Members – The Yilmaz Lab

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

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
jatin.roper@duke.edu

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

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, 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