Previous Members

Past members

2016 - 2022, Achchhe Patel, PhD as Associate Research Scientist, then Manager, Gene Editing Section, Columbia Stem Cell Core Facility. Now Senior Scientist II, Garuda Therapeutics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, MA

2014 - 2019 Alejandro Garcia Diaz, MA, as Manager, Gene Editing Section, Columbia Stem Cell Core Facility. Now PhD student, Columbia University

2018 - 2019 Khushbu Kabra, MA, as TechB, Columbia Stem Cell Core Facility. Now PhD student, Columbia University

2015 - 2018 Kate Oliver, MA, as TechB, Columbia Stem Cell Core Facility. Now an English teacher

2014 - 2017 Damian Williams, PhD, as Manager, Electrophysiology and Calcium Imaging Section, Columbia Stem Cell Core Facility, Now Associate Research Scientist at the Institute of Genomic Medicine (IGM), Columbia University Irving Medical Center

2014 - 2016 Dosh Whye, MA, as Manager, Neural Differentiation and iPSC Generation Section, Columbia Stem Cell Core Facility. Now Principal Associate Scientist at Neurona Therapeutics, San Francisco

2014 - 2015 Ray Funahashi, MA, as TechB, Columbia Stem Cell Core Facility. Now Medical Student at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; CEO and Co-founder of LabKind

Visiting Scientists                    

Summer 2023, Camil Walkiewicz-Yvon, The George Washington University, Washington, DC

Summer 2023, Isaiah Chung, Visiting Scientist, Collegiate School, NY, NY

Summer 2018 Michael Biagiotti, Masters in Biology, St John’s University. Now Tech A, Columbia University Medical Center, Mukherjee Lab

February 2018- June 2018 Eyup Karahan, MD, as postdoctoral research fellow at Columbia University Ophthalmology Department. Now MD in Turkey

November 2017- March 2018 Marina Riera Gibernau, PhD. As Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Janet Sparrow lab at Columbia University and in the Stem Cell Core Facility. Now Geneticist, Founder of ADN Institut, Barcelona, and Scientific Coordinator at GENETICA.CAT

Summer 2017 Kaitlyn Brower, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, summer internship. Now candidate Doctor in Osteopathic Medicine, class of 2020.

January 2018 –May 2017 Rachel Taylor, PhD. As Postdoctoral Research Fellow from University of Manchester, UK. Now Medical Research Council/UK Research and Innnovation Fellow at The University of Manchester

December 2016 -January 2017 Barbara Ghinassi, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Chieti, Italy

Summer 2016 Mehmet Can Apak, M.A. Program in Biotechnology, Columbia University, Supervised Research Project. Now Co-founder and E-sports manager at Chimera Talent Agency

Summer 2016 Camille Fulmore, Biotechnology Master’s Program at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering, Supervised Research Project. Now Associate Scientist, New York Stem Cell Foundation