Current Lab Members

Kris Wood, Ph.D. (CV)
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, MIT, 2007
Postdoctoral fellowship, Whitehead Institute / Broad Institute, 2007-2012
Hometown: Georgetown, KY

Ben Zolyomi
Medical Student
Sc.B., Neuroscience, Brown University, 2019
Hometown: Albuquerque, NM

Holly Kim
Research Technician
A.B., Chemistry, Duke University, 2021
Hometown: Roslyn, NY

Seth McKee
Research Technician
B.S., Chemistry, Elon University, 2021
Hometown: Hillsborough, NC

Annie Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Resident, General Surgery, Duke University
M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2018
Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, 2017
B.A., Biological Sciences, Northwestern University, 2011
Hometown: Charleston, IL

Haley Hutchinson
Research Technician
A.B., Chemistry, Duke University, 2021
Hometown: Los Altos, CA

Jude Raj
M.D./Ph.D. student
B.S., Biology and Mathematics, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 2016
Hometown: Mooresville, NC

Christine Eyler, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Instructor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology
Instructor, Harvard Medical School, 2017-20
Residency, Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, 2017
M.D., Duke University, 2012
Ph.D., Molecular Cancer Biology, Duke University, 2010
B.S., Chemistry, Duke University, 2004
Hometown: Denver, CO

Jacob Hoj, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Molecular Cancer Biology, Duke University, 2020
B.S., Exercise Science, Brigham Young University, 2014
Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT

Chris Delaney
M.D./Ph.D. student
B.S., Biology, University of Chicago, 2014
Hometown: Richmond, VA

Shane Killarney
M.D./Ph.D. student
B.S., Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2017
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV

Michael Lidsky, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Surgery, Duke University 
Fellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology/Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, MSKCC, 2016-18
Resident and Research Fellow, Surgery, Duke University, 2009-2016
M.D., Medicine, Georgetown University
B.S., Animal Physiology and Neuroscience, UCSD
Hometown: Cleveland, OH

Christian Cerda-Smith
M.D./Ph.D. student
B.S., Biochemistry and Zoology, Miami University of Ohio, 2013
Hometown: Lakewood, OH

Chris Bassil
M.D./Ph.D. student
B.S., English, Duke University, 2012
Hometown: Durham, NC

Min Lu, Ph.D.
Lab Manager
Ph.D., Medicine, Wuhan University School of Medicine, 2007
Hometown: Hubei, China

Amy Stewart Decker
Graduate Student
B.S., Neuroscience, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2016
Hometown: Madison, AL