Dynlacht Lab Alumni


Former Postdoctoral Fellows

Alexandre Blais, Ph.D. (2003-2007)
Current Position:
Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa

Nathan Lents, Ph.D. (2004-2006)
Current Position: Associate Professor at CUNY

Yasuhiko Takahashi, Ph.D. (2000-2002)
Currently: Research Scientist in Japan

Zhihong Chen, Ph.D. (1999-2002)
Currently: Esai Research Institute

Leyu Wang, Ph.D. (2000-2002)
Currently: Pfizer Inc.

John Ross, Ph.D. (1996-2000)
Currently: Research Scientist, Genetics Institute

Mary Tsikitis PhD (2005-2010)
Current Position:
Senior Research Associate at Biomedical Research Foundation Athens,Greece

Patrik Asp PhD (2005-2010)
Current Position: Research Associate, Albert Einstein School of Medicine

William Tsang, PhD. (2004-2009)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal

Tetsuo Kobayashi PhD (2008-2012)
Assistant Professor (current position)
Graduate School of Biological Sciences
Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Former Graduate Students

Hugh Cam, Ph.D. (1997-2002)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Boston College

Joseph Rayman, Ph.D. (1998-2002)
Currently: Postdoctoral fellow, Lab of Eric Kandel

Alexander Spektor, Ph.D. (2003-2007) MD, NYU School of Medicine (2009)
Resident in the Harvard Radiation Oncology Program in Boston, Massachusetts (2009-2012)
Current Position: Research Fellow in David Pellman’s Lab (Dana Farber Cancer Institute)

Diego Acosta Alvear MS, PhD (2004-2008)
Currently: Postdoctoral fellow, Lab of Peter Walter, UCSF

Ji Li PhD (2009-2013)
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Lab of William Hahn, Harvard Medical School (2013- present )

Former Undergraduates and Research Assistants

Brooke Weckselblatt (Summer 2009) Undergraduate Research
Bryn Mawr College, BS 2010
3nd year graduate student in Genetics at Emory University (Fall 2012)

Bigyan Bista (2007-2009) Research Assistant
St. Peter’s College, BS 2009
4th year Graduate student in Biology at MIT (Fall, 2012)
Recipient of Praecis Presidential Graduate Fellowship (MIT)

Christen Lennon (2007-2008) NYU undergraduate thesis
New York University, BS 2008
Fall 2012, 4th year medical student at Columbia University Medical School
Doris Duke Research Sabbatical Fall 2011 and Spring 2012

Steven Lewellis (Summer 2006) Undergraduate Research
Haverford College BS 2007
NYU School of Medicine, PhD 2013
MD/PhD program, NYU School of Medicine (2007- present)

Daniel Luciano (2004-2006) Research Assistant
Lehigh University BS 2004
Sackler Graduate Program at NYU School of Medicine (2006-present)

Yelena Kleyner (1998-2000) Research Assistant
Brandeis University BS 1998
Tufts University MS (2007)
Partner Health Care (2007-present)

Michele Sue Ann Woo (1996-1998) Research Assistant
MIT BS 1996
PhD in Biological and Biomedical Sciences (2004) Harvard Medical School