Postdocs

Cina Aghamohammadi

Post Doc Computational

Engel Laboratory

Xu An

Postdoctoral Fellow

Huang Laboratory

Oliver Artz

Postdoctoral Fellow

Pedmale Laboratory

Balasooriya Balasooriya

Postdoctoral Fellow

Spector Laboratory

Sara Ballouz

Post Doc Computational

Gillis Laboratory

Leah Banks

Postdoctoral Fellow

Mills Laboratory

Walter Bast

Post Doc Computational

Albeanu Laboratory

Pascal Belleau

Post Doc Computational

Krasnitz Laboratory

Matthias Benoit

Postdoctoral Fellow

Lippman Laboratory

Kuhulika Bhalla

Postdoctoral Fellow

International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)

Stillman Laboratory

DNA Replication, Cell-cycle regulation and networks, Genetics, Biochemistry, Functional genomics Mammalian in vitro reporter systems

I investigate human cell cycle interactome - by probing Pre-RC proteins for discovering new mechanistic/regulatory insights into DNA replication.

Curriculum Vitae

Sonam Bhatia

Postdoctoral Fellow

Spector Laboratory

Sonali Bhattacharjee

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Martienssen Laboratory

Epigenetics, DNA repair, RNAi, Synthetic lethality, Gene regulation

I study the epigenetic regulation of DNA repair.

Giulia Biffi

Postdoctoral Fellow

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Ph.D.

Tuveson Laboratory

Pancreatic cancer, tumor microenvironment, tumor-stroma signaling, cancer-associated fibroblasts, signaling pathways

My goal is to understand how tumor cells activate the stroma in PDAC, and vice-versa, to identify key players to target as an anticancer strategy.

Curriculum Vitae

Francesco Boato

Postdoctoral Fellow

Van Aelst Laboratory

Christopher Bonham

Postdoctoral Fellow

Tonks Laboratory

Marion Bosc

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., University of Bordeaux, France.

Kepecs Laboratory

Behavioral neuroscience, decision making, animal metacognition

I study the neurobiology of confidence judgment in rats and mice using behavioral, inactivation and immuno-histological approaches.

Christian Bravo-Rivera

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

Li Laboratory

motivation, reward-seeking, punishment-avoidance, ventral pallidum, lateral habenula

I investigate how projections from the ventral pallidum to the lateral habenula control motivation for seeking reward and for avoiding punishment.

Curriculum Vitae

Robert Bronstein

Postdoctoral Fellow

Tollkuhn Laboratory

Jonathan Cahn

Postdoctoral Fellow

Martienssen Laboratory

Irene Casanova Salas

Postdoctoral Fellow

Trotman Laboratory

Hong Goo Chae

Postdoctoral Fellow

Albeanu Laboratory

Spyridon Champeris Tsaniras

Postdoctoral Fellow

Van Aelst Laboratory

Chen Chen

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dos Santos Laboratory

Wei-Chia Chen

Post Doc Computational

Ph.D., Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

Kinney Laboratory

Bayesian inference, Bayesian field theory, density estimation, survival analysis

We are developing new statistical methods for density estimation and survival analysis on small data sets.

Curriculum Vitae

Xiaoyin Chen

Postdoctoral Fellow

Columbia University, Ph.D.

Zador Laboratory

In situ sequencing, cortical projections, transcriptomics, single-cell, BARseq

I am developing high-throughput tools to associate neuronal gene expression, activity, and long-range projections at cellular resolution in situ.

Curriculum Vitae

Yushu Chen

Postdoctoral Fellow

Albeanu Laboratory

Quentin Chevy

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kepecs Laboratory

Tsung Han Chou

Postdoctoral Fellow

Furukawa Laboratory

Tae Mun Chung

Postdoctoral Fellow

Lyons Laboratory

Megan Crow

Post Doc Computational

Gillis Laboratory

Samantha Cyrill

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dos Santos Laboratory

Juliane Dassler Plenker

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Bonn, Germany, Ph.D. (2014)

Egeblad Laboratory

innate immunity, neutrophil extracellular traps NETs, inflammasome, macrophages, dormant breast cancer cells

Define how the immune system promotes metastasis and how targeting the immune system can help to prevent it.

Curriculum Vitae

Cristiane de Santis Alves Rosa

Postdoctoral Fellow

Universidade Estadual Paulista, Ph.D.

Martienssen Laboratory

small RNA, RNA modification, pollen

I'm interested in small RNAs that play role in the male gamete to understand cell fate decisions and development in plants.

