Kayla
received her undergraduate degree in
Neurobiology and Psychology from the University
of Wisconsin - Madison. She is currently
investigating how changes in expression levels
of RNA binding proteins affect synaptic and
mitochondrial fitness in neurons.
Staff
Michael
Zrzavy
Lab Technician/Manager
Michael received his undergraduate degree in
Biological Sciences from Fordham University.
He is currently studying inhibition of
transcription factor complexes in the context
of Alzheimer’s disease.
Alumni
Kyung Min Chung, PhD
Postdoc (2019 - 2022)
currently: Senior Scientist
Radhika Jagannathan, MD/PhD
Clinical Fellow, Instructor (2018 - 2022)
currently: Assistant Professor of Neurology
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Lisa K. Randolph, PhD
Graduate Student (2017 -
2022), Neurobiology and Behavior Program
currently: IRACDA Postdoctoral Scholar in
Dr. Anna Molofsky's lab at UCSF
Carlos R. Benitez Agosto
Lab Technician/Manager
(2018-2019)
Ethan P. McCurdy, PhD
Graduate Student (2015 -
2019) , Integrated Program
currently: Senior Scientist
José C. Martínez, MD/PhD
Graduate Student (2013 -
2018) , MD/PhD Program
currently: University of North Carolina
Physician Scientist Training Program
(Hematology/Oncology)
Andreia Filipa Rodrigues Batista, MD/PhD
Graduate Student (2013 -
2017), MD/PhD program, Universidade do
Minho, Portugal
Joanna E. Merriam, MD/PhD
Associate Research
Scientist
Chandler A. Walker, PhD
Graduate Student (2012
- 2017), Integrated Program
currently: Senior Global Service &
Support Development Manager at Thermo Fisher
Scientific
Jimena Baleriola Gomez De Pablos, PhD
Postdoc (2010 - 2015)
currently: Principal Investigator, Achucarro
Basque Center for Neuroscience,
Bilbao-Bizkaia, Spain
Joseph M. Villarin, PhD
Graduate Student (2012
- 2015) , MD/PhD Program
currently: Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow in
the Department of Psychiatry, CUIMC and
Private Practice
Neilia G. Gracias, PhD
Postdoc (2010 - 2015)
Huray Basar
Lab Technician/Manager
(2012-2015)
Nicole J. Shirkey-Son, PhD
Postdoc (2011 – 2013)
next position: Visiting Assistant
Professor of Biology, St. Olaf College,
Northfield, MN (2014 - 2017)
Joan Claire Zimmeck, M.S.
Master of Science
student Institute of Human
Nutrition, Columbia
University (2011 – 2012)
Ahra Joh
Lab
Technician (2009-2012)
Eitan Shimko
Undergraduate summer
student (2010)