ALUMNI
![Jana Gjini, MS](https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/ghaffarilab/wp-content/uploads/sites/347/2023/08/Jana-Gjini.jpg)
Jana Gjini, MS
Jana Gjini, MS. was a graduate student in the Icahn School of Medicine from 2018 to 2021. She went on to work as an Associate Research Technician at NYU and is now a medical student at Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine.
![Miao Lin, MD](https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/ghaffarilab/wp-content/uploads/sites/347/2023/08/Miao-Lin-1.jpeg)
Miao Lin, MD
Miao Lin, MD. was the lab manager from 2017 to 2021. She is now working as a Senior Technical Associate at the University of Rochester.
![Tasleem Arif, PhD](https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/ghaffarilab/wp-content/uploads/sites/347/2023/08/Tasleem-Arif-1.jpg)
Tasleem Arif, PhD
Tasleem Arif, PhD. did his post doctoral fellowship from 2017 to 2021. He is now continuing his post doctoral fellowship at Mount Sinai in the Bieker Laboratory.
![Vijay Menon, PhD](https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/ghaffarilab/wp-content/uploads/sites/347/2023/08/Vijay-Menon.jpg)
Vijay Menon, PhD
Vijay Menon, PhD. did his post doctoral fellowship from 2017 to 2020. He is now an Associate Research Scientist at the Yale School of Medicine.
![Raymond Liang, PhD](https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/ghaffarilab/wp-content/uploads/sites/347/2023/08/Ray-Liang.jpg)
Raymond Liang, PhD
Raymond Liang, PhD. was a PhD student in the lab from 2012 to 2018. He is now a Senior Scientist at Endotope Biosciences in NYC.
![Carolina Bigarella, PhD](https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/ghaffarilab/wp-content/uploads/sites/347/2023/08/Carolina-Bigarella.jpg)
Carolina Bigarella, PhD
Carolina Bigarella, PhD. did her post doctoral fellowship from 2011 to 2015. She is now a Scientist at SHY Therapeutics.
![Pauline Rimmelé, PhD](https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/ghaffarilab/wp-content/uploads/sites/347/2023/08/Pauline-Rimmele.jpg)
Pauline Rimmelé, PhD
Pauline Rimmelé, PhD. did her post doctoral fellowship in the lab from 2010 to 2015. She is currently a Principle Scientist at Ensoma in Boston.
![Rebeca Dieguez Gonzalez, PhD](https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/ghaffarilab/wp-content/uploads/sites/347/2023/08/Rebeca-Dieguez-Gonzalez.jpg)
Rebeca Dieguez Gonzalez, PhD
Rebeca Dieguez Gonzalez, PhD. did her post doctoral fellowship form 2012 to 2014. She is now a Group Project Manager at the Institut Catala de Nanociencia I Nanotecnologia in Barcelona Spain.
![Genís Campreciós, PhD](https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/ghaffarilab/wp-content/uploads/sites/347/2023/08/Genis-Camprecios.jpg)
Genís Campreciós, PhD
Genís Campreciós, PhD. did his post doctoral fellowship from 2011 to 2013 in the Ghaffari Lab. He went on to continue his post doctoral fellowship in the Clinic Hospital Barcelona in Spain.
Brigitte Izac, MS
Brigitte Izac, MS. was a visiting Staff Researcher from INSERM from 2011 to 2013. Afterwards, she returned to INSERM in Paris, France to study Immunology and Genomics (L'hôpital Cochin).
![Jeffery Barminko, PhD](https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/ghaffarilab/wp-content/uploads/sites/347/2023/08/Jeff-Barminko.jpeg)
Jeffery Barminko, PhD
Jeffery Barminko, PhD. did his post doctoral fellowship from 2013 to 2015. He went on to become an Associate Scientist, then Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is now a Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group.
![Xin Zhang, MD-PhD](https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/ghaffarilab/wp-content/uploads/sites/347/2023/08/Xin-Zahng.jpg)
Xin Zhang, MD-PhD
Xin Zhang, MD-PhD. did his post doctoral fellowship in the lab from 2005 to 2013. He went on to become an Associate Professor and Research Director at Shantou University first affiliated Medical Center in China.
