The Center for Translational Medicine Adjuvant Research Team gathers for a photo on the Oval at UM

Adjuvant Research Team

Immunology Team Members

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Blair DeBuysscher, PhD

Principal Investigator, Assistant Research Professor

Immunology Team
Joined in 2020
Email: blair.debuysscher@mso.umt.edu
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Jay Evans, PhD

Principal Investigator, Research Professor, Director of CTM

Immunology Team
Joined in 2016
Email: jay.evans@mso.umt.edu
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Stephanie Lathrop, PhD

Senior Scientist

Immunology Team
Joined in 2019
Email: stephanie.lathrop@mso.umt.edu
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Maria Ferrini, PhD

Senior Scientist

Immunology Team
Joined in 2021
Email: maria.ferrini@mso.umt.edu
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Mary Ellenbecker, PhD

Senior Scientist

Immunology Team
Joined in 2025
Email: mary.ellenbecker@mso.umt.edu
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Ben Seaver, PhD

Research Scientist

Immunology Team
Joined in 2023
Email: benjamin.seaver@mso.umt.edu
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Deepika Nag, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Immunology Team
Joined in 2025
Email: deepika.nag@mso.umt.edu
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Molly Miltko

PhD Graduate Student 

Immunology Team
Joined in 2023
Email: molly.miltko@mso.umt.edu
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Shaun Opp, MSc

Research Associate, MSc Graduate Student (2026)

Immunology Team
Joined in 2023
Email: shaun.opp@umconnect.umt.edu
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Forest Cruse

Undergraduate Researcher

Immunology Team
Joined in 2023
Email: forest.cruse@umconnect.umt.edu
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Rylee Close

Research Associate

Immunology Team
Joined in 2023
Email: rylee.close@mso.umt.edu
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Ellen Loran

Undergraduate Researcher

Immunology Team
Joined in 2023
Email: el136774@umconnect.umt.edu
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Gini McEvoy

MSc Graduate Student

Immunology Team
Joined in 2023
Email: virginia.mcevoy@umconnect.umt.edu

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