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Will Lu-Culligan, PhD

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Will Lu-Culligan, PhD

Biography

Will grew up in Newtown, CT. He majored in Chemistry at the University of Notre Dame, where he worked in the lab of Dr. Bradley Smith investigating the properties of supramolecular dye molecules. Following graduation, Will worked for two years at the NIH in the lab of Dr. Victor Pike synthesizing and developing novel radiotracers for PET brain imaging.

Currently, Will is an MD-PhD student at Yale. He performed his PhD research in the lab of Dr. Matt Simon studying chromatin and RNA biochemistry.

Education & Training

  • PhD
    Yale School of Medicine, Cell Biology (2021)
  • BS
    University of Notre Dame, Chemistry (2010)