People

Principal Investigator

Patrick Wilson

Dr. Wilson's research is focused on B cell biology which revolves around the specificity of expressed antibody molecules.

Research Scientists and Postdocs

Siri Changrob

Siri is pursuing a specialization in human B cell response to infectious diseases, particularly in the context of human coronaviruses and influenza. Her work aims to understand the diversity of B cells and their antibody responses following natural infection and vaccination, with the ultimate goal of advancing vaccine design by identifying how protective antibodies are formed.

Yanbin Fu

Yanbin is working on design and development of a universal influenza vaccine that could induce broadly neutralizing antibodies directed to the HA stem portion of H3, the more lethal subtype among influenza A subtypes.

Jiayi Sun

Jiayi is pairing an antigen baiting approach with single-cell RNA-sequencing to dissect antigen-specific B cell populations in pediatric cohorts infected by influenza viruses.

Joshua McGrath

Josh is working to engineer novel H3N2 influenza vaccine candidates, and is investigating the relationship between mucosal/systemic B cell responses.

Atsuhiro Yasuhara

Atsu is working to explore antibodies showing cross-reactivity against a broad range of coronaviruses, and develop the universal coronavirus vaccine.

Sean Nelson

Jordan Chervin

Jordan is a bioinformatics analyst in the Wilson Lab.

Chloe Troxell

Chloe is a bioinformatics analyst in the Wilson Lab.

Research Staff

Nai-Ying Zheng

Research technician

Min Huang

Research technician

Vanessa Dudley

Research Program Manager

Alumni

Dewey Wilbanks (Research Technician, 2022-2024) Current: Medical Student at Hofstra/Northwell Zucker School of Medicine

Lei Li (Senior Bioinformatics Analyst, 2019-2022) Current: Lead Bioinformatics Research Scientist at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Dustin Shaw (graduate student) Current: MD/PhD Immunology, UChicago

Jenna Guthmiller (postdoc, 2017–2022) Current: Assistant Professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

Ebru Ermis (research technician, 2020–2021)

Mia McNair (research technician, 2019–2020)

Nathan Sattah (research technician, 2020–2021)

Jiaolong Wang (research technician, 2020–2021)

Henry Armando Utset (research specialist, 2019–2021)

Haley Dugan (graduate student, 2016–2021)

Chris Stamper (graduate student, 2016–2021)

Olivia Stovicek (research technician, 2019–2020)

Steven Erickson (postdoc, 2020) Current: Postdoctoral Researcher, Yale University

Isabelle Stewart (postdoc, 2020)

Matthew Knight (postdoc, 2019–2020)

Linda (Yu-Ling) Lan (graduate student, 2016–2020) Thesis: Responses of hemagglutinin stalk-reactive memory B cell to a chimeric-based universal influenza virus vaccine Current: Postdoctoral Researcher, Michael Snyder Lab, Stanford University

Carole Henry (staff scientist, 2011–2020) Current: Senior Scientist (Immunology, Infectious Disease Research), Moderna

Matthew Knight (postdoc, 2019–2020)

Micah Tepora (research specialist, 2017–2019) Current: Extraction Technologist, Tempus, Inc.

Anna-Karin Palm (postdoc, 2016–2019) Current: Postdoctoral Researcher, Uppsala University

Tao Sun (research technician)

Lyubov Popova (postdoc)

Karla Rojas (senior research project specialist)

Irvin Ho (research technician, 2014–2017)

Yaoqing Chen (postdoc, 2014–2018)

Yunping Huang (research technician)

Karlynn Neu (graduate student, 2011–2017) Thesis: The Development of Spec-seq and Its Application to Peripheral Blood Plasmablasts after Influenza Challenge

Denise Lau (graduate student, 2011–2016) Current: Director of Computational Immunology and Senior Computational Biologist, Tempus, Inc.

Kaval Kaur (graduate student, 2010–2015) Thesis: B cell responses to influenza in the context of autoimmunity Current: Business Development and Translational Project Manager, Singapore Immunology Network, A*STAR

Noel Pauli (graduate student, 2010–2015) Thesis: The impact of Staphylococcus aureus infection on human B cells responses Current: Scientist II, Adimab, LLC

Sarah Andrews (postdoc, 2010–2014) Current: Staff Scientist, NIH

Kristi A. Koelsch (graduate student, 2004–2009) Thesis: Insights into the Regulation of Human B Cell Tolerance by Analysis of the Immunoglobulin Repertoire Current: Associate Professor of Research, Department of Endocrinology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Cluster

Qingzhao Zhang (graduate student, 2004–2009) Thesis: Autoreactive Antibodies Can Persist in Allelically Included B Cells and Edited Cells are Selected at the Transitional Stage Current: Resident physician, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Ken Smith (postdoc, 2006–2008) Current: Research Associate Member, Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, and Director of the OMRF Human Antibody Core Facility

J. Andrew Duty (Andy) (graduate student, 2003-2007) Current: Assistant Research Professor, Department of Microbiology, Center for Therapeutic Antibody Development, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai