Current Students of GSK

Current Students of GSK

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During the first year of study, our students complete several courses along with participating in journal club and laboratory rotations. They begin their full-time dissertation research at the beginning of their second year.

First-Year Students

Param Amin
Param Amin

aminp2@sloankettering.edu
BS, Rutgers University; Cancer Engineering

Hannah Arkin
Hannah Arkin

arkinh@sloankettering.edu
BA, Wheaton College; Cancer Biology

Paloma Bravo
Paloma Bravo

bravop1@sloankettering.edu
BA, Carleton College; Cancer Biology

Thomas Close
Thomas Close

closet1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Oregon State University; Cancer Engineering

Brandon Cuevas
Brandon Cuevas

cuevasb1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Columbia University; Cancer Engineering
Mentor: Michael Overholtzer

Suchitra Dara
Suchitra Dara

daras1@sloankettering.edu
BS, California Institute of Technology; Cancer Engineering

Ayush Deep
Ayush Deep

deepa2@sloankettering.edu
BS, Albany College of Pharmacy; Cancer Biology

Annie Ikemoto
Annie Ikemoto

ikemota1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Northeastern University; Cancer Engineering

Zihan (Vicky) Jiao
Zihan (Vicky) Jiao

jiaoz2@sloankettering.edu
BS, McGill University; Cancer Biology

Brian LaFleche
Brian LaFleche

laflecb@sloankettering.edu
BA, Colgate University; Cancer Biology

Linna Lahmadi
Linna Lahmadi

lahmadl1@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Vermont; Cancer Biology

Zonglin Liu
Zonglin Liu

liuz7@sloankettering.edu
BS, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cancer Engineering

Robin Lu
Robin Lu

lur1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Northeastern University; Cancer Biology

Caden McQuillen
Caden McQuillen

mcquilc2@sloankettering.edu
BS, UCLA; Cancer Biology

Justin Nelson
Justin Nelson

nelsonj6@sloankettering.edu
BA, UC Berkeley; Cancer Biology

Jorge Nunez
Jorge Nunez

nunezj7@sloankettering.edu
BS, Yale University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Charles M. Rudin

Emily Pratt
Emily Pratt

pratte2@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of New Hampshire; Cancer Biology

Meysoon Quraishi
Meysoon Quraishi

quraism1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Pennsylvania State University; Cancer Biology

Diego Rodriguez
Diego Rodriguez

rodrd11@sloankettering.edu
BS, Oregon State University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Piro Lito

Ana Rosu
Ana Rosu

rosua@sloankettering.edu
BS, Johns Hopkins University; Cancer Engineering

Sahil Sahni
Sahil Sahni

sahnis1@sloankettering.edu
BS, McGill University; Cancer Biology

Aisha Saldanha
Aisha Saldanha

saldana1@sloankettering.edu
BA, Wellesley College; Cancer Biology

Ella Serrano-Wu
Ella Serrano-Wu

serrane2@sloankettering.edu
BS, Harvard University; Cancer Engineering

Nyle Sharif
Nyle Sharif

sharifn1@mskcc.org
BS, Northeastern University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Alban Ordureau

Ashley Sullivan
Ashley Sullivan

sulliva@sloankettering.edu
BS, SUNY Binghamton; Cancer Engineering

Elana Sverdlik
Elana Sverdlik

sverdle1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Princeton University; Cancer Engineering

Muskaan Vasandani
Muskaan Vasandani

vasandm1@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Rochester; Cancer Biology

Isabella Vegas
Isabella Vegas

vegasi1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Johns Hopkins University; Cancer Biology

Allison Vela
Allison Vela

velaa2@sloankettering.edu
BS, UC San Diego; Cancer Biology

Helen Wang
Helen Wang

wangh8@sloankettering.edu
BA, Smith College; Cancer Biology

Shih-Chun Wang
Shih-Chun Wang

wangs22@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Texas Austin; Cancer Biology

Nicholas Wen
Nicholas Wen

wenn1@sloankettering.edu
BS, UC San Diego; Cancer Biology

Gianfranco Yee
Gianfranco Yee

yeeg2@sloankettering.edu
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cancer Engineering

Ningjing Zhang
Ningjing Zhang

zhangn4@sloankettering.edu
BS, Case Western Reserve University; Cancer Engineering

Yunlin Zhang
Yunlin Zhang

zhangy14@sloankettering.edu
BS, UCLA; Cancer Engineering

Hongyu (Vicky) Zhu
Hongyu (Vicky) Zhu

zhuh2@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Toronto; Cancer Biology

Second-Year Students

Andrea Lang Goldgewicht
Andrea Lang Goldgewicht

langgoa@sloankettering.edu
BA, University of Pennsylvania; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Alan M. Hanash

