Artis Lab
![Mohammad Arifuzzaman](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/arif_re_edit_2022.png?itok=Q46XqYo2)
Mohammad Arifuzzaman
Postdoctoral Associate
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Research interest: Neuro-immune interactions
![Elizabeth Emanuel](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/elizabeth_emmanuel_1.png?itok=ozbmZvRU)
Elizabeth Emanuel
Graduate Student
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Research interests: mucosal immunology, neuroimmune interactions, and host-microbe crosstalk
![Xiaoxiao Hou](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/xiaoxiao_hou_2.png?itok=Jm-YwSro)
Xiaoxiao Hou
Postdoctoral Associate
Lanzhou, China
Research interest: Cross-talk between immune system and nervous system
![Isabella Miranda](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/isabella_miranda_1.png?itok=wEUTJ-j5)
Isabella Miranda
Research Assistant
Austin, Texas
![Chris Parkhurst](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/chris_parkhurst_2.png?itok=JDYRAy69)
Chris Parkhurst
Postdoctoral Fellow
New York, NY
Research interest: Neuro-immune interactions
![Jazib Uddin](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/jazib_uddin_1.png?itok=fBg5nIEV)
Jazib Uddin
Postdoctoral Associate
Miami, Florida
Research interests: Mucosal immunology and gut-brain axis
![Hiroshi Yano](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/hiroshi_yano_1.jpg?itok=X1iNgDjp)
Hiroshi Yano
Postdoctoral Associate
Ehime, Japan / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Research interests: neuronal regulation of the adaptive immune system; mucosal barrier surfaces
![Peng Zeng](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/peng_zeng_2.png?itok=10m-1L4m)
Peng Zeng
Postdoctoral Associate
Hubei, China
Research interests: Mucosal immunology and neuro-immune interaction
![Wen Zhang](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/wen_zhang_re_edit_2022.png?itok=MsYx4430)
Wen Zhang
Postdoctoral Associate
Sichuan, China
Research interest: Neuro-immune interactions
![Stephen Gaudino](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/stephen.png?itok=IQAYkdYP)
Stephen Gaudino
Postdoctoral Associate
Massapequa, New York
Research Interest: Mucosal immunology and neuro-immune interaction
![Victoria Ribeiro de Godoy](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/vicky.png?itok=HZ9_Maby)
Victoria Ribeiro de Godoy
Research Specialist / Lab Manager
Sao Paulo, Brasil
Blander Lab
![Amandine Aka](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/france.png?itok=NznX7kM2)
Amandine Aka
Postdoctoral Associate
France
![Kristel Yee Mon](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/kristel-yee-mon_2.jpg?itok=az8dMWRA)
Kristel Yee Mon
Postdoctoral Associate
Trinidad and Tobago
![Chongbo Yang](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/chongbo-yang-1.jpg?itok=8wvUs32y)
Chongbo Yang
Postdoctoral Associate
Guangzhou, China
Research interests: significance of intestinal epithelial cell death in tissue homeostasis
![Atimukta Jha](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/inda.png?itok=8JAvDJMV)
Atimukta Jha
Postdoctoral Associate
India
![Vinica Dhar](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/blue.png?itok=wI-xd1z9)
Vinica Dhar
Postdoctoral Associate
India
![Yuhua Shi](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/tie.png?itok=EEq1ryGN)
Yuhua Shi
Postdoctoral Associate
China
![Dylan Roycroft](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/dylan.png?itok=IDhihzib)
Dylan Roycroft
Research Technician
Ireland
![Shahida Kamal](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/pink.png?itok=icVVgns_)
Shahida Kamal
Research Technician
Paterson, NJ
Collins Lab
![Seong-Ji Han](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/seong-ji_han_0.png?itok=rHpwU8FK)
Seong-Ji Han
Research Associate
Berlin, Germany
Research interests: Nutritional regulation of Immunity
![placeholder](/profiles/wcmc_labs/modules/custom/wcmc_fieldable_panes/images/people-placeholder.png)
Mingeum Jeong
Postdoctoral Associate
Guo Lab
![Wenbing Jin](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/wenbing_jin_1_edit-12.2021.jpg?itok=fKjffm4X)
Wenbing Jin
Postdoctoral Associate
Chongqing, China
Research interests: interactions between host and gut microbiota, new genetic tools, small molecule metabolism and IBD
![Tingting Li](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/tingting_li_2.png?itok=qKGtEeJz)
Tingting Li
Postdoctoral Associate
Sichuan, China
Research interests: gut microbiota, host metabolism, and engineering gut microbiota to sense and treat diseases
![Huiqing Shi](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/huiqing-shi_2.jpg?itok=VmwL7nxj)
Huiqing Shi
Research Technician
Beijing, China
