Alumni

Thomas Onorato
ASCB MAC Visiting Professor 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022
Professor LaGuardia Community College

thomas.onorato@gmail.com

Rushane Dunn
Undergraduate Researcher 2023

rushane_dunn@brown.edu 

Inesh Sood
Undergraduate Student, Oxford 2022

inesh.sood@worc.ox.ac.uk

eStephany Foster
Graduate Student PhD 2022
Current: Staff Scientist, Choate Hall & Stewart

sfoster@choate.com

Margherita Perillo
Postdoc 2017-2022
Current: Research Scientist, Marine Biological Laboratory
mperillo@mbl.edu

Hosam Zaki
Undergraduate Researcher 2022
Current: Brown University Medical School
hossam_zaki@brown.edu

Max Spurrell
Undergraduate Researcher 2018-2021
Current: MD/PhD student, Yale University

maxwell_spurrell@alumni.brown.edu

Meseret Dastaw Bayeleygne 
Wally Foundation visiting student 2020

msrtdstw@gmail.com

Sokunvichet Long
Undergraduate Student Brown 2019
Current: Brown Medical School
sokunvichet_long@brown.edu

Peter Baek
Undergraduate Student Brown 2019

Peter_Baek@alumni.brown.edu

Kira Neel
Brown Medical Student 2018
Current: M.D. Family Medicine, Brown University

kira_neel@brown.edu

Natalie Schudrowitz
Undergraduate Student, Brown 2018

Natalie_Schudrowitz@brown.edu

Ruby Schnirman
Summer Intern 2018
Current: NIH post-bac

Ingrid Veras, PhD
Associate Professor LaGuardia Community College, Visiting Scientist 2017 & 2018

ingridverasphd@gmail.com

Alejandro Bonilla
Visiting Undergraduate Student LaGuardia Community College

alejandrobonilla53@gmail.com

Cynthia Hale-Phillips
Undergraduate Student 2017
Current: Biomedical Engineering Medtronic

cynthia_hale-phillips@alumni.brown.edu

Alice Uchida
Research Assistant

aliciauchida23@gmail.com

Lynae Brayboy, M.D.
Clinical Research Fellow

Assistant Professor of Ob/Gyn, and

Assistant Professor of MCB Department

Lynae_Brayboy@brown.edu

Luwam Ghidei M.D.
Ob/Gyn Fellow
Current: Reproductive Specialists of the Carolinas

luwam_ghidei@brown.edu

Elsa Beyene
PhD Student

Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

elsa.beyene@aau.edu.et

Tara Fresques
Graduate Student PhD 2017
Current:Post-doctoral fellow, City of Hope 

tfresques@coh.org

Henry Vargas
Leadership Alliance Undergraduate Student, LaGuardia Community College 2017

hvargas625@gmail.com

Haley Clark 
Brown Undergraduate Research Assistant 2017-2018
Current: UMass Medical School

Haley.Clark@umassmed.edu

Saba Shevidi
Undergraduate Student, Brown 2016

Zak Swartz
Graduate Student PhD 2015
Current: Assistant Scientist, Marine Biological Laboratories

zak.swartz@gmail.com

Jessica Poon
Research Assistant 2014-2016
Current: Physician, Rancho Palos Verdes

jessicapoon1224@gmail.com

Adrian Reich
Graduate Student PhD 2014
Current: Project Staff at Cleveland Clinic
reicha@ccf.org

Cecilia Bahamón
Undergrad Student 2011
Current: New England ObGyn Associates
cec.bahamon@gmail.com

Isabela Ramos
Visiting Assistant Professor 2011-2014
Current: Professor Adjunto
Instituto de Bioquímica Médica
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373 - CCS, sala H2-031.
21941-599 - Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil.

isabela@bioqmed.ufrj.br

Celina Juliano
Graduate Student PhD 2010
Current: Associate Professor,MCB DepartmentUniversity of California, Davis

cejuliano@ucdavis.edu

Eric Gustafson 
Graduate Student PhD 2009
Current: Senior Consultant at Lumanity

ericgustafson00@gmail.com

Peter Klatsky, MD
Clinical Research Fellow 2008-2010
Current: Doctor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 

PKlatsky@gmail.com

Annie Gao
Undergrad student 2008
Current: Pediatric Resident, University of South Florida

annie.c.gao@gmail.com

Julian Wong
Graduate Student PhD 2005
Current: Principal Scientist, GNF

Julian_Wong@brown.edu

Marianna Leguia
Graduate Student PhD 2005
Current: Director, Genomics Laboratory, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

mariana.leguia@pucp.edu.pe

Ekaterina Voronina
Graduate Student PhD 2003
Current: Associate Professor University of Montana

ekaterina.voronina@umontana.edu

Jia Song
Postdoctoral Fellow 2002-2009
Current: Associate Professor University of Delaware

jsong@udel.edu

Jacqueline Brooks
Graduate Student PhD 2002
Current: Post-doc, Harvard University

spratorama@gmail.com

Sheila Haley
Graduate Student PhD 2001
Current: Assistant Professor (Research)
MCB Department, Brown University

sheila_haley@brown.edu

Sean Conner
Graduate Student PhD 1999 

Current: Associate Professor, MCB Department
University of Minnesota

sdconner@umn.edu

Gary LaFleur
Post Doctoral Fellow 1996-1998
Current: R.E.Miller Endowed Professor of Honors Studies, Nicholls State University

gary.lafleur@nicholls.edu

Victor Zaydfudim
Undergrad student 1996-2001 B. Sc.
Current: MD, M.P.H. Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology at the University of Virginia

VZ8H@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu

Linnea Berg
Research Assistant 1991-1997
Current: Academic Lab Specialist, Central Oregon Community College

linneainbend@gmail.com