People
CURRENT STAFF
Pelagie Y. Ake., L.A.T., Research Assistant IV
Jerry J. Angdisen, M.S., Laboratory Manager
Anika Kot, Special Projects/Research Assistant
Lorreta Lin, M.S., Research Associate
Jinwenrui Ma, Research Assistant
Candice Mendez, Program Mgr., Administrative Director of Center for Metabolomic Studies
Andre Bowen, Associate Web Developer, Center for Metabolomic Studies
CURRENT FACULTY COLLABORATORS
David Brenner, Ph.D., D. Sc, Director of Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University
Santosh Kumar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, GUMC
Evagelia C. Laiakis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, GUMC
Emma Kosowski, Research Associate
Geraldine Vitry, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow
Megan Sawant, Intern, FCPS - Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Rico Chan, Undergraduate, Georgetown University
Paul Meltzer, M.D., Ph.D., National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Research, NIH
Evan Pannkuk, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, GUMC
Jerry Shay, Ph.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center
Igor Shuryak, M.D., Ph.D., Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University
Shubhankar Suman, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Kamendra Kumar, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow
AFFILIATE STAFF
Jiri Aubrecht, Ph.D., GUMC Adjunct Professor
Giuseppe Astarita, Ph.D., GUMC Adjunct Assistant Professor, Arkuda Therapeutics
Kamal Datta, M.D., GUMC Adjunct Assistant Professor; Biomedical Graduate Research Organization (BGRO)
Daniel R. Hyduke, Ph.D., GUMC Adjunct Assistant Professor; Senior Scientist in the Bioinformatics Department, Stemcentrx
Tytus Mak Ph.D., GUMC Adjunct Assistant Professor; Research Chemist, Mass Spectrometry Data Center, NIST
PREVIOUS STAFF
Bo-Hyun Moon, M.S., Research Associate, 2009-2022; Senior Research Associate, Neurophth
Renxiang Chen, Ph.D., Research Scientist, 2010-2021; RNAImmune
Jennifer Bragulla, B.S., Research Intern, 2017-2018
Jui-Jung (Rae) Chung, Research Assistant (2010-2014)
Nicholas Dellasanta, Research / Special Projects Assistant (2016-2017)
Annabella Deziel, Research Assistant, 2018-2021; Albany Medical College '25
Kathryn Doiron, Lab Manager (2006-2009); University of Utah, 2009
Ziling Fan, Graduate Student
Rachel Farnsworth, M.S., Nursing
M. Christine Hollander, Ph.D., Microbiologist, NCI
Victor Jolly, M.S., Georgetown University Hospital
Christine Koch-Paiz, Biologist, NCI
Lijun Li, M.D.
Jamie Liu, M.S., Research Staff; University of Michigan School of Public Health, Fall 2010, Doctoral Program
Elkhansa Sidahmen, M.S., Senior Technician, 2010; Graduate Student, University of Michigan, 2010
Linze Song, M.S., Research Technician IV (2017-2019)
Steve Strawn, M.S., Lab Manager (2010-2015); Research Scientist, ProMetic BioTherapeutics Inc.
Jiafang Sun, M.D.
Hemang Thakor, NOVA Southestern University, Osteopathic Medicine
John B. Tyburski, Ph.D.
Yi-Wen Wang, M.S., Research Associate/Research Assistant IV (2009-2016); The Scripps Research Institute
Zhuoli Xuan, M.S.
Harinder Sarao, ProCard Analyst
Karen Howenstein, M.S., PMP, CRA, Grants & Contracts Admin III, Program Mgr., Asst. Dir. Center for Metabolomic Studies
Nathan Wallace, MPS, Center for Metabolomic Studies, Web Development Director
ALUMNI FELLOWS
Alexandra Taraboletti Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Univ. of the District of Columbia
Sally A. Amundson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University
Insoo Bae, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Breast Cancer, Georgetown University Medical Center
Galina Belova, Ph.D., Research Biologist, NCI Center for Cancer Research, NIH
Terrence M. Black, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Hofstra University; Instructor, Department of Chemistry, Nassau Community College
Bowen Yang, Bioinformatics Graduate Student
Dmitry V. Bulavin, M.D., Ph.D., Team Leader (Professor), Institute for Research on Cancer and Aging (IRCAN), Nice, France
France Carrier, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of MD School of Medicine
Hyukjin Cha, Ph.D., Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University.
I-Tsuen Chen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Laboratory Science in Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taiwan
Maria Elena Díaz-Rubio, Ph.D., Scientific Officer, EMBL
Maryam Goudarzi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Director - Metabolomics Core, Michigan State University
Laura Henmueller, Ph.D, Technology Transfer Specialist, NCI Technology Transfer Branch, NIH
Jeffrey Hildesheim, Ph.D., Program Director, Cancer Cell Biology Branch, NCI Division of Cancer Biology, NIH
Daniel R. Hyduke, Ph.D., GUMC Adjunct; Senior Scientist in the Bioinformatics Department, Stemcentrx
H. Udo Kontny, M.D., Vice Chair, Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University of Freiburg, Germany
Oleg I. Kovalsky, Ph.D., Moscow, Russia
Lance Li, GU Undergraduate
Jesús M. Salvador, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Immunology and Oncology, National Center for Biotehcnology, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) Madrid, Spain
