Program Leadership
Co-Principal Investigator/Co-Program Director, URI MARC
Associate Dean, Graduate School
401.874.43030
smeenach@uri.edu
Co-Principal Investigator/Co-Program Director, URI MARC
Associate Dean of Research, COP
401.874.4306
nhowlett@uri.edu
Director of Trainee Development, URI MARC
Assistant Dean for Diversity & Student Success Initiatives, CELS
Support Team
MARC U*STAR/URI ESTEEMED Program Coordinator
Current Trainees
Faculty Mentors
Alumni
2023-25 Cohort
Biotechnology & Cell and Molecular Biology
Dr. Xinyuan Chen's Lab
Biotechnology & Cell and Molecular Biology
Dr. Steven Gregory's Lab
Biotechnology & Microbiology
Dr. Kathryn Ramsey's Lab
Cell and Molecular Biology
Dr. Kathryn Ramsey's Lab
2022-24 Cohort
Chemical Engineering & Chinese
Dr. Jie Shen's Lab
Chemical Engineering, Statistics Minor
Dr. Samantha Meenach's Lab
Chemical Engineering
Dr. Yana Reshetnyak's Lab
Biological Sciences
Dr. William Van Nostrand's Lab
2021-23 Cohort
Cell and Molecular Biology & Chinese '23
Dr. Jodi Camberg's Lab
Biological Sciences, Anthropology, & Psychology '23
Dr. Niall Howlett's Lab
Pharmaceutical Sciences '23
Dr. Matthew Bertin's Lab
Biotechnology & Cell and Molecular Biology '23
Dr. Alan Rothman's Lab
2020-22 Cohort
Molecular Neuroscience and Biology '22
Dr. Nasser Zawia's Lab
Cell and Molecular Biology '22
Dr. Ying Zhang's Lab
Biological Sciences and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience '22
Dr. Xinyuan Chen's Lab
Biomedical Engineering '22
Dr. Jyothi Menon's Lab
2019-21 Cohort
Cell and Molecular Biology '21
Dr. Arnob Dutta's Lab
Cell and Molecular Biology '21
Dr. Angela Slitt's Lab
Cell and Molecular Biology '21
Dr. Arnob Dutta's Lab
Biomedical Engineering '21
Dr. Quinlan's Lab





















