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
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

Suranjit Mukherjee 2018 Chen, Shuibing

Derivation and Characterization of a UCP1 Reporter Human ES Cell Line

Vice President - BTIG
Bonnie Quach 2018 Christini, David

A Novel Optical Dynamic Clamp PlatformUsing iPSC-Derived CardiomyocytesFor Drug Screening

Equity Research Associate at Stifel Financial Corp.

Cynthia M. Quintero 2018 Gudas, Lorraine

Role of CARM1 (PRMT4) in Retinoic Acid (RA)-Induced Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation.

Associate Research Scientist - Columbia University: Lab of Dr. Tannishtha Reya
Marjan Bozinoski 2017 Mason, Christopher Tissue Specific Gene Expression and Circadian Dynamics in Primate Brains. TBA
Christopher Edward Evans 2017 Tan, Derek Rational Design of MenE Inhibitors: The Design and Development of Novel Antibiotics. Medicinal Chemist (Scientist) at Cytokinetics
Jackson Dean Harvey 2017 Heller, Daniel

Developing Carbon Nanotube Optical Sensors for in vitro and in vivo Detection of Biomarkers and Drugs.

Analyst at Deerfield Management

Paul Sumung Jeng 2017 Cheng, Emily

Development of Small Molecule Inhibitors of MCL-1 for Cancer Therapy.

Vice President - Biotechnology Equity Research

Abigail K. Masiuk (Horstmann) 2017 Gudas, Lorraine

The Role of ALDH1a2 in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

SVP, Medical Strategy Director at 21GRAMS

Emily Joel Mercer 2017 Evans, Todd Discovery of a Cardioprotective Mechanism Regulated by HSPB7 Consultant, Life Science Strategy at IQVIA - Greater New York City Area
Christina Torturo (Bonvicino) 2017 Hemmings, Hugh

Effects of Isoflurane on Synaptic Vesicle Exocytosis in Dopaminergic Neurons.

Associate Director at PsychoGenics

Alyssa Verano 2017 Tan, Derek

Synthesis and Biological Investigation of Antioxidant Pyrrolomorpholine Spiroketal Natural Products.

Senior Scientist, Oncology Chemistry at AstraZeneca