Lab Alumni
Mentorship & Alumni Success
The Leung Lab has a strong track record of training physician-scientists and researchers for independent careers in academia and industry.
Training Overview
Total trainees: 21
Postdoctoral fellows: 5
MD gap-year students: 2
Post-baccalaureate researchers & research specialists: 8
Undergraduates: 6
Career outcomes
Undergraduate and post-baccalaureate trainees (14): 10 went on to MD, MD/PhD, or PhD programs — MIT, Penn MSTP, UC Davis, Cornell, Northwestern, Temple, George Washington, Penn State, and Penn. The other four moved into research or industry positions.
MD gap-year students (2): Both matched into dermatology residency.
Postdoctoral alumni hold positions including Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Penn, staff scientist at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and scientist at Sarepta Therapeutics. A fifth is completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Maryland.
Postdoctoral fellows
Donna Brennan-Crispi, PhD (Jefferson) → Associate Director of Research, Penn Dermatology
Shreya Bhattacharya, PhD (Oregon/NIH) → Scientist, Sarepta Therapeutics
Sayon Basu, PhD (Weizmann Institute, Israel) → Postdoctoral fellow, Univ. of Maryland
Anna Kersh, MD, PhD (Emory) → Assistant Professor, Dept. of Dermatology, Penn
Satish Sati, PhD (Univ. of Montpellier) → Staff scientist, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
MD Gap Year Students (Both obtained Masters degrees)
Jenny Wei, MD (Penn) → Dermatology resident, Penn
Christina Murphy, MD (Penn) → Medicine-Dermatology resident, Penn
Post-baccalaureate & Research Specialists
Lillian Zhang (UCLA) → MD/PhD student, UC Davis
Martin Manoukian (UC Davis) → MD student, UC Davis
Emily Snyder (Harvey Mudd) → Scientist, NGM pharmaceuticals
Parker Jones (Princeton) → MD student, Northwestern
Alaina Hunt (Penn) → MD student, Temple
Casey Spencer (Univ. of Delaware) → Researcher, Univ. of Vermont
Scott Korte (Penn) → Research specialist, Penn
Olivia Ahart (Haverford) → Medical practice assistant
Undergraduates
Ben Allsup (UT Dallas) → PhD student, MIT
Hari Magge (Penn) → MD student, George Washington
Maxwell Frankfurter (Penn) → MD/PhD student, Penn MSTP
Hali Kim (Penn) → MD student, Penn State
Emily Sheng (Penn) → MD student, Penn
Jiayi Pang (Penn) → MD student, Cornell