Linsey Reavie
Graduate Student NYU-SoM
Linsey is studied the function of the
Fbw7 ligase in hematopoiesis and leukemia.
B.S. Arizona State University, 2005
Philmo Oh
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Resident - Radiation Oncology
(M.D., Ph.D., NYU School of Medicine, USA, 2013)
Philmo is studying the role of the tumor microenvironment and Notch signaling in determining anti-tumor immune responses with ionizing radiation.
Jacquelyn Freund
Research Scientist
(Research Technician, B.A. Haverford College 2010)
Jackie studies the molecular basis of T cell leukemia.
Matthew Witkowski
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D. University of Melbourne, Australia, 2015)
Matthew is Investigating the role of the tumor microenvironment in supporting AML pathogenesis.
Rocio Acuna Hidalgo
Visiting Student
(Graduate Student, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Rocio is studying the function of TET proteins in leukemogenesis.
Evangelia Loizou
M.Sc. Research Technician
(M.Sc. University College London, London, UK, 2010)
Eva is studying the role of Fbw7 in stem cell function.
Jochen Imig
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(PhD, Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Germany, 2010)
Jochen research interests are lncRNAs and miRNAs in melanoma development and metastasis.
Igor Dolgalev
Graduate Student
(MSc New York University, USA, 2014)
Igor's work focuses on single cell RNA-sequencing mapping of the bone marrow microenvironment
Co-mentored by Dr. Aris Tsirigos
Julia Rojo-Tomillo
Visiting Student
(Biotechnology and Pharmacy Student, Francisco de Vitoria University, Madrid)
Antonia Chroni
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D., University of the Aegean, Greece, 2018)
Antonia is using computational approaches to analyze leukemia transcriptomes and epigenomes at the single cell level.
Eric Wang
Graduate Student
(BA, SUNY Farmingdale, USA, 2008)
Eric is studying transcriptional regulation during leukemia initiation.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Konstantinos Ntatsoulis
Research Technician
(M.Sc., 2021, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
Marina Malumbres-Perez
Master’s Student
(Visiting Undergraduate Student, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain)
Krysten Harvey
Master’s Student
(B.S. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 2017;)
Krysten is analyzing single cell transcriptomic data focusing on leukemia progression
Anna Yeaton
(B.S. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2017)
Anna is focusing of single cell transcriptomic and epigenetic analysis of leukemia
(Co-mentored by Dr. Aris Tsirigos)
Anna.Yeaton@nyulangone.org
Andreas Kloetgen
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D. Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Germany, 2016)
Andreas will analyze genetic and epigenetic regulations in melanoma from a bioinformatics point of view.
Jie Gao
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D. Columbia University, USA, 2007)
Jie is working on Hedgehog signaling in hematopoiesis.
Elena Battistello
Postdoctoral Fellow
(Ph.D. EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland, 2019)
Elena is investigating the epigenetic regulation of leukemia progression
elena.battistello@nyulangone.org
Clarisse Kayembe
Research Technician
(BA. 2012, Hunter college)
Clarisse is organizing our animal colonies.
Theodoros Sakellaropoulos
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D. National Technical University of Athens, Greece, 2018)
Theodoros is working on novel methods of analysis of single cell data
Theodoros.Sakellaropoulos@nyulangone.org
Hai Hu
Research Technician
(M. Sc. NYU Tandon School of Engineering, USA, 2012)
Hai is studying molecular mechanism of leukemic metastasis and tissue homing.
Goyaert Roosen
Master's student
(Visiting student from Leiden University -The Netherlands)
Goyaert is exploring novel gene editing approaches for immunotherapy
Edlira Hoxha
Senior Research Technician
(B.Sc. Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany, 2011)
Edlira’s work focusses on understanding cross-talk between leukemic cells and their microenvironment.
Anna Lee
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA, 2020)
Anna is investigating the role of RNA-binding proteins in leukemia pathogenesis.