![Safak Yalcin, PhD](https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/ghaffarilab/wp-content/uploads/sites/347/2023/08/Safak-Yalcin.jpg)
Safak Yalcin, PhD
Safak Yalcin, PhD. did her post doctoral fellowship in the lab from 2006 to 2012. She is currently the Associate Director and Translational Biomarker Lead at Takeda in California.
![Maité Rielland, PhD](https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/ghaffarilab/wp-content/uploads/sites/347/2023/08/Maité-Rielland.jpeg)
Maité Rielland, PhD
Maité Rielland, PhD. did her post doctoral fellowship in the lab in 2010. She is now an Advanced Research Engineer at L'Oréal in Paris France.
![Catherine Laiosa, MD-PhD](https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/ghaffarilab/wp-content/uploads/sites/347/2023/08/Catherine-V.-Laiosa.jpg)
Catherine Laiosa, MD-PhD
Catherine Laiosa, MD-PhD. did her post doctoral fellowship in the lab from 2008 to 2010. She is now a practicing physician working in Internal Medicine.
![Sathish Kumar Mungamuri, PhD](https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/ghaffarilab/wp-content/uploads/sites/347/2023/08/Sathish-Kumar.png)
Sathish Kumar Mungamuri, PhD
Sathish Kumar Mungamuri, PhD. did his post doctoral fellowship from 2007 to 2009. He is now a Professor at the National Institution of Nutrition in Hyderabad, India.
![Julia Luciano Pereira, PhD](https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/ghaffarilab/wp-content/uploads/sites/347/2023/08/Julia-Luciano.jpg)
Julia Luciano Pereira, PhD
Julia Luciano Pereira was the lab manager from 2006 to 2009. She went on to earn her PhD. degree at Purdue University.
![Anoushiravan Amini, MD](https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/ghaffarilab/wp-content/uploads/sites/347/2023/08/Anoushiravan-Amini.jpg)
Anoushiravan Amini, MD
Anoushiravan Amini, MD. was a visiting physician in 2008. He is now an Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
![Dragan Marinkovic, PhD](https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/ghaffarilab/wp-content/uploads/sites/347/2023/08/Dragan.jpg)
Dragan Marinkovic, PhD
Dragan Marinkovic, PhD. did his post doctoral fellowship in the lab from 2004 to 2006. He is currently a Professor at the University of Belgrade in Serbia.
![Wei Zhao, PhD](https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/ghaffarilab/wp-content/uploads/sites/347/2023/08/Wei-Zhao-1.jpg)
Wei Zhao, PhD
Wei Zhao, PhD. did her post doctoral fellowship in the lab from 2003 to 2005. She is currently an Associate Clinical Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Summer/Visiting Students/SURPs
Abby Sarkar
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Summer Intern Barnard University | 2006 |
PhD Harvard, Boston MA Post-doctoral Fellow, Developmental Biology, Stanford University, Standford, California |
Stephanie Gachet |
Visiting Student | 2006 | |
Hélène Kahn | Visiting Student | 2007 | Scientist, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France |
Ashira Lubkin | SURP | 2007 |
MD PhD, NYU, Post-Doctoral Fellow, NYU |
Marina Moskalenko | Summer Intern | 2008 | Radiation Oncology Resident Physician at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
Marie Brault | SURP | 2009 |
PhD, Medical anthropology, Associate Research Scientist, Yale School of Public Health |
Sebastien Lofek-Czubek | Summer Intern | 2011 | Staff scientist INSERM, Paris, France |
Adithya Sarveswaran | Summer Intern | 2011 | Principal Structural Engineer, Northrop Grumman |
Yasi Azodi | SURP | 2012 | Technology Consulting at Accenture; BSc, University of Washington |
Tolulope Akinade | SURP | 2013 | MD-PhD student ISMMS |
Varun Arvind | SURP | 2014 | MD-PhD student ISMMS |
Cynthia Vlad | Summer Intern | 2015 | MD, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, NY, NY |