Meet the ROMS Team

2028-2028 Cohort

Angela completed her bachelor’s degree in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. She then pursued doctoral work in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at Princeton University, where her research in Dr. Jamie Link’s lab focused on bacterial peptides and their post-translational modifications. During her PhD, Angela also worked with STEM outreach organizations to expand STEM career opportunities for undergraduate students. Through the ROMS fellowship, she hopes to learn about the systems that support researchers and gain relevant skills in program and project management. She looks forward to contributing to the UMMS research enterprise and exploring Ann Arbor.

2026-2028 Cohort

Jennie completed her bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology from Lipscomb University in 2020. She then joined the University of Michigan for her PhD, joining Dr. Lyle Simmons’ lab group in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB). Her PhD work characterized the methylation modification landscape in ribosomal RNA in the bacterium Bacillus subtilis. During her time as a PhD student, she also participated in the NIH-T32-supported Genetics Training Program, worked with the graduate student consulting group miLEAD as a consultant and project manager, mentored undergraduates in the lab and new graduate students, and volunteered with a variety of organizations. These varied experiences allowed her to seek out opportunities to bring together her passions in research and project management with her love of working with people. This led her to the ROMS fellowship, where she hopes to support academics by gaining skills in research administration and development and by bettering her understanding of medical and clinical research support through the collaboration of multiple offices under the Office of Research.

2025-2027 Cohort

Katie completed her bachelor’s degree in Neural Science at New York University in 2019. She then joined the University of Michigan Neuroscience Graduate Program to conduct her PhD research under Dr. Christian Burgess, which focused on the neural circuitry of motivated feeding behavior. Throughout graduate school, Katie was involved in several peer mentoring experiences and science communication initiatives, which led her to pursue a career path in research administration. As a ROMS fellow, Katie looks forward to gaining a diverse skillset across the variety of UMMS units and offices. Specifically, she hopes to get involved with initiatives helping promote layperson scientific literacy, and with strategic initiatives to improve use of biomedical data.

2025-2027 Cohort

Aníbal earned his BS in Integrative Biology at the University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras (UPR-RP). After his BS, he transitioned to Case Western Reserve University as an NIH-PREP scholar, where his passion for protein biochemistry grew and led him to Michigan’s Biological Chemistry Department where he received his PhD. His PhD research was fueled by starting this academic journey during the social isolation periods that COVID-19 caused. In Dr.Scott Pletcher’s Lab, Aníbal characterized behavioral and phenotypical changes that emerge from social isolation using Drosophila melanogaster . Throughout his PhD, Aníbal worked with the nonprofit Científico Latino Inc, to support the application preparation process of prospective STEM PhD candidates. He joined the ROMS fellowship to continue supporting the future of biomedical research by learning how UMMS Office of Research scales and impacts everyone from trainee’s to patients by empowering the collective and collaborative creativity of researchers across Michigan Medicine.