Meet the team!
David Tuveson
M.D.-Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Pascal Belleau
Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine (Computational Biology specialization), Laval University.
Youngkyu Park
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Claudia Tonelli
B.Sc., University of Bologna
Ph.D., University of Milan/European Institute of Oncology (IEO)
Hudson Alakonya
Ph.D., University of Oxford
M.S., University College London
Giuseppina Caligiuri
Ph.D., University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Paige Ferguson
Ph.D., University of California San Diego
Amber Habowski
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
B.S., Seattle Pacific University
Jonathan Kastan
Ph.D., Duke University
B.A., University of Pennsylvania
Eva Lentsch
Ph.D., University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
M.D., University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Jeremy Nigri
Ph.D., Aix-Marseille University, France
B.S., Grenoble Alpes University, France
Wenjun Lan
Ph.D., Aix-Marseille University, France
M.S., China Pharmaceutical University, China
Mojdeh Shakiba
Ph.D., Cornell University
M.S. and B.S., University of Toronto
Hsiu-Chi (Shawn) Ting
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Shruti Koti
Surgical Residency, Northwell Health
M.D., Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Berkeley
Sandeep Nadella
M.B.B.S., India
Internal medicine residency, Abington-Jefferson Health, Abington, PA
Postdoctoral Fellowship, TL1-Scholar, Georgetown University, Washington DC
Clinical Fellowship, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC
Kenneth Yu
M.Sc., University of Pennsylvania
M.D., Johns Hopkins University
Astrid Deschênes
M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Université Laval
Sun Kim
B.A. in Biological Sciences, The University of Chicago
Victoria Gaeth
B.S. in Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience, Rochester Institute of Technology
Amanda Jensen
B.A. in Zoology, SUNY Oswego
Fatim Kouassi
MS in Physiology and Biophysics, SBU
BS in Biology, SBU
Luce St. Surin
M.S. Candidate in Biotechnology, New York University
B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Caitlin Tsang
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Binghamton University
Kenneth Addison
B.S in Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lindsey Baker
Ph.D., The Rockefeller University
A.B., Harvard College
Deepthi Budagavi
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
M.S., University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India
B.S., AP Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India
Kelly Lewis
Masters of Science, C.W. Post University
Bachelors of Science, Dowling College
Hardik Patel
M. Pharmacy in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ganpat University
Dawn Kightley-Sutter
B.A. in Business & Finance,
University of Northampton Nene, United Kingdom
Lab alumni
Former Post-Doctoral Fellows, Clinical Fellows, and Instructors:
1. Sunil Hingorani MD, PhD. (2002-2005). Professor, Fred Hutchinson, Seattle, Washington, USA
2. Kenneth Olive PhD (2005-2009). Associate Professor, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
3. David Allard PhD (2006-2011). Lecturer/Group leader, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
4. Kris Frese PhD (2005-2012). Team Leader, Manchester Institute, Manchester, UK
5. Albrecht Neesse, MD, PhD (2010-2012). Attending Physician and Group Leader, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
6. Pedro Perez-Mancera, PhD (2004-2012). Group Leader, Liverpool University, Liverpool, UK
7. Christine Feig, PhD (2007-2012). Staff Scientist, Cancer Research Institute, Cambridge, UK
8. Daniele Perna, PhD (2010-2012). Scientist, Glaxo-Smith Kline, Cambridge, UK.
9. Mariano Ponz Sarvise, MD, PhD (2013-2015). Assistant Professor, Gastrointestinal Oncology Unit, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
10. Vincenzo Corbo, PhD (2013-2015). Assistant Professor, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
11. Michael Ludwig, PhD (2013-2015 ). Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Keiser University, Florida, USA
12. Christine Ardito, PhD (2013-2014). Regional Medical Liaison at Amgen, New York, USA
13. Erik Daniel Ohlund, MD, PhD (2012-2016). Assistant Professor and Resident Physician in Oncology, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
14. Michael Feigin, PhD (2013-2017). Assistant Professor, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo University, New York, USA
15. Christine Chio, PhD (2012-2017). Assistant Professor, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
16. Chang-il Hwang, DVM, PhD (2012-2018). Assistant Professor, University of California Davis, California, USA
17. Luana Guerriero, PhD (2016-2018). Clinical Research Associate, IQVIA, Rome, Italy
18. Dannielle Engle, PhD (2011-2018). Assistant Professor, The Salk Institute, California, USA
19. Hervé Tiriac, PhD (2011-2018). Associate Project Scientist, University of California San Diego, California, USA
20. Carl Leonhardt, MD (2019). Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
21. Giulia Biffi, PhD (2014-2019). Group Leader, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Cambridge, UK
22. Koji Miyabayashi, MD, PhD. (2016-2020). Clinical Gastroenterologist, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
23. Fieke Froeling, MD, PhD, MRCP. (2017-2020). Consultant (Attending) Medical Oncologist, Edinburgh, Scotland
24. Ela Elyada, PhD. (2013-2020). Associate Researcher, Karni Laboratory, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
25. Benno Traub, MD. (2019-2020). Surgical Resident, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
26. Florian Scheufele, MD. (2019-2020). Postdoctoral Fellow, Mayerle Laboratory, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
