Current Alumni Sakmar Biography Alumni Rachel M. Adams Assistant for Special Projects 2004 B.A. Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA; Present Position, Medical Student, SUNY Downstate Medical School, Brooklyn, NY Matthew Albert Rotation Student 1993 B.A., Brown University, Providence, RI; Ph.D., Rockefeller University, New York, NY; M.D., Weill Medical College, New York, NY; Present Position, Pathology Resident, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY. Gopala Krishna Aradhyam Postdoctoral Associate 1998-2003 B.Sc, Osmania University, India; M.Sc., Annamalai University, India; Ph.D., University of Pune, India; Present Position, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai, India. Vincent Archambault Rotation Student 1999 - 2000 B.S., McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Present Position, Graduate Fellow, Rockefeller University, New York, NY. Sophia Arnis Technician 1994 - 1995 Diplome, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Ph.D., Institut für Biophysik und Strahlenbiologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany; Present Position, Scientist, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany. Heather Baker Summer Rotation Student 2001 Present position, Graduate Student, Tri-Institutional Program in Chemical Biology, New York, NY. Mareike Beck Summer Student 1992; Assistant for Research 1993 - 1994 Diplome, Freiburg University, Freiburg, Germany; Ph.D., Institut für Biophysik und Strahlenbiologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany; Present Position, Scientist, Hofmann-LaRoche, Basel, Switzerland. Katie Carroll Summer Student 1995 B.S., Mills College, South Hadley, MA; Present Position, Graduate Student, Chemistry Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA. Theresa Chan Summer Student 1991, 1992 B.A., Smith College; M.D., Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Pathology Resident, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; Present Position, Pathologist, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Cynthia Carruthers Technician 1992 - 1994 B.S., University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada; M.S., University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. Dusica Curvanovic Summer Student 2002 Present Position, Student, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. Aaron M. Cypess Rotation Student 1992; Biomedical Fellow 1995 - 1999 A.B., Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; Ph.D., Rockefeller University, New York, NY; M.D., Weill Medical College, New York, NY; Present Position, Medical Resident, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA. Soma De Visiting Fellow 2000-2004 B.Sc., Presidency College, Calcutta; M.S., Division of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India; Ph.D., Division of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India; Present Position, Associate, Albany College, Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Albany, NY. Padmaja Deval Post-doctoral Associate 1991 - 1993 B.S., University of Poona, India; M.S., University of Poona, India; Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Bombay, India; Present Position, Instructor, Rutgers University, NJ. Oliver P. Ernst Technician 1993; Volunteer 1993; Guest Investigator 1994 Diplome, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany; Ph.D., Institut für Biophysik und Strahlenbiologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany; Present Position, Assistant Professor, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany Karim Fahmy Post-doctoral Associate 1991 - 1994 Diplome, Ruhr University, Bochum; Ph.D., Albert-Ludwigs Universität, Freiburg, Germany; Present Position, Independent Investigator, Institute of Zoology, Freiburg University, Freiburg, Germany. Jian-nong Feng Postdoctoral Associate 2002-2003 B.S., Osaka University, Japan; M.S., Osaka University, Japan; Ph.D., The Rockefeller University, New York, NY. Wing-Yee Fu Technician 1998 - 2000 B.S., Columbia University, New York, NY, Present Position, Scientist, Regeneron, Inc., Tarrytown, NY. Stephen A. Gravina Post-doctoral Associate 1994 - 1997; Visiting Scientist, 1997 B.S., Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; Present Position, Scientist, Linguagen, Paramus, NJ. May Han Guest Investigator 1994 - 1995; Summer Student 1995; Guest Investigator 1995 - 1996; Post-doctoral Fellow 1996 - 1997 B.S., Peking University, China; Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, CT; Present Position, Scientist, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA Christopher E. Heise Postdoctoral Fellow 2002-2003 B.S., The University of Richmond, Richmond, VA; Ph.D., The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; Present Position, Scientist, Neurocrine Biosciences, San Diego, CA Andre Hoelz Postdoctoral Fellow XXXX-2004 B.Sc, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; M.Sc., Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany ; Ph.D Rockefeller University, New York, NY; Present Position, XXXX, Rockefeller University, New York, NY Jürgen Isele Foreign Research Intern 1997, 1998 Diplome, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Present Position, Graduate Student, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. Youwei Jiang Post-doctoral Fellow 1999-2002 B.S., Hangzhou University, China; M.S., Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Ph.D., City