Vineeth completed his Ph.D. at the Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem) in Bangalore, India. His research focused on investigating the signaling and metabolic regulators involved in the process of glucose repression. He is passionate about understanding how the regulation of metabolic states influences and controls cell fates. Vineeth enjoys painting, traveling, and the company of dogs.
Vineeth Vengayil (postdoctoral fellow)
Joe is a graduate student in the Cancer Biology program at Penn. He graduated from the College of New Jersey in 2021 with a degree in Biology and minors in Chemistry and Statistics. Joe then joined the labs of Elizabeth Jaffee and Elana Fertig at Johns Hopkins, where he worked to understand the signaling mechanisms between PDAC tumors and its TME components through various -omic technologies. He now aims to understand the role of metabolism during CD8+ T cell differentiation during viral infection and cancer.
Joe Tandurella (graduate student joint with Wherry lab)
Amelia Taylor is an MD/PhD student in the Pharmacology Graduate Group. She received her B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 2021 with majors in Chemistry and Philosophy. During her time at Vanderbilt, she worked in the lab of John McLean and gained extensive experience in mass spectrometry-based metabolomics and its applications in human health and disease, specifically studying the connection between Alzheimer’s Disease and diet. In the Bartman lab, she is interested in developing novel technologies to study metabolism and target disease pathology. Outside of science, she enjoys powerlifting, pottery, and hanging out with her two cats.
Amelia Taylor (MD/PhD graduate student)
Tanay is a graduate student in the Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism program at Penn. He earned his ACS-certified B.S. in Chemistry, with a specialization in Biochemistry, from The College of New Jersey in 2023. After graduating, he joined Dr. Patrick Seale’s lab at Penn, where he studied the role of the transcription factor PRDM16 in the proximal gastrointestinal tract. He later joined the Bartman lab, where his work focused on targeting vitamin metabolism as a therapeutic vulnerability in colorectal cancer. Now, as a graduate student in the lab, Tanay is interested in understanding the spatial metabolic heterogeneity in pancreatic cancer during progression and metastasis. Outside the lab, he enjoys traveling, art, fitness, and spending time with his girlfriend.
Tanay Parnaik (graduate student)
Ivan is an undergraduate student at Swarthmore College pursuing a B.A. in Biology. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 2025 and previously conducted research in the lab of Robert P. Fisher at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, studying chemical genetic strategies for selectively targeting cyclin-dependent kinases. This past summer, Ivan investigated the metabolic effects of B-vitamin restriction in cancer cells and mouse tissues. Outside of the lab, Ivan enjoys cooking from scratch, listening to music, and watching dramas.
Ivan Zou (undergraduate student)
Ashley is an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania pursuing a B.A. in Biochemistry. She graduated from Milton Hershey School in 2024 and previously did research in Claire H. Mitchell's lab at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, studying gene repair for damaged lysosomal membranes in retinal cells. Outside of the lab, she enjoys trying new restaurants, hanging out with her friends, and watching movies.
Ashley Spence (undergraduate student)
Caroline Bartman (PI)
Caroline completed a postdoctoral fellowship with Josh Rabinowitz at Princeton studying tumor metabolic fluxes as a Damon Runyon/Mark Foundation fellow and a K99 awardee, and a Ph.D. with Gerd Blobel and Arjun Raj at UPenn studying transcriptional regulation. She likes the TCA cycle, reading science fiction, and bad jokes.
Podcast episodes:
Graduate rotation students:
Jordyn Smalls, Cancer Biology/CAMB, Fall 2026
Juan Sebastian Long, Cancer Biology/CAMB, Summer 2026
Jacob Liebovitz, Biochemistry Biophysics and Chemical Biology, Winter 2026
Deyana Tabatabaei, Genetics and Epigenetics/CAMB, Fall 2025
Stephanie Jones, Pharmacology Graduate Group, Summer 2024
Lab alumni
Helen Jordan (postdoc in Bartman lab): Guilford Street Laboratories
Noelle Naughton (research specialist in Bartman lab): graduate student, Harvard University
Tanay Parnaik (research specialist in Bartman lab): graduate student, University of Pennsylvania