People Type: Previous Associates

Biography Tommy graduated with his Ph.D. in 2024 and is currently serving as an associate clinical trial manager at Medpace. He used biochemistry and cryoEM to understand the interactions of coronavirus polymerases with other viral enzymes and co-factors and expanded our structural knowledge to other genera of coronaviruses. He was the recipient of a Biochemistry …

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Kennan worked to understand protein-protein interactions and biochemical activity of coronavirus replication complexes as they relate to RNA proofreading mechanisms. Kennan’s work in lab was supported by a Biochemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Kennan graduated in 2024 and continued in the lab for nine months as an Intern. He is currently attending Law School at …

Fiona worked in the Kirchdoerfer lab as a research technician from April to Oct 2021. She worked to develop assays for analysis of capped RNA products and played a significant role in laboratory management.

Anna worked as a student hourly in the Kirchdoerfer lab from April to December 2023.

Lauren began in the lab as a student hourly before taking on undergraduate research. Lauren’s project examined the necessity of viral co-factors for polymerase activity in Equine Arteritis Virus (EAV). Lauren graduated in 2023 and is currently a medical student at the University of Arizona.

Peter worked on alpha and gamma-coronavirus polymerase complex assembly and activity. His work in lab was supported twice by a Biochemistry Undergraduate Summer Research Award and by a Hilldale Award. Peter graduated in 2024 and is currently a graduate student at Harvard University.

Anna worked to understand how feline coronaviruses mutate upon infection of their hosts. Anna graduated in 2025 and is now working at Exact Sciences.

Eddie worked in the Kirchdoerfer lab from May 2025 to May 2026 when he graduated with his B.S. in Biochemistry. In the lab, Eddie examined the activity of mouse hepatitis virus (MHV) polymerases and their co-factors using both in vitro and ex vivo methods. Eddie completed his senior thesis in the lab. He now works …