Lab Members
Sally C. Kent, PhD
Principal Investigator
B.S. Biology, Union College, Schenectady, NY
Ph.D. Microbiology & Immunology, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL
Postdoctoral Fellowships, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY & Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Anthony Manganaro
Research Lab Tech
Education: B.S. Biology, Fitchburg State University
Interests: Cellular and Molecular Biology, Oncology, Forensic Science
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Erandi Velarde de la Cruz, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Education: Ph.D., Biomedical Science/Immunology, Universidad de Guadalajara
Favorite thing about lab: Collaborating with others to solve complex problems and uncover new discoveries that contribute to our understanding of the world.
Alumni
Jenny Aurielle B. Babon, Ph.D.
In 2017, Dr. Babon was awarded a postdoctoral research fellowship from the JDRF to study the autoreactive CD8 T cell infiltrates from the islets of human subjects with T1D in the Kent lab. She is now a Scientific Investigator at pharmaceutical & biotechnology company GSK.
Megan DeNicola
Megan was a Research Associate from 2017-21. Prior to that, she worked as a technician starting in 2011. She is currently a senior scientist at Twist Bioscience.
Sam Lauffer, M.D.
In 2018, Dr. Lauffer joined us as an intern while he was a medical student. He graduated from T.H. Chan School of Medicine in 2022 and became a General Surgery Intern in Southern California.