Bettina Nadorp
Assistant Professor, Medicine and Pathology
(Ph.D. 2018, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Bettina is using computational approaches for the analysis of single cell data in human leukemia
Kathryn Hockemeyer
Medical Student, NYU
(B.A. Vanderbilt University, USA, 2013)
Kate is working on the role of the stress response in cancer.
Zhengxi Sun
Graduate student
B.S. UC San Diego, USA, 2016
Zhengxi is investigating the mechanism of drug resistance in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Soobeom Lee
Graduate student
(M.Sc. Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea 2015)
Soobeom is developing computational tools to study clonal evolution in leukemia
(Co-mentored by Dr. Richard Bonneau, NYU, Dept. of Computer Science & Biology)
Ximena Vargas
Masters Student, NYU
(B.S. Arkansas State University Campus Queretaro)
Ximena will be studying the molecular mechanisms of inflammation in leukemia
Harris Lazaris
Graduate Student, NYU
(M.Sc. University of Edinburgh, UK, 2012)
Bioinformatics analysis of genome organization and function.
Maria Guillamot
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D. 2012, Centro National de Investigaciones Oncologicas, Madrid, Spain)
Maria is studying the impact of the Ubiquitin system in cancer stem cell function.
Hsuan-Ting Huang
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D. Harvard University, USA, 2012)
Emily is studying lncRNAs in acute myeloid leukemia
Camille Lobry
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Ph.D. University of Paris VII Denis Diderot, France, 2008
Camille is studying the mechanisms of Notch activity regulation in hematopoiesis and leukemia.
Tejas Patel
Research Technician
(B.S. University of California, Los Angles)
Sheetal Sreeram
Masters Student
New York University
(B.A. SASTRA University, India 2017)
Sheetal will study the contribution of the immune microenvironment in the pathogenesis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Currently: PhD student at Case Western/Cleveland Clinic
Kamala Bhatt
Lab Manager/Senior Research Technician
(B.A. 2012 Hunter College),
Kamala is organizing our animal colonies and performs screens to identify novel leukemia tumor suppressors
Shannon Buckley
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D., University of Minnesota, USA, 2009)
Shannon is probing the functions of members of the ubiquitin system in
stem cell differentiation.
Bryan King
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(PhD. New York University, USA, 2014)
Bryan is studying the function of the ubiquitin ligase: deubiquitinase cross-talk in cancer.
Sofia Nomikou
Graduate student
(B.S. National Technical University of Athens, Greece, 2016)
Sofia's work focuses on 3D genomes and AI
Co-mentored by Dr. Aris Tsirigos
Panagiotis Ntziachristos
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D. University of Athens, 2009)
Panagiotis is working on the role of chromatin in the induction and maintenance of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Alexandros Strikoudis
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(PhD. New York University, USA, 2015)
Alex is studying the mechanisms of transcriptional regulation in stem cells.
Jasper Mullenders
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(PhD from Ultrech University)
Jasper is identifying potential drug targets in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia by functional genomics
Victor Ng
Medical Student, NYU
(M.Sc. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2011)
Victor is studying epigenetic regulation in myeloid leukemia.
Beatriz Aranda-Orgilles
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Ph.D. Max Plank Institute for Molecular
Genetics, Berlin, Germany, 2006
Beatriz is developing proteomics approaches and tools to study the role of the ubiquitin system in hematopoiesis and stem cell function.
Delphine Ndiaye
Research Technician
M. Sc. Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris
Delphine is studying the regulation of hematopoietic stem cell difrerentiation
Thomas Trimarchi
Graduate Student, NYU
(B.Sc. University of Vermont, USA, 2006)
Thomas is working on Notch signaling and T cell leukemia.
Luisa Cimmino
Assistant Professor
(PhD. Columbia University, USA, 2007)
Luisa is studying the role of epigenetics in stem cell quiescence, self-renewal, and leukemia.
