Leadership Team

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    Viviana Simon, M.D., Ph.D.

    Mount Sinai Endowed Professor of Virology

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    Lubbertus "Ben" Mulder, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor

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    Komal Srivastava, M.S.

    Director of Strategy and Operations

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  • A man with glasses and a red beard smiling, wearing a navy and white sweatshirt, against a plain light background.

    Dan Caughey, M.H.A.

    Administrative Manager

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    Giulio Kleiner, Ph.D.

    Lab Manager

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    Charles Gleason, B.S.

    Data Manager

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Postdoctoral Fellows

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    Giacomo Butta, Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Fellow

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    Noah Peña, Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Fellow

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    Hoi Tong Wong, Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Fellow

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Lab Members

  • Ashley Aracena, B.S.

    Clinical Research Coordinator

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  • Andrew Boylan, B.S.

    Associate Researcher

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  • Yuexing Chen, M.S.

    Data Analyst

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  • Yusuf Figueroa, B.B.A.

    Clinical Research Assistant

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  • Charlotte "Lotte" Kearns, B.A.

    Ph.D. Student

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  • Anna Miller, M.S.

    Associate Researcher

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  • Jacob Mischka, B.S.

    Associate Researcher

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  • Brian Monahan, M.S.

    Associate Researcher

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  • Jessica Nardulli, B.S.

    Clinical Research Coordinator

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  • Reima Ramsamooj, M.S.

    Associate Researcher

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  • Max VanDyck, B.A.

    Associate Researcher

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  • Carter Williams, B.S.

    Associate Researcher

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Lab Alumni

Shelcie Fabre, B.S.
Lily Eaker, B.S.
Emily Ferreri, B.S.
Rachel Chernet, B.S.
Elena Hirsch
Denise Jurczyszak, Ph.D.
Julia Matthews, B.A.
Sayahi Suthakaran
Lara Manganaro, Ph.D.
Matthew Hernandez, Ph.D.
Marcel Ooms, Ph.D.
Michael Letko, Ph.D.
Álvaro Cuesta-Domínguez, Ph.D.
Veronica Iannucci, Ph.D.
Sandra Terry, M.S.
Dionne Argyle, M.S.
Roland Pene, M.S.
Ekta Sharma, M.S.
Marsha Dillon-White, M.S.
Ralph Fernandez
Kayla Russo, B.S.
Amber Shin, B.S.
Karine David, B.S.
Daniel Floda, B.A.
Miti Saksena, M.B.B.S.
Wanni Mendez
Levy Sominsky, B.A.
Katherine Beach, B.S.
Nina Damiecki

Emma McGregor, B.S.
Mahmoud Awawda, M.S.
Angela Amoako, M.S.
Aria Rooker, B.S.
Ashley-Beathrese Salimbangon,
Gianna Cai, B.A.
Dalles Andre
Annika Oostenink, B.S.
Arman Azad, B.A.
Jacob D’Eustachio
Grace Eunhye Kim, Ph.D.
Jose Polanco
María Carolina Bermúdez González, M.P.H.
Christian Cognigni, B.A.
Dylan Fitzgerald, B.S.
Jake Mauldin, B.S.
Susanna Scaglioni, M.S.
Lisa Neureuter, M.S.
Hyun Min Kang, B.S.
Elizabeth “Betsy” Levendosky, B.S.
Morgan van Kesteren, B.A.
Aidan Vera
Ariana Harari
Mawuena Binka, PhD
Andrea Kunz, MD
Susan Majdak Maio, MS
Neko Lyttle, MS