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SANDLER FELLOW & PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Rebecca grew up outside of Detroit, Michigan and earned her B.S. in Cell & Molecular Biology and English from the University of Michigan in 2019. She then earned her PhD in Microbiology in 2025 from the University of California, Berkeley. There, she worked on the evolution of anti-parasitoid immune responses in insects in the lab of Prof. Noah Whiteman and developed a passion for proteinaceous toxins. She is joining the UCSF Department of Microbiology & Immunology in August 2026. Outside of the lab, Rebecca enjoys solving crosswords somewhat seriously and cycling somewhat unseriously.

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