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 03/2025)

Name Year of Graduation Advisor's Name Thesis Project Current Position
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.

Research FellowResearch Fellow: K99 NCI trainee looking for Tenure Track position - MSKCC
Beiyu Tang 2020 Carl Blobel

Structure-Functional Analysis and Identification of Inhibitors of ADAM17/iRhom2-dependent Proteolysis.

Senior Medical Writer at Nucleus Global

Shira Yomtoubian 2020 Vivek Mittal

Inhibition of EZH2 Catalytic Activity Selectively Targets a Metastatic Subpopulation in Triple Negative Breast Cancer.

Postdoctoral Research Associate at Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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.