Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta, PhD
Associate Professor
Co-leader, Immunology Program
Lineberger Cancer Center
UNC Chapel Hill
Postdoctoral Fellow, NYU School of Medicine
Ph.D., Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences/Sloan-Kettering Division
B.S., B.A., SUNY at Stony Brook
email: yuliyap1@email.unc.edu
Current Lab Members
Nancy Kren
Postdoctoral Research Associate
PhD, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
BS, Longwood University
email: nkren1@email.unc.edu
Colleen Sturdevant
Graduate Student
Microbiology and Immunology
BS, State University of New York at Geneseo
email: csteward@unc.edu
Whitney Bell
Graduate Student
Cell Biology and Physiology
BS, Meredith College
email: wjbell@live.unc.edu
Delaney Sherwin
Postdoctoral Research Associate
PhD, Florida State University
BS, University of Central Florida
email: dsherwin@email.unc.edu
Hannah HallResearch Te
Graduate Student
Pathobiology & Translational Science
BS, Trinity University
email: hrhall@ad.unc
Harry SilvaResearch Te
Graduate Student
Microbiology and Immunology
BS, Boston College
email: hjsilva@email.unc.edu
Esmaeil Mortaz
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Fellowship, Imperial London College
PhD, Utrecht University
BS, Urmia University
email: emortaz@email,unc.edu
Lab Alumni
Subhadip Pati
Postdoctoral Research Associate
PhD, Bose Institute, Kolkata India
MSc, Bose Institute, Kolkata India
BSc, Bankura Sammilani College
email: subhadip@email.unc.edu
Rahul Mirlekar
Postdoctoral Research Associate
PhD, National Center for Cell Science (NCCSC), India
email: rmirlekar@med.unc.edu
Dan Michaud
Graduate Student
Cell Biology and Physiology
BS, Northeastern University
email: dmichaud@email.unc.edu
Yan (Annie) Wang
Postdoctoral Research Associate
PhD, East Tennessee State University College of Medicine
MD, Soochow University, China
MS, Soochow University, China
email: ywang102@email.unc.edu
Evan Gales
Lab Manager
BS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
email: evan_gales@med.unc.edu
Jeffrey Song
Undergraduate
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Biochemistry
Lauren Rector
Undergraduate
Dental Student, UNC School of Dentistry
BS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
email: laurali@live.unc.edu
Hiral Patel
Undergraduate
BS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
email: hspatell@live.unc.edu
Shreya Prabhakar
Undergraduate
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
email: shreyapr@live.unc.edu
Ruotian (Hannah) Wu
Undergraduate
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
email: ruotian@live.unc.edu
Cameron M. Harris
Undergraduate/Lab Manager
MD Candidate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
email: cmikeal@live.unc.edu
Parth Patel
Lab Manager
DMD candidate, New York University
BS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jennifer Bahamonde
Undergraduate
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sukriti Bagchi
Undergraduate
MD/PhD Candidate, University of Arizona
BS, University of North Carolina
Ryan Searcy
Lab Manager/ Technician
Resident, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
email: rsearcy@live.unc.edu
TJ Moore
Undergraduate
MD candidate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
email: tjm0921@email.unc.edu
Kelly C. Allen
Lab Manager
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill