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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 Wang
Data Scientist
M.S. Columbia University
Chapel Hill, NC
Dance, Singing, reading
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
Lior Peri
Postdoctoral Fellow
 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Tel Aviv, Israel
Running, traveling, cooking
Olivia Cullen
Ph.D. Student
M.S. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
B.S. NYU
Volleyball, Cardmaking, and Crochet
Hrishi Mohan
MS student
B.S. Pennsylvania State University
New York, NY
Basketball, Chess, traveling
Ashley Hernandez
MS Student
BS SUNY Cortland
Brooklyn, NY
Yoga, Traveling, Reading

Previous Lab Members

  • Elliot Yoon (Summer 2024)
  • Tia Reichenberg (Summer 2024)
  • Ego Wong (2023 – 2024)
  • Maya Parnes (Summer 2024)
  • Rachel Buller (Summer 2024)
  • 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)