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Medical Scientist Training Program
Alexander Eng

Alexander Eng

G1 Student

Faculty Advisor

  • Nikki Lytle, PhD, Pharmacology & Toxicology; Sridhar Rao, MD, PhD, Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

Locations

  • Medical Scientist Training Program

Contact Information

Education

BS, Chemistry, Marquette University, 2022

Research Interests

Controlling cell states by modulating gene expression and mapping cancer cell crosstalk with the local microenvironment

Research Experience

Medical College of Wisconsin, Nov 2024-Present
Advisor: Nikki Lytle, PhD
Project: Investigating the Role of JUN Activation in Basal to Luminal Fate Switching and Chemotherapy Resistance in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Marquette University, May 2022-December 2022
Advisor: Dmitri Babikov, PhD
Project: Adiabatic trajectory approximation using mixed quantum/classical theory for collisional energy transfer

Publications

Mandal B, Joy C, Bostan D, Eng A, Babikov D. Adiabatic Trajectory Approximation: A New General Method in the Toolbox of Mixed Quantum/Classical Theory for Collisional Energy Transfer. J Phys Chem Lett. 2023 Jan 26;14(3):817-824. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03328. Epub 2023 Jan 19. PMID: 36655843.

General Interests

Guitar, rock climbing, soccer, dogs

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