Post-doctoral fellows, University of Pennsylvania

Donna Brennan-Crispi, PhD, 2015-2019

Currently: Associate Director of Basic Research, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania

 

Xiaoling (Shirley) Zhang, PhD, 2015-2016

Currently: Senior Scientist / Toxicologist at Procter & Gamble

 

Fang Liu, PhD, 2010-2016

Currently: Director at Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson

 

Jun-Soo Yun, PhD, 2009

Currently: Project Lead, Green Cross Corporation, Korea

 

Yeon-Sook Choi, PhD, 2008-2017

Currently: Director, In Vivo Pharmacology, Sonata Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA

 

Xinjiang Wu, PhD, 2007-2012

Currently: Associate Director, Global Medical Writing and Labeling, Biogen

 

Monica Yunta-Gonzalez, PhD, 2005-2007

Currently: Professor, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Madrid, Spain

 

Fei Liu, PhD, 2005-2008

Currently: Associate Professor with tenure, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M

 

Yuhang Zhang, PhD, 2005-2010

Currently: Professor with tenure, College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati

 

Nirvana Croft, PhD, 2002-2003

Currently: Project Manager/Clinical Research Support Associate, University of Oxford, UK

 

Alladin Kairo, PhD, 2001-2006

Currently: Histotechnologist, Dermatology Pathology Services, University of Pennsylvania

 

Seshamma Reddy, PhD, 1999-2002

Currently: Pathologist, Suffern, NY

 

Thomas Andl, PhD, 1999-2008

Currently: Core Scientist, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida

 

Pre-doctoral trainees, University of Pennsylvania

Deborah J Moran, Ph.D. candidate, 2015-2020

Currently: Molecular and Imaging Histologist, Glaxo Smith Kline

 

Kate Szigety, MD/PhD candidate, 2020

Currently: Resident in Pediatrics-Genetics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia

 

Chase Yuan, Master’s student, 2018-2019
Currently: Medical student, Albany Medical College

 

Nicole Munoz, Master’s student, 2018-2019
Currently: Master’s student, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

 

Hank Vanderfin, Dental student, 2017-2019
Currently: Dentist, Huntsvilee, TX

 

Hana Yoon, Dental student, 2017-2019
Currently: Dentist, Millenium Dentist Services, NY

 

Troy Thayer, Dental student, 2017-2019
Currently: Dentist, Joint Base Andrews Air Force Base, Apo, Armed Forces Europe

 

Alejandra Guevara Mendez, MD PhD rotation student, 2015
Currently: Surgeon and urologist, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL

 

Celly Gan, Master’s student, 2015
Currently: Student in Dentistry and Dental Prosthodontics, University of Siena, Italy

 

Micaela Lasser, Master’s student, 2014-2015
Currently: Specialist, Biochemisttry & Biophysics, Center for Advanced Light Microscopy, UCSF, San Francisco, CA

 

Anna King, PhD rotation student, 2014
Currently: Lead Scientist at Synthego Corporation, San Francisco, CA

 

Yaolin Song, PhD student, 2013-2015
Currently: Pathologist, Qingdao University, China

 

Camille Syrett, PhD rotation student, 2013
Currently: Consultant at Clarion | A Life Sciences Consultancy, Boston, MA

 

Iryna Shakhmantsir, PhD rotation student, 2013
Currently: Associate Director of Innovation at Abbvie, Boston, MA

 

Jonathan Garces, Master’s student, 2012-2013
Currently: Family medicine doctor

 

Reya Lilli, MD student, 2012
Currently: Unknown

 

Stella Hur, PhD rotation student, 2011
Currently: Senior Scientist, Loxo Oncology at Lilly, San Francisco, CA

 

Melissa Ducommun, PhD rotation student, 2011
Currently: Medical Writer, ETHOS Health Communications Philadelphia, PA

 

Nicole Aiello, PhD rotation student, 2011
Currently: Research Scientist I, Takeda Oncology

 

Wen Lin, PhD rotation student, 2010

Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., New York

 

Michael Convente, PhD rotation student, 2009

Currently: Senior Manager, Strategic Analysis, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

 

Matthew Leboeuf, MD PhD student, 2008-2012

Currently: Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth, NH

 

Michael Bensaid, Master’s student, 2008

Currently: Researcher, French National Center for Scientific Research

 

Gabrielle Wong, PhD rotation student, 2007

Currently: Associate Director-Head of Precision Medicine at HiFiBio Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA

 

Grace Liu, PhD rotation student, 2007

Currently: General supervisor assistant, NNIT, Princeton, NJ

 

