Former members

Jun Zhou

Postdoc, Bioengineering, University of Texas Arlington
PhD Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas
MS Physical Chemistry, University of Chongqing, China
BE, Applied Chemistry, University of Chongqing, China
Postdoc, Fall 2021 – Spring 2022
Immediate Next Position: Senior Formulation Scientist, Novelstar Pharmacueticals, New Jersey

Nikunjkumar Visaveliya

Postdoc, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The City College of New York
PhD, Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany
BS, Chemistry, Sardar Patel University, India
Postdoc, Spring 2022
Immediate Next Position: Scientist, ChEmpower Corp, Oregon

Pooja Gaikwad
GC Chemistry PhD Program

M.S. in Chemistry, University of Mumbai, India
B.S. in Chemistry, University of Mumbai, India
CUNY Graduate Center Dissertation Year Fellow
PhD in Chemistry, CUNY Graduate Center, 2023
Dissertation Defense August 2023: “Construction and performance optimization of bioconjugated nanosensors for early detection of breast cancer and pro-inflammatory diseases” Link
Immediate Next Position: Postdoc at NYU School of Dentistry

Lauren Prudhomme
CCNY BME PhD Program

BS in Chemical Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
CCNY G-RISE Graduate Fellow
Fall 2020 – Spring 2021
Immediate Next Position: CCNY ME program in Civil Engineering

Jessica Kretli Zanetti
CCNY Master’s in BME

Spring 2024 – December 2024
Immediate Next Position: Research Associate at Memorial Sloan Ketttering Cancer Center

Hanan Yafai
CCNY Master’s in Translational Medicine

Summer 2023-Summer 2024
B.S. Psychology, Brooklyn College, 2023
Immediate Next Position: Venture Capital Internship in NYC

Andrew Ciprian

Summer 2024 PURT Student
CCNY Biology and Psychology BS
CCNY MS Student in Psychology
Immediate Next Position: Completion of MS in Psychology

Myesha Thahsin
CCNY BME Master’s Program

MS BME, CCNY, 2023
Thesis title: “Optimization of Optical Nanosensor Response for the Detection of Anthracyclines Using a Binary Machine Learning Classifier”
BS Mechanical Engineering, CCNY, 2021
Immediate Next Position: Field Engineer, GE Healthcare

Inuri Galle Liyanage
CCNY Master’s in Translational Medicine

BA Biochemistry, minor in Physical Anthropology, CUNY Hunter College 2020
Spring 2022 Independent Study Project

Syeda Rahman

BS Biology, CUNY Hunter College, 2022
Fall 2022 – December 2024

Arantxa Roach

B.S. Biology, CCNY, 2018
October 2021 – June 2024
Completed MS Thesis at Pace University in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
based on work in our lab, titled “Kidney-Targeted mRNA Nanoparticles: Exploration of the
mRNA Loading Capacity of a Polymeric Mesoscale Platform Employing Various Classes
of Excipients”
Immediate Next Position: Senior Research Technician, Hospital for Special Surgery

Zachary Cohen

B.A. Chemistry & English, Kenyon College, 2019
September 2019 – December 2024
Immediate Next Position: Software Development Intern

Nazifa Rahman

BS Biomedical Engineering, CCNY, 2021
Summer 2021-Summer 2023
Immediate Next Position: Northrup Grunman Computational Scientist

Sofia Kashtelyan

BS, Bioengineering, Cornell University, 2023
Summer 2023
Immediate Next Position: MS BME Program, Cornell University

Rachel Skelton

BS Neuroscience, Duke University, 2018
Spring 2020-Spring 2022
Immediate Next Position: MD Student at SUNY Downstate

Rashida Zannat Akifa

CCNY BME Student
2020 CCNY ICCAE Summer Program

Juan Mesa

CCNY BME Student, MARC Scholar
Spring 2020-Spring 2022

Khuzema Aslam

CCNY BME Student
Fall 2019-Spring 2022

Krystin Frederick

CCNY BME Student
Fall 2019-Spring 2022

Mitchell Lui

CCNY BME Student
Spring 2020 – Fall 2020

Sofina Tanni

CCNY BME Student
Fall 2019 – Spring 2021
Immediate Next Position: Program assistant at the Social Science Research Council

Erin Keblish

CCNY BME Graduate
Winter 2020 – Spring 2021
Immediate Next Position: Weill Cornell Medicine PBSB PhD Program

Merna Ishak

CCNY BME Graduate
Summer 2020 – Spring 2021
Immediate Next Position: Engineer at Boston Scientific

Anna Lam

CCNY BME Student
Spring 2020 – Fall 2021
Immediate Next Position: Student at New York College of Podiatric Medicine