People

Ryan Williams
Assistant Professor | Biomedical Engineering

Member, Graduate Faculty, PhD Program in Chemistry, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Affiliate Faculty, CUNY ASRC Nanoscience Initiative

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Ph.D. Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, West Virginia University, 2013

B.A. Biology, University of Virginia, 2008

Amelia Ryan
CCNY BME PhD Program

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, SUNY Binghamton, 2021
CCNY G-RISE Graduate Fellow
Fall 2021 – Present

Anastasiia Vasylaki
CCNY BME PhD Program

M.S. Nanotechnology, University of Paris, 2021
B.S. Biotechnology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 2019
Fall 2022 – Present

Atara Israel
CCNY BME PhD Program

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Hofstra University, 2022
NIH Research Supplement Trainee, CCNY G-RISE Graduate Fellow
Fall 2022 – Present

Pratyusha Ghosh
CCNY BME PhD Program

MS BME, CCNY, 2023
BTech Biotechnology, Amity University Kolkata, India 2020
Fall 2023 – Present
Spring 2022 – Summer 2023 (MS)

Adnan Arnaout
CCNY BME PhD Program

MS BME, Duke University, 2019
BE Mechanical Engineering, American University of Beirut, 2016
Lilly Graduate Research Advanced Degree (LGRAD) Fellow
Fall 2023 – Present

Catarina Ferraz
CCNY BME PhD Program

MS Physics, Leipzig University, 2020
BS Nanotechnology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2018
Fall 2024 – Present

Zoe Schoales
CCNY BME PhD Program

BS Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University & UNC Chapel Hill
CCNY TREAD Fellow
Fall 2024 – Present

Celina Stefoni
Universidad de Buenos Aires Chemistry PhD Program

BS/MS 6 year program in Chemistry, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2021
Visiting PhD Candidate
Fall 2024 – Present

Poojaa Jayanthi Venugopal
CCNY Master’s in BME

Spring 2024
B.Tech. BME, India, 2023

Julia Morris

BSE in Biomedical Engineering, Widener University, 2024
CCNY RAMP Postbaccalaureate Fellow
Fall 2024 – Present

Melis Baltaci

BA in Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University, 2022
Research Technician, MSKCC 2022-2024
Fall 2024 – Present

Jason Zielenski

Valhalla High School Class of 2026
Summer 2024