Craig Roelke, MD student, 2007-2008

Currently: Dermatologist, North Memorial Health, Minneapolis, MN

 

Monica Teta, PhD student, 2007-2012

Currently: Post-doctoral fellow, University of Pennsylvania

 

Zofeyah McBrayer, Master’s student, 2007

Currently: Organic farmer

 

Tishina Okebe, PhD rotation student, 2006

Currently: Senior HIV Treatment Advisor, USAID Office of HIV/AIDS, Washington DC

 

Brenda Watt, PhD rotation student, 2005

Currently: Field Applications Specialist, Refeyn, Portland, OR

 

Yehosheva Markovitz-Landau, PhD rotation student, 2005

Currently: Adjunct Professor, Touro College

 

Natalie Gallant, MD student, 2004-2005

Currently: Clinical Assistant Professor, UC Irvine; Director of Genetics, Genomics and Metabolism at Memorial Care Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital Long Beach, CA

 

Jason Watts, MD PhD rotation student, 2002

Currently: Stadtman Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Durham, NC; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine at Duke University

 

Emily Chu, MD PhD student, 2002-2005

Currently: Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania

Research technicians, University of Pennsylvania

Jeremy Horell, BS Minot State University, 2014-2016

Currently: Postdoctoral fellow, UC San Diego

 

Heather Gochnauer, BS Millersville University, 2014-2016

Currently: Instructor, Pediatric Dermatology, UC San Diego

 

Keith Lewy, MS University of Pennsylvania, 2016

Currently: Associate Veterinarian, Bond Vet, New York

 

Anne Terrell, BS Millersville University, 2009-2011

Currently: Teaching Fellow, University of Delaware

Undergraduate trainees, University of Pennsylvania

Max Frankfurter, 2017-2020
Currently: MD PhD candidate, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA

 

Emma Johnson, 2018-2019
Currently: Unknown

 

Natalie Chao, 2018-2019
Currently: Medical student, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Sarah Llewellyn, 2018-2019
Currently: Medical student, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Argyle

Guna Yerrabolu, 2016-2019
Currently: Medical student, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

 

Shira Johnston, 2016
Currently: Manager, Global Scientific Communications, Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN

Tyrone Quarterman, 2016
Currently: Director of Inclusion and Diversity at Day & Zimmerman, Philadelphia, PA

 

Ana Boncompagni, 2016-2018
Currently: Intern, Harbor UCLA General Surgery, CA

 

Jialin Zhang, 2015-2016
Currently: Vice President, Sumeru Equity Partners, Sam Mateo, CA

Maria Lee, 2014-2016
Currently: Applying to medical school

 

Hannah Sweeney, 2013-2016
Currently: Ob/Gyn resident, Christiana Care, Delaware

Miguel Hernandez, 2013-2014
Currently: Software engineer, Neo.Tax, Miami, FL

 

Julie Cui, 2012-2014
Currently: Resident in Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

 

Anne Wang, 2012-2013
Currently: Research Specialist, University of Arizona, Tuscon AZ

 

Donald Zhang, 2012-2013
Currently: Diagnostic Radiology resident, Washington University

 

Vivek Sharma, 2011-2012
Currently: President, Biomated Solutions LLC, NY

 

Olivia Antosiewicz, 2010
Currently: Acting Director,The Pre-College Academic Programming Department at LaGuardia Community College, NY

 

Kristen Lancaster, 2011
Currently: Unknown

 

Kaleem Razi, 2010-2012
Currently: Orthodontist/Owner, Razi Orthodontics, Chicago, IL

 

John Lee, 2010-2012
Currently: Unknown

 

Hagop Kaprielian, 2009-2010
Currently: Neurologist, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL

 

Sohum Trivedi, 2009
Currently: Resident in pediatric neurology, Augusta University, Augusta, GA

Christina Roberts, 2009
Currently: Unknown

 

Matthew Crump, 2008-2010
Currently: Unknown

 

Madeira Hatcher, 2006
Currently: DDS, Baton Rouge LA

 

Melissa Ryan, 2005
Currently: Unknown

 

Christopher Hibbard, 2000-2002
Currently: DO, Gastroenterology, Philadelphia PA

 

Alexander Bagasra, 2000-2001
Currently: MD, internal medicine, Fairfax, VA

 

Dolora Wisco, 1999-2000
Currently: MD, neurologist, Cleveland Clinic, OH

Penn Academy for Skin Health high school summer interns, University of Pennsylvania

