DLRG alumni - graduate research associates
Alicia Aquino
PhD, CBE (2022)
Current: Scientist, AbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worcester, MA
Sean Chung
MS, BMCB (2021)
Current: Bioprocess Scientist, Merck, Kenilworth, NJ
Kevin Weyant
PhD, CBE (2021)
Current: Senior Scientist, Versatope Therapeutics,
Lowell, MA
Ty Moeller
PhD, CBE (2021)
Current: Microbiologist, United States Navy
Thapakorn Jaroentomeechai
PhD, CBE (2021)
Current: EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Copenhagen (Clausen lab)
Suthara Ramachandran
MS, CBE (2021)
(w/ Chris Alabi)
Current: Research Associate, Weatherwax Bio,
San Francisco, CA
Abhishek Mangipudi
MS, CBE (2021)
Current: Research Associate, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Ricardo Fu
MS, CBE (2021)
Current: PhD Program,
UC-Davis
Emily Cox
PhD, BBS (2019)
Current: Senior Scientist, AstraZeneca,
Gaithersburg, MD
Xiaolu Zheng
PhD, CBE (2019)
Current: Senior Scientist, Pfizer, St. Louis, MO
Aravind Natarajan
PhD, Microbiology (2019)
Current: Postdoc, Stanford University (Bhatt lab)
May Taw
PhD, Microbiology (2019)
Current: TBD
Morgan Ludwicki
PhD, CBE (2019)
Current: Scientist, 3M, Minneapolis, MN
Cameron Glasscock
PhD, CBE (2019)
(w/ Julius Lucks)
Current: Postdoc, University of Washington (Baker lab)
Feng Yang
MS, CBE (2019)
Current: PhD Program,
Rice University
Amy Liu
MS, CBE (2018)
(w/ Jeff Varner)
Current: Senior Research Associate, Gilead Sciences, Oceanside, CA
Bunyarit Meksiriporn
PhD, BME (2018)
Current: Assistant Professor, KMITL, Bangkok, Thailand
Erin Stephens
PhD, BMCB (2018)
Current: VP of Antibody Discovery and Tissue Eng,
Prellis Biologics,
San Francisco, CA
Michael-Paul Robinson
PhD, CBE (2017)
Current: Postdoc,
Cleveland Clinic
Matthew Chang
MS, CBE (2016)
Current: Research Scientist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Daniel Tien
MS, CBE (2016)
Current: Senior Data Scientist II,
Cruise Automation,
San Francisco, CA
Taylor Stevenson
PhD, BME (2016)
Current: Associate Director, Affinivax, Cambridge, MA
Sai Pooja Mahajan
PhD, CBE (2015)
(w/ Fernando Escobedo)
Current: Postdoc, Johns Hopkins University
(Gray lab)
Kathy Rogers
PhD, CBE (2015)
(w/ Jeff Varner)
Current: Senior Scientist, Janssen, Raritan, NJ
Linxiao Chen
PhD, CBE (2015)
Current: Senior Scientist, Janssen Pharmaceuticals,
Spring House, PA
Rick Pampuro
MS, CBE (2014)
Current: Head of Manufacturing, Analytical and Process Sciences, Thermo Fisher, Cambridge, MA
Jason Boock
PhD, CBE (2014)
Current: Assistant Professor, Miami University
Sean O'Brien
PhD, CBE (2013)
Current: Postdoc, Leidos, Reston, VA
Alyse Portnoff
PhD, BME (2013)
Current: Senior Scientist, Novavax, Gaithersburg, MD
Charles Haitjema
PhD, Microbiology (2012)
Current: Research Area Manager, Bio-Techne,
San Jose, CA
Juan Valderrama
PhD, CBE (2012)
Current: Assistant Professor, Universidad Antonio Nariño,
Bogotá, Colombia
Thomas Mansell
PhD, CBE (2012)
(w/ Jeff Varner)
Current: Associate Professor, Iowa State University
Cassandra Guarino
PhD, BBS (2012)
Current: Associate, Animal Health Diagnostic Center,
Cornell University
Mark Rocco
PhD, BME (2011)
Current: Scientific Director, Abbvie, South San Francisco, CA
Robert Conrado
PhD, CBE (2010)
Current: VP of Engineering Design and Development, Lanzatech, Skokie, IL
Christine Endicott
MS, CBE (2010)
Current: Development Scientist, Alexion Pharmaceuticals,
New Haven, CT
Ritsdeliz Perez-Rodriguez
PhD, CBE (2009)
Current: Scientist, Abbott Laboratories,
Barceloneta, Puerto Rico
Jan Kostecki
PhD, BME (2009)
Current: Senior Technical Product Manager,
Natera, San Carlos, CA
Didi Waraho-Zhmayev
PhD, CBE (2008)
Current: Assistant Professor, KMUTT, Bangkok, Thailand
