PhD Program: Environment (2021) Faculty Advisor: Heather Stapleton Dissertation: Using in vitro and in vivo Placental Models to Investigate the Localization of Brominated Flame Retardants and Implications for Thyroid Hormone Homeostasis Employment: Director of Toxicology at 3DC, Deerfield Management Employment Sector: Industry LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-ruis-phd-1734b918a/
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PhD Program: Environment (2021) Faculty Advisors: P. Lee Ferguson, PhD; Heather Stapleton, PhD Dissertation: Characterizing Exposures and In Vitro Effects of Azobenzene Disperse Dyes in the Indoor Environment Employment: Acting Trans-NIH Metabolomics Coordinator, The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Employment Sector: Government Description of Research: I am an environmental […]
PhD Program: Environment (2023) Faculty Advisors: Joel Meyer, PhD; Susan Murphy, PhD Dissertation: Nuclear and Mitochondrial Epigenetics Responses to Environmental Exposures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dillon-king-phd-4b2b1b108/ Update 6/2025 Employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Employment Sector: Government Dillon King completed her PhD in June 2023. She is currently a postdoctoral […]
Cameron earned his B.S. in Biology with a major in Hispanic Studies from Davidson College in 2021. As an undergraduate, he conducted research examining the cytotoxicity of waterpipe tobacco smoke on alveolar cells. He also spent two years at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases investigating […]
Karina earned her B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Penn State University and an M.S. in Biomedical Sciences from Jefferson University. During her master’s program, she worked full-time as a research technician studying the effects of chronic versus acute injury in the lung. She also worked on identifying biased […]
Guru earned his B.S. in Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2023. As an undergraduate, his research centered around using C. elegans as a model to study chemical reprotoxicity. At Duke, he is focused on studying the effects of heavy metals and cannabinoids […]
Morgan completed a B.S. in Animal Sciences at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and an M.S. in Animal Biology at University of California, Davis. Her Master’s thesis examined the relationship between biophysical properties of stallion spermatozoa and fertility, and subsequent selection of sperm for in vitro fertilization. Morgan […]
Born in North Carolina and raised in Buffalo, NY, Sam earned her B.S. in Biochemistry and Neuroscience from the University at Buffalo in 2021. Prior to starting her PhD, she studied a range of things, from ion channels to DNA damage repair. At Duke, she is using Atlantic killifish to […]
Tenley earned her B.S. in Neurobiology from the University of Washington in 2018. After graduating, she did a fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in the Section on Light and Circadian Rhythms. Her work at the NIMH characterized how a novel brain region mediates the effects of […]