Ph.D. alumni
208. Jinal Patel
The Roles of TIMELESS in Genome Maintenance and Cancer Therapy
Advisor: Hyungjin Kim; PhD 2024
207. Wenxuan Zhang
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor suppresses the development of arsenic-induced cancer stem-like cells by antagonizing TOX expression
Advisor: Fei Chen; PhD 2024
206. Sandy Lee
JAK2V617F Mutant Megakaryocytes Contribute to Hematopoietic Aging in a Murine Model of Myeloproliferative Neoplasm
Advisor: Huichun Zhan; PhD 2024
205. Anthony Stapon
Mitochondrial Transcription: A click-chemistry derived detection methodology forgoing the use of radiation in in vitro analyses
Advisor: Miguel Garcia-Diaz; PhD 2024
204. Allen Henry Lee
An Assessment of Measuring CERK Activity and Understanding CERK/C1P bioactivity in Breast Cancer
Advisor: Yusuf Hannun; PhD 2024
203. Kennelia Mellanson
The Role of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase in the Polarization of Ciliated Ependymal Cells and the Generation of Fluid Flow to Control Ventricular Neurogenesis
Advisor: Grigori Enikolopov; PhD 2024
202. Miguel Madeira
Oligodendroglia are Primed for Antigen Presentation in Response to Chronic Stress-Induced Microglial Reactivity
Advisor: Stella Tsirka; PhD 2024
201. Yasharah Raza
Targeting Un-targetable High-Risk GATA1 Positive Acute Myeloid Leukemias by Leveraging Sphingolipid Modulation,
Advisor: Chiara Luberto; PhD 2024
200. Danielle Cervasio
Towards translational applications of astrocyte-targeted probes
Advisor: Scott Laughlin; PhD 2024
199. Hsing Ming 'Jamie' Chang
The Human Lung Cell Toxicity Provoked by Exposure to Lunar Dust Simulants
Advisor: Bruce Demple; PhD 2024
198. Yunyoung Kim
Functional Effects of Cancer-Associated Mutations in Eph Receptor Tyrosine Kinases
Advisor: Todd Miller; PhD 2024
197. Richard Sejour
No Ramp Needed: Spandrels, Statistics, and a Slippery Slope
Advisor: Bruce Futcher; PhD 2024
196. Caitlyn Cardetti
Neugrin is involved early in mitochondrial RNA processing and required for proper mitoribosome assembly
Advisor: Daniel Bogenhagen; PhD 2022
195. Lucie Chrastecka
GeneSetMatch:
A Software Tool for Dynamic Differential Expression Analysis and Impactful
Visualizations of Omics Data and GSEA Outputs
Advisor: Richard Moffitt; PhD 2023
194. Jennifer Thalappillil
Stromal and epithelial crosstalk shapes CAF heterogeneity in Kras-mutant pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Advisor: David Tuveson; PhD 2023
193.Daniel Radin
Lysosomal Autophagy Inhibition Perturbs Stemness, Impedes Hypoxia Development in Glioblastoma and Uncovers Glioma Cell-Derived TMEM119
Advisor: Stella Tsirka; PhD 2023
192. Folnetti Alvarez
The role of Bone Marrow Stromal Antigen 2 and blood plasma derived extracellular vesicles
in carcinogenesis
and breast cancer chemoresistance
Advisor: Chioma Okeoma; PhD 2023
191. Michael Martinez
The Relationship Between Cell Invasion and Proliferation in C. elegans
Advisor: David Matus; PhD 2023
190. Yao Fu
Underlying Mechanism of Arsenic- induced Tumorigenesis: from Signaling Pathway to Metabolic Reprogramming
Advisor: Fei Chen; PhD 2023
189. Kathryne Alexandra Larkin
Understanding the Role of Cell Cycle State in Cancer Cell Extravasation and development
Advisor: Benjamin Martin; PhD 2023
188. Steven Kopcho
Antiretroviral Therapy and Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) Alters Extracellular miRNAome During SIV Infection
Advisor: Chioma Okeoma; PhD 2022
187. Sultan Ahmed
The noncatalytic regions of the tyrosine kinase Tnk1 are important for activity and substrate specificity
Advisor: Todd Miller; PhD 2022
186. Elena Hambardjieva
Chemically Modified Curcumin 2.24: Analogues, Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 inhibition, Metabolites
Advisor: Francis Johnson; PhD 2022
185. Margaret Shevik