M. Saeed Sheikh, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology, S.U.N.Y., Syracuse, N.Y.
Martin L. Smith, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University Cancer Center
Daniela Trani, Ph.D., Research Policy Advisor/ Project Leader at Maastricht University, Netherlands
John B. Tyburski, Ph.D., Science & Health Writer for Daily Digest News at KPR Media, Baltimore, MD
Stuart D. Tyner, Ph.D., Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Science
Qimin Zhan, M.D., President, Peking University Health Science Center (PUHSC)
ALUMNI STUDENT FELLOWS
Rania Awaad, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Class of 2009
Donald M. Ayers, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Class of 2001
Patricia Blank-DePaez, UCLA School of Public Health
Khanh T. Do, George Washington University School of Medicine, Class of 2006
Crissy Dudgeon (Phillips), Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2007; Research Teaching Specialist, Arnold Levine Laboratory, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
Will Ferguson, Senior Applications Consultant, Agilent Technologies, Inc., Life Science Solution Unit, Washington, D.C., 2007
Bill Giasi, George Washington University Medical School, Class of 2003
David Gutkind, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Class of 2004
M. Christine Hollander, Graduate Student, NIH-GWU, Ph.D., Class of 1993
Kate Kim, University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2003
Richard A. Lee, Drexel University College of Medicine, Class of 2006
Julie Lowe, Ph.D., Graduate Student, Georgetown Univ., 2007-2010; NIEHS Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2010
Thomas Molinaro, New Jersey Medical School, Class of 2002
Sarah Ogden, Columbia University Medical School, Class of 2001
Andrew D. Patterson, Graduate Student, NIH-GWU, Ph.D., 2006; Professor of Molecular Toxicology, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University, 2015
Robyn Philburn, Ph.D., Program at Columbia University School of Public Health, 2004
Matt Robertson, University of Minnesota Medical School, Class of 2009
David S. Seres MD, ScM, PNS, Full Professor of Medicine at the Institute of Human Nutrition; Director, Medical Nutrition and Nutrition Support Service; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Sohrab Shabab, Eastern Virginia School of Medicine, Class of 2004
Lisa Vinikoor, Ph.D., Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, 2003
Sylvia Wong, Pre-Doctoral Fellow, NHGRI
Michelle Wyatt, Biological & Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. Program, Vanderbilt Unversity, 2003
Kelly Yu, Yale School of Public Health
Arslon Humayun
Theresa Kim
Zach Lee
Jina Moon
Lana Pham, Research Intern
Marianne Savane, Research Intern
Bhavesh Sachin Thapar
Minoli Ediriweera
Elaina Kwaitkowski, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Class of 2028
MASTERS PROGRAM INTERNS
Adwitya M. Singh, Biotechnology
Bowen Yang, 2022
Ohoud Ahmed Almalki, 2018
Jennifer Bragulla, Biochemistry, 2018
Rachel Farnsworth, Nursing, 2017-2018
Yuhan Lin, Microbiology, 2017-2018
Xinyue Zheng, 2016
Rihem Ajina, 2014
Glowi Alasiri, 2014
Erin Conn, 2014
Victor Jolly, 2014
Yigi Zhou, 2014
Dainen Li, 2013
Sara Maimouni, 2013
Dong Niu, 2012
Meng Gao, 2012
Christina J. Lee, 2011
Anita Roach, 2011
Jui-Jung Chung, 2010-2011
Xiaojun Zou, 2007
OTHER INTERNS
Zach Lee, 2021-Pres, Attending Georgetown University
Clare Dalin McNerlin, 2020-2022, Medical Student Associate
Lance Li, 2022, Attending Georgetown University, Undergraduate
Bhavesh Sachin Thapar, 2022, High School
Minoli Ediriweera, 2022, Attending Georgetown University
Theresa Kim, 2019-Pres, Attending Georgetown University
Anika Kot, 2019- 2022, Graduated University of Virginia
Doyle Lee, 2019-2021, Attended Georgetown University
Annabella Deziel, 2018, Attending University of Virginia
Cioli Barazandeh, M.S. Space Sys/M.S. Aero-Astro Engineering, Attending Purdue University, PhD (Industrial Engineering), 2018-2022
Arslon Humayun, 2017-Pres, Graduated Georgetown University, Undergraduate
Janis Park, 2017-2021, Graduated Georgetown University
Rachael Farnesworth, 2016-2018, Graduated Georgetown University (Master's Nursing School)
Mark Debettencourt, 2016-2018, Attended Georgetown University
Junjie Chen, MPP, 2016, Graduated Georgetown University; Pew Research Center, Intern; Sponsored University Associate (2016-2017)
Anjik Ghosh, 2016, Attended University of Maryland
Nicholas Dellasanta, 2016, Graduated Georgetown University; Attending the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Elisse Park, 2010-2014, Graduated Georgetown University; GraduatedGeorgetown University Medical School; VCU, Dept of Ophthalmology
HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS
Bhavesh Sachin Thapar, 2022
Jina Moon, 2021-2022, Attended Watkins Mill High School
Evan Wang, 2019-2022, Attended Montgomery Blair High School
Marianne Savane, 2018-2022, Attending Georgetown University
Lana Chaleunrath-Pham, 2018-2022, Attending University of Mary Washington
Anna Zeng, 2015, 2016, Attended McLean High School, VA
Chaitanya Singh, 2014, Attended Winston Churchill High School
Christina Lee, 2012, Attended the University of Virginia
Bridget Park, 2012, Attended Thomas Jefferson High School
Daniel Tavakol, 2012, Attended James Madison High School
Rujia Teng, 2012, Attended Blaire High School Magnet Program
Remy Lee, 2011, Attended Thomas Jefferson High School
Caroline Park, 2011, Admitted to Columbia University
Jeemin Wooh, 2011, Admitted to Virginia Commonwealth University
Caroline Chen, 2010, Attended Columbia University