Mentor: Noah Butler, PhD

Publications:

Nappi, T. J., & Butler, N. S. (2024). Tragedy of the commons: the resource struggle during Plasmodium infection. Trends in parasitology, S1471-4922(24)00303-9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.014

Bernardi, J. P., Nappi, T. J., & Butler, N. S. (2024). Itaconate as a potential target for antimalarial therapy. Trends in parasitology, 40(4), 275–277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2024.03.003

Harbour, J. C., Abdelbary, M., Schell, J. B., Fancher, S. P., McLean, J. J., Nappi, T. J., Liu, S., Nice, T. J., Xia, Z., Früh, K., & Nolz, J. C. (2023). T helper 1 effector memory CD4+ T cells protect the skin from poxvirus infection. Cell reports, 42(5), 112407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112407

Alvarez-Ponce, D., Torres-Sánchez, M., Feyertag, F., Kulkarni, A., & Nappi, T. (2018). Molecular evolution of DNMT1 in vertebrates: Duplications in marsupials followed by positive selection. PloS one, 13(4), e0195162. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195162

Honors and Awards:

Outstanding Student Researcher – UI Dare to Discover Downtown Banner Campaign (2025)
Young Investigator Award: Immunity to Parasites - Autumn Immunology Conference (2023)