Awakening dormant metastatic cancer: determining how neutrophil extracellular traps mediate the activation of integrin receptors
Advisor: Mikala Egeblad; PhD 2022
184. Lara Franceschinis Tshering
Tumor heterogeneity and drug resistance in prostate cancer
Advisor: Flaminia Talo; PhD 2022
183. Jiabei He
Investigating the role of USP2 in cancer stem cells and chemo-resistance of triple negative breast cancer
Advisor: Lori Chan; PhD 2022
182. Erika Deppenschmidt
Muscle stem cell regulation through dystroglycan-notch signaling axis
Advisor: Holly Colognato; PhD 2022
181. Noele Certain
Regulation of ionotropic glutamate receptors
Advisor: Lonnie Wollmuth; PhD 2022
180. Danielle Fassler
Cancer research
Advisor: Joel Saltz; PhD 2022
179. Joseph Bonica
Bioactive sphingolipid signaling in cancer
Advisor: Chiara Luberto; PhD 2022
178. Bruno Carvalho
Metastatic role of RNF8 in triple negative breast cancer
Advisor: Dr. Lori Chan; Ph.D. 2021
177. Arwa Al Anber
Investigating the role of canonical Wnt signaling and sox2 in maintenance and fate determination of Neuromesodermal Progenitors(NMPs)
Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Martin; Ph.D. 2021
176. Gabrielle Moody
Mechanisms underlying fast synaptic transmission in the brain
Advisor: Dr. Lonnie Wollmuth; Ph.D. 2021
176. Tyler Lewis
Structural characterization of chromatin regulation complexes
Advisor: Dr. Dongyan Tan; Ph.D. 2021
175. Tyler Panzner
Virus-host and tumor interactions
Advisor: Dr. Chioma Okeoma; Ph.D. 2021
174. Alexandros Kokkosis
Glia biology in brain homeostasis and neuropsychiatric disorders
Advisor: Dr. Stella Tsirka; Ph.D. 2021
173. Mike Caponegro
Neuronal damage and inflammation of the spinal cord resulting from injury
Advisor: Dr. Stella Tsirka; Ph.D. 2021
172. Amber Bonds
Understanding the role of cholesterol utilization in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Advisor: Dr. Nichole Sampson; Ph.D. 2020
171. Agatha Lyczek
Advisor: Dr. Markus Seeliger; Ph.D. 2020
170. Mikhail Gurevich
Adviser: Dr. David Komatsu; Ph.D. 2020
169. Justas Lauzadis
Characterizing electrophysiological changes in dorsal root ganglia following spinal cord injury
Advisor: Dr. Michelino Puopolo; Ph.D. 2020
168. Michael Li
Advisor: Dr. Jessica Seeliger; Ph.D. 2020
167. Eric Roth
Evaluating the roles of Phospholipase D in breast cancer growth and metastasis
Advisor: Jian Cao; Ph.D. 2019
164. Kaitlyn Koenig Thompson
Exploring combinatorial treatment strategies for multiple sclerosis: post doc Tsirka Lab
Advisor: Stella Tsirka; Ph.D. 2019
163. Alexander Jares
Engineering stem cell lines for regenerative medicine
Current position: Medical School
Advisor: Yupo Ma; Ph.D. 2019
162. David Frank
Elucidating Sts Protein Interactions
Current position: postdoctoral fellow, Stony Brook University
Advisor: Nicholas Carpino; Ph.D. 2018
161. Emily Montal
Investigating the Role of PEPCK in Colorectal Cancer
Current position: postdoctoral fellow, Stony Brook University
Advisor: Geoffrey Girnun; Ph.D. 2018
160. Jingming Wang
The Regulation of DNA Repair by the SCF Ubiquitin E3 ligase Complex and Its Implications
on Cancer
Current position:
Advisor: Hyungjin Kim; Ph.D. 2018
159. Alexa Lampasona
Defining the roles of post-transcriptional regulation in nervous system development
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Massachusetts
Advisor: Kevin Czaplinski; Ph.D. 2018
158. Courtney Singleton
In silico screening of molecules that target the HIV protein gp41
Current position: Medical school
Advisor: Rob Rizzo; Ph.D. 2018
157. Gregory Kirschen
Brain activity instructs new hippocampal neuron addition: Insights from virtual reality
Current position: Medical school
Advisor: Shaoyu Ge; Ph.D. 2017
156. Vincent Alford
