Our Members
The Opresko Lab
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
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
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
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