Current Students of GSK

During the first year of study, our students complete several courses along with participating in journal club and laboratory rotations. They begin their full-time dissertation research at the beginning of their second year.

First-Year Students

Jalwa Afroz
afrozj@sloankettering.edu
BS, SUNY Stony Brook, Cancer Biology
Nibras Ahmed
ahmedn@sloankettering.edu
BA, CUNY Hunter College, Cancer Biology
Kai Beattie
beattiek@sloankettering.edu
BS, Northeastern University, Cancer Biology
Shelby Cherkas
cherkass@sloankettering.edu
BS, Duke University, Cancer Engineering
Ana Perea del Angel
pereada@sloankettering.edu
BS, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Cancer Engineering
Olivia Hanselman
hanselo@sloankettering.edu
BS, Johns Hopkins University, Cancer Engineering
Sylvia Illouz
illouzs@sloankettering.edu
BS, UC Berkeley, Cancer Engineering
Matthew Lange
langem2@sloankettering.edu
BS, Columbia University, Cancer Engineering
Bailey Levin
levinb@sloankettering.edu
BS, Tufts University, Cancer Engineering
Ruofei Li
lir5@sloankettering.edu
BA, Bryn Mawr College, Cancer Biology
Karina Magnus
magnusk@sloankettering.edu
BA, Columbia University, Cancer Biology
Lauren McIlhenny
mcihel@sloankettering.edu
BS, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Cancer Biology
Mohammed Mutaher
mutaherm@sloankettering.edu
BA, Harvard University, Cancer Biology
Rebecca Nadler
nadlerr@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Pennsylvania, Cancer Biology
Mentor: Christopher A. Klebanoff
Tatiana Stella Pavletich
PavletiT@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Wisconsin, Cancer Biology
Mentor: Ross L. Levine
Eleanor Pope
popee@sloankettering.edu
BA, Northwestern University, Cancer Biology
Adithya Prabakaran
prabaka@sloankettering.edu
BS, Cornell University, Cancer Engineering
Hannah Styers
styersh@sloankettering.edu
BS, North Carolina State University, Cancer Biology
Carleigh Sussman
sussmanc@sloankettering.edu
BS, Northeastern University, Cancer Biology
Christina Ta
tac@sloankettering.edu
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cancer Engineering
Stephanie Tarrab
tarrabs@sloankettering.edu
BS, Columbia University, Cancer Engineering
Christina Volpe
volpec@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Florida, Cancer Biology
Michael Xiao
xiaom@sloankettering.edu
MS, University of Cambridge, Cancer Biology
Mentor: Michael G. Kharas
Zhi (Zack) Zheng
zhengz1@mskcc.org
BS, Southern University of Science and Technology; Cancer Biology

