Kaitlin Rhee

Kaitlin grew up in California and graduated from UC Berkeley with a BS in chemical biology and a minor in data science. There she conducted research in Professor Hernan Garcia’s lab, using quantitative live imaging tools to study how transcription factors and binding site architecture dictate gene expression patterns and dynamics in Drosophila embryos. Curious about different imaging modalities in oncology, she completed an internship in Professor Naga Vara Kishore Pillarsetty’s targeted theranostics lab at Memorial Sloan Kettering, where she assisted in synthesizing and evaluating HPV-specific sensors targeting the HPV16 E7 oncogene in head-and-neck cancer. Currently a PhD student in Professor Xin Zhou’s lab, she aims to develop novel antibody-based approaches for the targeted depletion and sustained inhibition of complex membrane proteins driving solid tumor progression.