Former Staff and Interns

Former Faculty

Dr. Lawrence Wrabetz

Institute for Myelin and Glia Exploration Founding Director

Professor Emeritus

M. Laura Feltri, MD

SUNY Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry & Neurology; Director of the Institute for Myelin and Glia Exploration

Dr. Bogdan Beirowski

Assistant Professor

Biochemistry

Former Laboratory Staff

Marta Pellegatta

Feltri Lab; PhD student

Monica Ghidinelli

Feltri Lab; PhD Student

Courtney Benson

Paez Lab; PhD student

Paola Saveri

Wrabetz Lab; Research Technician

Marilena Palmisano

Feltri Lab; PhD student

Jordan VerPlank

Wrabetz Lab; PhD Student & Feltri Lab; Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Clementine Namba

Feltri Lab; CLIMB UP student & NIH Diversity Supplement awardee

Kathleen Catignas

Feltri Lab; PhD student

Arsalan Haghdel

Feltri Lab; Undergraduate Student

Keit Men (Becky) Wong

Beirowski Lab; PhD Student

Jacob Favret

Shin Lab; Research Technician

Tae Wan Kim

Park Lab; Student Volunteer

Gustavo Della Flora Nunes

Feltri Lab; PhD Student

Emma R. Wilson

Feltri Lab; Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Joseph Abdul-Malak

Wrabetz Lab; Undergraduate student, Biomedical Sciences

Diara Santiago Gonzalez

Paez Lab; Postdoctoral Associate

Robert Loren

Beirowski Lab; Research Technician

Chelsey Reed

Wrabetz Lab; PhD Student

Qiuchen Wan

Paez Lab; Master's Student

Kansho Abiko

Feltri Lab; Undergraduate

Kevin Espino

Feltri Lab; Undergraduate

Kenneth Minorczyk

Feltri Lab; Undergraduate

Alberto Gonzalez

Feltri Lab; Research Technician

Michael Weaver

Feltri Lab; MD/PhD Student

Seth Moore

Feltri Lab; PhD Student

Tonami Wartanian

Paez Lab; Master Student

Francesca Ornaghi

Wrabetz Lab; PhD student

Nicolo' Musner

Wrabetz Lab; PhD student

Domenica Vizzuso

Wrabetz Lab; PhD student

Sophie Belin

Wrabetz Lab; Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Mariapaola Sidoli

Wrabetz Lab; PhD student

Yannick Poitelon

Feltri Lab; Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Yoonchan Hwang

Feltri Lab; Research Technician

Irene Yu

Feltri Lab; Medical Student

Thomas Rush

Feltri Lab; Undergraduate Student

Oliver Sampson

Feltri Lab; Undergraduate Student

Malabika Maulik

Shin Lab; Postdoctoral Associate

Yoonchan Hwang

Park Lab; Research Technician III

Jinog Choi

Park Lab; Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Dong-Kyeong Kim

Park Lab; Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Louna Yang

Park Lab; Student Volunteer

Iman Faraj Musbah Fergani

Feltri Lab; Master's Student

Neuroscience

Ghjuvan'Ghjacumu Shackleford

Wrabetz Lab; Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Nadav Weinstock

Feltri Lab; MD-PhD Student

Sri Laxmi Veerapaneni

Feltri Lab; Neuroscience Master's Student

Michael Weaver (He/Him)

Feltri Lab; MD-PhD Student

Dominique Ameroso

Feltri Lab; Master's Student & Research Technician

Scott Ferguson

Feltri Lab; Undergraduate

Leandro Marziali

Feltri Lab; Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Narayan Dhimal

Feltri Lab; PhD Student

Jiajun Zhang

Feltri Lab; Research Technician I

Former Institute Laboratory Staff

Jeffrey Ceci

Senior Research Scientist & Lab Manager;

Wrabetz & Feltri Labs

Courtney Williamson

Research Technician

Wrabetz & Feltri Labs

Michele Sveinsson

Research Technician

Wrabetz & Feltri Labs

Luciana Frick

Research Assistant Professor & Lab Manager;

Wrabetz & Feltri Labs

Nicole Little

Laboratory Assistant

Wrabetz & Feltri Labs

Caterina Berti

Senior Research Scientist & Lab Manager;

Wrabetz & Feltri Labs

Daesung Shin, PhD

Shin Lab; Research Assistant Professor

Eisabetta Babetto

Research Assistant Professor; Beirowski Laboratory

Pharmacology and Toxicology

Former Administrative Staff

Tammi Blajszczak

Office Assistant

Amanda Golner

Administrative Assistant

Latona Huitt

Administrative Assistant

Anthony Graham

Office Assistant

Danielle Swaitek

Administrative Assistant

Clement Nsiah

Administrative Assistant

Barbara Craft

Administrative Assistant

Tamera Thomas

Research Administrative Assistant

Former Administrative & IT Interns

Shuang Hou

Database Management & Web Design Intern; Spring 2013

Yue Lin

Office Administration Intern; Summer 2013

Sherrod McRae

Office Administration Intern; Spring 2013

Christopher Oh

Office Administration & Database Design Intern; Spring 2013

Fildza Rizal

Office Administration Intern; Summer 2013

Garnell Whitfield

Mayor's Summer Intern Program; Summer 2013

Minghao Yang

Database Management & Web Design Intern; Summer 2013

Shen Qi

Web Management & Design Intern; Summer & Fall 2015, Spring 2016

Nicholas Hartmann

Office Administration Intern; Fall 2015, Spring & Summer 2016

Ann-Isabel Previl

Office Administration Intern; Fall 2016 & Spring 2017

Amara Khan

Web Management & Design Intern; Summer & Fall 2016, Spring 2017

Keshav Choudhary

Office Administration Intern; Spring 2017

Rong Yang

Web Management & Design Intern; Fall 2016 through Spring 2018

Jun Wen Ma (Edmond)

Database & On-line Tools Management Intern; Fall 2016 through Spring 2018

Emily Li

Office Administration Intern; Summer 2018 & Summer 2019

Steven (Haoyuan Wen) Wen

Office Administration Intern; Fall 2020 through Spring 2021

Angela Zheng

Office Administration Intern; Summer 2021 through Spring 2024

Carol Wansi Huang

Web Content Intern ; Fall 2013 & Spring 2014

Mingcong Zhang

Web Management & Design Intern; Fall 2013 & Spring 2014

Jeff Placito

Office Administration Intern ; Spring 2014

Ryan Warthen

Office Administration Intern ; Fall 2013, Spring 2014, & Summer 2014

Farhana Shafi

Office Administration Intern; Summer 2014

Saransh Kapoor

Office Administration Intern; Fall 2014

MacKenzie McDermid

Administrative Intern; MWBE Project; Summer 2015;

Tasheena Brown

Mayor's Summer Youth Intern; Summer 2015

Priyal Patel

Web Management & Design Intern; Fall 2015, Spring & Summer 2016

Karthick Petchiappan Seenivasan

Database Management & Administrative Intern; Summer & Fall 2016, Spring 2017

Michael Cantando

Database & On-line Tools Management Intern; Fall 2016

Jessica O'Connor

Office Administration Intern; Spring & Fall 2017

Xuanyu (Shawn) Dong

Web Management & Design Intern; Fall 2016 through Spring 2018

Jay Chen

Database & On-line Tools Management Intern; Fall 2016 through Spring 2018

Marlena Taylor

Office Administration Intern; Fall 2017 & Spring 2018

Dishita Guwalani

IT Management & Office Administration Intern; Fall 2019 through Spring 2021

Phuong Quynh Nguyen

Office Administration Intern; Spring 2020 through Spring 2023