Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Professor of Medicine
Projects: B Cells and Immune Diseases

Jennifer_Anolik@urmc.rochester.edu

Research Scientists

Jennifer Barnas, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Projects: Type III Interferon in Autoimmune Disease
Jennifer_Barnas@urmc.rochester.edu

Javier Rangel-Moreno, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Projects: Immune Cells and Disease
Javier_Rangel-Moreno@urmc.rochester.edu

Graduate Students

Jabea Cyril Ekabe
Translational Biomedical Sciences Program
Research Interest: Understanding B cell-monocyte interactions in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Katherine Escalera-Rivera
PhD Program in Pathology-Cell Biology of Disease
Research Interest: Inflammatory processes involved in the onset and development of osteoarthritis

Melanie Perkins
PhD Program in Toxicology
Research Interest: Effects of environmental factors on B cell functions in autoimmunity

Research Staff

Nida Meednu Pellett, PhD
Staff Scientist
Nida_Meednu@URMC.Rochester.edu

Daria Krenitsky
Technical Associate II

Undergraduate Students

Alice Lin
Class of 2026