Curriculum Vitae

Edgar Demesa Arevalo

Postdoctoral Fellow

Jackson Laboratory

Hanfei Deng

Postdoctoral Fellow

Li Laboratory

Jakub Dolata

Postdoctoral Fellow

Institution: Ph.D., Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland

Martienssen Laboratory

Chromatin, transcription, RNA modifications, splicing, RNAi

My studies are focused on the small RNAs, their post-transcriptional modifications and their potential role in the regulation of genome stability.

Curriculum Vitae

Noah Dukler

Post Doc Computational

Siepel Laboratory

Roman Dvorkin

Postdoctoral Fellow

Shea Laboratory

Ahmed Elewa

Postdoctoral Fellow

Lee Laboratory

Elad Elkayam

Postdoctoral Fellow

Joshua-Tor Laboratory

Ela Elyada

Postdoctoral Fellow

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Ph.D.

Tuveson Laboratory

pancreatic cancer, tumor microenvironment, cancer-associated fibroblasts

I am studying the heterogeneity of cancer-associated fibroblasts in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Curriculum Vitae

Mary Feigman

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dos Santos Laboratory

Miriam Fein

Postdoctoral Fellow

Stony Brook University, Ph.D.

Beyaz Laboratory

Cancer immunity, nutrition, intestinal stem cells, microbiome, metabolomics

Investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which diet-induced obesity promotes cancer progression.

Stephan Fischer

Post Doc Computational

Gillis Laboratory

Matthew Fisher

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Maryland, Baltimore - Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Mills Laboratory

Cancer, Stem cells, Chromatin, p63

My work focuses on identifying novel p63 regulated chromatin remodelers that are critical for the survival of the cancer stem cell population

Curriculum Vitae

Talitha Forcier

Postdoctoral Fellow

M. Hammell Laboratory

Daniel Fuerth

Postdoctoral Fellow

Lee Laboratory

Akihiro Funamizu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Zador Laboratory

Alessandro Furlan

Postdoctoral Fellow

Li Laboratory

Yuan Gao

Postdoctoral Fellow

Vakoc Laboratory

Ankur Garg

Postdoctoral Fellow

Joshua-Tor Laboratory

Mikhail Genkin

Post Doc Computational

Engel Laboratory

Fabian Gerth

Postdoctoral Fellow

Yeh Laboratory

Debarati Ghosh

Postdoctoral Fellow

Lee Laboratory

Nicholas Gladman

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison

Ware Laboratory

Sorghum, Crops, Genetics, Biochemistry, Plants

Elucidating molecular mechanisms behind fertility, grain yield, and other agriculturally-beneficial traits in the major global crop Sorghum bicolor.

Curriculum Vitae

Olivier Gschwend

Postdoctoral Fellow

Li Laboratory

Wuqiang Guan

Postdoctoral Fellow

Li Laboratory

Priyanka Gupta

Postdoctoral Fellow

Albeanu Laboratory

Jaynee Hart

Postdoctoral Fellow

Pedmale Laboratory

Rasmani Hazra

Postdoctoral Fellow

Spector Laboratory

Jia He

Postdoctoral Fellow

Lippman Laboratory

Xueyan He

Postdoctoral Fellow

Model Animal Research Center of Nanjing University, China, Ph.D.

Egeblad Laboratory

breast cancer, tumor microenvironment, chronic stress, tumor heterogeneity, inflammation

I am studying the relationship between chronic stress and breast cancer development, and the heterogeneity of chemo-resistance in mouse models.

Curriculum Vitae

Anat Hendelman

Postdoctoral Fellow

Lippman Laboratory

Diego Hernandez Trejo

Postdoctoral Fellow

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Ph.D.

Albeanu Laboratory

Olfaction, odor perception, sensorimotor coupling, sensory predictions, active perception

I am studying how the coupling between odor perception and motor activity affects odor stimuli representation in the olfactory system.

Curriculum Vitae

Longwen Huang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Zador Laboratory

Yuhan Huang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Vakoc Laboratory

Dhananjay Huilgol

Postdoctoral Fellow

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India., Ph.D.

Huang Laboratory

Development, Neuroscience, Neocortex, Mouse, Fate-specification

At the lab, I am interested in understanding the assembly of mammalian neocortex using fate specification via distinct cortical progenitor types.

Curriculum Vitae

Stellar Hur

Postdoctoral Fellow

Vakoc Laboratory

Alessandra Inguscio

Postdoctoral Fellow

Janowitz Laboratory

Jonathan Ipsaro

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., Northwestern University

Joshua-Tor Laboratory

RNA interference, structural biology, biophysics, next-gen sequencing

Jon is investigating the molecular mechanisms of piRNA silencing by using a combination of structural, biochemical, and sequencing methods.

