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Dynlacht Lab Former Members

Former members of the Dynlacht Lab often move on to competitive positions in academia and industry.

Former Postdoctoral Fellows

Wenxiang Fu, PhD (2012–16)
University of Basel, Laboratory of Michael N. Hall (2016–present)
Basel, Switzerland

John Ross, PhD (1996–2000)
Senior Research Investigator, Permeon Biologics (2011–present)
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Yasuhiko Takahashi, PhD (2000–02)

Zhihong Chen, PhD (1999–02)
Senior Research Investigator, Esai Research Institute (2002–present)
Andover, Massachusetts

Leyu Wang, PhD (2000–02)
Senior Research Scientist, Abbott Laboratories (2010–present)
Boston, Massachusetts

Alexandre Blais, PhD (2003–07)
Associate Professor with tenure, University of Ottawa (2013–present)
Ottawa, Canada

Nathan Lents, PhD (2004–06)
Full Professor in Molecular Biology at CUNY with tenure
New York, New York

Mary Tsikitis PhD (2005–10)
Senior Research Associate, Biomedical Research Foundation (2011–present)
Athens, Greece

Patrick Asp, PhD (2005–10)
Instructor, Department of Surgery, Albert Einstein Medical School (2011–present)
Bronx, New York

William Tsang, PhD. (2004–09)
Assistant Professor, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal (2010–present)
Montreal, Canada

Tetsuo Kobayashi, PhD (2008–12)
Assistant Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (2012–present)
Takayamacho, Ikoma, Nara Prefecture 630-0192, Japan

Former Graduate Students

Diego Acosta Alvear, MS, PhD (2004–08) NYU School of Medicine
Cancer Institute Research Postdoctoral Fellow (2009–12)
Postdoctoral fellow, Lab of Peter Walter, University of California, San Francisco (2009–16)
Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara (2016–present)

Yan Yang, PhD (2009–15) NYU School of Medicine
Applications Scientist, Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd (2016–present)

Hugh Cam, PhD (1997–2002) Harvard University
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lab of Shiv Grewal, National Institutes of Health (2003–08)
Assistant Professor, Boston College (2008–present)

Joseph Rayman, PhD (1998–02) Harvard University
HHMI Predoctoral Fellowship (1998–2002)
Associate Research Scientist, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University (2002–present)

Alexander Spektor, PhD (2003–07), MD NYU School of Medicine (2009)
Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Training Award (2004–07)
Resident, Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, Boston, Massachusetts (2009–12)
Research Fellow, David Pellman’s Lab, Dana Farber Cancer Institute (2012–present)
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School/Dana Farber Cancer Center (2017–present)

Diego Acosta Alvear, MS, PhD (2004–08) NYU School of Medicine
Cancer Institute Research Postdoctoral Fellow (2009–12)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lab of Peter Walter, University of California, San Francisco (2009–present)

Ji Li, PhD (2009–13)
Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Training Award (2009–11)
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Student Abroad (2013)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lab of William Hahn, Harvard Medical School (2013–present)
Susan G. Komen Postdoctoral Fellowship (2014–17)

Jemmie Cheng, PhD (2009–14) NYU School of Medicine
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lab of Li Huei Tsai, MIT (2014–present)

Christopher Bowman, PhD (2009–14), MD NYU School of Medicine (2016)
Resident, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco (2016–present)

Former Undergraduates and Research Assistants

Marae Thompson (2015–17) Research Assistant
SUNY New Palz, BS (2013)
University of Buffalo, Post-Baccalaureate program (July 2017–August 2018)
First-year MD student, SUNY Downstate Medical School (Fall 2018)

Ryan Malonis (2013–15) Research Assistant
Boston College, BS (2013)
Second-year MD/PhD student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (July 2016)

Brian Canter (2011–13) Research Assistant
Tufts University, BS (2011)
Fourth-year PhD student, Rutgers University, Department of Bio Engineering (Fall 2016)

Mark Jelcic (2009–13) Research Assistant
New York University, BS (2009)
Fourth-year PhD student, Sloan Kettering Biomedical Sciences (Fall 2016)

Brooke Weckselblatt (Summer 2009) Undergraduate
Bryn Mawr College, BS (2010)
PhD, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Emory University (Fall 2015)

Bigyan Bista (2007–09) Research Assistant
St. Peter’s College, BS (2009)
Recipient of Praecis Presidential Graduate Fellowship, MIT (2009)
PhD, Biology, MIT (2016)

Christen Lennon (2007–08) Undergraduate
New York University, BS (2008)
Columbia University Medical School, MD (2013)

Stephen Lewellis (Summer 2006) Undergraduate
Haverford College, BS (2007)
NYU School of Medicine, PhD (2009–13) MD (2015)
Residency, Dermatology, Stanford University (July 2016)

Daniel Luciano (2004–06) Research Assistant
Lehigh University, BS (2004)
NYU School of Medicine, PhD (2014)

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

Michele Sue Ann Woo (1996–98) Research Assistant
MIT, BS (1996)
PhD, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard Medical School (2004)