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Principal Investigator

Avner Schlessinger, Ph.D.

Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Co-Director, Pharmacology and Therapeutics Discovery Training Area
Associate Director, Mt. Sinai Center for Therapeutics Discovery

B.Sc., Tel Aviv University
Ph.D., Columbia University
Postdoctoral Training, University of California, San Francisco

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Lab Members

Paul Morgan
Post-Doc
M.D. I-Shou University School of Medicine
Taiwan
Cycling, shotokan Karate, soccer, tennis
Alex W.
Data Scientist
M.S. Columbia University
Chapel Hill, NC
Hip-hop, reading, mindfulness
David Stein
Ph.D. student
B.S. Northeastern University
Boston, MA
Rock climbing, chess, reading
Ethan Grimes
Master’s student
B.S. Pace University
New York, NY
Guitar, painting, hockey
Yihan Zhao
Ph.D. student
M.S. Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Beijing, China
Swimming, sci-fi reading and playing with her cat
Noah Herrington
Post-Doc
Ph.D. Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Guitar, mixologist, tennis
Ego Wong
Master’s student
B.S. Columbia University
New York, NY
Piano
Rachel Buller
Summer Student
Ramaz Upper School
New York, NY
Musical Composition, violin, hockey
Tia Y Reichenberg
Summer student
Imperial College London
London, England
Ballet, flute, piano
Elliott Yoon
Summer student
Williams College (incoming freshman)
Tenafly, NJ
Maya Parnes
Summer Student
Dwight School
New York, NY
Olivia Cullen
Ph.D. Student
M.S. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
B.S. NYU
Volleyball, Cardmaking, and Crochet

Previous Lab Members

  • Sebastian Jakobsen (Summer 2024)
  • Keino Hutchinson (2019-2024)
  • Nicole Zatorski (2020-2023)
  • Nolan Caile (Summer 2021)
  • Rachel-Ann Garibsingh (2017-2020)
  • Ryan Smith (2015-2020)
  • Peter Man-Un Ung (-2019)
  • Rayees Rahman (2016-2019)
  • Alisha Malla (2017-2019)
  • Chloe Ling (2019)
  • Megan Wojciechowicz (Fall 2019)
  • Josue Barnes (2016-2018)
  • Russell Keathley (2016-2018)
  • Jason Lee
  • Claire Colas (2013-2017)
  • Shelby Marchese (Fall 2016)
  • Nathan Gershengorin (Summer 2015 and 2016)
  • Yaroslav Markov (Summer 2016)
  • Molly Johnson (Summer 2016)
  • Shelby Marchese (Fall 2016)
  • Shanique Alabi (2014-2015)
  • Helen Unger (Spring 2014)
  • John Tseng (Spring 2014)
  • Jennifer Stockert (Fall 2013)