Curriculum Vitae

Matt Jaremko

Postdoctoral Fellow

UC San Diego, Ph.D.

Joshua-Tor Laboratory

DNA replication, CryoEM, chromatin regulation

I am investigating the initial events of DNA replication through structural biology techniques.

Curriculum Vitae

Yinping Jiao

Post Doc Computational

Ware Laboratory

Risa Karakida Kawaguchi

Post Doc Computational

Gillis Laboratory

Gukhan Kim

Postdoctoral Fellow

Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University

Huang Laboratory

Cellular diversity, Development, Transcriptome

Curriculum Vitae

Brian Kinney

Postdoctoral Fellow

Hammell Laboratory

Munenori Kitagawa

Postdoctoral Fellow

Jackson Laboratory

Olaf Klingbeil

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany

Vakoc Laboratory

cancer, genome editing, gene regulation, epigenetics

I am developing novel genome editing technologies to identify genetic vulnerabilities in cancer, with a focus on lineage dependencies.

Curriculum Vitae

Hideki Kondo

Postdoctoral Fellow

Huang Laboratory

Choon-Tak Kwon

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., Seoul National University, South Korea

Lippman Laboratory

Crop Improvement, Genetics, Tomato, Plant Biology

I currently study how to improve tomato architecture for future agriculture by genome editing.

Curriculum Vitae

Jae Hyung Lee

Postdoctoral Fellow

Jackson Laboratory

Seung Cho Lee

Postdoctoral Fellow

Martienssen Laboratory

Andreas Leonhardt

Postdoctoral Fellow

Tuveson Laboratory

Bo Li

Postdoctoral Fellow

L. Zhang Laboratory

Jiayun Li

Postdoctoral Fellow

Fearon Laboratory

Qian Li

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kepecs Laboratory

Shujing Li

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kepecs Laboratory

Siran Li

Postdoctoral Fellow

Wigler Laboratory

Yi Li

Postdoctoral Fellow

Institution: National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China Degree: Ph.D.

Huang Laboratory

Neuroscience, Motor Control

I would like to probe the role of cortical circuits in motor planning, execution, and storage using cutting-edge technologies.

Curriculum Vitae

Kuan-Ting Lin

Post Doc Computational

National Yang-Ming University (Taiwan), Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics

Krainer Laboratory

Alternative Splicing, RNA, sequencing, dunqu1, computational biology

I focus on quantitative biology and transcriptomics technologies (e.g., alternative pre-mRNA splicing and long-read RNA-seq).

Curriculum Vitae

Bodu Liu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Spector Laboratory

Lei Liu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Jackson Laboratory

Bin Lu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Vakoc Laboratory

Wai Kit Ma

Postdoctoral Fellow

Krainer Laboratory

Vinay Mandati

Postdoctoral Fellow

Tonks Laboratory

Grinu Mathew

Postdoctoral Fellow

Trotman Laboratory

Katherine Matho

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

Huang Laboratory

multi-scale imaging, cell-type, connectivity, circuits

Curriculum Vitae

Olivia Mendivil Ramos

Post Doc Computational

McCombie Laboratory

Kevin Michalski

Postdoctoral Fellow

Cornell University, Ph.D. in biochemistry

Furukawa Laboratory

electrophysiology, crystallography, ion channels

I'm interested in ion channels and receptors involved in neurological health and disease.

Curriculum Vitae

Koji Miyabayashi

Postdoctoral Fellow

Tuveson Laboratory

Andrea Moffitt

Post Doc Computational

Duke University, Ph.D.

Levy Laboratory

bioinformatics, cancer genomics, autism genetics, sequencing, statistics

I develop computational and statistical methods for genomic technologies, with applications in liquid biopsy and gene expression in cancer and autism.

Hemanth Mohan

Postdoctoral Fellow

Vrije University Amsterdam, Ph.D.

Huang Laboratory

Forelimb, Cell types, Population dynamics, Cortical networks

I study the coding principles between cortical cell-types and their role in governing innate and adaptive movements.

Curriculum Vitae

Haiwei Mou

Postdoctoral Fellow

Beyaz Laboratory

Rodrigo Munoz Castaneda

Postdoctoral Fellow

Osten Laboratory

Adriana Munoz Jimenez

Post Doc Computational

Iossifov Laboratory

Simon Musall

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Zurich, Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. sc. nat.)

Churchland Laboratory

Systems neuroscience, Decision making, Cortical information processing, Psychophysics, Neural imaging

We combine calcium imaging and advanced behavioral paradigms to study cortical information flow and processing during perceptual decision making.

