Meet the Aguirre Lab

Affiliated Members

Headshot of Steve Smith
Steve Smith

Business Manager, Hale Family Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research

Aguirre Lab Alumni
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Laleh Abbassi, DVM, PhD
Akhil Chawla, MD
Scott Ginebaugh, PhD
Eejung Kim, MD, PhD
Shengwu Liu, PhD
​Raja Naryan, MD, MPH
Jasper Neggers, PhD
Emma Pailler, PhD
Panot Sainamthip, MD
Rita Sulahian, PhD
Kazuki Takahashi, PhD		             Research Technicians
Edwin (James) Allen
Timothy Bosse
Hanrong (Jasmin) Feng
Connor Hennessey
Grace Joyner
Radha Kalekar
Kristen Lowder
David O'Connell
Brendan Parent
Giselle Uribe
 
Medical Students
​Christopher Dietrich
Jimmy Guo​​​
Chelsey Williams		             Computational Biologists
Ananya Jambhale
​Kevin Kapner

Staff Scientists
Rachel Beth Keller, PhD
Ziyue Li, PhD
​Annan Yang, PhD
Ji-Won Kim, MD, PhD

Research Associates
Yassine Damergi

Administrative Support
Tanzeela Ranman

             Summer Interns
Isabelle Staco
Yasamin Kiani (2022, 2023)
Arjun Joshi (2023)
Etienne Cosseau (2023)
Eli Kushner (2023)
Mahima Bhattacharjee (2023, 2024)
Rishi Rane (2024)
Megan Cravinho (2024)
Karen Khela (2024, 2025)
Anya Nezafat (2025)
Emma Reynolds (2025)