Trainees/Staff

Artis Lab

Mohammad Arifuzzaman

Mohammad Arifuzzaman

Postdoctoral Associate
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Research interest: Neuro-immune interactions

Elizabeth Emanuel

Elizabeth Emanuel

Graduate Student
Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Research interests: mucosal immunology, neuroimmune interactions, and host-microbe crosstalk

Xiaoxiao Hou

Xiaoxiao Hou

Postdoctoral Associate
Lanzhou, China

Research interest: Cross-talk between immune system and nervous system

Isabella Miranda

Isabella Miranda

Research Assistant
Austin, Texas

Chris Parkhurst

Chris Parkhurst

Postdoctoral Fellow
New York, NY

Research interest: Neuro-immune interactions

Jazib Uddin

Jazib Uddin

Postdoctoral Associate
Miami, Florida

Research interests: Mucosal immunology and gut-brain axis

Hiroshi Yano

Hiroshi Yano

Postdoctoral Associate
Ehime, Japan / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Research interests: neuronal regulation of the adaptive immune system; mucosal barrier surfaces

Peng Zeng

Peng Zeng

Postdoctoral Associate
Hubei, China

Research interests: Mucosal immunology and neuro-immune interaction

Wen Zhang

Wen Zhang

Postdoctoral Associate
Sichuan, China

Research interest: Neuro-immune interactions

Stephen Gaudino

Stephen Gaudino

Postdoctoral Associate
Massapequa, New York

Research Interest: Mucosal immunology and neuro-immune interaction

Victoria Ribeiro de Godoy

Victoria Ribeiro de Godoy

Research Specialist / Lab Manager
Sao Paulo, Brasil

Blander Lab

Amandine Aka

Amandine Aka

Postdoctoral Associate
France

Kristel Yee Mon

Kristel Yee Mon

Postdoctoral Associate
Trinidad and Tobago

Chongbo Yang

Chongbo Yang

Postdoctoral Associate
Guangzhou, China

Research interests: significance of intestinal epithelial cell death in tissue homeostasis

Atimukta Jha

Atimukta Jha

Postdoctoral Associate
India

Vinica Dhar

Vinica Dhar

Postdoctoral Associate
India

Yuhua Shi

Yuhua Shi

Postdoctoral Associate
China

Dylan Roycroft

Dylan Roycroft

Research Technician
Ireland

Shahida Kamal

Shahida Kamal

Research Technician
Paterson, NJ

Collins Lab

Seong-Ji Han

Seong-Ji Han

Research Associate
Berlin, Germany

Research interests: Nutritional regulation of Immunity

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Mingeum Jeong

Postdoctoral Associate

Guo Lab

Wenbing Jin

Wenbing Jin

Postdoctoral Associate
Chongqing, China

Research interests: interactions between host and gut microbiota, new genetic tools, small molecule metabolism and IBD

Tingting Li

Tingting Li

Postdoctoral Associate
Sichuan, China

Research interests: gut microbiota, host metabolism, and engineering gut microbiota to sense and treat diseases

Huiqing Shi

Huiqing Shi

Research Technician
Beijing, China

Shanshan Qiao

Shanshan Qiao

Postdoctoral Associate
Zhengzhou, China

Research interests: microbiota-host Interactions, metabolic functionality,  and microbiota-targeted small molecules

Iliev Lab

Iris Hanxing Gao

Iris Hanxing Gao

Graduate Student
Jiangsu, China

Research interests: Mucosal immunology, IBD, microbiota and mycobiota

Takato Kusakabe

Takato Kusakabe

Postdoctoral Associate
Tokyo, Japan

Research interests: Mycobiota, mucosal immunology and vaccinology

Yun Liao

Yun Liao

Postdoctoral Associate
Chengdu, China

Research interests: Fungus and gut immunity

Woan-Yu Lin

Woan-Yu Lin

Graduate Student
Hualien, Taiwan

Mucosal immunology, IBD, Gut-brain axis

Xiaojian Ma

Xiaojian Ma

Postdoctoral Associate
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Research interests: Gut microbiota, metabolic functionality and gastrointestinal cancer

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Alekso Milo Miller

Graduate Student
University of Pennsylvania

Research Focus: Investigating neuroimmune driven mechanisms of communication between the gut and the brain.

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Xiangyu Pan

Postdoctoral Associate in Medicine
Sichuan University, China

Research focus: Computational analysis of the role of microbiota in cancer and immunological diseases.

Cristina Bono Tapp

Cristina Bono Tapp

Postdoctoral Associate
University of Valencia, Spain

Research focus: Mucosal immunology, neuroimmunology, hematopoiesis.

Nathan Morris

Nathan Morris

Graduate Student
Weill Cornell Graduate School

Research Focus: Mycobiota, Immunology, Single cell sequencing, Bioinformatics.

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Olga Morzhanaeva

Lab Manager
Pace University (M.S.)

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Hanxing Gao

PhD student
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Research focus: Symbiotic fungi in the gut and their interactions with the animal host.