Curriculum Vitae

Arun Narasimhan

Postdoctoral Fellow

Osten Laboratory

Farhana Nasrin

Postdoctoral Fellow

Stillman Laboratory

Gal Nechooshtan

Postdoctoral Fellow

Gingeras Laboratory

Ellen Louise Noren Lindback

Postdoctoral Fellow

Umeå University, Sweden, Ph.D.

Pedmale Laboratory

plant biology, light signaling, cryptochrome, protein regulation, development

I am studying the molecular mechanisms behind light signaling and environmental control of growth and development in plants.

Curriculum Vitae

Kin On

Postdoctoral Fellow

London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK (currently Francis Crick Institute), Ph.D.

Joshua-Tor Laboratory

structural biology, ATPase, DNA replication

My research aims to understand the structure-function relation of DNA/RNA-processing enzymes using biochemistry, Cryo-EM and X-ray crystallography.

Curriculum Vitae

Torben Ott

Postdoctoral Fellow

International Max Planck Research School, Tuebingen, Germany, Ph.D.

Kepecs Laboratory

decision-making, computational models, electrophysiology, optogenetics, rat

How confident is a rat? I’m addressing how algorithms solving complex behavioral problems are realized by neural circuits.

Huiwu Ouyang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Hammell Laboratory

Meng Ouyang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Stillman Laboratory

Sapan Patel

Postdoctoral Fellow

Gingeras Laboratory

Anirban Paul

Senior Research Associate

Howard University, Ph.D.

Huang Laboratory

Neuronal identity, Single-cell transcriptomics, Schizophrenia, Interneurons, Chandelier cell

Unraveling organizing principles of the brain at the level of cell types, transcriptomes and cellular state to grasp development, function and disease

Curriculum Vitae

Dennis Plenker

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Cologne, Ph.D. (2015)

Tuveson Laboratory

Pancreatic cancer, precision medicine, resistance, organoids

Generation of patient-derived organoids to investigate new treatment strategies and understand chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer.

Curriculum Vitae

Anna Posfai

Post Doc Computational

Kinney Laboratory

Yongjun Qian

Postdoctoral Fellow

Huang Laboratory

Mohammad Rahman

Postdoctoral Fellow

Krainer Laboratory

Nissim Ranade

Post Doc Computational

Krasnitz Laboratory

Ashlan Reid

Postdoctoral Fellow

Zador Laboratory

James Roach

CSHL Interdisciplinary Scholar in Experimental and QB

University of Michigan, Ph.D.

Engel Laboratory

Spiking-network models, Excitatory-inhibitory interactions, decision making

My research involves understanding the mechanisms by which neural circuits generate the activity underlying perceptional decision making.

Curriculum Vitae

Benjamin Roche

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D. in Immunology at the Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.

Martienssen Laboratory

epigenetics, small RNA, quiescence, dormancy, reprogramming

My research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of cellular quiescence, in particular underlying the transcriptional reprogramming to G0 states.

Nikolay Rozhkov

Postdoctoral Fellow

M. Hammell Laboratory

Suzanne Russo

Senior Research Associate

Spector Laboratory

Thiago Santos Gouvea

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kepecs Laboratory

Christine Scaduto

Postdoctoral Fellow

Brown University, Ph.D.

Sheltzer Laboratory

aneuploidy, CRISPRCas9, ovarian cancer, genome engineering

Christine is investigating whether chromosomal gains promote tumorigenesis in various cancer types.

Curriculum Vitae

Donglai Shen

Postdoctoral Fellow

Sheltzer Laboratory

Yanliang Shi

Post Doc Computational

Stony Brook University, Ph.D.

Engel Laboratory

Dynamics of neural networks, Vision, Attention, Computational neuroscience, Machine learning

I study functional organization and dynamics of neural circuitry that enables sensory information processing and cognitive functions.

Curriculum Vitae

Atsushi Shimada

Postdoctoral Fellow

Martienssen Laboratory

Timothy Somerville

Postdoctoral Fellow

Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Ph.D.

Vakoc Laboratory

lineage reprogramming, epigenetics, transcription factors, Pancreatic cancer

The goal of my research is to understand how the mis-expression of transcription factors promote the development and progression of pancreatic cancer.

Curriculum Vitae

Sweta Srivas

Postdoctoral Fellow

Huang Laboratory

Sarah Starosta

Postdoctoral Fellow

International Graduate School of Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Kepecs Laboratory

Behavioral Neuroscience, Decision Making, Learning Memory, Foraging Behavior

My goal is to unravel the behavioral and neuronal mechanisms that allow organisms to make flexible decisions in a continuously changing environment.

