Members

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Omer Yilmaz MD, PhD

Principal Investigator
ohyilmaz@mit.edu
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Postdocs

Fangtao Chi, PhD

Postdoc

Zhejiang University (Dr. Bin Zhao)

University of California (Dr. Utpal Banerjee)

ftchi@mit.edu

Heaji Shin, PhD

Postdoc

University of Wisconsin-Madison

(Judith Kimble)

heaji@mit.edu

Jessica E. S. Shay, MD, PhD

Postdoc

University of Pennsylvania

jshay@mit.edu

Norihiro Goto, MD, PhD

Postdoc

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 
Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine

Ngoto@mit.edu

 

 

Shinya Imada MD, PhD

Postdoc

Department of Surgery

Hiroshima University, Japan

simada@mit.edu

 

 
 
  

George Eng, MD, PhD

Postdoc

georgeng@mit.edu

                                                                

Qiming Zhang, PhD

Postdoc

Peking University 

Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center,

School of Life Sciences

qiming@mit.edu

Saori Goto, MD, PhD

Postdoc

Department of Surgery,
Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine

saorig@mit.edu

Saleh Khawaled, PhD

Postdoc

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 

salehk@mit.edu

Swagata Goswami, PhD

Postdoc

Ohio State University

University of Delhi, India

goswami@mit.edu

 

Abdullah Burak Yildiz, MD

Postdoc

Koc University (Dr. Tamer Onder)

 

aburak@mit.edu

 

   

 

 

 

Graduate Students

            

Joseph C. Sedlak

MD/PhD Candidate

BSE Biomedical Engineering,

University of Michigan

Harvard-MIT MD/PhD Program                               

jsedlak@mit.edu

Natalia Andeeva

MD/PhD Candidate

MD, Russian State Medical University 
PhD in Immunology, Harvard Medical School 

nvl2195@mit.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff

      

Kerry Kelley

Laboratory Operations Manager

MS UMASS Amherst

kjkelley@mit.edu
 

                

Elizabeth Galoyan

Administrative Assistant

BA UMASS 

lgaloyan@mit.edu

 

 

Sabhyata Sedhain BA

Lab Technician

Wellesley College 2023

sabhyata@mit.edu

 

 

 

Research Affiliates and Visiting Researchers

Mohammad Almeqdadi, MD 

Mohammad Almeqdadi, MD

Former Visiting Scientist

Internal Medicine Resident

St. Elizabeth's Medical Center

qaddodi@mit.edu

Maria Mihaylova, PhD

Former Visiting Scientist

Whitehead Insititute

mihaylov@wi.mit.edu

                                              

Jatin Roper, MD

Current Research Affiliate
 
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
Department of Medicine
Duke University
 
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Amanda M. Hussey, PhD

Former Postdoc

Currently: Scientist I Mammalian
SanaRX Biotherapeutics

PhD University of Massachusetts,
Amherst 

(James J. Chambers)

ahussey@mit.edu

.       

Upasana Das Adhikari 

Visiting Researcher

Harvard University

upi@mit.edu

 

Tatiana Cajusco Pons

Visiting Researcher

Harvard University

tcajuscop@mit.edu

Sylvia Van Beem

Visiting Researcher

University of Gruningen, NL

sylviavb@mit.edu

Esra Akcabag, PhD

Visiting Researcher

Akdeniz University Medical Faculty

Department of Medical Pharmacology

Antalya, Turkiye

eakcabag@mit.edu

   

 

 

 

Lab Alumni and Former Visiting Students 

                 

Jonathan Braverman, PhD

Former Postdoc
Current Research Affiliate
 
Principal Investigator
The University of California at Berkeley
Innovative Genomics Institute

braverman@berkeley.edu

Cigdem Elif Celik

Former Visiting Graduate Student

Hacettepe University Cancer Institute
Tumor Biology and Immunology Program

Turkyie

Tolga Sever

Former Visiting Graduate Student

Translational Oncology at Dokuz Eylül University

Izmir, Turkyie

 

Polen Yunus

Former Visiting Graduate Student

Turkyie

 

Kera Xibinaku

Former Visiting Graduate Student 

Whitehead Institute           

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Chia-Wei Cheng, PhD

Former Postdoc

Current Research Affiliate

Assistant Professor

Columbia Stem Cell Initiative (CSCI)

Department of Genetics and Development (G&D)          
Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUMC)

cc4688@cumc.Columia.edu

Miyeko Mana.        

Miyeko Mana PhD

Former Postdoc

Current Research Affiliate

Assistant Professor

Arizona State University

Miyeko.Mana@asu.edu

         

Fang Wang, PhD

Former Research Scientist
Current Research Affiliate

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
University of Rhode Island

fangwang@uri.edu
 

         

Amanda M. Hussey, PhD

Former Postdoc

Scientist I Mammalian
SanaRX Biotherapeutics

University of Massachusetts Amherst 

(James J. Chambers)
ahussey@mit.edu

                                                                 

Amit Venekar, PhD

Former Postdoc

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (G. Mugesh)

vernekar@mit.edu

             

Wen Zhou, PhD

Former Postdoc
Brandeis University (Christine Thomas)
 

Khristian Rowe

Former Research Associate

B.S. General Mathematics

MIT

 

Michael Xifaras

Former Research Associate

B.S. Biochemistry

Emmanuel College

 

Zachary Kassir

Former Research Associate
 

Semir Beyaz

Former Visiting Graduate Student

 

Boston Children's Hospital

Harvard University

 

Marta Moreno

Former Visiting Graduate Student
University of Alcala, Spain

 

Sofia Bauer

Former Visiting Graduate Student

Uppsala University, Sweden

 

Nuray Gunduz

Former Visiting Postdoctoral Candidate

 

Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Oncology

 

Memet Sefa Ulutas

 

Former Visting Postdoctoral Candidate

 

Middle East Technical University (METU) and Research Assistant Siirt University, Siirt, Turkyie 

                          

Gizem Calabasi-Kokal PhD

Former Visiting Postdoc 

Dokuz Eylul University,
Institute of Oncology

Turkyie

         

Anna Webb

Former Visiting Master's Student 

Molecular Medicine

Uppsala University, Sweden

 
Adam Akkad

Adam Akkad

 
 

Yetis Gültekin 

(2010-2012), Graduate Fellow, PhD Student

The Rockefeller University

 

 


 

Current UROPS

 

Katherine Bell

 

Yixin Lu

yxlu@mit.edu

Daniel Antov

dantov9@mit.edu

 

Sabhyata Sedhain

 

Rachel Whyte

rewhy23@mit.edu

 

Ethan Reich

 

 
     

 Isabela Fuentes

 

 

 

 UROP Alumni

  • Negin Amouei

  • Camellia Huang

  • Daiyao Zhang

  • Aisha Saldanha

  • Ameena M Iqbal

  • Sebastian Santos
  • Surya Tripathi

  • Mohammed AlDajan

  • Tam B Nguyen

  • Kevin E. Wesel

  • David A. Poberejsku

  • Amita Bose 

  • Ozge Uysal

  • Puwanat Sangkhapreecha