Jacob Gutierrez
Jacob Gutierrez

gutierj6@sloankettering.edu
BA, Lewis & Clark College / MS; Oregon Health Sciences University, MS; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Caleb Lareau

Gary Guzman
Gary Guzman

guzmang2@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Texas, Dallas; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Tuomas Tammela

Monika Komza
Monika Komza

komzam@sloankettering.edu
BS, Fordham University / MS, Icahn School of Medicine, MS; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Lydia Finley

Joshua Lau
Joshua Lau

lauj2@sloankettering.edu
BS, UC San Diego; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Benjamin Greenbaum

Sophia Park
Sophia Park

parks14@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Virginia; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Xiaolan Zhao

Kate Ryan
Kate Ryan

ryank4@sloankettering.edu
BS, Syracuse University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Tuomas Tammela

Arturo Salazar
Arturo Salazar

salazaa1@sloankettering.edu
BS, UC Irvine; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Asmin Tulpule

Ecenur Turkay
Ecenur Turkay

turkaye@sloankettering.edu
BS, Boğaziçi University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: David B. Solit

Yixuan Zhao
Yixuan (Skye) Zhao

zhaoy7@sloankettering.edu
BS, Cornell University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Kayvan R. Keshari

Third-Year Students

Monica Acosta
Monica Acosta

acostam2@sloankettering.edu
BS, UC San Diego; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Gretchen Diehl

Tejiri Agbamu
Tejiri Agbamu

agbamut@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Minnesota; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Jian Carrot-Zhang; Nikolaus Schultz

Subha Baniya
Subha Baniya

baniyas@sloankettering.edu
BA, Wellesley College; Cancer Biology
Mentor: David A. Scheinberg

Elizabeth Benitez
Elizabeth Benitez

Beniteze@sloankettering.edu
BS, UC Los Angeles; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Karuna Ganesh

Emmanuel M. Bruno
Emmanuel M. Bruno

BrunoE@mskcc.org
BS, MS, Università degli studi di Milano; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Vinod Balachandran

Nima Hooshdaran
Nima Hooshdaran

hooshdn@sloankettering.edu
BS, UC Los Angeles; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Alexander Rudensky

Jiachen Hu
Jiachen Hu

huj6@sloankettering.edu
BS, Tsinghua University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Xuejun Jiang

Vivian Kuan
Vivian Kuan

kuanv@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Minnesota; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Jayanta Chaudhuri

Mariah Lee
Mariah Lee

leem17@sloankettering.edu
BS, Newberry College; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Joseph Sun

Tiffany Merlinsky
Tiffany Merlinsky

merlinst@sloankettering.edu
BA, CUNY Hunter College; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Santosha Vardhana

Samuel Molina
Samuel Molina

molinas@sloankettering.edu
BS, Texas State University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Sarat Chandarlapaty

Achuth Nair
Achuth Nair

naira2@sloankettering.edu
BA, Columbia University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Justin Perry

Lila Peters
Lila Peters

PetersL1@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Michigan; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Christine Mayr

Stephanie A. Pierre
Stephanie A. Pierre

pierres3@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Georgia; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Andrea Schietinger

Madison Rex
Madison Rex

rexm@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Texas Austin; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Agnel Sfeir

James A. Rodrigues
James A. Rodrigues

rodrij18@sloankettering.edu
BA, MA, Rutgers University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Yu Chen; David B. Solit

Clark Thomson
Clark Thomson

thomsonc@sloankettering.edu
BS, MS, McGill University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Adrienne A. Boire

Isabelle C. Top
Isabelle C. Top

topi@sloankettering.edu
BS, Yale University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Mary Baylies

Lucia Wang
Lucia Wang

wangy14@sloankettering.edu
BSc, MSc, McGill University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Dirk Remus

Claire Wang
Xiaoyi "Claire" Wang

wangx10@sloankettering.edu
BS, Cornell University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Lorenz Studer

Colin Zenge
Colin Zenge

zengec@sloankettering.edu
BS, Cornell University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Alban Ordureau

Siqi (Linsey) Zhang
Siqi (Linsey) Zhang

zhangs9@sloankettering.edu
BA, Swarthmore College; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Vinod Balachandran

Fourth-Year Students

Peter Chhoy
Peter Chhoy

chhoyp@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Notre Dame; MS, Duke University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Xuejun Jiang

Isabella Del Priore
Isabella Del Priore

delprii@sloankettering.edu
BS, Tufts University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Scott W. Lowe

Yassmin Elbanna
Yassmin Elbanna

elbannay@sloankettering.edu
BA, University of Chicago; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Morgan Huse

Rebecca Gelfer
Rebecca Gelfer

gelferr@sloankettering.edu
BA, University of Pennsylvania; MS, University of Pennsylvania; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Ross L. Levine