Curriculum Vitae

James Sturgill

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kepecs Laboratory

Lijuan Sun

Postdoctoral Fellow

Egeblad Laboratory

Xueqin Sun

Postdoctoral Fellow

Mills Laboratory

Johanna Syrjanen

Postdoctoral Fellow

Furukawa Laboratory

Julian Taranda

Postdoctoral Fellow

Osten Laboratory

Hsiu-Chi Ting

Postdoctoral Fellow

Tuveson Laboratory

Claudia Tonelli

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., European Institute of Oncology (IEO), Milan, Italy

Tuveson Laboratory

pancreatic cancer, tumor progression, metastasis, p53, Nrf2

I am studying the molecular mechanisms that drive pancreatic cancer progression and metastasis in order to nominate new therapeutic targets.

Curriculum Vitae

Michael Tramantano

Postdoctoral Fellow

Stillman Laboratory

Benno Traub

Postdoctoral Fellow

Tuveson Laboratory

Roger Tseng

Postdoctoral Fellow

Joshua-Tor Laboratory

Anne Urai

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., University of Hamburg, Germany

Churchland Laboratory

Decision-making, systems neuroscience, psychophysics

I investigate how the brain transforms sensory information into useful decisions, and how this process changes with experience.

Curriculum Vitae

Raditya Utama

Post Doc Computational

Florida State University, Ph.D.

Atwal Laboratory

Genomic Analysis, Breast Cancer, Machine Learning

Curriculum Vitae

Anand Vasudevan

Postdoctoral Fellow

Sheltzer Laboratory

Prabhadevi Venkataramani

Postdoctoral Fellow

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Ph.D.

Tonks Laboratory

Kinases, Cancer, neurodegenerative disease, small-molecule inhibitors

Investigating small-molecule inhibitors against cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.

Curriculum Vitae

Ledong Wan

Postdoctoral Fellow

Krainer Laboratory

Bo Wang

Post Doc Computational

Ware Laboratory

Bor-Shuen Wang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Huang Laboratory

Minghui Wang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Van Aelst Laboratory

Xingang Wang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Lippman Laboratory

Xinyi Wang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Lee Laboratory

Zhikai Wang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Fearon Laboratory

Yiliang Wei

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., Michigan State University

Vakoc Laboratory

CRISPR, cancer microenvironment, epigenetics, leukemia, signaling transduction

Probing leukemia vulnerabilities in vivo with domain-targeting CRISPR screening.

Curriculum Vitae

Sze Wong

Post Doc Computational

Krainer Laboratory

Xiong Xiao

Postdoctoral Fellow

Li Laboratory

Yunyao Xie

Postdoctoral Fellow

Shea Laboratory

Xiaosa Xu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Jackson Laboratory

Alexander Xue

Post Doc Computational

City University of New York Graduate Center, Ph.D.

Siepel Laboratory

Comparative population genomics

My research interests consist of developing and applying novel comparative population genomic methods.

Curriculum Vitae

Tao Yang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Li Laboratory

Zhaolin Yang

Postdoctoral Fellow

European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Grenoble, France

Vakoc Laboratory

cancer, leukemia, DNA damage, ubiquitination, chromatin

My research is focused on the effect of ubiquitination pathways on pathogenesis of leukemia.

Curriculum Vitae

Min Yao

Postdoctoral Fellow

Institution: Ph.D., University of Kansas Medical Center

Fearon Laboratory

Cancer immunotherapy, Pancreatic cancer, B cells

I am interested to develop cancer immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer, particularly through the help of B cells.

Toyoki Yoshimoto

Postdoctoral Fellow

Vakoc Laboratory

Li Yuan

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Nebraska Medical Center, Ph.D.

Zador Laboratory

Connectome

Developing a new technique for mapping connectome using BARseq.

Curriculum Vitae

Dinar Yunusov

Postdoctoral Fellow

Universidade de São Paulo, Ph.D.

Gingeras Laboratory

Transcriptomics, Extracellular vesicles, Embryonic development

My current research is focused on how cells of early embryos communicate with each other via extracellular vesicles and RNAs that these vesicles carry

Curriculum Vitae

Sophia Zebell

Postdoctoral Fellow

Lippman Laboratory

Xian Zhang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Li Laboratory

Yixin Zhao

Post Doc Computational

Sun Yat-sen University, Ph.D.

Siepel Laboratory

gene regulation, evolution, spermatogenesis, RNA stability, microRNA

I am interested in applying advanced techniques, such as machine learning and PRO-seq, to study gene regulation and intriguing evolutionary questions.

Curriculum Vitae

Juannan Zhou

Post Doc Computational

McCandlish Laboratory

Imanol Zubiete Franco

Postdoctoral Fellow

Tonks Laboratory