DSR Ph.D. Student & KSOM Dean’s Fellow
Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
2250 Alcazar St.
CSA 210 – HSC 9062
Los Angeles, CA 90033-9062
Phone: (323) 442-3170
Fax: (323) 442-2981
hanstenm@usc.edu
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
B.A., 2024
Biological Sciences & Latino/a Studies
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2025 – present – DSR Ph.D. Student & KSOM Dean’s Fellow – University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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2023 – 2024 – Research Intern – NIH: National Institute of Health/Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Cambridge, MA
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2023 – 2023 – Research Intern – NIH: National Institute of Health/Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Los Angeles, CA
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2023 – 2023 – Visiting Scholar – Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, MA
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2022 – 2022 – Research Intern – NIH: National Institute of Health/Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Los Angeles, CA
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2021 – 2022 – Research Intern – Sophomore Early Research Program (SERP) – Wellesley College, Wellesly, MA
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2021 – 2021 – Research Intern – NIH: National Institute of Health/Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Los Angeles, CA
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2019 – 2020 – Research Intern – Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Behar S, Zadvornaya A, Wren E, Andreadis M, Tariq A, Tian ME, Krishna S, Keita K, Eich H, Enriquez J, Hansten Monterrozo BJ, Hyun C, Jenkins KL, Parameswar K, Top MM, Waag S, Ryan MG, Stein AM, Biller SJ. (2024) Genomes of nine cultured microbes from two hydrologically connected freshwater sites in Wellesley, MA. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2025 Feb 11;14(2):e0086124. doi: 10.1128/mra.00861-24. Epub 2024 Dec 20. PMID: 39705209; PMCID: PMC11812312.
Schumacher MA, Liu CY, Katada K, Thai MH, Hsieh JJ, Hansten BJ, Waddell A, Rosen MJ, Frey MR. (2022) Deep Crypt Secretory Cell Differentiation in the Colonic Epithelium Is Regulated by Sprouty2 and Interleukin 13. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023;15(4):971-984. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2022.11.004. Epub 2022 Nov 19. PMID: 36414210; PMCID: PMC9982040.
2023 – Outstanding Presentation Award – Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists
2023 – 3rd Place – Cellular Imaging Core Image Contest