Meet the Witkiewicz-Knudsen Lab Team

Adam Dommer

Pre-Doctoral Trainee

B.S. in Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo
M.A. in Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo
Ph.D. Student in Cancer Sciences, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Adam is researching the exploitation of CCNE1-driven replication stress for therapeutic gain in triple negative breast and serous ovarian cancers.

Subrahmanya Anirudh Kaligotla Venkata

Pre-Doctoral Trainee

B.Eng. in Biotechnology, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management University, Visakhapatnam, India

Subrahmanya is Investigating the underlying mechanism of cell cycle progression in retinoblastoma-deficient triple negative breast cancer tumors.

Vishnu Kumarasamy, PhD

HRI Scientist

MS, Florida Institute of Technology
PhD, University of Arizona

Vishnu is investigating different oncogenic events and their effects on cell cycle dysregulation in multiple cancer types for therapeutic insights.

Robert Kyne

Senior Laboratory Technician

BS in Biology and Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo
MS in Neuroscience, University at Buffalo

Robert is primarily responsible for all animal colony maintenance and assists with surgeries and treatments.

Sidney Mahan

ATISR Research Technologist

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Sidney performs tissue staining and analysis for the Advanced Tissue Imaging Shared Resource.

William Molini, MA, BS

Research Technologist

Thomas O'Connor, PhD

Scientific Research Project Specialist

BS in Biotechnology, State University of New York at Buffalo
MS in Genetics, University of Rochester
PhD in Genetics, University of Rochester
 

Tom is a project specialist for the lab, assisting primarily with manuscript development and publication.

Emily Schultz

Clinical Trial Support, Research Project Coordinator

BS in Applied Mathematics, State University of New York at Buffalo
MS in Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, University at Buffalo

Emily manages patient information, samples, and data analysis for clinical research studies looking at CDK4/6 inhibitors within the scope of metastatic and high-risk breast cancer.

Jianxin (Jason) Wang, PhD

HRI Scientist/Bioinformatician

MS in Computer Science, State University of New York at Buffalo
PhD degree in Molecular Biology, University at Buffalo

Jason is a seasoned bioinformatician specializing in NGS data processing, analyses as well as biomarker discovery utilizing skills in biostatistics, computer science and machine learning.

Jin Wu, PhD

Research Associate

PhD, Beijing Institute of Genomics

My research focuses on exploring the impact of Rb1 on tumor microenvironment via epigenetic regulation in pancreatic cancer models.