 2020)
  View Adam’s Publications from the Sarosiek Laboratory








• Francesca Picucci
  Visiting Scholar (2023 – 2024)
  View Francesca’s Publications from the Sarosiek Laboratory






• Prithul Sen
  JBL Center Manager (2023 – 2024)
  






• Maura Sieller
  JBL Center Manager (2016 – 2018)
  









• Rumani Singh, PhD
  Postdoctoral Fellow (2016 – 2021)
  Undergraduate Degree: Guru Nanak Dev University (Punjab, India)
  Graduate Degree: Tsukuba University (Tsukuba, Japan)
  View Rumani’s Publications from the Sarosiek Laboratory






• Johan Spetz, PhD
  Postdoctoral Fellow (2017 – 2023)
  Graduate Degree: University of Gothenburg (Gothenburg, Sweden)
  View Johan’s Publications from the Sarosiek Laboratory








• Kaitlyn Webster, PhD
  Postdoctoral Fellow (2018 – 2020)
  NIH Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Awardee (F32HD102088: Apoptotic dysregulation in male infertility)
  Undergraduate Degree: Smith College (Northampton, MA)
  Graduate Degree: University of Massachusetts Boston (Boston, MA)
  






• Stacey Yu
  Graduate Student (2018 – 2023)
  NIH Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Awardee (F31CA246811: Optimizing the therapeutic index for pediatric medulloblastomas by targeting apoptosis) Undergraduate Degree: University of California, Berkeley
  View Stacey’s Publications from the Sarosiek Laboratory