People
Brittany L. Allen-Petersen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Department of Biological Sciences
Purdue Institute for Cancer Research
Co-leader Indiana University Pancreatic Cancer Working Group
Email: ballenpe@purdue.edu
Postdoctoral Fellow, Oregon Health & Science University
Ph.D., Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
B.S., Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
Garima Baral
Graduate Student - Biological Sciences
B.TECH. -Biotechnology, Kathmandu University
Email: gbaral@purdue.edu
Sara Filippelli
Graduate Student - Biological Sciences
B.S. - Biology, Hope College
Email: sfilippe@purdue.edu
Lauren Gartenhaus
Graduate Student - PULSe
B.S. - Biology, Purdue University
Email: lgartenh@purdue.edu
Sanika Gulavani
Graduate Student - Biological Sciences
M.S. -Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Southern California
B.Tech. - Biotechnology, D. Y. Patil University
Email: sgulavan@purdue.edu
Roe Chianis
Undergraduate Researcher
Purdue Class of '25
Chemical Biology and Biochemistry
Email: echianis@purdue.edu
Elisabeth Porter
Undergraduate Researcher
Purdue Class of '27
Biomedical Health Sciences
Email: porte223@purdue.edu
Past Lab Members:
PhD Graduates:
| Name | Degree | Current Position |
| Samantha Tinsley | Ph.D. 2023 | Funding strategist, Intelispark |
Undergraduates:
| Name | Years | Current Position |
| Indiraa Doraivel | 2022-2025 | PhD graduate student, University of Wisconsin |
| Talia Kidder | 2024 | pre-med |
| Sydney Clifford | 2021-2024 | PhD graduate student, Brandeis Unviersity |
| Mei Bahler | 2022-2024 | pre-med |
| Anna Darling | 2023-2024 | Process Development Lab Technician, Genezen |
| Najd Alshammari | 2022-2023 | Medical Technician, Labcorp |
| Rebecca A. Shelley | 2019-2022 | PhD graduate student, Duke University |
| Elizabeth G. Hoffman | 2019-2021 | PhD graduate student, Florida International University |
| Madilyn R. Reid | 2019-2021 | PhD graduate student, Purdue University |