Principal Investigator

Ioannis Aifantis : Professor and Chair

Ioannis Aifantis

Professor and Chair

Herman M. Biggs Professor of Pathology
NYU Langone Medical Center

Ioannis.Aifantis@nyulangone.org

Junior Faculty

Xufeng Chen : Instructor in Pathology

Xufeng Chen

Instructor in Pathology

(Ph.D., University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2015)
Xufeng is investigating the role of 3D chromosomal topology in AML pathogenesis.

Xufeng.Chen@nyumc.org

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Jozef Durko : Post-Doctoral Fellow

Jozef Durko

Post-Doctoral Fellow

(Ph.D. Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, UK, 2023)
Jozef is studying the role of mitochondria dynamics in myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia.

Jozef.Durko@nyulangone.org
Audrey Lasry : Postdoctoral Fellow

Audrey Lasry

Postdoctoral Fellow

(Ph.D. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 2018)
Audrey is developing single cell approaches to study leukemia microenvironment

Audrey.LasrySandler@nyulangone.org

Rebecca Austin : Post-Doctoral Fellow

Rebecca Austin

Post-Doctoral Fellow

(Ph.D. The University of Queensland, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia, 2018.)

rebecca.austin@nyulangone.org

Giovanni Gambi : Post-Doctoral Fellow

Giovanni Gambi

Post-Doctoral Fellow

(Ph.D. University of Strasbourg, France, 2021)
Giovanni is investigating 3D chromatin rewiring in leukemia

giovanni.gambi@nyulangone.org
Juan Carlos Balandran : Post-Doctoral Fellow

Juan Carlos Balandran

Post-Doctoral Fellow

(Ph.D. Center for Research and Advanced Studies, CINVESTAV, Mexico City, 2018)
JC is exploring the role of inflammation in the leukemia etiopathogenesis by using single cell approaches

Juan.BalandranJuarez@nyulangone.org
Dimitrios Papaioannou : Post-Doctoral Fellow

Dimitrios Papaioannou

Post-Doctoral Fellow

(M.D., University of Athens, Greece, 2007)

Dimitris is studying long non-coding RNAs as regulators of higher-order chromatin structure in acute myeloid leukemia

Dimitrios.Papaioannou@nyulangone.org
Varvara Paraskevopoulou : Post-Doctoral Fellow

Varvara Paraskevopoulou

Post-Doctoral Fellow

(Ph.D. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, 2020)
Varvara is investigating the role of the microenvironment in response to stress and in leukaemia pathogenesis.

varvara.paraskevopoulou@nyulangone.org
Mingjun Liu : Post-Doctoral Fellow

Mingjun Liu

Post-Doctoral Fellow

(Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, USA, 2022)
Mingjun will be studying epigenetic mechanisms of inflammation during myeloid transformation

Mingjun.Liu@nyulangone.org
Maria Sirenko :

Maria Sirenko

(Ph.D. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA, 2023)
Maria is studying inflammation in hematologic malignancies.

maria.sirenko@nyulangone.org

Graduate Students

Ali Rosen : PhD Student, NYU

Ali Rosen

PhD Student, NYU

(B.S. from University of Washington, 2019)
Ali is studying 3D chromatin architecture, epigenetics.
(Co-Mentored by Aristotelis Tsirigos)

Aliza.Rosen@nyulangone.org
Zoe Ciantra : Graduate Student

Zoe Ciantra

Graduate Student

(B.A. Oberlin College 2018)
Zoe is studying immune evasion mechanisms in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
(Co-Mentored by Jun Wang)

Research Technicians

Kun Wang : Research Technician

Kun Wang

Research Technician

University of China
Kun is organizing our animal colonies.

Kun.Wang@nyumc.org
Wafa Al-santli : Research Technician

Wafa Al-santli

Research Technician

(M.Sc, 2019, Adelphi University, NY)
Wafa is working on projects related to single cell analysis of the bone marrow microenvironment

Wafa.Al-santli@nyulangone.org
Olha Ivashkiv : Research Technician

Olha Ivashkiv

Research Technician

(M.Sc, 2015, CUNY City College of New York, NY)
Olha is working on T-ALL PDX projects.

Olha.Ivashkiv@nyulangone.org

Bioinformaticians

Morgan Lallo : Graduate Student

Morgan Lallo

Graduate Student

(B.S. Hofstra University, 2022)
Morgan is applying single-cell techniques to investigate hematopoietic malignancies.
(Co-Mentored by David Beck)

Morgan.Lallo@nyulangone.org
Hua Zhou : Bioinformatician

Hua Zhou

Bioinformatician

Hua is working on the analysis of deep sequencing experiments (bulk RNASeq, ATAC-Seq, ChipSeq, sc-RNAseq).

Hua.Zhou@nyulangone.org
Javier Rodriguez-Hernaez : Bioinformatician

Javier Rodriguez-Hernaez

Bioinformatician

(MSc Biomedical Informatics, NYU) Javier develops computational tools to study 3D chromosomal architecture and epigenetics in leukemia.

Javier.RodriguezHernaez@nyulangone.org
Ziyan Lin : Bioinformatician

Ziyan Lin

Bioinformatician

Ziyan is focusing on analysis of single cell sequencing data and the interaction between leukemia and its microenvironment.

Ziyan.Lin@nyulangone.org

Lab Manager

Jingjing Wang : Lab Manager/Research Scientist

Jingjing Wang

Lab Manager/Research Scientist

(Ph.D. Peking University, China, 2011)
Jingjing focuses on identification of regulators of Myc protein stability.

Jingjing.Wang@nyulangone.org

Masters Student

Administration

Ramona Burnett : Executive Assistant to Chair

Ramona Burnett

Executive Assistant to Chair

Ramona.Burnett@nyulangone.org