News
Welcome to our 9 newest Ph.D. students joining the Program in Chemical Biology in Fall 2026!
Three PCB students successfully defended in March and April - Congratulations to Dr. Carla Marie Peralta (Stockbridge Lab), Dr. Luis Vazquez-Rivera (W. Wang Lab), and Dr. Alex Kim (Narayan Lab)!!
Second year Chemical Biology PhD student, Collins Chimezie (Li Lab), was recently awarded a Rackham International Student Fellowship.
Prospective students are invited to register for 'Your Path to Go Blue!: Graduate Experience at the University of Michigan', a virtual event on November 10th, designed for students interested in pursuing graduate education.
We are pleased to announce three PCB students - Mary Villarreal (Mapp Lab), Lauren Hart (Dick / Sherman Labs), and Andrea Valenzuela (Boyle / Chandrasekaran Labs) - have all successfully defended this August and September. Congratulations to Drs. Villarreal, Hart, and Valenzuela!
Rising second year Chemical Biology student, Clarissa Huisman (M. Ohi Lab), has been awarded a Michigan Predoctoral Training Program in Molecular Biophysics (MiMoB) Fellowship.
Rising second year Chemical Biology student, Sam Steen (Biteen Lab), has been awarded a Chemistry Biology Interface Training Program (CBITP) Fellowship.
Rising third year Chemical Biology student, Alana Ponte (Balunas Lab) was recently awarded a Systems and Integrative Biology (SIB) Training Program Fellowship.
Rising fifth year Chemical Biology PhD student, Casandra Sandoval, and her advisor, Dr. David Sherman, has been selected for a Rackham PACE Fellowship.
Six PCB students successfully defended this April, May, and June - Congratulations to Dr. Bradley Clegg (Cierpicki / Grembecka Lab), Dr. Nicole Collins (Beard Lab), Dr. Ayza Croskey (Mapp Lab), Dr. Ingrid Kilde (Koutmos Lab), Dr. Jose Reyes (Garner Lab), and Dr. Yuchu Sun (S. Xu Lab)!!