Matt Marrichi
PhD, CBE (2008)
Current: Senior Director, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical,
Cambridge, MA
Lydia Contreras
PhD, CBE (2008)
Current: Professor, University of Texas-Austin
Adam Fisher
PhD, CBE (2008)
Current: Director,
Science Staff, FDA,
Silver Spring, MD
DLRG alumni - postdoctoral associates
May Taw
Postdoc (2019-2021)
Current: TBD
Mingji Li
Postdoc (2016-2021)
Current: Scientist, Asymchem Laboratories, Tianjin, China
Ninad Agashe
Postdoc (2019-2020)
Current: Scientist, GenePath Dx, Pune India
Dominic Mills
Postdoc (2015-2017)
Current: Staff Scientist, Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich
Laura Yates
Postdoc (2015-2017)
Current: Scouting and Project Mananger, LimmaTech Biologics AG, Schlieren, Switzerland
Taylor Stevenson
Postdoc (2017)
Current: Associate Director, Affinivax, Cambridge, MA
Dario Mizrachi
Postdoc (2012-2017)
Current: Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University
Kristina Overkamp
Postdoc (2015-2016)
Current: Research Assistant, University Hospital,
Tübingen, Germany
Linxiao Chen
Postdoc (2015-2016)
Current: Senior Scientist, Janssen Pharmaceuticals,
New York City, New York
Jessica Smith
Postdoc (2014-2015)
Current: Senior Scientist, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Rochester, NY
Anne Ollis
Postdoc (2012-2015)
Current: Associate Director, Merck
West Point, PA
Jenny Valentine
Postdoc (2012-2015)
Current: Staff Scientist, Regeneron, Tarrytown, NY
Yi Chai
Postdoc (2012-2014)
Current: Northeastern University MS Program,
Hyeon-Cheol Lee
Postdoc (2011-2014)
Current: CTO, BPGene,
Seoul, South Korea
Alyse Portnoff
Postdoc (2014)
Current: Senior Scientist, Novavax, Gaithersburg, MD
Cassandra Guarino
Postdoc (2013)
Current: Associate, Animal Health Diagnostic Center,
Cornell University
Didi Waraho-Zhmayev
Postdoc (2010-2012)
Current: Assistant Professor, KMUTT, Bangkok, Thailand
Amy Karlsson
Postdoc (2009-2012)
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Associate Professor, University of Maryland
Eda Celik-Akdur
Postdoc (2009-2011)
Current: Associate Professor, Hacettepe University,
Ankara, Turkey
Jack Chung-Jr Huang
Postdoc (2009-2011)
Current: Director, Alexion Pharmaceuticals,
New Haven, CT
Li Ling Lee
Postdoc (2006-2009)
Current: Research Associate, Cornell University
Hyung-Kwon Lim
Postdoc (2006-2009)
Current: Senior Vice President, Polus, Inc.,
Incheon, South Korea
Adam Fisher
Postdoc (2008-2009)
Current: Director, Science Staff, FDA,
Silver Spring, MD
Jae-Young Kim
Postdoc (2004-2007)
Current: Research Scientist, Samsung, Seoul, South Korea
DLRG alumni - visiting scholars
Apisitt Thaiprayoon
Visiting scholar (2022-23)
Current: Graduate research associate, KMUTT, Bangkok, Thailand
Ming Jiang
Postdoc (2019-2020)
Tang Cornell-China Scholar
Current: Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Heng Li
Visiting scholar (2018-19)
Current: Professor, Jiangnan University,
Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
Ilkay Kocer
Visiting scholar (2018-19)
Current: Research Associate, Haceteppe University,
Ankara, Turkey
Wenjing Cui
Visiting scholar (2016-17)
Current: Professor,
Jiangnan University,
Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
Xinle Liang
Visiting scholar (2016-17)
Current: Professor, Zeijing Gongshang University,
Hangzhou, China
Eda Celik-Akdur
Visiting scholar (2017, 2023)
Current: Associate Professor, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Didi Waraho-Zhmayev
Visiting scholar (2013)
Current: Assistant Professor, KMUTT, Bangkok, Thailand
Kuntida Kittidee
Visiting scholar (2009-10)
Current: Assistant Professor, Mahidol University,
Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Christian Feiler
