Sean received his undergraduate degree in Neuroscience from Brown University. He is currently investigating the biological mechanisms that mediate activation of a transcriptional complex that regulates an Alzheimer's Disease-associated transcriptional network. In his free time, he enjoys gardening and metal music.
Brandon grew up in Long Island, New York and graduated from Harvard University in 2022 with an A.B. in neuroscience and a minor in Classics. He is currently is a M.D./Ph.D. candidate at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, studying the mechanisms of ATF4-CREB3L2 signaling in the context of Alzheimer's disease.
Staff
Annabel Barnett
Lab Technician/Manager
Annabel received her undergraduate degree from Colgate University in Neuroscience, English, and Global, Public & Environmental Health.
Alumni
Michael Zrzavy
Lab Technician/Manager (2022 - 2024)
currently: Graduate Student, Columbia University
Cláudio Gouveia Roque, PhD
Postdoc (2016 - 2023)
currently: Staff Scientist, New York Genome Center
Krystal Herline-Killian, PhD
Postdoc (2018 - 2023)
currently: Course Instructor, Baruch College
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)