Graduate Students

Diego N. Mendez Aviles, Graduate Student
mendezdi@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
B.S., Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Project: Investigating the role of RNA binding proteins in heterochromatin maintenance.

Edgar Luzete Monteiro, Graduate Student
edgarluz@sas.upenn.edu
B.S., Biology, University of Brasilia
Project: Identifying Pioneer Transcription Factors’ domains responsible for chromatin interaction.

Andrew Katznelson, Graduate Student
akatznel@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
B.S. University of California, Davis; M. Phil University of Cambridge
Project: Understanding specificity of pioneer factor interactions across variable chromatin environments.

Claire Makowski, Graduate Student
claire.makowski@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
B.S. State University of New York at Brockport
Project: Modifying heterochromatin to improve cellular reprogramming.