Graduate Students

Parker, Jennifer is a PhD student from Toronto, Canada in the Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program currently rotating in the Longaker Laboratory. Concurrently, Jennifer is a medical student at the University of Toronto, and is pausing her medical training in order to pursue her doctorate at Stanford University. Prior to this, she earned her BSH in Bioengineering from Stanford in 2019, where she also studied the step-by-step mechanism by which embryonic stem cells differentiate to early-stage skin. Outside of the lab, Jennifer loves spending time outside exploring the Bay Area, figure skating, and you may often find her reading at a coffee shop.

Bauer-Rowe, Khristian Erich is a second-year medical student at Stanford originally from Puerto Rico. He earned his BS in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology while conducting research in the dietary regulation of intestinal stem cells. During his time in the Longaker Lab, Khristian Erich will investigate the role of the mesentery in intestinal fibrosis. In his free time, Khristian Erich enjoys playing the piano and organ, reading, and traveling.

DiIorio, Sarah is a third-year MD/PhD graduate student rotating in the Longaker laboratory. Sarah earned her BS in biological engineering from MIT, and spent one year in Eindhoven in the Netherlands as part of the Fulbright Fellowship. She has previously conducted research on drug delivery and tissue engineering solutions for cartilage repair. In her free time, she enjoys playing soccer, running, and reading.

Korah, Maria is a general surgery resident at Stanford pursuing a PhD in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine through the Advanced Residency Training at Stanford (ARTS) program. She completed her BS in Microbiology and Cell Science with minors in Bioinformatics and Spanish at the University of Florida, after which she completed her MD and Master of Health Science at Yale School of Medicine. As a graduate student in the Longaker Lab, she will be studying wound healing and tumor progression. In her free time, she enjoys reading, cooking, painting, and spending time with her friends and family.

Lu, John is a first-year MD/PhD student rotating in the Longaker laboratory. John earned his BS as a double major in chemistry and mathematics from Duke University. As a Marshall Scholar, he earned his MSc in Health Policy, Planning, and Financing from LSE/LSHTM and a MPhil in Biological Sciences from the University of Cambridge. In the Longaker laboratory, John is studying the molecular underpinnings of wound healing. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, traveling, and rock climbing.

Rockwood, Sarah is a second-year MD-PhD student currently a G1 in the Longaker Lab. A Bay Area native, Sarah is from Orinda and attended UC Berkeley, where she studied neurobiology and researched neural stem cells and optogenetics in the Schaffer Lab. After graduating, she studied iPSC-derived cardiac tissue modeling in the McDevitt Lab at Gladstone/UCSF. In the Longaker lab, she is interested in studying the fibrosis and regeneration in the brain through the lens of stroke. In her free time, she loves trail running, cycling, swimming, cooking, creative writing, and outdoor adventure.
Bauer-Rowe, Khristian Erich is a second-year medical student at Stanford originally from Puerto Rico. He earned his BS in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology while conducting research in the dietary regulation of intestinal stem cells. During his time in the Longaker Lab, Khristian Erich will investigate the role of the mesentery in intestinal fibrosis. In his free time, Khristian Erich enjoys playing the piano and organ, reading, and traveling.
DiIorio, Sarah is a first-year MD/PhD student rotating in the Longaker laboratory. Sarah earned her BS in biological engineering from MIT, and spent one year in Eindhoven in the Netherlands as part of the Fulbright Fellowship. She has previously conducted research on drug delivery and tissue engineering solutions for cartilage repair. In her free time, she enjoys playing soccer, running, and reading.
Korah, Maria is a general surgery resident at Stanford pursuing a PhD in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine through the Advanced Residency Training at Stanford (ARTS) program. She completed her BS in Microbiology and Cell Science with minors in Bioinformatics and Spanish at the University of Florida, after which she completed her MD and Master of Health Science at Yale School of Medicine. As a graduate student in the Longaker Lab, she will be studying wound healing and tumor progression. In her free time, she enjoys reading, cooking, painting, and spending time with her friends and family.
Parker, Jennifer is a PhD student from Toronto, Canada in her first year of the Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program currently rotating in the Longaker Laboratory. Concurrently, Jennifer is a medical student at the University of Toronto, and is pausing her medical training in order to pursue her doctorate at Stanford University. Prior to this, she earned her BSH in Bioengineering from Stanford in 2019, where she also studied the step-by-step mechanism by which embryonic stem cells differentiate to early-stage skin. Outside of the lab, Jennifer loves spending time outside exploring the Bay Area, figure skating, and you may often find her reading at a coffee shop.
Lu, John is a first-year MD/PhD student rotating in the Longaker laboratory. John earned his BS as a double major in chemistry and mathematics from Duke University. As a Marshall Scholar, he earned his MSc in Health Policy, Planning, and Financing from LSE/LSHTM and a MPhil in Biological Sciences from the University of Cambridge. In the Longaker laboratory, John is studying the molecular underpinnings of wound healing. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, traveling, and rock climbing.
Rockwood, Sarah is a second-year MD-PhD student currently a G1 in the Longaker Lab. A Bay Area native, Sarah is from Orinda and attended UC Berkeley, where she studied neurobiology and researched neural stem cells and optogenetics in the Schaffer Lab. After graduating, she studied iPSC-derived cardiac tissue modeling in the McDevitt Lab at Gladstone/UCSF. In the Longaker lab, she is interested in studying the fibrosis and regeneration in the brain through the lens of stroke. In her free time, she loves trail running, cycling, swimming, cooking, creative writing, and outdoor adventure.