Principal Investigator
Ioannis Aifantis
Professor and Chair
Herman M. Biggs Professor of Pathology
NYU Langone Medical Center
Junior Faculty
Xufeng Chen
Instructor in Pathology
(Ph.D., University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2015)
Xufeng is investigating the role of 3D chromosomal topology in AML pathogenesis.
Bettina Nadorp
Assistant Professor, Medicine and Pathology
(Ph.D. 2018, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Bettina is using computational approaches for the analysis of single cell data in human leukemia
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Audrey Lasry
Postdoctoral Fellow
(Ph.D. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 2018)
Audrey is developing single cell approaches to study leukemia microenvironment
Audrey.LasrySandler@nyulangone.org
Rebecca Austin
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D. The University of Queensland, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia, 2018.)
rebecca.austin@nyulangone.org
Giovanni Gambi
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D. University of Strasbourg, France, 2021)
Giovanni is investigating 3D chromatin rewiring in leukemia
Juan Carlos Balandran
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D. Center for Research and Advanced Studies, CINVESTAV, Mexico City, 2018)
JC is exploring the role of inflammation in the leukemia etiopathogenesis by using single cell approaches
Anna Lee
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA, 2020)
Anna is investigating the role of RNA-binding proteins in leukemia pathogenesis.
Dimitrios Papaioannou
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(M.D., University of Athens, Greece, 2007)
Dimitris is studying long non-coding RNAs as regulators of higher-order chromatin structure in acute myeloid leukemia
Varvara Paraskevopoulou
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, 2020)
Varvara is investigating the role of the microenvironment in response to stress and in leukaemia pathogenesis.
Mingjun Liu
Post-Doctoral Fellow
(Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, USA, 2022)
Mingjun will be studying epigenetic mechanisms of inflammation during myeloid transformation
Yohana Ghebrechristos
Post-Doctoral Fellow
B.A. Cornell University, 2017
Yohana is exploring the role of epigenetic factors and 3D chromosome structure in leukemia.
Yohana.Ghebrechristos@nyumc.org
Maria Sirenko
(Ph.D. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA, 2023)
Maria is studying inflammation in hematologic malignancies.
Graduate Students
Ali Rosen
PhD Student, NYU
(B.S. from University of Washington, 2019)
Ali is studying 3D chromatin architecture, epigenetics.
(Co-Mentored by Aristotelis Tsirigos)
Kathryn Hockemeyer
Medical Student, NYU
(B.A. Vanderbilt University, USA, 2013)
Kate is working on the role of the stress response in cancer.
Zhengxi Sun
Graduate student
B.S. UC San Diego, USA, 2016
Zhengxi is investigating the mechanism of drug resistance in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Soobeom Lee
Graduate student
(M.Sc. Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea 2015)
Soobeom is developing computational tools to study clonal evolution in leukemia
(Co-mentored by Dr. Richard Bonneau, NYU, Dept. of Computer Science & Biology)
Zoe Ciantra
Graduate Student
(B.A. Oberlin College 2018)
Zoe is studying immune evasion mechanisms in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
(Co-Mentored by Jun Wang)
Ximena Vargas
Masters Student, NYU
(B.S. Arkansas State University Campus Queretaro)
Ximena will be studying the molecular mechanisms of inflammation in leukemia
Research Technicians
Kun Wang
Research Technician
University of China
Kun is organizing our animal colonies.
Wafa Al-santli
Research Technician
(M.Sc, 2019, Adelphi University, NY)
Wafa is working on projects related to single cell analysis of the bone marrow microenvironment
Olha Ivashkiv
Research Technician
(M.Sc, 2015, CUNY City College of New York, NY)
Olha is working on T-ALL PDX projects.
Tejas Patel
Research Technician
(B.S. University of California, Los Angles)
Bioinformaticians
Hua Zhou
Bioinformatician
Hua is working on the analysis of deep sequencing experiments (bulk RNASeq, ATAC-Seq, ChipSeq, sc-RNAseq).
Javier Rodriguez-Hernaez
Bioinformatician
(MSc Biomedical Informatics, NYU) Javier develops computational tools to study 3D chromosomal architecture and epigenetics in leukemia.
Ziyan Lin
Bioinformatician
Ziyan is focusing on analysis of single cell sequencing data and the interaction between leukemia and its microenvironment.
Lab Manager
Jingjing Wang
Lab Manager/Research Scientist
(Ph.D. Peking University, China, 2011)
Jingjing focuses on identification of regulators of Myc protein stability.