{"id":6,"date":"2019-10-25T21:48:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T21:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/ferraride-andrade-lab\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-07-06T17:42:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T17:42:57","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/ferraride-andrade-lab\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Luc<\/strong>as Ferrari de Andrade, PhD<\/strong>
\nAssociate Professor
\nDepartment of Immunology and Immunotherapy
\nDepartment of Oncological Sciences
\nMarc and Jennifer Lipschultz Precision Immunology Institute
\nTisch Cancer Institute
\nIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai<\/p>\n

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Jie Liang, PhD<\/strong>
\nPostdoctoral fellow<\/p>\n

Katie R. Walshe, MD<\/strong>
\nAssociate Researcher<\/p>\n

Luiza Brandao, MD<\/strong>
\nPostdoctoral fellow<\/p>\n

Jiwon Shin, PhD<\/strong>
\nPostdoctoral fellow<\/p>\n

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Training and mentorship philosophy<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

Our laboratory is characterized by a collegial environment where scientists can invest in self-growth and develop innovative and impactful research projects. Some of our core values are as follows:<\/p>\n

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  • Independent research project;<\/li>\n
  • Close mentorship, with one-on-one and laboratory meetings;<\/li>\n
  • Teamwork;<\/li>\n
  • Commitment to the highest scientific rigor;<\/li>\n
  • Creative thinking and conceptual innovation;<\/li>\n
  • Career development;<\/li>\n
  • Opportunities for collaborations that complement expertise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    If you are interested in joining our team, please send your cover letter and CV (references may be requested at a later stage) to: Lucas.FerrarideAndrade [at] mssm.edu<\/p>\n

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    Lab alumni<\/h1>\n

    Ruan Pimenta, PhD (2024 – 2026)<\/strong>
    \nPostdoctoral Fellow \u2192<\/strong> Principal Investigator (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)<\/p>\n

    Bruna Bortoleti, PhD (2021 – 2025)<\/strong>
    \nPostdoctoral Fellow \u2192<\/strong> Adjunct Professor (Fordham University)<\/p>\n

    Sophia Quasem (2023 – 2025)<\/strong>
    \nMaster Student \u2192<\/strong> Scientist II (Boehringer Ingelheim)<\/p>\n

    Oscar Arellano Pacheco\u00a0 (2024)<\/strong>
    \nSURP4US<\/p>\n

    Matthew Hernandez (2023 – 2025)<\/strong>
    \nSURP4US \u2192<\/strong> Undergraduate Researcher (Ferrari de Andrade Laboratory)<\/p>\n

    Mariam Farag (2023 – 2024)<\/strong>
    \nAssociate Researcher \u2192<\/strong> Clinical Coordinator (Mount Sinai)<\/p>\n

    Betsy D. Prada (2021 – 2023)<\/strong>
    \nMaster Student \u2192<\/strong> PhD Student (New York University)<\/p>\n

    Xiaoxuan Zhong (2022 – 2023)<\/strong>
    \nMaster Student \u2192<\/strong> PhD Student (New York University)<\/p>\n

    Jun Arai, MD, PhD (2022 – 2023)<\/strong>
    \nVisiting Scientist \u2192<\/strong> Associate Professor (Aichi Medical University, Japan)<\/p>\n

    Stefanie Maurer, PhD (2021 – 2023)<\/strong>
    \nPostdoctoral Fellow \u2192<\/strong> Senior Scientist (ImmuneBridge)<\/p>\n

    Melanie Marklin, PhD (4\/2022 – 9\/2022)<\/strong>
    \nVisiting Scientist \u2192<\/strong> Junior Research Group Leader<\/span> (University Hospital Tubingen)<\/p>\n

    Pedro Silva (2019 – 2021)<\/strong>
    \nAssociate Researcher \u2192<\/strong> Associate Researcher (Laffaile Lab)<\/p>\n

    Melanie Fraidenburg (2020 – 2021)<\/strong>
    \nPost-Bacc Student \u2192<\/strong> Associate Researcher (Columbia University) \u2192\u00a0<\/strong>Ph.D. Student (UT Southwestern)<\/p>\n

    Samantha Xing (2019 – 2021)<\/strong>
    \nUndergrad Student \u2192<\/strong> Post-Bacc Student (NIH) \u2192<\/strong> Medical School (Columbia University)<\/p>\n

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    We also thank all undergrad and high school students and researchers that did internships with us!<\/em><\/p>\n

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    Lucas Ferrari de Andrade, PhD Associate Professor Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy Department of Oncological Sciences Marc and Jennifer Lipschultz Precision Immunology Institute Tisch Cancer Institute Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai   Jie Liang, PhD Postdoctoral fellow Katie R. Walshe, MD Associate Researcher Luiza Brandao, MD Postdoctoral fellow Jiwon Shin, PhD Postdoctoral fellow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":377,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/ferraride-andrade-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/ferraride-andrade-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/ferraride-andrade-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/ferraride-andrade-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/377"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/ferraride-andrade-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":187,"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/ferraride-andrade-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":594,"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/ferraride-andrade-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/ferraride-andrade-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}