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Alumni - Current Positions
If you are an alumnus and your information is not up to date, please contact Aileen Ibagon at (212) 746-6250 to provide us with your current information.
(updated 07/2020)
| Name | Year of Graduation | Advisor's Name | Thesis Project | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Drakes | 2020 | Renier Brentjens |
Optimization of T Cell Receptor Modified T Cells for Cancer Therapy. |
Scientist, Elicio Therapeutics |
| Ming Jiang | 2020 | Minkui Luo |
Profiling Protein Methylation Events and Characterizing Their Roles in Hematopoiesis and Cancer. |
Research Investigator at Beigene- Beijing, China |
| Edwin Pratt | 2020 | Jan Grimm |
Multiplexed Imaging Using Nanoparticles and Rational Isotope Pairs. |
Postdoctoral Fellow - MSKCC |
| Beiyu Tang | 2020 | Carl Blobel |
Structure-Functional Analysis and Identification of Inhibitors of ADAM17/iRhom2-dependent Proteolysis. |
TBA |
| Shira Yomtoubian | 2020 | Vivek Mittal |
Inhibition of EZH2 Catalytic Activity Selectively Targets a Metastatic Subpopulation in Triple Negative Breast Cancer. |
Postdoctoral Fellow - Dr. Jeremy Rich's lab in UCSD |
| Darya Akimova | 2019 | Gross, Steven | Metabolomics Analysis of Valproate-Induced Neural Tube Birth Defects. | Postdoctoral Scholar, Oregon State University |
| Ryan Blawski | 2019 | Minkui Luo |
An Investigation of KMT2 Family Methyltransferases: Novel Roles for Protein Lysine Methylation in Cancer. |
Postdoctoral Fellow - Minkui Luo Lab MSKCC |
| Charles Ferranti | 2019 | Kolesnick, Richard |
Radiation-Induced "Nanopores" Facilitate Calcium-Mediated Apoptosis via ASMase Activity. |
Research Fellow-Richard Kolesnick’s Lab, MSKCC |
| Christopher Horoszko | 2019 | Daniel Heller |
Under Stress From Oncogenic Ras: Secretory Phospholipase A2 Activity and Lipid Dysregulation. |
Research Fellow-Daniel Heller Lab, MSKCC |
| Lauren T Marek | 2019 | Kentsis, Alex |
Functional Proteomics and Pharmacologic Disassembly of Oncogenic Enhanceosomes in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. |
Science Communicator: STEM Mentor, Biomedical Scientist |
| Claire Yan-Cheer Oh | 2019 | Scheinberg, David |
Regulating Antigen Presentation And Unmasking New Cancer Antigens Through ALK, RET, And MEK Inhibitors. |
Medical Writer at precisioneffect - Costa Mesa, California |
| David Schachter | 2019 | Li, Yueming |
Characterizing Notch1 Signaling and Amyloid Beta Cleavage. |
Scientific Advisor at Pearl Cohen |
| Benjamin I. Schwartz | 2019 | Gross, Steven | Applications of Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics to Address Biomedical Problems. | Consultant and Clearview Partners - Newton, MA |
| Ryan Serio | 2019 | Lorraine Gudas |
Ethanol-Mediated Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells via Retinoic Acid-Retinoic Acid Receptor-Gamma Signaling. |
Postdoctoral Fellow - Dr. Dawid Nowak's Lab, NYC |
| Joshua Zuk | 2019 | Gross, Steven |
The Mitochondrial Folate Transporter: Role in Breast Cancer Cell Metabolism and Consequences of Loss. |
Post-Doctoral Fellow at Rutgers University |