Second-Year Students

Param Amin
aminp2@sloankettering.edu
BS, Rutgers University; Cancer Engineering
Mentor: Gretchen Diehl
Hannah Arkin
arkinh@sloankettering.edu
BA, Wheaton College; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Mary Baylies
Paloma Bravo
bravop1@sloankettering.edu
BA, Carleton College; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Michael Overholtzer
Thomas Close
closet1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Oregon State University; Cancer Engineering
Mentor: Iestyn Whitehouse
Brandon Cuevas
cuevasb1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Columbia University; Cancer Engineering
Mentor: Michael Overholtzer
Suchitra Dara
daras1@sloankettering.edu
BS, California Institute of Technology; Cancer Engineering
Mentor: Jason S. Lewis
Ayush Deep
deepa2@sloankettering.edu
BS, Albany College of Pharmacy; Cancer Biology
Mentor: John Chodera; Caleb Lareau
Annie Ikemoto
ikemota1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Northeastern University; Cancer Engineering
Mentor: Daniel A. Heller
Zihan (Vicky) Jiao
jiaoz2@sloankettering.edu
BS, McGill University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Chrysothemis Brown
Brian LaFleche
laflecb@sloankettering.edu
BA, Colgate University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Tuomas Tammela
Linna Lahmadi
lahmadl1@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Vermont; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Joo-Hyeon Lee
Zonglin Liu
liuz7@sloankettering.edu
BS, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cancer Engineering
Mentor: Mara Sherman
Robin Lu
lur1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Northeastern University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Joo-Hyeon Lee
Caden McQuillen
mcquilc2@sloankettering.edu
BS, UCLA; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Junhong Choi
Justin Nelson
nelsonj6@sloankettering.edu
BA, UC Berkeley; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Kathryn Taylor
Jorge Nunez
nunezj7@sloankettering.edu
BS, Yale University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Charles M. Rudin
Emily Pratt
pratte2@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of New Hampshire; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Maria Akhmanova
Meysoon Quraishi
quraism1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Pennsylvania State University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Eric C. Lai
Diego Rodriguez
rodrd11@sloankettering.edu
BS, Oregon State University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Piro Lito
Ana Rosu
rosua@sloankettering.edu
BS, Johns Hopkins University; Cancer Engineering
Mentor: Jason S. Lewis
Sahil Sahni
sahnis1@sloankettering.edu
BS, McGill University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Joe Chan
Aisha Saldanha
saldana1@sloankettering.edu
BA, Wellesley College; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Ross L. Levine
Ella Serrano-Wu
serrane2@sloankettering.edu
BS, Harvard University; Cancer Engineering
Mentor: Vinod Balachandran
Nyle Sharif
sharifn1@mskcc.org
BS, Northeastern University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Alban Ordureau
Ashley Sullivan
sulliva@sloankettering.edu
BS, SUNY Binghamton; Cancer Engineering
Mentor: Vinod Balachandran
Elana Sverdlik
sverdle1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Princeton University; Cancer Engineering
Mentor: Wesley Tansey
Muskaan Vasandani
vasandm1@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Rochester; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Michael Overholtzer
Isabella Vegas
vegasi1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Johns Hopkins University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Sarat Chandarlapaty
Allison Vela
velaa2@sloankettering.edu
BS, UC San Diego; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Caleb Lareau
Helen Wang
wangh8@sloankettering.edu
BA, Smith College; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Luis F. Parada
Shih-Chun Wang
wangs22@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Texas Austin; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Xiaolan Zhao
Nicholas Wen
wenn1@sloankettering.edu
BS, UC San Diego; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis
Gianfranco Yee
yeeg2@sloankettering.edu
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cancer Engineering
Mentor: Chrysothemis Brown
Ningjing Zhang
zhangn4@sloankettering.edu
BS, Case Western Reserve University; Cancer Engineering
Mentor: Xinbo Yang
Yunlin Zhang
zhangy14@sloankettering.edu
BS, UCLA; Cancer Engineering
Mentor: Ivan Maillard
Hongyu (Vicky) Zhu
zhuh2@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Toronto; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Naama Aviram

Third-Year Students

Andrea Lang Goldgewicht
langgoa@sloankettering.edu
BA, University of Pennsylvania; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Alan M. Hanash
Jacob Gutierrez
gutierj6@sloankettering.edu
BA, Lewis & Clark College / MS; Oregon Health Sciences University, MS; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Caleb Lareau
Gary Guzman
guzmang2@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Texas, Dallas; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Tuomas Tammela
Monika Komza
komzam@sloankettering.edu
BS, Fordham University / MS, Icahn School of Medicine, MS; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Lydia Finley
Joshua Lau
lauj2@sloankettering.edu
BS, UC San Diego; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Benjamin Greenbaum
Sophia Park
parks14@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Virginia; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Xiaolan Zhao
Kate Ryan
ryank4@sloankettering.edu
BS, Syracuse University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Tuomas Tammela
Arturo Salazar
salazaa1@sloankettering.edu
BS, UC Irvine; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Asmin Tulpule
Ecenur Turkay
turkaye@sloankettering.edu
BS, Boğaziçi University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: David B. Solit
Yixuan Zhao
zhaoy7@sloankettering.edu
BS, Cornell University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Kayvan R. Keshari