Development of non-catalytic small molecule inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase
9 in cancer therapeutics
Current position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University
Advisor: Jian Cao and Nicole Sampson; Ph.D. 2017
155. Grace Tan
Developing a novel approach to elucidate the ubiquitin substrate spectrum in a yeast
model system
Current position: Genscript
Advisor: Markus Seeliger; Ph.D. 2017
154. Michael Pulkoski-Gross
Regulation of Sphingolipid Metabolizing Enzymes
Current position: Posdtoctoral Scholar, Stanford University
Advisor: Lina Obeid; Ph.D. 2017
153. Stephanie Chapelliquen
Determining the mechanism of pancreatic tumor regression following genetic deletion
of PI3K p110 alpha
Current position: Senior Consultant, Navigant
Advisor: Richard Lin; Ph.D. 2017
152. Himanshu Sharma
The role of dystroglycan in the subventricular zone
Current position: Medical School
Advisor: Holly Colognato; Ph.D. 2017
151. Saul Siller
Understanding the Function of Chibby and its Binding Partners in Ciliogenesis
Current position: Medical School
Advisor: Ken Takemaru; Ph.D. 2017
150. Jeremy Miyauchi
The role of Neuropilin 1 in Glioma Associated Microglia and Macrophages in Tumor Progression
Current position: Medical School
Advisor: Stella Tsirka; Ph.D. 2017
149. Michael Schneider
Inhibition of Delta-induced Notch signaling using fucose analogs
Current position: Medical School
Advisor: Robert Haltiwanger; Ph.D. 2017
148. Jillian Cathcart
Molecular Mechanisms which Regulate Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinase 14 (MMP-14)
Current position: Clinical Scientist, Daiichi Sankyo
Advisor: Jian Cao; Ph.D. 2016
147. Jason Quinones
The Formation & Fate of Oxidative DNA-Protein Cross-links In Mammalian Cells
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, SUNY Donwstate Medical Center
Advisor: Bruce Demple; Ph.D. 2016
146.Julie-Ann Cavallo
Phospholipase D1 Ablation Suppresses
Neoangiogenesis and Metastasis in Breast Cancer
Current position: Medical School
Advisor: Michael Frohman; Ph.D. 2016
145. Dex-Ann Brown-Grant
Characterization of the Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome associated protein Folliculin (FLCN)
Current position:Laboratory Manager, Columbia University
Advisor: Feng-Quian Li; Ph.D. 2016
144. Matthew Burak
Oxidative DNA damage tolerance and mutagenicity in Pol λ
Current position:Postdoctoral fellow, Yale University
Advisor: Miguel Garcia-Diaz; Ph.D. 2016
143. Luisa Escobar-Hoyos
Cervical Cancer Biomarkers
Current position:Research fellow, MSKCC
Advisor: Kenneth Shroyer; Ph.D. 2015
142. Tiffany Tsui
Cancer-associated mutations in Breast Tumor Kinase (Brk)
Current position:Vice President of Business Development, Envisagenics
Advisor: Todd Miller; Ph.D. 2015
141. Xingwang Chen
The basal body component Chibby and its associated proteins in ciliogenesis
Current position:Senior Manager, GenScript
Advisor: Ken Takemaru; Ph.D. 2015
140. Soyoung Rhee
Primary cilia in hippocampal neurons
Current position:Scientific Advisor, Lucas & Mercanti
Advisor: Shaoyu Ge; Ph.D. 2015
139. Francesca Nakagawa
The role of TRAF4 in mesoderm development
Current position:entrepreneur
Advisor: Gerald Thomsen; Ph.D. 2015
138. Ashleigh Pulkoski-Gross
Matrix Metalloproteinases and Cancer Metastasis
Current position:Lead Medical Writer, Fishawack Group
Advisor: Jian Cao; Ph.D. 2015
137. Luisa Torres
Postdoctoral Scientist at Cornell University
Advisor: Stella Tsirka; Ph.D. 2014
136. Ken Lee
Senior scientist, Regeneron
Advisor: Dan Bogenhagen; Ph.D. 2014
135. George Georghiou
Information Scientist, Novartis
Advisor: Markus Seeliger; Ph.D. 2014
134. Benjamin Cyge
Postdoctoral Scientist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Advisor: Ken Takemaru; Ph.D. 2014
133. Vinal Patel
Chief Scientific Officer for TEM Products Inc.