University of New York; Present position, Scientist, Trophogen, Rockville, MD. Karolina Jonsson Foreign Research Intern 2000-2001; Research Assistant 2001-2002 M.S., Kalmar University, Sweden; Present position, Research Scientist, Nuevolution, Copenhagen, Denmark. David Kastner Honors thesis student 2004-05 BA from Yeshiva University in 2005. Present position: MD-PhD student at Stanford University. Nina Kim Summer Student 1993, 1994 B.A., Harvard-Radcliff, Cambridge, MA; M.D., University of California, San Francisco, CA; Present Position, Fellow, American Medical Association, Chicago, IL. Melissa Lee Technician 1991 - 1992 B.A., Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA; M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. Richard Lee Summer Student 1996 B.S., Duke University, Durham, NC; Present Position, Medical Student, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Steven W. Lin Post-doctoral Associate 1994 - 1997, Research Associate 1998 - 1999 B.S., Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, CA; Present Position, Research Scientist, Zyomyx, Inc., CA. Ke-Ming Ma Volunteer 1993; Technician 1993 A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Ethan Marin Biomedical Fellow 1998-2002 B.A., Williams College, Williamstown, MA; M.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Ph.D., Rockefeller University, New York, NY; Present Position, Medical Student, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY. K. Christopher Min Biomedical Fellow 1992 - 1996 B.A., Harvard College, Cambridge, MA; Ph.D., Rockefeller University, New York, NY; M.D., Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Medical Intern, New York University, New York, NY; Neurology Resident and Chief Resident, Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY; Present Position, Neurologist, Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital and Fellow, Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY. Mariya Minkova Summer Student 1994, 1995 B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Katie Morris Technician 2002-2004 B.S. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Present Position, Graduate Student, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Evan Muse Summer Student 1998 B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC; NIH post-Baccalaureate Fellow at the National Institute of Child and Human Development; Present Position, M.D.-Ph.D. Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. Thomas Nguyen Rotation Student 1996 A.B., Harvard College, Cambridge, MA; Present Position, M.D.-Ph.D. Student, Tri-Institutional M.D.-Ph.D. Program, New York, NY. Clifford Pierre Summer Student 2002 Present Position, Student, New York University, New York, NY. Leslie Yelich Riley Technician 1991 - 1992 B.S., State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY; M.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Present Position, Technical Sales Representative, Pfizer, Inc. Anthony T. Sanfiz Research Technician 2001-2004 B.A. State University of New York, Binghamton, NY. MS Columbia University, NY; Present Position, Merck, Rahway, NJ. Eugene Simuni Volunteer 1998, 1999; Summer Student 2000 Present Position, Student, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA. Nina Shalshina Volunteer 2000 Present Position, High School Student, Midwood High School, Brooklyn, NY Lenore A. Snyder Post-doctoral Fellow 1994 - 1997; Post-doctoral Associate 1997; Visiting Scientist 1997 - 1998 B.A., Rutgers College of the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; M.S., The City University of New York, Hunter College, New York, NY; Ph.D., The City University of New York, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine; New York, NY; Present Position, Scientist, Linguagen, Paramus, NJ. Tobias Stuwe Research Intern 2004 Tobias received his B.Sc. (Preliminary Diploma) from the Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg, Germany. He is currently pursuing a graduate degree at the University of Heidelberg supported by a Cusanuswerk sholarship. Tracy Terry Summer Student 2001 B.S., University of the South, Sewanee, TN; Present Position, Graduate Student, Chemistry Dept., Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Carol Valli Administrative Assistant 1996-2005 Dorothy Wang Summer Student 1998 A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; M.D., Cornell Medical College, New York, NY. Qian Yin Rotation Student 2002 Present Position, College student, Chemistry Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Angie You Technician 1995 - 1996 A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Present Position, Graduate Student, Harvard Biolabs, Cambridge, MA. Wong Yu Rotation Student 1994 B.A., University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Ph.D., Rockefeller University, New York, NY; Present Position, Medical Student, Weill Medical College, New York, NY. Qing Zeng Post-doctoral Associate 1996 - 1998 B.S., University of Science and Technology of China; Ph.D., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA; Present Position, Computer Systems Manager, San Francisco, CA. Tatyana A. Zvyaga Post-doctoral Associate 1992 - 1996 M.S., Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Ph.D., Shemyakin Institute of Bio-organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia; Present Position, Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, CT.