Kaufman Group

Kaufman Group

Kaufman Group

Kaufman Group - June 2026
(back row) Iris Mercer, Jason Zheng, Alex Devanny, Siyang Wang, Laura Kaufman, Mindle Shavy Paneth; (front row) Hyeyoung Joung, Laura Kaufman, Kelly Chu, Eliza Lamster


Postdoctoral Fellows


Alex Devanny
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B.A. Providence College, 2015.
Ph.D. Columbia University, 2021.

Alex Devanny
Hyeyoung Joung
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B.S. Yonsei University - Mirae Campus, 2019.
Ph.D. Yonsei University - Mirae Campus, 2025.


Graduate Students


Mindle Shavy Paneth
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Fifth Year Graduate Student
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
B.S. Union College, 2022.

Jason Zheng
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Fourth Year Graduate Student
B.A. University of Pennsylvania, 2023.

Siyang Wang
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Third Year Graduate Student
Third Year Fellow
B.A. University of California, Irvine, 2023.


Undergraduate Students



Sherry Guo

Columbia College, Class of 2028

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Kelly Chu

SEAS, Class of 2029

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Eliza Lamster

Columbia College, Class of 2028

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Former Members



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Former Postdoctoral Associates

Jaladhar Mahato
Postdoc, Columbia University

Hyung Jun Kim
Postdoc, Broad Institute

Stephen Spinella
Independent Consultant

Asja Guzman
Associate Director of Cell Therapy Research, Breakthrough T1D

Khanh Hoa Tran-Ba
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Towson University

Jaesung Yang
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Medical Chemistry
Yonsei University - Mirae

Heungman Park
Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
East Texas A&M University

Keewook Paeng
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Sungkyunkwan University

Kevin Stokely
Senior Data Scientist, Aylo

Ronen Zangi
Professor of Chemistry
University of the Basque Country

Zhihua An
Clinical Professor of Chemistry
New York University

Tobias Herman
Physicist, NIST
Former Graduate Students

Karen Yu
Senior Research Specialist, Princeton University

Iris Mercer
Lecturer, Columbia University Department of Chemistry

Joseph Hammer
Machine Learning Scientist, New York Times

Alec Meacham
Software Engineer, Google

Han Yang

Rachel Avard
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Framingham State University

Nicole Mandel
Integrated Physical Sciences Instructor
Western Governors University

Karen Kwon
Research and Special Projects Editor
Science News

Alyssa Manz
Associate Director, Daiichi Sankyo US

Dat Hoang
Product Manager, SNCF Voyageurs

Michelle Ziperstein
Associate, IP and Technology Law, Knobbe-Martens

Jieling Zhu
Head of R&D Strategy and Portfolio, Illumina

Yen Nguyen
Chemistry teacher
Albert Einstein School, Vietnam

Lindsay Leone
Product Manager, J.P. Morgan Chase

Matthew Wilhelm
Scientist, Alexion Pharmaceuticals

Stephan Mackowiak
Senior Software Engineer, Carl Zeiss

Yali Yang

Evangelos Gatzogiannis
Senior Optical Engineer, Harvard University

Cheng Guo
Former Undergraduate and Visiting Students

Rima Jouini
Visiting Student, ESPCI, Summer 2025

Matthieu LeCharpentier
Visiting Student, ESPCI, Summer 2024

Allison Martin
Columbia Undergraduate, Fall 2023 – Spring 2025

Seojin You
Columbia Undergraduate and Science Research Fellow, Summer 2022 – Summer 2024
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Stanford

Jason Price-Tolstoy
Columbia Undergraduate, Spring 2024 – Spring 2025
Graduate Student in Chemical Engineering, CUNY

Anish Nanjappa
Columbia Undergraduate, Fall 2022 – Spring 2024
Software Engineer, Google

Seoa Park
Columbia Undergraduate, Spring 2022 - Fall 2023
Lecturer, Hunter College

Cheyanne Sparkman
Spelman College, Leadership Alliance Program, Summer 2022
Medical Student, University of Rochester

Megan Broad
Visiting Student, Cardiff University, Fall 2021 - Spring 2022
Graduate Student in Chemistry, McGill University

Emily Coty
Columbia Undergraduate, Fall 2021
Research Technician, Memorial Sloan Kettering

