Lab Members

Past members

Postdoctoral Fellows and Associates:

Nanda Sasi
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017-2023
Merck Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Rockefeller University, 2018

Nanda’s Publications

John Zinder
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2018-2022
NIH T32 Cancer Biology Training Grant 2018-2019
Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Fellowship 2019-2022
Current Position: Senior scientist, structural biology, Odyssey Therapeutics, Boston
John’s Publications

Sally Dewhurst
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2016-2020
Anderson Cancer Center Postdoctoral Fellow 2016-2018
Current Position: Life Sciences Associate, Oxford Science Innovation, UK
Sally's Publications

Isabelle Schmutz
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2011-2019
Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship 2011
Women & Science Irene Diamond Fellowship for Breast Cancer research 2013
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Stablix Inc. New York
Isabelle's Publications

Courtney Lovejoy
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009-2018
Anderson Cancer Center Postdoctoral Fellowship 2010-2011
Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Foundation 2011-2014
Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
Courtney's Publications

Nazario Bosco
Postdoctoral Fellow, 20011- 2018
American-Italian Cancer Foundation fellowship, 2011-2012
Current Position: Senior Research Scientist, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
Nazario's Publications

John Maciejowski (link)
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013- 2017
Jane Coffin Childs Fellowship, 2014- 2016
NIH K99 Pathway to Independence Award, 2016-2017
Current Position: Principal Investigator, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
John's Publications

Francisca Lottersberger (link)
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008- 2013
Research Associate, 2013- 2018
Women in Science Fellowship, 2008-2009
Current Position: Senior Lecturer, Linköping University, Sweden
Francisca's Publications

Yi Gong
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2006- 2011
Research Associate, 2011- 2017
Anderson Cancer Center Postdoctoral Fellowship 2007-2009
Current Position: Staff Scientist, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD
Yi's Publications

Katja Kratz
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2012- 2017
EMBO Long-Term Fellowship 2012-2013
Women & Science Fellowship 2013-2014
Current Position: Scientist, GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt, Germany
Katja's Publications

Tatsuya Kibe
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007- 2017
Toyobo Biotechnology Foundation Fellowship 2008
Current Position: Researcher, CanBas Co., Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan
Tatsuya's Publications

Dr. Ylli Doksani (link)
Postdoctoral Fellow 2009- 2015
Merck Fellowship 2010-2011
Life Sciences Research Foundation Fellowship 2011-2014
Current Position: Principal Investigator, IFOM, Milan, Italy
Ylli's Publications

Dr. David Frescas
Postdoctoral Fellow 2008- 2014
American Cancer Society Fellowship 2010-2012 
Current Position: Senior Project Manager, Thermo-Fischer Scientific
David's Publications

Dr. Agnel Sfeir (link)
Postdoctoral Fellow 2006- 2011
Susan G. Komen For the Cure Fellowship 2007-2010
Current Position: Member, Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Agnel's Publications

Dr. Eros Lazzerini Denchi (link)
Postdoctoral Fellow 2004-2009
Irma T. Hirschl Fellowship 2005
Current Position: Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Genome Integrity, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
Eros' Publications

Dr. Akimitsu Konishi
Postdoctoral Fellow 2005-2008
Human Frontier Science Program Fellowship 2005
Uehara Memorial Foundation Research Fellowship 2005
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Publications

Dr. Sean Rooney
Postdoctoral Fellow 2005-2008
Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research Fellowship 2005
Current Position: Chief Science Officer, VMLY&R
Publications

Dr. Sara Buonomo (link)
Postdoctoral Fellow 2002-2007
Women and Science Fellowship 2002
Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Fellowship Award 2003-2006
Current Position: Lecturer in Epigenetics, University of Edinburgh
Publications

Dr. Diego Loayza (link)
Postdoctoral Fellow 1998-2005
American Cancer Society Ann L. Siegel Research Postdoctoral Fellowship 2000-2002
Current Position: Associate Professor, Hunter College, New York
Publications

Dr. Giulia Celli
Postdoctoral Fellow 1997-2005
Women & Science Postdoctoral Fellowship Award 1999-2000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Fellowship Award 2000-2003
Current Position: Research Associate, Department of Pahtology, NYU Skirball Institute, New York
Publications

Dr. Jeff Ye
Clinical Investigator 1998-2004
Current Position: Oncology practice, Kaiser Permanente, Santa Rosa Medical Center, California
Publications

Dr. Jacqueline Jacobs (link)
Postdoctoral Fellow 2002-2004
Fellowship for Fundamental Cancer Research, Koningin Wilhelmina Fonds-Dutch Cancer Society 2002-2004
Current Position: Group Leader, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
Publications

Dr. Xu-Dong Zhu (link)
Postdoctoral Fellow 1998-2003
Medical Research Council of Canada, Postdoctoral Fellowship Award 1998-2002
Current Position: Professor, Department of Biology, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
Publications

Dr. Jan Karlseder (link)
Postdoctoral Fellow 1996-2002
International Human Frontier Science Program 1997-1999
Charles H. Revson Fellowship in Biomedical Research 1999-2000
Current Position: Director, Glenn Center for Aging Research, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA
Publications

Dr. Bibo Li ( link)
Postdoctoral Fellow 1997-2002
Leukemia Society of America, Special Fellowship Award 1998-2001
Current Position: Professor of Biological Sciences, Cleveland State University
Publications

Dr. Holger Kissel
Postdoctoral Fellow 2000-2003
Postdoctoral Associate; Steller Lab, RU
Current Position: Vice President Business Alliances, BioNTech SE

Dr. Susan Smith (link)
Postdoctoral Fellow 1995-1999
Leukemia Society of America, Special Fellowship 1996-1999
Current Position: Professor, Skirball Institute, NYU Medical Center, New York
Publications

