As a graduate student in Scott Gerber’s lab at Dartmouth College, Andrew developed and applied proteomics techniques in order to better understand the mammalian cell cycle. In the Davis lab, he investigated the role of protein phosphorylation in autophagy, both mechanistically, using biochemical and structural methods, and at a systems level, through the use of mass spectrometry based phosphoproteomics.

Danica obtained her PhD in chemistry from Yale University. As a graduate student in Pat Loria’s Lab, Danica employed biophysical tools such as NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography to study the structure-function relationship of PTP1B, an important regulator of insulin signaling. In the Davis lab, Danica investigated the roles of selective autophagy cargo receptors in autophagy biogenesis and autophagy degradation pathways using structural approaches, biochemistry and SILAC-based mass spectrometry methods.  Danica was the recipient of the Life Sciences Research Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Laurel did her undergraduate research at Wellesley in Louise Darling’s lab. In the Davis lab, she studied assembly of the autophagy initiation complex in yeast using pulse-labeling mass spec and cryo-EM, and developed computational methods to analyze ensembles of highly heterogeneous cryo-EM structures. Laurel was a recipient of the Hugh Hampton Young Graduate Fellowship.

Sam completed her undergraduate training at CU Boulder in Rob Batey’s group. In the Davis lab, Sam applied structural approaches to understand bacterial ribosome assembly. Sam was a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.