Hogquist Lab Graduate Student Alumni
Graduate Students
Elise Breed, Ph.D.
Program: MICaB/MSTP
Defense Year:2019
Advisor: Kristin Hogquist
Dissertation Title: "Evaluating thymocyte negative selection within the polyclonal population"
Current Position: Medical student, University of Minnesota Medical School
Contact Info: breed028@umn.edu
Laura Ackerman Bursch, Ph.D.
Program: MICaB
Defense Year:2008
Advisor: Kristin Hogquist
Dissertation Title: "Immunity and Tolerance at the Barrier Surfaces."
Current Position: Biology instructor, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Minneapolis, MN
Contact Info: aker018@umn.edu 
Samantha Dunmire, Ph.D.
Keli Holzapfel, J.D., Ph.D.
Program: MCDB&G
Defense Year:2014
Advisor: Kristin Hogquist
Dissertation Title: "The Role of Antigen Receptor Signaling in Activation and Development of Invariant Natural Killer T Cells."
Current Position: Intellectual Property associate in the Seattle office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Contact Info: kholzapfel@wsgr.com
Seungeun "Thera" Lee, Ph.D.
Program: MICaB
Defense Year:2020
Advisor: Kristin Hogquist
Dissertation Title: "Defining the distinct functional roles of hematopoietic and stromal antigen presenting cells in the thymus"
Current Position:
Contact Info: leex7459@umn.edu
Dita Mayerova, M.D., Ph.D.
Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2004
Advisor: Kristin Hogquist
Dissertation Title: "Mouse Model of Autoimmune Skin Disease."
Current Position: Instructor, Anesthesiology, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Contact Info: dita.mayerova@gmail.com 
Thomas McCaughtry, Ph.D.
Program: MCDB&G
Defense Year:2008
Advisor: Kristin Hogquist
Dissertation Title: "T Cell Development: The Generationof Functional and Self-Tolerant T Cells via Positive Selection and Negative Selection and their Export for Immunological Surveillance."
Current Position: Director, KSQ Therapeutics, Boston, MA
Contact Info: mccaughtry@gmail.com
Maureen McGargill, Ph.D.
Program: MCDB&G
Defense Year:2000
Advisor: Kristin Hogquist
Dissertation Title: "Antigen-driven Events During T Cell Development."
Current Position: Associate Professor, St. Jude Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN
Contact Info: maureen.mcgargill@stjude.org
Verity Mick, Ph.D.
Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2006
Advisor: Kristin Hogquist
Dissertation Title: "The Molecular Events of T Cell Positive Selection in the Thymus."
Contact Info: vebmick@gmail.com
Amy Moran, Ph.D.
Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2011
Advisor: Kristin Hogquist
Dissertation Title: "Revisiting the Role of Antigen Receptor Signal Strength in Lymphocyte Development."
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, OHSU, Portland, OR
Contact Info:moranam@ohsu.edu
Oludare Odumade, M.D., Ph.D.
Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2011
Advisor: Kristin Hogquist
Dissertation Title: "Prospective Analysis of the Primary Immune Response During Natural Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in Humans."
Current Position: Staff Physician, Division of Medical Critical Care Clinical Fellow in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital
Contact Info: Oludare.Odumade@childrens.harvard.edu
Evan Parke, M.S., J.D.
Program: MICaB
Defense Year:2000
Advisor: Kristin Hogquist
Dissertation Title: "Antigen Presentation in a CD8 T Cell-Mediated Autoimmune Disease"
Current Position: Attorney and Founder of Parke PLLC, Washington D.C.
Contact Info: evan@parkepllc.com
Timothy Starr, Ph.D.
Program: MCDB&G
Defense Year:2004
Advisor: Kristin Hogquist
Dissertation Title: "Regulation of T Cell Sensitivity."
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Minnesota
Contact Info: star0044@umn.edu
Heather Stefanski, M.D., Ph.D.
Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 1999
Advisor: Kristin Hogquist
Dissertation Title: "Testing the Role of Peptide in Positive Selection of T Cells."
Current Position: Associate Professor, Pediatric BMT physician, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
Contact Info: stef0030@umn.edu
Haiguang Wang, Ph.D.
Program: CMB
Defense Year: 2014
Advisor: Kristin Hogquist
Dissertation Title: "How lipid specific T cells become effectors"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Dario Vignali lab, University of Pittsburgh, PA
Contact Info: wang4226@umn.edu
Michael Weinreich, M.D., Ph.D.
Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2010
Advisor: Kristin Hogquist
Dissertation Title: "The Kruppel, the Like, the Factor, the 2 and the Ology."
Current Position: Associate Medical Director, Physician Development Program, AbbVie, Chicago, Illinois
Contact Info: maweinreich@gmail.com