Mahir Johnson, 2018 Currently: Undergraduate student, Temple University, Philadelphia

Brianna Escalante, 2018 Currently: Unknown

Technician Research Manager, Icahn School of Medicine

Alyssa Ferdinand, BS, Lab Manager, 2022-2025

Currently: Medical Student, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Rochester, MN

 

Maya Fridrikh, BS, MS, Lab Manager, 2019-2020

Currently: PacBio Sequencing Manager at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

Administrative Coordinator, Icahn School of Medicine

 

Marcelle Niles, Administrator Coordinator, 2021-2022

Currently: Unknown

 

Taylor Stokelin, MHA, Administrator Coordinator, 2019-2021

Currently: Grants Manager, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Post-doctoral trainees, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Somayeh Fani, PhD, 2023-2024

Currently: Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Judith Canto-Santos, PhD, 2024-2026

Currently: Interviewing for positions in Barcelona, Spain

Undergraduate trainees, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Zachary Levy, June 2019- May 2021

Currently: Masters of Public Health student, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

 

Julia Ceban, September 2019- June 2020

Currently: Physician Assistant student, Seton Hall, NJ

 

Irene Zhou, July-August-2021

Currently: Medical student, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ

 

Heidi Temple, July-August-2021

Currently: Research Technician, MIT

Ifeoma Osakwe, July-August-2023

Currently: PhD thesis student, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Sinai Skin Scholars / CEYE high school student interns

Mariah Pabon, Sinai Skin Scholars/ CEYE, July 2022-June 2023

Currently: Undergraduate student in Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, PA

Mariama Karamoko, Sinai Stem Cell Scholars/ CEYE, July 2023-June 2024

Currently: Undergraduate student at Hunter College, NY

 

Yassina Seydou, Sinai Stem Cell Scholars/ CEYE, July 2024-June 2025

Currently: Undergraduate student at Fordham University, NY

 

Rachel Michael, Sinai Stem Cell Scholars/ CEYE, July 2025-June 2026

Currently: High School student, New York, NY

Pre-doctoral trainees, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Manuradhi Pereira, PhD rotation student, June-August 2019

Currently: Unknown

 

Alicia Ho, PhD thesis student, January 2020-August 2024

Currently: Associate Scientist, Singulomics Corporation, NY

 

Priya Begani, PhD rotation student, February-March 2020

Currently: PhD thesis student, CB program, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

 

Meagan Branch, PhD rotation student, October-December 2020

Currently: PhD thesis student, DRS program, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

 

Maria Mercedes, PhD rotation student, October-December 2021

Currently: PhD thesis student, DRS program, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

 

Tasneem Ebrahim, PhD rotation student, January-February 2021

Currently: PhD thesis student, DRS program, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

 

Mariam Abdelghaffar, Medical student, July 2022-July 2023

Currently: Resident in Ophthalmology, University of Ottawa, Canada

 

Eben Manegbe, PhD rotation student, March 2023-present

Currently: PhD thesis student, DRS program, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

 

Priya Katyal, Medical student, July 2024

Currently: Medical student, George Washington School of Medicine

 

Jasmine Zhang, PhD rotation student, September-October 2024

Currently: PhD thesis student, DRS program, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

 

Lexus Lipford, MS student, September 2024-present

Currently: Master’s in Biomedical Sciences, ISMMS

Sarah E. Millar, Ph.D.
Dean for Academic and Scientific Affairs
Chair, Departments of  Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Icahn Building, Floor 13 Room 20C
1425 Madison Ave
New York, NY 10029
Tel: (212) 659-9412
sarah.millar@mssm.edu

Stacy Paris,    Administrative Manager
Department of Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Annenberg Building, Floor 25 Room 25-60B, Box 1496
1468 Madison Ave
New York, N.Y. 10029
Cell: (929) 646-0515
stacy.paris@mssm.edu

Nyomi Cepeda, Administrative Coordinator
Department of Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Icahn Building, Floor 13 Room 79, Box 1496
1425 Madison Ave
New York, N.Y. 10029
Cell: (929) 618-2957
nyomi.cepeda2@mssm.edu

Kayrin Velez, Administrative Assistant
Department of Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Icahn Building, Floor 13 Room 70, Box 1496
1425 Madison Ave
New York, N.Y. 10029
Cell: (929) 286-7184
kayrin.velez@mssm.edu

Samara Rodriguez, Administrative Assistant
Department of Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Annenberg Building, Floor 25 Room 25-60, Box 1496
1468 Madison Ave
New York, N.Y. 10029
samara.rodriguez@mssm.edu