Advisor: Basil Rigas; Ph.D. 2014
132. Jason Hall
Postdoctoral fellow, Mayo Clinic
Advisor: Howard Crawford; Ph.D. 2013
131. Ifeanyi Obiorah
Postdoctoral Scientist at Mount Sinai
Advisor: David Talmage; Ph.D. 2013
130. Cindy Leiton
Program Manager, SBU
Advisor: Holly Colognato; Ph.D. 2013
129. Jillian Nissen
Assistant Professor, SUNY Old Westbury
Advisor: Stella Tsirka; Ph.D. 2013
128. Wahida (Ali) Hanel
Faculty, Columbus State Community Colleger
Advisor: Michael Frohman; Ph.D. 2013
127. Eileen Carpenter
Resident, U. Michigan
Advisor: Howard Crawford/Richard Lin; Ph.D. 2013
126. James McCann
Senior Research Technician, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Advisor: Mark Bowen; Ph.D. 2013
125. Christopher Eyermann
Research Scientist, SBU
Advisor: Holly Cologato; Ph.D. 2012
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-eyermann-96aa3732/n.com/in/drobiorah
124. Onika Murray
Biology Teacher, The Spence School
Advisor: Basil Rigas; Ph.D. 2012
123. Victoria Fischer
Assistant Professor, Hunter College
Advisor: Feng-Qian Li; Ph.D. 2012
122. Christine Ardito
Senior Regional Medical Liaison, Amgen
Advisor: Howard Crawford; Ph.D. 2011
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-ardito-abraham/b5084143/mincyge
121. Elizabeth Louie
Technical Application Scientist, Genewiz
Advisor: Emily Chen; Ph.D. 2011
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-louie-8701858/r/10/9a8/763
120.Yao Yao
Asisstant Professor, University of Georgia
Advisor: Stella Tsirka; Ph.D. 2011
119. Tom Nguyen
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
Advisor: Holly Cologato; Ph.D. 2011
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-nguyen-6b1b8813/ann-96aa3732/n.com/in/drobiorah
118. Ariel Abraham
Dermatologist
Advisor: Stella Tsirka; Ph.D. 2010
117. Iva Tzvetanova
Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute, Gottingen, Germany
Advisor: Holly Colognato; Ph.D. 2010
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Iva_Tzvetanovaer-8214a149/
116. Akua Roach
Health Science Program Manager, CDRMP
Advisor: Guangwe Du; Ph.D. 2010
115. Jaime Emmetsberger
Associate Fellow, Estee Lauder
Advisor: Stella Tsirka; Ph.D. 2010
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-louie-8701858/r/10/9a8/763
114.Huiyan (Winnie) Huang
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brown University
Advisor: Michael Frohman; Ph.D. 2010
113. Yeku Oladapo
Medical Oncologist, MGH
Advisor: Michael Frohman; Ph.D. 2010
https://www.massgeneral.org/cancer-center/doctors/20425/Oladapo-Yeku
112. Dianne Lee
Biologist, NIMH
Advisor: David Talmage; Ph.D. 2010
111. Barbara Orelli
Assistant Director of Developoment, NYU Langone
Advisor: Orlando Scharer; Ph.D. 2010
110. Lisa Dewald
Integrated Research Facility, NIAID, NIH
Advisor: Joel Levine; Ph.D. 2010
109. Angelo Guainazzi
Director, Alliance & Project Management, Arvelle Therapeutics
Advisor: Orlando Scharer; Ph.D. 2010
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-louie-8701858/r/10/9a8/763
