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 Associate Director of Research and 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 earned master’s degrees)
Jenny Wei, MD (Penn) → Dermatology resident, Penn
Christina Murphy, MD (Penn) → Medicine-Dermatology resident, Penn
Post-Baccalaureate Researchers & Research Specialists
Lillian Zhang (UCLA) → MD/PhD student, UC Davis
Martin Manoukian (UC Davis) → MD student, UC Davis
Emily Snyder (Harvey Mudd) → Scientist, NGM Biopharmaceuticals
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