Dr. Dominique Broccoli
Postdoctoral Fellow 1994-1998
Norman and Rosita Winston Foundation Fellowship 1995-1996
Merck Fellowship 1996-1998
Current Position: Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences at Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, GA
Publications

Dr. Bas van Steensel (link)
Postdoctoral Fellow 1995-1997
International Human Frontier Science Program 1995-1997
Current Position: Group Leader and Staff Scientist, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
Publications

Dr. Eva Ludérus
Postdoctoral Fellow 1993-1995
Charles H. Revson Fellowship in Biomedical Sciences 1993-1994
Current Position: Translates biomedical documents for Dutch patent offices
Publications

Dr. John Hanish
Postdoctoral Fellow 1991-1995
Charles H. Revson Fellowship in Biomedical Research 1992-1993
Current Position: Patent attorney, Maynard Cooper Cale, New York
Publications

Dr. Maria Cardenas-Corona (edit)
Postdoctoral Fellow 1991-1992
Norman and Rosita Winston Foundation Fellowship 1991-1992
Current Position: Research Professor Emeritus, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center
Publications

Graduate Students

Charlie Kinzig
MD-PhD, 2017- 2021
Current Position: MD-PhD student, Tri-I

Zhe Yang
Graduate Fellow, 2016- 2022
Current Position: Postdoc, Studer Lab, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Zhe’s Publications

Zachary Mirman
Graduate Fellow, 2017- 2021
Current Position: Postdoc, Elledge Lab at Harvard Medical School
Zachary’s Publications

Leonid Timashev
Graduate Fellow, 2015- 2019
Current Position:Associate at ABC Capital Markets
Leonid's Publications

Roos Anna Karssemeijer
Graduate Fellow, 2013- 2017
Current Position: Associate Consultant, McKinsey & Company, Boston
Roos' Publications

Shaheen Kabir
Graduate Fellow, 2008-2015 
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Graphite Bio, South San Francisco, CA
Publications

Michal Zimmerman
Visiting Student, 2010-2013 
Current Position: Staff Scientist, Repare, Montreal
Publications

Teresa Davoli (link)
Graduate Fellow 2007-2012
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
Publications

Dr. Peng Wu
Biomedical Fellow 2006-2011
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
Publications

Dr. Megan van Overbeek
Graduate Fellow 2002-2008
Post-doc 2008-2009
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Caribou Biosciences, Berkeley, CA
Publications

Dr. Nadya Dimitrova (link)
Graduate Fellow 2003-2008
Hal Weintraub Award 2009
Current Position: Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University
Publications

Jill Donigian
Graduate Fellow 2000-2008
Current Position: Home maker
Publications

Dr. Dirk Hockemeyer (link)
Graduate Fellow 2002-2007
Current Position: Director, Berkeley Stem Cell Center, Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and Associate Professor and Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, Li Ka Shing Center, University of California, Berkeley
Publications
 

Kristina Hoke
Biomedical Fellow 2001-2007
Current Position: Psychiatrist, Sacramento, CA
Publications

Dr. Richard Wang (link)
Biomedical Fellow 1999-2004
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Publications

Dr. Joshua Silverman
Biomedical Fellow 1998-2003
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Publications

Dr. Agata Smogorzewska (link)
Biomedical Fellow 1997-2001
Hal Weintraub award 2001
Prize for Promise, second place award 2002
Current Position: Professor and Head of Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York
Publications

Dr. Alessandro Bianchi (link)
Graduate Fellow 1993-1999
Current Position: Senior Lecturer, MRC Genome Damage and Stability Centre
University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
Publications

Dr. Henrik Tommerup
Graduate Fellow 1991-1994
Current Position: Business Developer, BioFire at bioMérieux
Publications

Foreign Interns

Fena Ochs
Foreign Intern, 2012-2013. Diplom Student, UT, Darmstadt
Current: Group Leader and Associate Professor, Biotech Research & Innovation Center (BRIC), Copenhagen, Denmark

Nazario Bosco
Visiting Student, 2010, PhD, La Sapienza, Roma
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, The Rockefeller University (see Former Post-doc page)

Wilhelm Palm
Foreign Intern 2006-2007, Diploma, University of Munich
Current: Group leader, German Cancer Center, Heidelberg

Jan-Peter Daniels
Foreign Intern
2005-2006 Diploma, Eberhard Karls Universitat Tubingen
2009 PhD Oxford Univeristy, Keith Gull lab
Current: Staff Scientist at Roche, Basel

Dirk Hockemeyer
Foreign Intern, 1999-2000. Undergraduate research, University of Tubingen
2000-2007 Graduate Student, The Rockefeller University
Current:

Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Mark van Breughel
Diploma 1999-2000
Graduate Fellow, Hyman lab, Max Planck Institute in Dresden
Current: Group Leader, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK

Stephanie C. Oestreich
Foreign Intern 1999
1999 Diploma, Free University of Berlin
Graduate Fellow, Harvard Medical School (Szostak lab)/Free University of Berlin
Current: Executive Vice President, Head BRIDGES Partnerships North America, Watertown, MA

Stefan Oelman
Foreign Intern 1997
Diploma, University of Hannover

Anja Schmitt
Foreign Intern 1996-1997, Diploma, Univ. Hamburg
PhD, lab of Angel Nebreda, EMB, Heidelberg
Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. Hamburg
Current: Patent Examiner, European Patent Office, Munich

Matthias Schaefer
Foreign Intern 1996, Diploma, Free University of Berlin
Graduate fellow, University of Berlin
Postdoctoral Fellow, IMP, Vienna
Current: Staff Scientist, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg