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  • 2024

    Hatice Baysal

     

     

    Azadeh Mahdavinia

    Azadeh Mahdavinia

    Azadeh graduated from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences with a doctorate in pharmacy. She joined the Department of Allergy and Immunology at Harvard Medical School to study the immune system and antibodies. Past two years, Azadeh has studied the role of G protein-coupled receptors on B cell response and B cell evolution after COVID-19 vaccination. Now, she's eager to learn more about immune cells and proteins focusing on their structure, function, and therapeutic potential. Outside the lab,

    Azadeh enjoys Pilates and loves cooking.

     

    Rishav Mitra

    Rishav Mitra

    Hey everyone!! Excited to share my journey with all of you. I completed both my Bachelor's and Master's in Microbiology and then delved into the captivating world of structural biology and fascinating proteins at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in India as a Project Associate. Thrilled to join the BSB graduate program, aiming to nurture my passion for becoming an independent researcher. When I'm not playing with proteins, you'll find me exploring new cities, binge-watching movies, and whipping up culinary delights in the kitchen. Let's connect and do some wonderful work together.

     

    Kevin Shionarain

    Kevin Shionarain

    Kevin graduated with a B.S. in Biochemistry from CUNY City College of New York in January 2024. For his undergraduate thesis research and post-baccalaureate research, Kevin studied the conformational dynamics of related protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) by designing and analyzing the structures and functions of chimeric PTPs under the supervision of Dr. Daniel Keedy at CUNY’s ASRC. At Stony Brook University, Kevin hopes to perform similar research that can help with the development of therapeutics. During his free time, Kevin likes to play video games, cook different cuisines, and sleep. 

     

  • 2023

    Ali Behboodian

    Ali Behboodian

    Ali is a Reseach Assistant in Eugene Serebryany's lab, https://you.stonybrook.edu/serebryanylab/.
    His research interest is in protein biochemistry.
    His favorite hobby is ordeing from Taco Bell!
    Fun fact: Ali's favorite scientist is Rick Sanchez from dimension C-137.
    Ali has a B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from University of Tehran and a M.S. in Biochemistry from Tarbiat Modares University, both of which are in Iran. 

     

    Andrew Hillowe

    Andrew Hillowe

     
     

     

    Diksha Parwana

    Diksha Parwana

    Diksha graduated with a Bachelor's in Pharmacy from Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, in 2022. During her senior year, she worked at Indian Institute of Science, where she studied the pore formation mechanism of a bacterial toxin, Cytolysin A, using biophysical experiments. She developed a passion for advancing drug discovery while interning at University College London, where she used computational methods to investigate the mechanisms of drug resistance and aid in the rational design of novel inhibitors. Diksha's research interests broadly include structure-based drug design and molecular modeling methods. Apart from research, she enjoys trying out new cuisines, music, and workout routines.

     

    Vanie Seecharan

     

     

  • 2022

    Khalayi Martha Aywa

    Khalayi Martha Aywa

    I graduated from Wellesley College with a BA in

    Biochemistry and worked in the Dora Carrico-Moniz

    lab studying the anti-cancer effect of a coumarin

    compound on pancreatic adenocarcinoma. I then

    worked at Tufts in the labs of Brian Schaffhausen and

    Andrew Bohm studying protein phosphatase 2A. I

    enjoy walking, reading, and eating good food.

     

    Caitlin Bricault

    Caitlin Bricault

    Caitlin Bricault received her B.S. in Biochemistry at Stony Brook University in 2020. She completed her undergraduate research in The Collier Lab and presented at the Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities annual event. Caitlin has worked as an Introductory Biology Lab Instructor at Stony Brook for the past 2 years.

     

    Aishwarya Dharan

    Aishwarya Dharan

    Aishwarya completed her Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences from University of Delhi. She also completed her Master's in Bioinformatics from Central University of Punjab. Just before joining Stony Brook University she has two papers in acceptance for publication. One paper in Frontiers in Genetics titled, "In silico characterization of uncharacterized proteins from multiple strains of Clostridium difficile" and one in Peerj titled, "A data-driven approach to construct a molecular map of Trypanosoma cruzi" (preprint). She worked as a Biological Data Curation Intern at Elucidata Data Consulting Pvt Ltd. In her free time she likes to write letters to her penpals on Slowly app, write poetries on sad days, Swimming, Reading and Biking.

     

    Emma Gebauer

    Emma Gebauer

    Emma graduated from Bucknell University in 2020 with a BS in Cell Biology and Biochemistry with a minor in physics, where she did analytical chemistry research in the Collins lab. Following  graduation, Emma spent two years studying structure function relationships of viral RNA sensors implicated in diseases such as Hepatitis C and COVID-19 in the Marcotrigiano lab at the NIH. Outside of the lab, Emma is an amateur film photographer, classically-trained violist, and an avid competitive jigsaw puzzler.

     

    Daniel Wong Gutierrez

    Daniel Wong Gutierrez

    Daniel completed his senior thesis on lipid droplet-localized scaffold proteins in the Airola laboratory and graduated from Stony Brook University with a B.S. in Biology. His research interest lies in designing and purifying membrane-associated proteins to ultimately understand their structure, function, and therapeutic application.

     

    Jessica Matteson

    Jessica Matteson

    Jessica (Jessie) graduated with a B.S. in Biochemistry in May 2022 from the Rochester Institute of Technology, where she conducted organic chemistry research with Dr. Christina Goudreau Collison. During her senior year, Jessie worked full-time with the surface and purification technologies team at Entegris Inc. on a Research and Development Chemistry Co-op. In her free time, Jessie likes to draw, play strategy games, and hang out with her guinea pigs.

     

    Hoang Nguyen

    Hoang Nguyen

    Hoang is a Research Assistant in Ivet Bahar's lab, http://www.bahargroup.org/Faculty/bahar/. His research interest is in studying protein structure and dynamics, especially membrane proteins and membrane influenced dynamics using Elastic Network Model combined with Coarse-grained Molecular Dynamics simulations.
    His hobbies include volleyball and photography.
    Hoang is  international student from Vietnam with a BS in Biochemistry from SUNY Plattsburgh.

     

    Satyaki Saha

    Satyaki Saha

    Satyaki completed his bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur, India. He received his master's degree in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India, in 2022, where he focused on studying virus-receptor interactions in SARS-CoV-2. Subsequently, he joined Prof. Ivet Bahar's lab at the University of Pittsburgh as a research assistant, dedicating his efforts to protein dynamics and computational drug discovery. In his free time, Satyaki enjoys reading and writing poems, as well as spending time with his family.

     

  • 2021

    Antonio Torlentino

    Antonio Torlentino

    Antonio graduated from Binghamton University with a B.S. in Biochemistry. He studied bacterial biofilms in the labs of Caitlin Light and Karin Sauer. Antonio enjoys discovering new music and  playing tennis.

     

    Max Henderson

    Max Henderson

    Max received his BS in Biophysical Chemistry at James Madison University in 2017. He then worked in a structural biology lab at Duke University for three years. Outside of science he enjoys writing music, reading, and visiting family and friends.

     

    Sanjna Rana

    Sanjna Rana

    I graduated with a BS and MS in Chemistry from St. Stephen's College at the University of Delhi in India where I worked on nanoparticle synthesis and their applications as reaction catalysts for a greener approach. Apart from my coursework, I enjoy listening to music, reading novels, and sketching. 
     

     

    Ian Outhwaite

    Ian Outhwaite

    Ian graduated from Williams College with a B.A. in Biology and worked on ion channel structures in the Stephen Long Lab at MSKCC before moving to Stony Brook University. Ian studies kinase-drug interactions and is working towards a PhD in the Biochemistry and Structural Biology graduate program.

     

  • 2020

    Christopher Corbo

    Christopher Corbo

    As an undergraduate I studied the molecular interactions of Polymer Scaffolds with ECM proteins to better understand tissue engineering problems using computational tools. This fostered a passion for Computational Chemistry that has translated into my current research. I now work on the development and implementation of DOCK, a powerful tool to aid drug discovery.           

    Abhik Tambe

    Abhik Tambe

    As an undergrad I worked in medicinal chemistry and after graduating got some experience in using genomics to understand drug toxicity and resistance. I am broadly interested in using computational and experimental methods in biophysics to understand the structural basis of drug mechanism of action and using this knowledge to design safer and more precise therapies. Outside of science, I enjoy percussion, the outdoors, and eating/cooking good food.           

    Jane Lee

    Jane Lee

    Jane did her undergraduate studies at Wake Forest University and subsequently worked at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in the lab of Frank Sacks, where she researched the role of HDL and LDL subpopulations in metabolic disease and in the joint lab of Robert Farese and Tobias Walther, where she investigated the role of lipids in neurodegeneration and neurological disease. While at Harvard she completed her Masters degree in Biotechnology at the Harvard Extension School. Jane continues to pursue her interest in lipid metabolism and is particularly interested in using an integrated approach to understanding regulatory pathways of lipid metabolism contributing to the pathogenesis of disease.        

    Raunak Dutta

    Raunak Dutta

    Raunak got his MS from IISER, India before moving to Stony Brook. For his MS project, he worked in a cell biology lab studying trafficking  of human copper transporter. He uses yeast as a model organism to study meiotic cell division. Outside lab he enjoys reading non-fiction, watching tv series and trying new food. 

     

  • 2019

    Elliot Crooks

    Elliot Crooks

     

     

    Mariella Quispe-Carbajal

    Mariella Quispe-Carbajal

     

     

    Franceine Welcome

    Franceine Welcome

     

     

    Lingshuang Wu

    Lingshuang Wu

     

     

  • 2018

    Shreyoshi Chakaborti

    Shreyoshi Chakaborti

     

     

    Arpita Banerjee

    Arpita Banerjee

     

     

    Samruddhi Jewlikar

    Samruddhi Jewlikar

     

     

    Miaomiao He

    Miaomiao He

     

     

    Karl Fetsch

    Karl Fetsch

     

     

  • 2017

    Amie Welsh

    Amie Welsh

     

     

    Yong Mi Choi

    Yong Mi Choi

     

     

    Yu-Ching Chen

    Yu-Ching Chen

     

     

    Brandon Irizarry

    Brandon Irizarry

     

     

  • 2016

    Kafi Belfon

    Kafi Belfon

     

     

    Forrest Bowling

    Forrest Bowling

     

     

    Valerie Khayyo

    Valerie Khayyo

     

     

    Ming-Hao Li

    Ming-Hao Li

     

     

    Pavana Suresh

    Pavana Suresh

     

     

  • 2015

    Frank Mindlin

    Frank Mindlin

     

     

    Daeun Noh

    Daeun Noh

     

     

    Lauren Prentis

    Lauren Prentis

     

     

    Alexandra Weinheimer

    Alexandra Weinheimer

     

     

  • 2014

    Iva Chitrakar

    Iva Chitrakar

     

     

    Stephen Collins

    Stephen Collins

     

     

    Andreyah Pope

    Andreyah Pope

     

     

    Omar Sanchez Reyes

    Omar Sanchez Reyes

     

     

    Ruda Santos

    Ruda Santos

     

     

    Xingyu Yin

    Xingyu Yin

     

     

  • 2013

    John Gadbery

    John Gadbery

     

     

    Prajna Shanbhogue

    Prajna Shanbhogue

     

     

    Johnna St. Clair

    Johnna St. Clair

     

     

    Roger Shek

    Roger Shek

     

     

    Beibei Zhang

    Beibei Zhang

     

     

  • 2012

    Bezalel Bacon

    Bezalel Bacon

     

     

    Bojian Ding

    Bojian Ding

     

     

    Jiaye Guo

    Jiaye Guo

     

     

    Kuan Hu

    Kuan Hu

     

     

    Ivan Lebedev

    Ivan Lebedev

     

     

    Lisa-Marie Nisbett

    Lisa-Marie Nisbett

     

     

  • 2011

    Joe Matario

    Joe Matario

     

     

    Brian McGillick

    Brian McGillick

     

     

    Samema Sarowar

    Samema Sarowar

     

     

    Natalie Stenzoski

    Natalie Stenzoski

     

     

    Raymond Suhandynata

    Raymond Suhandynata