Jameson Lab Graduate Student Alumni
Graduate Students
Adovi Akue, Ph.D.
Program: MICaB
Defense Year:2011
Advisor: Stephen Jameson
Dissertation Title: "Derivation, Maintenance and Functions of Virtual Memory Cells."
Current Position: Chemist, US Government, Washington, DC
Contact Info: akue0001@gmail.com 
Mark Daniels, Ph.D.
Program: MICaB
Defense Year:2002
Advisor: Stephen Jameson
Dissertation Title: "CD8 Binding to MHC Class I is Influenced by T Cell Maturation and Glycosylation."
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine
Contact Info: danielsma@missouri.edu 
Bart Endrizzi, M.D., Ph.D.
Program: MICaB
Defense Year:2005
Advisor: Stephen Jameson
Dissertation Title: "The Regulation and F of KLF-2 in T Cell Biology."
Current Position:Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Minnesota and Dermatologist at Associated Skin Care Specialists, Minneapolis, MN
Contact Info: bart.endrizzi@gmail.com
Geoffrey Hart, Ph.D.
Program: MICaB
Defense Year:2011
Advisor: Stephen Jameson
Dissertation Title: "The Role of Krüppel-Like Factor 2 in B Cells."
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Dept of Medicine, University of Minnesota, MN
Contact Info: hart0792@umn.edu
Lisa D. Johnson, Ph.D.
Program: MICaB
Defense Year:2010
Advisor: Stephen Jameson
Dissertation Title: "Regulation of CD8+ Lymphopenia Induced Proliferation."
Current Position: Principal Scientist, Translational Medicine at Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA
Contact Info: ldsjohnson@gmail.com
Charlly Chuan Kao, Ph.D.
Program: MCDB&G
Defense Year: 2005
Advisor: Stephen Jameson
Dissertation Title: "Regulation of Non-Cognate MHCI and CD8 Interactions During T-Cell Development and Differentiation."
Current Position: Scientist III at Center for Applied Genomics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Chad Kieper, Ph.D.
Program: Pathobiology
Defense Year:2000
Advisor: Stephen Jameson
Dissertation Title: "Self-Peptide Recognition in Thymic Selection and Peripheral Survival."
Current Position: Senior Medical Science Liaison, Seattle Genetics, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
Contact Info: chadkieper@gmail.com
June-Yong Lee, Ph.D.
Program: MCDB&G
Defense Year: 2014
Advisor: Stephen Jameson
Dissertation Title: "Immunologic Function of Virtual Memory CD8+ T cells & Role of KLF2 in Effector CD4+ T cell Lineage Commitment."
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, The Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine of the Skirball Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Dan Littman lab)
Contact Info: june-yong.lee@med.nyu.edu
Martin Prlic, Ph.D.
Program: MICaB
Defense Year:2004
Advisor: Stephen Jameson
Dissertation Title: "Regulation of Lymphocyte Homeostasis."
Current Position: Prlic Lab, Associate Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
Contact Info:mprlic@fredhutch.org
Michelle Lucido-Sandau, Ph.D.
Program: MICaB
Defense Year:2007
Advisor: Stephen Jameson
Dissertation Title: "The Role of Interleukin-15 in Lymphocyte Homeostasis."
Current Position: Director of Research and Development, AFB International, St. Louis, MO
Contact Info: msandau@afbinternational.com
Cara Skon Hegg, Ph.D.
Program: MICaB
Defense Year:2013
Advisor: Stephen Jameson
Dissertation Title: "KLF2's Role in T Cell Trafficking and Retention in Lymphoid and Non-Lymphoid Tissues."
Current Position: Research Scientist, Whiteside Institute for Clinical Research, Duluth, MN
Contact Info: cshegg@d.umn.edu
Emily Truckenbrod, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Program: MICaB
Defense Year:2021
Advisor: Stephen Jameson
Dissertation Title: "Insights on CD8+ T cell self-tolerance from a novel mouse model"
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota
Contact Info: truck018@umn.edu
Daniel Walsh, Ph.D.
Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2019
Advisor: Steve Jameson
Dissertation Title: "The Functional Requirement for CD69 in Establishment of Resident Memory CD8+ T Cells Varies with Tissue Location."
Current Position: JD Candidat
Contact Infowalsh600@umn.edu