Yoon Sing Yap
Graduate Student, NYU
(M.Sc., NYU School of Medicine, USA, 2014)
Yoon is engineering novel CRISPR –fusion for interrogation of epigenetic and lincRNA transcription using T-ALL as a model.
Yohana Ghebrechristos
Post-Doctoral Fellow
B.A. Cornell University, 2017
Yohana is exploring the role of epigenetic factors and 3D chromosome structure in leukemia.
Yohana.Ghebrechristos@nyumc.org
Sofia Bakogianni
Research Technician
B.Sc. University of Crete, Greece, 2012
Sophia is studying chromosomal dynamics in acute leukemia
Christina Glytsou
Post-doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D., University of Padua, Italy, 2016)
Christina is interested on mitochondrial function in leukemia pathogenesis.
Christina.Glytsou@nyumc.org
Anastasia Tikhonova
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, USA, 2011)
Anastasia's work focusses on understanding cross-talk between leukemic cells and their microenvironment.
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Steven Shen M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Dr. Shen will be affiliated with the Aifantis Lab and serve as a Bioinformatics Advisor, With focus on the development of next-generation sequencing-related technology.
Nikos Kourtis
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D. 2011 University of Crete, Greece),
Nikos is studying novel mechanisms of histone regulation in stem cell function.
Francesco Boccalatte
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D., Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, 2014)
Francesco is studying the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms that control acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Michelle Wicinski
Executive Assistant to the Chair/Faculty Credentialing Coordinator
Michelle.Wicinski@nyumc.orgYuling Dai
Research Technician
Yuling Dai is focused on the role of the immune microenvironment in the pathogenesis of acute leukemia as well as the molecular biology of Tet2-driven leukemias .
Palaniraja Thandapani
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D. McGill University, Canada, 2015)
Raja will be studying lincRNA protein complexes in acute leukemias.
Geraldine Cayanan
Graduate Student
(B.S. UC Davis, 2013)
Geraldine is investigating synthetic lethalities in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Geraldine.Cayanan@nyumc.org
Severine Cathelin
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D. University of Bourgonne, France, 2006)
Severine worked on Notch signaling and its role in T cell leukemia.
Katie Sawai
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(PhD University of Chicago, USA, 2009)
Katie worked on Cell cycle regulation in hematopoiesis:
The role of the D-type cyclins
Suqing Liu
Research Technician
(M.Sc. The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China, 2004)
Suqing worked on pathways controlling hematopoietic stem cell differentiation.
Michael Poiesz
M.D. Fellow, Hematology/Oncology
M.D. SUNY Upstate Medical School at Syracuse NY
Mike studied the interaction of the Notch and NF-kB pathways In T cell eukemia
Silvia Buonamici
Research Assistant Professor
(Ph.D. University of Bologna, Italy, 2002)
Silvia is working on Molecular Mechanisms of T cell leukemia induction and establishment
NYU Pathology
Alan Vest
Northwestern University School of Medicine
(B.A. Knox College, USA, 2003)
Ben Thompson
MSTP Student
Pritzer Medical School, University of Chicago
(B.A. Knox College, USA, 2003)
Stephanie Graves
B. Sc. University of Illinois 2003
Currently: University of Chicago,
Pritzker School of Medicine
Abdeljabar El Andaloussi
Currently: Assistant Professor
Sherbrooke University, Montreal, Canada
Malay Mandal
Currently: Post-doctoral Fellow
Department of Medicine,
University of Chicago, USA
Kleopatra Avrampou
Visiting Graduate Student
(M.S. University of Crete, Greece, 2017)
Kleopatra.Avrampou@nyulangone.org
Tomas Vilimas
Currently: Researcher
Glaxo-Smith-Kline, USA
Kelly Moran
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D. Georgetown University, USA, 2003)
Kelly is working on Cell cycle regulation and its role in hematopoiesis.
Jelena Nedjic
(Ph.D., Institute of Molecular Pathology, Austria, 2009)
Jelena is studying the molecular mechanisms of leukemia metastasis and tissue infiltration.