27. Rintaro Koike, MD. (2018-2021). TBA.
28. Dennis Plenker, PhD. (2017-2021). Senior Scientist at Loxo Oncology at Lilly, New York, New York, USA
29. Lyudmyla Demyan, MD. (2020-2022). Surgical Resident, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Former PhD Trainees:
1. Gina DeNicola, PhD (2005-2010), Postdoctoral training with Lewis Cantley, Assistant Professor Moffitt Cancer Center, Florida, USA
2. Florian Karreth, PhD (2004-2010), Postdoctoral training with Pier Paolo Pandolfi. Assistant Professor Moffitt Cancer Center, Florida, USA
3. Aarthi Gopinathan, PhD (2005-2010), Translational Scientist, Cambridge Pancreatic Cancer Center, Cambridge, UK
4. Meredith Caldwell, PhD (2006-2011), Cambridge University Medical Consultant, Cambridge, UK
5. Michael Jacobetz, PhD (2007-2011), Senior Scientific Business Analyst, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, New York, USA
6. Natalie Cook, MD, PhD (2007-2011), Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant. The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
7. Timothy Humpton, PhD (2010-2014), Cambridge University, Gates Fellowship. Postdoctoral Training with Karen Voudson, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
8. Shivan Sivakumar, MD, PhD (2010-2014), Academic Clinical Lecturer in Medical Oncology at University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
9. Abram Handly-Santana, PhD (2012-2017), Postdoctoral Fellow, Brugge Lab, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, USA
10. Brinda Alagesan, MD, PhD (2013-2018), Internal Medicine Resident, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA
11. Georgi Yordanov, PhD (2013-2019), Equity Research Associate, Cowen and Company, New York, USA
12. Derek Cheng, PhD (2014-2020), Medical Student, Stony Brook University, New York, USA
13. Tobiloba Oni, PhD (2013-2021), Whitehead Fellow, MIT, Massachusetts, USA
Other Former Laboratory Members:
1. Bethany Delcuze, PhD, Tufts University, currently an Associate Medical Writer at CMC Affinity, New Jersey, USA
2. Brianna Creighton, MVB Veterinary Medicine, University College of Dublin, currently Associate Veterinarian, Aldie Veterinary Hospital, Virginia, USA
3. Kevin Wright, High School Teacher, New York, USA
4. Brandon Da Silva, MD, SUNY Downstate Medical School, currently Internal Medicine Resident, Stanford University, California, USA
5. Kelli Aibel, Medical Student, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, USA
6. Odis Ponce, Inventory Partnerships Manager at Verizon Media, New York, USA
7. Shanshan Xia (Emma), Robotics Automation Developer, SunTrust, Florida, USA
8. Megan Young, PhD candidate, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
9. Michelle Ma, Research Laboratory Technician at Obatala Sciences, Louisiana, USA
10. Eunjung Lee, Assistant Specialist, University of California Davis, California, USA
11. Christine Schoepfer, self-employed, New York, USA
12. Lauren Afinowicz, Life Scientist, Leidos, New York, USA
13. Benjamin Spielman, MD-PhD Student, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, USA
14. Michael (Moshiyakh) Tokov, DO Student, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York, USA
15. Priya Alagesan, MD Student, Duke University School of Medicine, North Carolina, USA
16. Melissa Yao, PhD Student, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
17. Mirna Kheir Gouda, Technician, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
18. Ashley Adler, Medical Technologist at New York Cancer & Blood Specialists, Port Jefferson Station, New York, USA
19. Sandra Moran, Human Resources & Occupational Medicine Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
20. Matthew Lucito, DO Student, Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lillington, North Carolina, USA
21. Zachary Galluzzo, Opentrons, Brooklyn, New York, USA
22. Erin Brosnan, PhD Student, University of Central Florida, Florida, USA
23. Michael Rubin, MD Student, St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada
24. Abhishek Doshi, MD Student, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA
25. Jesse Filippazzo, MD Student, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
26. Danil Ratnikov, R&D Associate, Regeneron, Tarrytown, New York