Fourth-Year Students

Monica Acosta
acostam2@sloankettering.edu
BS, UC San Diego; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Gretchen Diehl
Tejiri Agbamu
agbamut@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Minnesota; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Jian Carrot-Zhang; Nikolaus Schultz
Subha Baniya
baniyas@sloankettering.edu
BA, Wellesley College; Cancer Biology
Mentor: David A. Scheinberg
Elizabeth Benitez
Beniteze@sloankettering.edu
BS, UC Los Angeles; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Karuna Ganesh
Emmanuel M. Bruno
BrunoE@mskcc.org
BS, MS, Università degli studi di Milano; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Vinod Balachandran
Nima Hooshdaran
hooshdn@sloankettering.edu
BS, UC Los Angeles; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Alexander Rudensky
Jiachen Hu
huj6@sloankettering.edu
BS, Tsinghua University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Xuejun Jiang
Vivian Kuan
kuanv@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Minnesota; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Jayanta Chaudhuri
Mariah Lee
leem17@sloankettering.edu
BS, Newberry College; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Joseph Sun
Tiffany Merlinsky
merlinst@sloankettering.edu
BA, CUNY Hunter College; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Santosha Vardhana
Samuel Molina
molinas@sloankettering.edu
BS, Texas State University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Sarat Chandarlapaty
Achuth Nair
naira2@sloankettering.edu
BA, Columbia University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Justin Perry
Lila Peters
PetersL1@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Michigan; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Christine Mayr
Stephanie A. Pierre
pierres3@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Georgia; Cancer Biology
Mentor: David A. Scheinberg
Madison Rex
rexm@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Texas Austin; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Agnel Sfeir
James A. Rodrigues
rodrij18@sloankettering.edu
BA, MA, Rutgers University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Yu Chen; David B. Solit
Clark Thomson
thomsonc@sloankettering.edu
BS, MS, McGill University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Adrienne A. Boire
Isabelle C. Top
topi@sloankettering.edu
BS, Yale University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Mary Baylies
Lucia Wang
wangy14@sloankettering.edu
BSc, MSc, McGill University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Dirk Remus
Claire Wang
wangx10@sloankettering.edu
BS, Cornell University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Lorenz Studer
Colin Zenge
zengec@sloankettering.edu
BS, Cornell University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Alban Ordureau
Siqi (Linsey) Zhang
zhangs9@sloankettering.edu
BA, Swarthmore College; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Vinod Balachandran

Fifth-Year Students

Peter Chhoy
chhoyp@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Notre Dame; MS, Duke University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Xuejun Jiang
Isabella Del Priore
delprii@sloankettering.edu
BS, Tufts University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Scott W. Lowe
Yassmin Elbanna
elbannay@sloankettering.edu
BA, University of Chicago; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Morgan Huse
Rebecca Gelfer
gelferr@sloankettering.edu
BA, University of Pennsylvania; MS, University of Pennsylvania; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Ross L. Levine
Yuzuka A. Kanno
kannoy@sloankettering.edu
BPharm, Tokyo University of Science; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Alexander Gitlin
Klavdija Krause
bastlk@sloankettering.edu
BSc, IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems; MSc, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Tuomas Tammela
Kathleen Ann Luckett
luckettk@sloankettering.edu
BS, Ithaca College; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Karuna Ganesh
Lisa McGary
mcgaryl@sloankettering.edu
BA, UC Berkeley; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Santosha Vardhana
Ashley Nichols
nichola3@sloankettering.edu
BS, Chapman University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: John Maciejowski
Jesus Romero-Pichardo
romeropj@sloankettering.edu
BS, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Justin Perry
Manisha Srinivas Raghavan
raghavm@sloankettering.edu
BTech, Vellore Institute of Technology; MS, Tufts University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Karuna Ganesh
Melissa Yao
yaom@sloankettering.edu
BS, SUNY Stony Brook; MS, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Andrea Ventura

Sixth-Year Plus Students

Ilinca Aricescu
AricescI@sloankettering.edu
BSc, University of Cambridge; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Rona Yaeger
Yan-Ting Chen
cheny10@sloankettering.edu
BS, National Chiao Tung University; MS, National Taiwan University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Santosha Vardhana
Juliana I. Delgado
DelgadJ2@sloankettering.edu
BS, American University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Andrew Koff
Zaza Gelashvili
GelashvZ@sloankettering.edu
BA, Clark University; MS, Clark University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Philipp Niethammer
Ziqi Jiao
JiaoZ@sloankettering.edu
BA, University of Chicago; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Andrea Ventura
GSK Student
kimh7@sloankettering.edu
AB, Washington University in St. Louis; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Joseph Sun
GSK Student
liud5@sloankettering.edu
BS, Shanghai Jiaotong University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Danwei Huangfu
GSK Student
mcnamat1@sloankettering.edu
BS, Trinity College; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Andrew M. Intlekofer
Brianna Naizir
naizirb@mskcc.org
BS, The City College of New York; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Andrea Schietinger
Jenna Snyder
snyderj@sloankettering.edu
BS, Pennsylvania State University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Adrienne A. Boire
Anran Tang
TangA1@sloankettering.edu
BA, Pomona College; MS, Harvard University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Thomas Norman
GSK Student
vandongd@sloankettering.edu
BA, Drew University; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Stephen B. Long
GSK Student
wakiroi@sloankettering.edu
BS, College of St. Scholastica; Cancer Biology
Mentor: Michael G. Kharas