Peter Stuckey

Pete is from Okemos, MI and attended Hope College in Holland, MI where he earned his B.S. in Biology. He was first introduced to research in his undergraduate career where he assisted a psycho-acoustic lab with work examining the intersection of language, race, gender, and age. After graduation, Pete spent a few years working at a brain performance center focused on improving mental health through therapy and behavioral modifications. In 2018, Pete decided to attend graduate school at the University of Notre Dame. After completing rotations in development and evolution labs, Pete chose to join the Santiago-Tirado lab. His research focuses on gaining a better understanding of the intracellular interactions of C. neoformans in host immune cells. To do this, he focuses primarily on vesicular trafficking pathways including Rab GTPases and phosphoinositides.