# Our Students ## expand\_more ![group](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/2024-09/retreat22.jpg) ### 2024-2025 Enrollment Total enrollment: 77 Average Size of Incoming Class: 12 Average Time to Degree: Ph.D. Students: 5.89 | M.D./Ph.D. Students: 4.28 [### Natalia Andreeva ](/people/natalia-andreeva) Research Interest and/or Dissertation Project: host-microbiome interactions, mucosal immunology Undergraduate Institution: Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University Hometown: Pavlovsky Posad (Russia) Other Places I have lived: Moscow (Russia)... ![andreeva](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/andreeva.jpg?itok=zIJ1o9lQ) [### Rocky Barilla ](/people/rocky-barilla) Hometown: Westbury, New York Other Places Lived: Astoria (NY), Pearl City (HI), Baltimore (MD) Undergrad Institution: Johns Hopkins University What I like best about Boston: It's small enough to walk but has a lot to offer. Extracurricular Activities... ![Rocky Barilla](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/barilla_rocky.jpg?itok=OZcXyPkQ) [### Lorena Bergstrom ](/people/lorena-bergstrom) Undergraduate Institution: Amherst College Hometown: El Dorado Hills, CA Other Places I have lived: Amherst, MA; Leiden, Netherlands What I do for fun: Listen to music, go to concerts, write, sew, volunteer at animal shelter What I like best about Boston... person [### Alice Bertocchi ](/people/alice-bertocchi) Hometown: Bergamo, Italy Other Places Lived: London, UK and Boston, MA Undergrad Institution: King's College London Extracurricular Activities: cooking, travelling and spending time with friends Dissertation Project: Cancer Immunology and B-cell... ![bertocchi_alice.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/bertocchi_alice.jpg?itok=LxiTOCCs) [### Rebecca Beuschel ](/people/rebecca-beuschel) ![Rebecca Beuschel](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/beuschel_rebecca.jpg?itok=NPNd-Gy_) [### Sabrina Bracero ](/people/sabrina-bracero) Research Interest and/or Dissertation Project:Investigation of chemokine receptors in the context of autoimmune disease Undergraduate Institution: The College of William and Mary Hometown: Manassas, Va What I do for fun: Travel and explore the city ![bracero_sabrina_1.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/bracero_sabrina_1.jpg?itok=oHp_5Rtf) [### Leslie Bustamante Hernandez ](/people/leslie-bustamante-hernandez) Undergraduate Institution: Arizona State University Hometown: San Luis Río Colorado, Mexico Other Places I have lived: Tempe (AZ) and now Boston! What I do for fun: I enjoy attending concerts, trying new coffee shops, and exchanging cooking recipes with... ![Leslie](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-11/Leslie.jpg?itok=ZHAuylBW) [### Mark Cerasoli ](/people/mark-cerasoli) Research Interest and/or Dissertation Project:Enhancing immune trafficking into tumors and CAR NK cells. Undergraduate Institution:University of Maryland Hometown: Jarrettsville, MD Other Places I have lived:College Park MD, Oxford, Stockholm What I do... ![cerasoli](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/mark.jpg?itok=eWRHRWbN) [### Elena Christian ](/people/elena-christian) Hometown: Manassas Virginia Other Places Lived: San Diego California and Birmingham Michigan Undergrad Institution: Pennsylvania State University What I like best about Boston: The option to enjoy the city life Monday through Friday while also having easy... ![christian_elena.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/christian_elena.jpg?itok=Fgw0y-Wo) [### Winiffer Conce Alberto ](/people/winiffer-conce-alberto) Research Interest and/or Dissertation Project: Cancer Immunology Undergraduate Institution:SUNY New Paltz Hometown:NY, NY Other Places I have lived:Dominican Republic What I do for fun:Staying active (biking, weight lifting, golf, tennis, running)... ![wini](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/wini.jpg?itok=sN1i0XUo) [### Thomas Conway ](/people/thomas-conway) Research Interest and/or Dissertation Project: Cancer immunology, T cell exhaustion, T cell tolerance Undergraduate Institution: Northeastern University Hometown: Milford, CT Other Places I have lived: Burlington, VT What I do for fun: I enjoy getting... ![conway](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/conway.jpg?itok=7W7_JjXS) [### Kristina Correa ](/people/kristina-correa) person [### Victoria Cottrell ](/people/victoria-cottrell) Research Interest and/or Dissertation Project: TBD, but I'm interested in the non-canonical roles of regulatory T cells and stromal cells in tissue homeostasis. Undergraduate Institution: Wellesley College Hometown: Houston, TX Other Places I have lived... ![Victoria](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-11/IMG_2518.jpeg?itok=s-0z-UBG) [### Joshua De Sousa Casal ](/people/joshua-de-sousa-casal) Hometown: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Other Places Lived: Mississauga, Ontario Undergrad Institution: University of Toronto What I like best about Boston: I love the amount of accessible green space within the city. Extracurricular Activities: I enjoy rock... ![de_sousa_casal_joshua.