Our Members

The Opresko Lab


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Patricia L. Opresko, PhD

Principal Investigator plo4@pitt.edu

Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health

Professor, Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, School of Medicine

Co-leader Genome Stability Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

Dr. Bernard F. Fisher Chair for Breast Cancer Discovery Science

Michael Gerber

Research Specialist
mig177@pitt.edu

BS in Biology, Utah State University, 2022

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Mariarosaria De Rosa, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
mad373@pitt.edu

PhD in Molecular Medicine & Medical Biotechnology, University Federico II of Naples, Italy, 2017

MSc in Medical Biotechnology, University Federico II of Naples, Italy, 2013

BSc in Biotechnology, University Federico II of Naples, Italy, 2011

Libby Childs

Graduate Student, Human Genetics
elc189@pitt.edu

BS in Biology, Ohio State University, 2021

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Samantha Sanford, PhD

Hillman Fellow for Innovative Cancer Research
sas354@pitt.edu

PhD in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology
University of Pittsburgh, 2020

BS in Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, 2008

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Ariana Detwiler, MS

Lab Manager
acd54@pitt.edu

MS in Cell Biology, Kent State University, 2015

BS in Biology, Genetics and Human Development, Penn State University, 2012

Theresa Heidenreich

Graduate Student, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program
tmh144@pitt.edu

BS in Biochemistry, Notre Dame University, 2023

Past Lab Members

  • Sanjana Thosar, PhD (Grad student) Scientist I, VOR Biopharma

  • Ryan Barnes, PhD (Postdoc) Assistant Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center

  • Samuel Johnson, PhD (Grad student)

  • Fatimah Adisa, MS (technician) Risk and Exposure Consultant, Ramboll

  • Sachi Dhakal (SURP Student) Technician, University of Pittsburgh

  • Adam Barsouk, MD (Undergraduate Researcher) Resident-Physician, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

  • Elise Fouquerel, PhD, (Postdoc) Assistant Professor Pharmacology and Chemical Biology at the University of Pittsburgh

  • Xander Orenstein, MS (technician) Magisterial District Judge

  • Arindam Bose, PhD (Postdoc) Harvard University

  • Melinda Sager (technician)

  • Justin Lormand (technician) graduate student at Cornell University

  • Connor Murphy PhD, microscopy and imaging specialist, Hunt Optics and Imaging

  • Dhvani Parikh PhD, toxicologist, US Green Building Council

  • Hannah Pope-Varsalona PhD, toxicologist, WHO

  • Fujun Liu PhD, Manager of global product safety, Revlon NJ

  • Devin Kepchia, PhD, Research Associate, postdoctoral fellow, Salk Institute

  • Rama Damerla PhD, postdoctoral fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  • Gerald Nora MD/PhD, attending physician Columbia St. Mary's hospital

  • Gregory Sowd PhD, research fellow, Dana-Faber Cancer Institute