Tsering Sherpa Ngima

Tsering Sherpa Ngima

Clinical Research Assistant I

Lipkin Lab

Ozkan Gelincik

Ozkan Gelincik

Lab Supervisor
Antakya, Turkey

Mark Grossman

Mark Grossman

Postdoctoral Associate
San Diego, California

Research interests: T-cell based therapies and vaccines for cancer

Rutu Hemani

Rutu Hemani

Research Technician
Mumbai, India

Mavee Witherspoon

Mavee Witherspoon

Research Associate
Brooklyn, New York

Research Interests:

Gastroenterology

Longman Lab

Svetlana Ferreira Lima

Svetlana Ferreira Lima

Postdoctoral Associate
Goias, Brazil

Research interests: Host-microbiota interaction, Host-microbiome interaction, Mucosal immunology

Alexa Lavergne

Alexa Lavergne

Clinical Research Assistant
Wake Forest, North Carolina

Grace Maldarelli

Grace Maldarelli

Infectious Disease Fellow
Gaithersburg, Maryland

Research interests: intestinal microbiota and host-pathogen-microbiome interactions

Manabu Nagayama

Manabu Nagayama

Postdoctoral Associate
Miyazaki, Japan

Research interests: Interaction between gut microflora and the intestinal immune system

Seun Oguntunmibi

Seun Oguntunmibi

Lab Manager
Savannah, Georgia

Silvia Pires

Silvia Pires

Postdoctoral Associate
GuimarĂ£es, Portugal

Research interests: Mucosal immunology, microbiome and immunometabolism

Nancy Tran

Nancy Tran

Clinical Research Assistant
South Plainfield, New Jersey

Monica Viladomiu Pujol

Monica Viladomiu Pujol

Postdoctoral Associate
Barcelona, Spain

Research Interests:

Mucosal immunolgy and the microbiome

Wei Yang

Wei Yang

Postdoctoral Associate
Liaoning, China

Research Interests: Mucosal Immunology

Monticelli Lab

Yen-Hua Chen

Yen-Hua Chen

Postdoctoral Associate
Taipei, Taiwan

Research interests: Immunometabolism

Srijani Basu

Srijani Basu

Postdoctoral Associate
New Delhi, India

Research interests: Mucosal Immunology

Sonnenberg Lab

Anees Ahmed

Anees Ahmed

Postdoctoral Associate
Darbhanga, Bihar, India

Research Interests: Mucosal immunology, gut-brain axis and vaccinology

Brooke Fiedler

Brooke Fiedler

Graduate Student
Hartsdale, NY

Research Interests: Mucosal immunology and the gut microbiota

Joseph Gladstone

Joseph Gladstone

Graduate Student
Boston, Massachusetts

Research Interests: host-microbe interactions, mucosal immunology, and tumor immunology

Jeremy Goc

Jeremy Goc

Research Associate
Paris, France

Research Interests:  Mucosal and tumor immunology

Ann Joseph

Ann Joseph

Alumni
Post Doctoral Associate
Baltimore, Maryland

Research interests: T cells and mucosal immunology

Sam Jensen

Sam Jensen

Postdoctoral Associate
Long Island, NY

Research interests: Host microbe interaction at mucosal surface

Lan Kang

Lan Kang

Postdoctoral Associate
Hebei, China

Research Interests: Mucosal Immunology

Mengze Lyu

Mengze Lyu

Postdoctoral Associate
Ningbo, China

Research Interests: Mucosal and Tumor Immunology

Sophia Qu

Sophia Qu

Graduate Student
Great Neck, New York

Research interests: gut microbiota, mucosal immunology, and tumor immunology

Jordan Zhou

Jordan Zhou

Postdoctoral Associate
Detroit, Michigan

Research Interests: molecular immunology, immune tolerance, and the interactions between the immune system and other aspects of health such as metabolism, the nervous system, and the microbiome

Wenqing Zhou

Wenqing Zhou

Postdoctoral Associate
Hunan, China

Research Interests: Mucosal Immunology

Veronika Horn

Veronika Horn

Postdoctoral Associate
Berlin, Germany

Research interests: Innate immune mechanisms regulating intestinal inflammation and immunity

Adriana Brcic-Susak

Adriana Brcic-Susak

Research Specialist
(Lab Manager)
Fairview, NJ

JRI Scientific Staff

Caitlin Mason

Caitlin Mason

Clinical Research Coordinator
Stroudsburg, PA

Jorge Gandara

Jorge Gandara

Microbiome Research Service Manager
Floral Park, NY

Alex Grier

Alex Grier

Staff Bioinformatician
Rochester, NY

Elin Hu

Elin Hu

Research Technician
Manhasset, NY

Research Interest: Neuroimmune Interactions

Thomas Miller

Thomas Miller

Director of Scientific Operations
Louisville, Kentucky

JRI Administrative Staff

Vera Vangler

Vera Vangler

Grant Portfolio Manager

Maria Violenus

Maria Violenus

Senior Administrative Specialist to Professor J. Magarian Blander
Brooklyn, NY

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