Laboratory Alumni
Mari Nakamura
Research Associate
BA Biochemistry, Middlebury College
Ray Pillai, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow
K08 Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award
Michael Cross, MD, PhD
MSTP Graduate Student
F31 Fellow
Taha Niazi
Research Technician
Katherine Wu, MD/PhD
MSTP Graduate Student
F31 Fellow
Hao Wang
Undergraduate Researcher
Shijia Alexia Chen, MS
Masters Student
Emilia Vignogna
Undergraduate Researcher
William Chung
Undergraduate Researcher
Mariana Mancini
BSc Nutrition, University of Campinas, BR, 2020
Current Position: PhD student, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Ali Rashidfarrokhi, PhD
MSc, University of Amsterdam
PhD NYU School of Medicine, 2023
Sarah LeBoeuf, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, 2010-2015
Current Position: Scientist at Arvinas
Hongyu Ding, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD in cell biology at Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, China
Current Position: Scientist at Pfizer
Warren Wu
MD/PhD – MSTP Student
B.A. Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, 2009-2013
Current Position: Finishing MD program
Anastasia-Maria Zavitsanou
Sackler Institute PhD Student (joint with Koralov lab)
BSc Biochemistry, Imperial College London, UK, 2016
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University
Sofia Dimitriadoy
Research Technician
A.B. Molecular Biology, Princeton University, 2016-2020
Current Position: MD/PhD student at Tri-I program
Shih Ming (Annie) Huang
Research Technician
BS/MS in Biology, Brandeis University, 2015-2019
Current Position: PhD student at University of Wisconsin
Jennifer Sahni, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow (F99 /K00)
PhD in Pharmacology at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2012-2018
Current Position: Scientist at Bristol Myers Squibb
Volkan Sayin, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
EMBO Long-Term Fellowship
PhD studies, Institute of Biomedicine – Sahlgrenska Academy – Uni. of Gothenburg Sweden, 2014
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, Institute of clinical sciences, University of Gothenburg
Luiz Gustavo Dubois
Postdoctoral Fellow (Joint with Possemato Lab)
PhD in Brain, Cognition and Behavior at Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Rio (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Dimitris Karagiannis
Research Technician
Bachelor in Biology, University of Crete 2011-2016
Current Position: PhD Student at Columbia University
Christian Bahamon
Research Technician
Bachelor in Biology, NYU 2015
Brian Robusto
NYU Sackler Summer Undergraduate Research Program Student 2018
BA in Political Science, University of Florida, 2019
Current Position: University of Florida
Caroline Chen
Research Intern
Jericho High School, 2014-2018
Current Position: B.A., Pre-medical track, Columbia University, 2022
Douglas Biancur
Rotation Student
Julian Ubriaco
Summer Intern
Harvard University Class of 2020
Lenny J Negron-Pineiro
Rotation Student
University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras (2010-2015)
Ayour Bouaoud
Research Masters Internship
Medical School, University of Bordeaux
Karakousi Triantafyllia
Master Student
Bsc Biology, University of Crete, 2011-2015
Yue Peng
Master Student
BS Biology, Nanjing University, 2014-2018
Simranjit Singh
Research Technician
Currently – Graduate Student Duke University
Hunter College – City University of New York, MS, 2016-2014
Salma Mumuni
Summer Research Student
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI, 2013-2017
Betül Seda Güzelhan
Summer Research Student
Hacettepe University, Turkey
Eric Wang
Rotation Student
Britney Martinez
Rotation Student
University of California, Santa Cruz, 2010-2014
Sofia Bakogianni
Rotation Student
University of Crete, Greece, 2008-2012
Burcu Karadal
Predoctoral Research Fellow
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Allie Karz
MD/PhD – MSTP Rotation Student
BS Biology, Duke University, Durham NC, 2013-2017