The Santarossa Lab officially opens on October 1, 2026


Ellen Liebig

Research Technician

BS in Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Northern Arizona University

From Tempe, AZ, USA

Email: ellen_liebig@med.unc.edu


Dheeraj Kurra

Undergraduate student

From Cary, NC, USA

Email: kurra@email.unc.edu

Assistant Professor

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

NIGMS K99 Fellow, Johns Hopkins University

PhD in Biological Sciences, The Rockefeller University

BA in Chemistry, Smith College

From Miami, FL, USA

Email: cristina_santarossa@med.unc.edu

Lab Members


Cristina Santarossa