Meet Our Postdocs

Stefano Comazzetto, Ph.D., is a European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) fellow and a postdoctoral researcher in the Morrison lab. At CRI, he is studying blood-forming stem cells and how metabolites...

Aparna Rao, MBBS, Ph.D., worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the DeBerardinis lab for three years studying melanoma metabolism. She recently returned to Australia to finish her training as a...

Zixi Wang, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow in the Zhu lab and an assistant instructor of pediatrics at UT Southwestern. He is studying how mutations in SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes...

Faith Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., is a radiation oncology clinical fellow in the DeBerardinis lab. At CRI, she works to uncover metabolic targets to improve the effectiveness of radiotherapy. Resistance to...

Xun Wang, Ph.D. is a postdoctoral researcher in the Mishra lab who is studying how changes in mitochondria influences muscle stem cells maintenance and repair. His work will help us...

Zhimin Gu is a postdoctoral fellow in the Xu lab and a member of the Moody Medical Research Institute. At CRI, he is working to discover metabolic vulnerabilities in acute...

Jennifer Gill, M.D., Ph.D., is a scientist at CRI and a practicing dermatologist. As a researcher in the Morrison lab, she studies how melanoma spreads from the skin to other...

Ashley Solmonson, Ph.D., is a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellow in the DeBerardinis lab. At CRI, she studies how metabolism supports fetal growth during pregnancy and...

Elise Jeffrey, Ph.D., is a Damon Runyon Foundation Fellow in the Morrison lab. At CRI, Elise is studying blood stem cells and their environment to find new therapies for patients...

Brandon Faubert, Ph.D., is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Fellow at Children’s Medical Center Research Institute (CRI) at UT Southwestern. He works in the DeBerardinis lab studying tumor metabolism....