108.The Vinh Ho
Head Application Engineering, Tecan
Advisor: Orlando Scharer; Ph.D. 2009
107. Laura Cheney
Internist, Montefiore
Advisor: Sidonie Morrison and Roy Steigbigel; Ph.D. 2009
106. Damon Love
Associate Director, US Field Medical, Sun Pharma
Advisor: Ken Takemaru; Ph.D. 2009
105. Yan Song
Postdoctoral Scientist, Columbia University
Advisor: Howard Crawford; Ph.D. 2009
104. Alexandra (de Eilers) Corrales-Higuera
Research Scientist, Colgate-Palmolive
Advisor: Lonnie Wollmuth; Ph.D. 2009
103. Wenjuan Su
Postdoctoral Fellow, NYU
Advisor: Michael Frohman; Ph.D. 2009
102.Elizabeth Scotto-Lavino
Microbiologist, Altaire Pharmaceuticals
Advisor: Michael Frohman; Ph.D. 2009
101. Getu Teressa
Internist, SBU
Advisor: Joav Proves; Ph.D. 2008
100. Eric Sawey
Senior Scientific Editor, JEM
Advisor: Howard Crawford; Ph.D. 2008
99. Michael Feigin
Assistant Professor, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Advisor: Craig Malbon; Ph.D. 2007
98. Dumaine Williams
Principal , Bard College
Advisor: Jeffrey Pessin; Ph.D. 2007
97. Lidija Staresincic
Clinical Operations Leader, Parexel International
Advisor: Orlando Scharer; Ph.D. 2007
96. Jermel Watkins
Chair of Biological Sciences, Hampton University
Advisor: Daniel Bogenhagen; Ph.D. 2007
95. (Donne) Bennett (de Leon) Caces
Executive Medical Director, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Advisor: Jeffrey Pessin; Ph.D. 2007
https://www.linkedin.com/in/donne-bennett-caces-md-phd-b26b16b7/
94. Martine Mirrione
Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Quinnipiac University
Advisor: Stella Tsirka; Ph.D. 2007
93. Iordanis Gravanis
European Medicines Agency, London, UK
Advisor: Stella Tsirka; Ph.D. 2007
92. Mark Yondola
Vice President, Research and Development, Calder Biosciences
Advisor: Patrick Hearing and Carolyn Kisker; Ph.D. 2006
91.Yousong Wang
Rheumatologist and internist, Starling Physicians
Advisor: Dan Bogenhagen; Ph.D. 2006
90. Yang (Nancy) Liu-Sullivan
Research Fellow, MSKCC
Advisor: Joav Prives and Dafna Bar-Sagi; Ph.D. 2007
89. Jaime Connolly Rohrbach
Associate Director, Global Companion Diagnostics, Precision Medicine Leader at Daiichi Sankyo
Advisor: JoAnn Engebrecht; Ph.D. 2007
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaime-connolly-rohrbach-3434091/
88. John (Jack) Sheehan
Director, Real-World Value and Evidence at Janssen Scientific Affairs
Advisor: Stella Tsirka; Ph.D. 2005
87. Douglas Marsteller
Director of Pharmacometrics, Kyowa Kirin Pharmaceutical Development
Advisor: Stephen Dewey; Ph.D. 2005
86. Bentley Strockbine
Forensic Psychiatry Fellow, Upstate Medical University
Advisor: Carlos Simmerling; Ph.D. 2005
85. Christopher Ocampo
Medical Director, AbbVie
Advisor: Sidonie Morrison and Roy Steigbigel; Ph.D. 2005
84. Yinan Peng
Health Scientist, CDC
Advisor: Dave Williams; Ph.D. 2005
83. Sajesh (Saj) Parathath
Senior Director, Biology, WuXi AppTec
Advisor: Dave Williams; Ph.D. 2005
82. Christi Weston
Medical Director, Capital Health
