Alumni - Current Positions

If you are an alumnus and your information is not up to date, please contact Aileen Rosales at  (212) 746-6250 to provide us with your current information.   

(updated 06/2024)

Name Year of Graduation Advisor's Name Thesis Project Current Position
Darya Akimova 2019 Gross, Steven

Metabolomics Analysis of Valproate-Induced Neural Tube Birth Defects.

Senior Data ScientistSenior Data Scientist - CVS Health
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.

Associate Director, External Innovation at Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Christopher Horoszko 2019 Daniel Heller

Under Stress From Oncogenic Ras: Secretory Phospholipase A2 Activity and Lipid Dysregulation.

R&D Scientist | Consultant
Lauren T Marek (Forbes) 2019 Kentsis, Alex

Functional Proteomics and Pharmacologic Disassembly of Oncogenic Enhanceosomes in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

Investor Communications @ LifeSci Advisors 

Claire Yan-Cheer Oh 2019 Scheinberg, David

Regulating Antigen Presentation And Unmasking New Cancer Antigens Through ALK, RET, And MEK Inhibitors.

Senior Business ConsultantSenior Business Consultant - Veeva Systems
David Schachter 2019 Li, Yueming

Characterizing Notch1 Signaling and Amyloid Beta Cleavage.

Patent Agent at Cooley LLP

Benjamin I. Schwartz 2019 Gross, Steven

Applications of Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics to Address Biomedical Problems.

Independent Biopharma Consultant

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.

Senior Scientist at Evotec

Elaine A. Ballinger 2018 Nathan, Carl

Identification of a Phosphopantetheinyl Transferase Inhibitor that Kills Mycobacterium tuberculosis and a Novel Mechanism of Resistance.

Research Scientist - AgonOx, Inc.
Sara Elizabeth Dinapoli 2018 Houvras, Yariv

Aberrant Polycomb Activity in Melanocyte Development and Disease.

Director, Scientific Programs at the Melanoma Research Alliance

Ron Shlomo Gejman 2018 Scheinberg, David

The Fault is in Our TCRs: Searching for On and Off-Targets in T Cell Receptor Based Therapies

Fellow in Hematology/OncologyFellow in Hematology/Oncology - Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Wan-Ying Hsieh 2018 Mellinghoff, Ingo

Characterization of Ran-binding protein 6 as a Novel Regulator of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in Cancer.

Senior Scientist - REVOLUTION Medicines
Jocelin Marie Kalish 2018 Gudas, Lorraine

Evaluation Of Bmi-1 Function In The Normal Tongue Epithelium And During Oral Carcinogenesis In A Murine ModelOf Human Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Health and Wellness Instructor