Max Edeson
Columbia Undergraduate, Fall 2019 - Spring 2020
Medical Resident, Icahn School of Medicine

Lucas Kampman
Amgen Undergraduate Student, Summer 2019
Graduate Student in Molecular Biology, University of Washington

Michelle Vancura
Columbia Undergraduate, Spring 2016 - Spring 2019
Psychiatry Resident, Columbia University

Cameron Danesh-Pajou
Columbia Undergraduate, Summer 2017 - Fall 2018
Investment Banking Associate, Goldman Sachs

Ethan Chen
Columbia Undergraduate and Beckman Scholar, Spring 2018 - Fall 2018
Graduate Student in Oncology and Cancer Biology, Stanford

Daniel Lee
Columbia Undergraduate, Spring 2015 - Spring 2018
Graduate Student in Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School

Masih Babagoli
Columbia Undergraduate, Spring 2017 - Spring 2018
Medical Resident, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai

Mika Aly
Columbia Undergraduate, Summer 2017-Spring 2018
MPH Candidate, CUNY

Eva Farkas
Columbia Undergraduate, Spring 2017-Spring 2018
Medical Resident, University of Michican Medical School

Meng Lou
Amgen Undergraduate Student, Summer 2017
Graduate Student, University of Pennsylvania

James Oh Sang Kweon
Columbia Undergraduate, 2014-2017
Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Andrew Proto
Columbia Postbac Premed Student, 2015-2016
Dentist, Private Practice

Catherine Zhang
Columbia Undergraduate, 2015
Scientist, Stealth Oncology

Akul Arora
Columbia Undergraduate 2013 - 2014
Senior Project Manager, Faire

Matthew Levine
Columbia Undergraduate, 2012 - 2014
Research Scientist, Basis Research Institute

Esha Maharishi
Columbia Undergraduate 2013 - 2014
Senior Product Manager, Viam

Holly Hajare
AMGEN Summer Student, 2013
Program Officer, Pew Charitable Trusts

John Raffles Durbin
AMGEN Summer Student, 2013
Graduate Student, Icahn School of Medicine

Alana Warhit
Columbia Undergradate Fall 2012
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Cornell

Hector Acaron Ledesma
AMGEN Summer Student, 2012
Scientific Product Manager, Oddity

Chaitanya Medicherla
Columbia Undergraduate, 2009-2012
Neurologist, Westchester Medical Center

Ben Kwok
Columbia Undergraduate, 2009-2012
Pulmonologist, NYU

Jade Noble
Columbia Undergraduate, 2010-2012
Scientist, FDA

Milna Rufin
Columbia Postbac Premed Student, 2011-2012
Internal Medicine Physician, NYU Langone

Dave Lieberman
Columbia Postbac Premed Student 2011-2012
Primary Care Physician, Nantucket Cottage Hospital

Sriram Garikapati
Summer Student, 2011
Cardiology Fellow, Beth Israel Lahey Health

Anna Starikovsky
Columbia Postbac Premed Student, 2010-2011
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Weill Cornell

Laura Fox
NSF-REU Summer Student, 2010
Chemistry Instructor, Normandale Community College

Stephanie Motte
Visiting Student, Montpellier, Fall 2009 – Spring 2010

Charlie Sun
IGERT Summer Student, 2009

Christian Gluck
Columbia Undergraduate, 2006-2008; Resesarch Technician, Fall 2008 - Summer 2009
Fellow, Penn State College of Medicine

Megan Choy
Columbia Undergraduate and Rabi Scholar, 2006-2009

Krithika Kavanoor
Barnard Undergraduate, 2006-2008; Research Technician, Fall 2008
Family Medicine Physician

Michael Agne
Columbia Undergraduate and Rabi Scholar, 2007
Managing Director, ClearView Healthcare Partners

Brenda Rubenstein
NSF-REU Summer Student, Summer 2006
Vernon K. Krieble Professor of Chemistry, Brown University

Jessica Cohen
Columbia Undergraduate, 2005-2006
Scientific Leader, GSK

Allison Cohen
Columbia Undergraduate, 2005-2006
Research Lab Manager, Washington University School of Medicine

Amanuel Beyene
NSF-REU and GSAS-SRP Summer Student, Summer 2005
Senior Manager, Qvest