Advisor: Joav Prives; Ph.D. 2004
81. Yan Zhang
Neurologist, Hartford HealthCare
Advisor: Stella Tsirka; Ph.D. 2004
80. Farida Emran
Research Associate, McGill University
Advisor: Nouria Hernandez; Ph.D. 2004
79. Mary Lynn Baniecki
Senior Manager, Clinical Biomarker Sciences, Pfizer
Advisor: Walter Mangel; Ph.D. 2003
78. Michelle Iwamoto
Vice President of Intellectual Property & Chief Patent Counsel, Molecular Templates
Advisor: JoAnn Engebrecht; Ph.D. 2003
77. Evan DeLucia-Deranja
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Advisor: George Newman; Ph.D. 2002
76. Chia-Jen (jean) Siao
Associate Director, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Advisor:Stella Tsirka; Ph.D. 2002
75. Mark Brown
Vice President for Research, Claremont BioSolutions
Advisor: Walter Mangel; Ph.D. 2002
74. Weiquan Lu
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Lehigh Valley Hospital
Advisor: Stella Tsirka; Ph.D. 2002
73. Brian Hall
Principal Scientist, Biologics Discovery Department, Merck
Advisor: Dafna Bar-Sagi; Ph.D. 2002
72. James Egan
President and CEO, TargaGenix
Advisor: Dafna Bar-Sagi; Ph.D. 2001
71. Romina Perez-Jannotti
AP and Honors Chemistry Teacher, Seminole County Public Schools, FL
Advisor: Dan Bogenhagen; Ph.D. 2001
70. Robert Levine
Pediatric Endocronology Attending, Winthrop University Hospital
Advisor: Masaaki Moriya; Ph.D. 2001
69. Maria Pang
Senior Global Program Regularoty Manager, Novartis
Advisor: Paul Fisher; Ph.D. 2001
68. Daryl Spinner
Vice President, Market Access and Reimbursement, Variantyx
Advisor: Jakob Schmidt; Ph.D. 2001
67. Laura Schramm
Director of Environmental Studies, Professor of Biological Sciences, St. John's University
Advisor: Nouria Hernandez; Ph.D. 2001
66. Suyong Yun-Kirby
Senior Clinical Development Manager, GlaxoSmithKline, Rahleigh-Durham, NC
Advisor: Michael Frohman; Ph.D. 2000
65. James Bell III
Anesthesiologist, Astoria, NY
Advisor: Robert Hitzemann; Ph.D. 2000
64. Serge Smirnov
Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Western Washington University
Advisor: Carlos de los Santos; Ph.D. 2001
63. Roy Roberts
Patent Attorney, Naval Research Laboratory
Advisor: Andrew Morris; Ph.D. 2000
62. Scott Hammond
Senior Director, Product Development at Asklepios BioPharmaceutical/Cofounder, Lucidium Bio
Advisor: Andrew Morris; Ph.D. 1999
60. Tracy Kuhlman
Scientist, Dualogics
Advisor: Nouria Hernandez; Ph.D. 1998
59. Debra Morrison
Assistant Professor, NYU
Advisor: Nouria Hernandez; Ph.D. 1998
58. Dmitry Zharkov
Head of the Laboratory of Genomic and Protein Engineering, Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia
Advisor: Arthur P. Grollman; Ph.D. 1998
57. Andrew Rogove
Neurologist, Long Island Neurology
Advisor: Sid Strickland; Ph.D. 1998
56. Tsung-Chang Sung
Scientist, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Advisor: Michael Frohman; Ph.D. 1998
55. John Jenco
Senior Scientist, Cytiva
Advisor: Michael Frohman; Ph.D. 1998
For a complete alumni listing see HERE