Kriwacki Lab Team

About Richard Kriwacki

Dr. Kriwacki earned his BS and MS from the University of Connecticut and PhD from Yale University, followed by postdoctoral studies with Dr. Peter Wright at the Scripps Research Institute. At St. Jude, he is a member of the Structural Biology Department and co-leads the institution’s Cancer Biology Program, a transdisciplinary research program that is the part of the Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Kriwacki has a robust and innovative laboratory-based research program that focuses on understanding how intrinsically disordered proteins perform their biological functions through studies in the test tube and in cells and how their functions are altered in disease.

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Science Team

Meet the Team

Richard W. Kriwacki, PhD

Richard W. Kriwacki, PhD 

Principal Investigator

Member, St. Jude Faculty
Co-Leader, Cancer Biology Program
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Sciences, UT Health Science Center, Memphis

David Baggett, PhD

David Baggett, PhD
Sr. Bioinformatics Analyst

Alessandro Borgia, PhD

Alessandro Borgia, PhD
Dir. Lab Operations, Collaborative (Mittag and Kriwacki Labs)

Priyanka Dogra, PhD

Priyanka Dogra, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Mylene Ferrolino, PhD

Mylene Ferrolino, PhD
Scientist

Toler Freyaldenhoven

Toler Freyaldenhoven
Researcher

Katelyn Jackson, PhD

Katelyn Jackson, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Minjeong Jo, PhD

Minjeong Jo, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Suparna Khatun, PhD

Suparna Khatun, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Snigdha Maiti, PhD

Snigdha Maiti, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Qi Miao, PhD

Qi Miao, PhD
Scientist

Cheon-Gil Park

Cheon-Gil Park
Lab Operations Manager

Aaron Phillips, PhD

Aaron Phillips, PhD
Scientist

Brittany Pioso

Brittany Pioso
Graduate Student

Swarnendu Tripathi, PhD

Swarnendu Tripathi, PhD
Bioinformatics Research Scientist

Wahiduzzaman, PhD

Wahiduzzaman, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Life in the Kriwacki Lab