Visiting scholar (2008-09)
Current: Senior Scientist, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin GmbH, Berlin, Germany
DLRG alumni - undergraduate research assistants
Srishti Tyagi
(2020-22)
Current: Weill Cornell Medical College
Riya Singh
(2019-2021)
Current: Trinity Life
Sciences
Shukria Mirzaie
(2022)
Current: Cornell University
Sanjana Shanmugavel
(2021-22)
Current: Cornell University
Maria Jimenez
(2019-21)
Current: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Jazmine Richardson
(2021)
Current: Tufts University
MS Program
Maddie Mills
(2019-20)
Current: Philipps 66
Bob Gu
(2019-2020)
Current: UT-Austin
MA program
Taylor Joines
(2019)
Current: Affera
Jody Mohammed
(2018-20)
Current: McMaster University MS Program
Olivia Young
(2016-19)
Current: Harvard-MIT
PhD Program
Vi Le
(2016-19)
Current: Massachusetts General Hospital
Jacob Mathai
(2016-19)
Current: Rockefeller University
Cathy Jin
(2017-18)
Current: Cornell University
Priyanka Konan
(2017-18)
Current: Genentech
Josef Byrne
(2017-18)
Current: Merck
Valentina Lohr
(2017-18)
Current: Zymtronix
John Woltornist
(2017-18)
Current: WuXi Biologics
Raashed Raziuddin
(2017-18)
Current: Evelo Biosciences
Claire Schiefelbein
(2016-18)
Current: Merck
Jordan Fuller
(2015-18)
Current: ZS Associates
Marielisa Carbrera
(2015-18)
Current: Broad Institute
Allen Jiang
(2015-18)
Current: MIT PhD Program
Michaela Jones
(2014-18)
Current: University of Delaware PhD Program
Ankur Annapareddy
(summer 2017)
Current: TBD
Mariela Rivera De Jesús
(summer 2017)
Current: Cornell University PhD Program
Jane Liao
(2016-17)
Current: GlaxoSmithKline
Meghan Barton
(2016-17)
Current: ANDRITZ
Margaret Hale
(2015-17)
Current: Chartwell Consulting
Daniel Kim
(2015-17)
Current: University of South Florida MD Program
Kate Forsythe
(2014-17)
Current: unknown
Robert Lee
(2014-17)
Current: Stanford
PhD Program
Alan Bartels
(summer 2016)
Current: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Diana Chu
(2015-16)
Current: Auris Health
Esther Chen
(2015-16)
Current: SUNY Medical Center MD Program
Brielle Hohne
(2015-16)
Current: Penn State University PhD Program
Brooke Cohen
(2014-16)
Current: Haynes and Boone, LLP
Mindy Wang
(2014-16)
Current: Pfizer
Xiaolu Wen
(2013-16)
Current: ExxonMobil
Jennifer Li
(2013-16)
Current: Johnson & Johnson
Sheridan Wakimoto
(2013-16)
Current: Genentech
Jasmine Shwetar
(2015)
Current: NYU
MD-PhD Program
Veronica Peltz
(2014-15)
Current: Merck
Tom Hittinger
(2013-15)
Current: Midwest Vision Partners
Zach Wu
(2013-15)
Current: Caltech
PhD Program
Patrick Sullivan
(2014)
Current: Thomas Jefferson University MD Program
Zachary Goldblatt
(2013-14)
Current: WPI
PhD Program
Alana Szkodny
(2012-14)
Current: University of Delaware PhD Program
Andrew Carpenter
(2011-14)
Current: unknown
Maria Tchamova
(2011-14)
Current: Regeneron
Pharmaceuticals
Ankai Xu
(2011-14)
Current: Genentech
Cristen Peterson
(2012-13)
Current: Genentech
Josep Duato Botam
(summer 2012)
Current: Universidad de Zaragoza
Ana V. Ayala-Morant
(summer 2012)
Current: University of
Puerto Rico
Christy Chao
(summer 2012)
Current: MIT
PhD Program
Nicholas Lamson
(2011)
Current: MIT
Postdoc
Laura Pizzuto
(2011-12)
Current: Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing
Melinda Spinella
(2011-12)
Current: Esteé Lauder
Stellie Ford
(2011-12)
Current: Suvoda
Jessica Stark
(2009-12)
Current: Stanford
Postdoc
Ka-Hei Siu
(2009-12)
Current: UC-Berkeley
Postdoc
Emily Buirkle
(2009-12)
Current: Rutgers University Hospital
Rachel Edwards
(summer 2011)
Current: University of Minnesota PhD Program
Chad Greco
(summer 2011)
Current: Gilead Sciences
Caroline Tabler
(2009-11)
Current: Case Western Reserve University