Yuzuka A. Kanno
Yuzuka Kanno

kannoy@sloankettering.edu
BPharm, Tokyo University of Science; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Alexander Gitlin

Won Jun Kim
Won Jun Kim

kimw3@sloankettering.edu
BS, California Institute of Technology; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Omar Abdel-Wahab

Klavdija Krause
Klavdija Krause

bastlk@sloankettering.edu
BSc, IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems; MSc, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Tuomas Tammela

Kathleen Ann Luckett
Kathleen Ann Luckett

luckettk@sloankettering.edu
BS, Ithaca College; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Karuna Ganesh

Lisa McGary
Lisa McGary

mcgaryl@sloankettering.edu
BA, UC Berkeley; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Santosha Vardhana

Ashley Nichols
Ashley Nichols

nichola3@sloankettering.edu
BS, Chapman University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: John Maciejowski

Jesus Romero-Pichardo
Jesus Romero-Pichardo

romeropj@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Justin Perry

Manisha Srinivas Raghavan
Manisha Srinivas Raghavan

raghavm@sloankettering.edu
BTech, Vellore Institute of Technology; MS, Tufts University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Karuna Ganesh

Abigail Xie
Abigail Xie

xiea@sloankettering.edu
BS, Duke University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Lydia Finley

Melissa Yao
Melissa Yao

yaom@sloankettering.edu
BS, SUNY Stony Brook; MS, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Andrea Ventura

Fifth-Year Students

Ilinca Aricescu
Ilinca Aricescu

AricescI@sloankettering.edu
BSc, University of Cambridge; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Rona Yaeger

Yan-Ting Chen
Yan-Ting Chen

cheny10@sloankettering.edu
BS, National Chiao Tung University; MS, National Taiwan University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Santosha Vardhana

Juliana I. Delgado
Juliana I. Delgado

DelgadJ2@sloankettering.edu
BS, American University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Andrew Koff

Zaza Gelashvili
Zaza Gelashvili

GelashvZ@sloankettering.edu
BA, Clark University; MS, Clark University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Philipp Niethammer

Ziqi Jiao
Ziqi Jiao

JiaoZ@sloankettering.edu
BA, University of Chicago; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Andrea Ventura

Jenna Snyder
Jenna Snyder

snyderj@sloankettering.edu
BS, Pennsylvania State University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Adrienne A. Boire

Anran Tang
Anran Tang

TangA1@sloankettering.edu
BA, Pomona College; MS, Harvard University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Thomas Norman

Sixth-Year Plus Students

Mariano Aufiero
Mariano Aufiero

aufierom@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Texas Austin; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Tobias M. Hohl

GSK Student
Marimar Benitez De La Vega

benitem2@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Andrew Koff

Chen Yanyang
Yanyang Chen

cheny4@mskcc.org
BA, Columbia University; BS, City University of Hong Kong; Cancer Biology
Mentor: John Maciejowski

Celeste Dang
Celeste Dang

dangc1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Joseph Sun

GSK Student
Mohammed T. Islam

islamm2@sloankettering.edu
BA, Skidmore College; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Thomas S. Vierbuchen

GSK Student
Margaret Kennedy

kennedm4@sloankettering.edu
BS, The College of New Jersey; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Scott W. Lowe

GSK Student
Hyunu Kim

kimh7@sloankettering.edu
AB, Washington University in St. Louis; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Joseph Sun

GSK Student
Dingyu Liu

liud5@sloankettering.edu
BS, Shanghai Jiaotong University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Danwei Huangfu

GSK Student
Thomas F. McNamara

mcnamat1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Trinity College; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Andrew M. Intlekofer

Brianna Naizir
Brianna Naizir

naizirb@mskcc.org
BS, The City College of New York; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Andrea Schietinger

Ella M.M. Nguyen
Ella M. M. Nguyen

Nguyene1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Pacific Union College; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Christopher D. Lima

GSK Student
Troy M. Robinson

RobinsT1@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of California, Santa Barbara; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Ross L. Levine

GSK Student Ana Sanchez
Ana Sanchez

SancheA6@sloankettering.edu
BS, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Stewart Shuman

GSK Student
David J. Van Dongen

vandongd@sloankettering.edu
BA, Drew University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Stephen B. Long

GSK Student
Isaac Wakiro

wakiroi@sloankettering.edu
BS, College of St. Scholastica; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Michael G. Kharas

GSK Student
Nan Xu

xun@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Lorenz Studer

Jielin Yan
Jielin Yan

Yanj3@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Chicago; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Danwei Huangfu

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Zhi (Zack) Zheng

zhengz1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Southern University of Science and Technology; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Scott Keeney