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Townsend Research Group

​PhD Students:

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​Dorothy L. Ackerman, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Vanderbilt University 2018
Dissertation: Human Milk Oligosaccharides as a Defense Against Group B Streptococcus

Current Position: Postdoctoral Research fellow with
​ Jeffrey C. Gildersleeve, National Cancer Institute
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Kelly M. Craft , Ph.D.
Ph.D. Vanderbilt University 2019
Dissertation: Human Milk Oligosaccharides as a Defense Against Infectious Diseases

Postdoctoral Research fellow with
Professor Andrew G. Myers, Harvard University
Current Position: Abbvie 
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D. Jamin Keith, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Vanderbilt University 2019
Dissertation: Total Synthesis of the Morganella morganii Zwitterionic Trisaccharide Repeating Unit

Postdoctoral Research fellow with
​Professor Dale Boger, The Scripps Research Institute 
​Current Position: Janssen 

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Schuyler A. Chambers, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Vanderbilt University 2021
Dissertation: Harnessing Human Milk Oligosaccharides and Ellagic Acid Glycosides to Combat Group B Streptococcus
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research fellow with
​Professor Lynette Cegelski, Stanford University​
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Eric D. Huseman, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Vanderbilt University 2021
Dissertation: Synthesis and Preliminary Biological Evaluation of Arimetamycin A Disaccharide Decorated Anthracyclines
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research fellow with
​Professor Seth Herzon, Yale University
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Johny M. Nguyen, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Vanderbilt University 2022
Dissertation: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation at Zwitterionic Polysaccharides
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Rebecca E. Moore, Ph.D.
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Ph.D. Vanderbilt University 2022
Dissertation: Human Milk Oligosaccharides Combat Group B Streptococcus Infections Seamlessly From Test Tube to Mouse Model
Lianyan L. Xu, Ph.D.
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Ph.D. Vanderbilt University 2022
Dissertation: Modulating Cell Biology with Carbohydrates and their Derivatives


Past Undergraduate Students:
Harrison Thomas (Vanderbilt University '20, Vanderbilt University Medical School)
Alexander Sasse (Vanderbilt University '19, Yale University Medical School)
Lawrence Berg (Vanderbilt University '19, Stanford University Graduate School
Stefan Marasligiller (
Vanderbilt University '19, University of Cincinnati Medical School)
Rishub Das (Vanderbilt University '19)
​Lianyan Xu (Vanderbilt University '16, Vanderbilt University Graduate School)
Clark Stalling (
Vanderbilt University '16, Vanderbilt University Medical School '20, University of Pittsburgh)
Heidi Carpenter (
University of South Carolina '18, Vanderbilt University Medical School)
Isaiah Speight (
Norfolk State University '16, Vanderbilt University Graduate School)
​Anna Kaplan (Bowdoin College '17, Emory University Graduate School)

Linda Cui (
Vanderbilt University '18, University of Vermont Medical School)
Nainoa Norman Ing (Chaminade University Undergraduate) 

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