Our Team

Lucas Ferrari de Andrade, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy
Department of Oncological Sciences
Marc and Jennifer Lipschultz Precision Immunology Institute
Tisch Cancer Institute

Post-Doc (2019) – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University.
PhD (2014) – Universidade Federal do Parana (Brazil)

 

Bruna T. da Silva Bortoleti, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
Ph.D. (2021) – Instituto Carlos Chagas (Brazil)

Luiza Brandao, MD
Postdoctoral fellow
M.D. (2023) – Federal University of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

Ruan Pimenta, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
Ph.D. (2023) – University of Sao Paulo (Brazil)

Mariam Farag
Associated Researcher
B.Sc. in Biochemistry (2022) – Hunter College, City University of New York (U.S.)

Sophia Quasem
Master Student
B.Sc. in Microbiology & Immunology (2020) – University of California, Irvine

Matthew Hernandez
Undergraduate Researcher
B.Sc. expected in 2025 – Hunter College, City University of New York (U.S.)

Briana Hasimaj
Sophomore Student
The Bronx High School of Science (U.S.)

 

Our lab has further open positions for highly motivated researchers, students, and postdocs! If interested, please send your CV to:

Lucas.FerrarideAndrade [at] mssm.edu

 

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Lab alumni

Betsy D. Prada (2021 – 2023)
Master Student Ph.D. Student (New York University)

Xiaoxuan Zhong (2022 – 2023)
Master Student Ph.D. Student (New York University)

Jun Arai, M.D., Ph.D. (2022 – 2023)
Visiting Scientist Associate Professor (Aichi Medical University, Japan)

Stefanie Maurer, Ph.D. (2021 – 2023)
Postdoctoral Fellow Senior Scientist (ImmuneBridge)

Melanie Marklin, Ph.D. (4/2022 – 9/2022)
Visiting Scientist Junior Research Group Leader (University Hospital Tubingen)

Pedro Silva (2019 – 2021)
Associate Researcher Associate Researcher (Laffaile Lab)

Melanie Fraidenburg (2020 – 2021)
Post-Bacc Student Associate Researcher (Columbia University) → Ph.D. Student (UT Southwestern)

Samantha Xing (2019 – 2021)
Undergrad Student Post-Bacc Student (NIH) Medical School (Columbia University)