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/de_sousa_casal_joshua.jpg?itok=UiRAbwaC) [### Bahawar Dhillon ](/people/bahawar-dhillon) Research Interest and/or Dissertation Project: Regulatory T Cells, Cancer Immunology, Genetics, and Computational Biology Undergraduate Institution: University of Rochester Hometown:Lahore, Pakistan Other Places I have lived: New York, NY What I do for... ![bd](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/bd.jpg?itok=weqt22Ro) [### Jiayi Dong ](/people/jiayi-dong) Hometown: Bay Area, California Other Places Lived: Beijing, Singapore, Colorado, Indiana Undergrad Institution: MIT What I do for fun: crochet amigurumi (stuffed animals), embroidery, watch Chinese dramas, ski, video call my cats Research Interest and/or... ![Jiayi Dong](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/dong_jiayi.jpg?itok=YvRrQNKQ) [### Ralph Estanboulieh ](/people/ralph-estanboulieh) person [### Doremi Feng ](/people/doremi-feng) Hometown: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China Other Places Lived: Chicago Undergrad Institution: The University of Chicago What I like best about Boston: It's just a cute city :) Extracurricular Activities: Dancing (contemporary, traditional Chinese, ballroom) and... ![doremi](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/untitled_01.jpg?itok=2lumm9n_) [### Jessica Frank ](/people/jessica-frank) Research Interest and/or Dissertation Project:Cancer Immunotherapy Undergraduate Institution:Stanford University Hometown:New York, New York Other Places I have lived:California, Colorado, Switzerland What I do for fun:Skiing, Hiking, Soccer, Scuba Diving ![frank](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/frank.jpg?itok=2Dd6Voo5) [### Halle Frey ](/people/halle-frey) Research Interest and/or Dissertation Project: cellular plasticity, innate immunity, host-microbe interactions Undergraduate Institution: University of Michigan Hometown: Kalamazoo, MI What I do for fun: Play the guitar, run/lift, card games with my... ![frey](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-09/Frey.png?itok=VrvIbfI0) [### Andrea Garmilla ](/people/andrea-garmilla) Hometown: Charlotte, NC Other Places Lived: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Undergrad Institution: MIT What I do for fun: I’m usually baking a new recipe or making large amounts of Mexican food. I love going to dance classes around Boston and finding... ![Andrea Garmilla](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/garmilla_andrea.jpg?itok=jjgbktTB) [### Davis Garner ](/people/davis-garner) Research Interest and/or Dissertation Project: transposable elements and repetitive DNA in immune loci, epigenetic profiling, transposons in cancer, transposable element influence on genome architecture. Undergraduate Institution:Brigham Young University... ![garner](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/garner.jpg?itok=M7Wc6IkS) [### Jack Ghannam ](/people/jack-ghannam) My research interests include cancer immunology, systems immunology, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, cancer vaccines, and CAR-T cells. Undergraduate Institution:Loyola University Chicago Hometown:Detroit, Michigan Other Places I have lived... ![Jack Ghannam](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/ghannam_jack.jpg?itok=wZvffk4-) [### Xutong Gong ](/people/xutong-gong) Undergraduate Institution:Johns Hopkins University Hometown:Beijing, China Other Places I have lived:Orange County, California; Baltimore, Maryland What I do for fun:Swimming, cuddling my yorkie, feeding my tarantula, watching funny animal videos ![gong](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/gong.jpg?itok=w9OMiktb) [### Simran Handa ](/people/simran-handa) Research Interest and/or Dissertation Project: I am interested in mucosal immunity, host-microbiome interactions, autoimmunity, and antibody engineering. Undergraduate Institution:Lewis & Clark College Hometown:Mukilteo, WA Other Places I have lived... ![simran](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/simran.jpg?itok=QEc4zQ5o) [### Kaeden Hill ](/people/kaeden-hill) Undergraduate Institution: Duke University Hometown: Atlanta, GA Other Places I have lived: Dallas, TX, and Durham, NC. I also spent a few months living abroad in Zanzibar and southern Chile. What I do for fun: Hike, read, birdwatch, ski, travel, explore... ![Kaeden](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-11/Kaeden_Headshot.jpeg?itok=iFeu5ab5) [### Coco Holliday ](/people/coco-holliday) Research Interest and/or Dissertation Project:TBD, interest in Neuroimmunology Undergraduate Institution:University of Virginia Hometown:Nashville, TN Other Places I have lived:Memphis, TN, Charlottesville, VA What I do for fun:I love running, yoga... ![coco](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/coco.jpg?itok=F54NHVNG) [### Veronica Hsu ](/people/veronica-hsu) Undergraduate Institution:UC Santa Barbara Hometown:Los Altos, CA Other Places I have lived:Hualien, Taiwan and Edinburgh, UK What I do for fun:I crochet whenever I have downtime, I recently learned to ski, and I love all water sports. ![hsu](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/hsu.jpg?itok=gjOuudWB) [### Anson Hui ](/people/anson-hui) Undergraduate Institution: Unviersity of Toronto Hometown: Markham, Canada What I do for fun: Piano, classical music, reading random interesting non fiction books ![hui](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-09/huianson.jpg?itok=XtKRSpC7) [### Keely Ji ](/people/keely-ji) Hometown: San Jose, CA Other Places Lived: Seoul, South Korea & Boston Undergrad Institution: University of California - Davis What I do for fun: Drawing/Painting, hiking Research Interest and/or Dissertation Project: Cancer Immunology ![Keely Ji](/sites/g/files/omnuum5411/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/immunologyphd/files/ji_keely.jpg?itok=eDeP1hNI) - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [3](?page=2 "Go to page 3") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")