![Shanshan Qiao](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/shanshan_qiao_1.png?itok=yVAdG1NY)
Shanshan Qiao
Postdoctoral Associate
Zhengzhou, China
Research interests: microbiota-host Interactions, metabolic functionality, and microbiota-targeted small molecules
Iliev Lab
![Iris Hanxing Gao](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/iris_gao_05.10.22.png?itok=Ezs0gCw-)
Iris Hanxing Gao
Graduate Student
Jiangsu, China
Research interests: Mucosal immunology, IBD, microbiota and mycobiota
![Takato Kusakabe](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/takato_kusakabe_05.10.22_edit.png?itok=lcINUKkw)
Takato Kusakabe
Postdoctoral Associate
Tokyo, Japan
Research interests: Mycobiota, mucosal immunology and vaccinology
![Yun Liao](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/yun_liao_1.png?itok=SuYYBmw2)
Yun Liao
Postdoctoral Associate
Chengdu, China
Research interests: Fungus and gut immunity
![Woan-Yu Lin](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/woan-yu-lin_2022-version_2.jpg?itok=r6gxswBt)
Woan-Yu Lin
Graduate Student
Hualien, Taiwan
Mucosal immunology, IBD, Gut-brain axis
![Xiaojian Ma](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/xiaojian_ma_2.png?itok=yZbM0r4U)
Xiaojian Ma
Postdoctoral Associate
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Research interests: Gut microbiota, metabolic functionality and gastrointestinal cancer
![placeholder](/profiles/wcmc_labs/modules/custom/wcmc_fieldable_panes/images/people-placeholder.png)
Alekso Milo Miller
Graduate Student
University of Pennsylvania
Research Focus: Investigating neuroimmune driven mechanisms of communication between the gut and the brain.
![placeholder](/profiles/wcmc_labs/modules/custom/wcmc_fieldable_panes/images/people-placeholder.png)
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](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/cristina_bono_tapp_headshot.png?itok=2ApRxAN9)
Cristina Bono Tapp
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Valencia, Spain
Research focus: Mucosal immunology, neuroimmunology, hematopoiesis.
![Nathan Morris](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/nathan_morris_headshot.png?itok=iTV20aRx)
Nathan Morris
Graduate Student
Weill Cornell Graduate School
Research Focus: Mycobiota, Immunology, Single cell sequencing, Bioinformatics.
![placeholder](/profiles/wcmc_labs/modules/custom/wcmc_fieldable_panes/images/people-placeholder.png)
Olga Morzhanaeva
Lab Manager
Pace University (M.S.)
![placeholder](/profiles/wcmc_labs/modules/custom/wcmc_fieldable_panes/images/people-placeholder.png)
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](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/tsering_sharpa_ngima_headshot.png?itok=2wqD5zFR)
Tsering Sherpa Ngima
Clinical Research Assistant I
Lipkin Lab
![Ozkan Gelincik](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/ozkan_gelincik.png?itok=nRHvYlKB)
Ozkan Gelincik
Lab Supervisor
Antakya, Turkey
![Mark Grossman](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/mark-grossman-2.jpg?itok=0lY9iJ9T)
Mark Grossman
Postdoctoral Associate
San Diego, California
Research interests: T-cell based therapies and vaccines for cancer
![Rutu Hemani](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/rutu-hemani-3-web.jpg?itok=5B4U_6Ot)
Rutu Hemani
Research Technician
Mumbai, India
![Mavee Witherspoon](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/mavee_witherspoon_0.png?itok=IoH8PGZi)
Mavee Witherspoon
Research Associate
Brooklyn, New York
Research Interests:
Gastroenterology
Longman Lab
![Svetlana Ferreira Lima](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/svetlana_lima_05.10.22.png?itok=ks957_j9)
Svetlana Ferreira Lima
Postdoctoral Associate
Goias, Brazil
Research interests: Host-microbiota interaction, Host-microbiome interaction, Mucosal immunology
![Alexa Lavergne](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/alexa-lavergne_2_web.jpg?itok=76xd8ZSH)
Alexa Lavergne
Clinical Research Assistant
Wake Forest, North Carolina
![Grace Maldarelli](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/grace_maldarelli_2.jpg?itok=gT3o6O_b)
Grace Maldarelli
Infectious Disease Fellow
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Research interests: intestinal microbiota and host-pathogen-microbiome interactions
![Manabu Nagayama](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/manabu_nagayama_1.png?itok=BLU8F8c_)
Manabu Nagayama
Postdoctoral Associate
Miyazaki, Japan
Research interests: Interaction between gut microflora and the intestinal immune system
![Seun Oguntunmibi](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/seun_oguntunmibi_2_0.png?itok=3dV6XhPY)
Seun Oguntunmibi
Lab Manager
Savannah, Georgia
![Silvia Pires](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/silvia_pires_1.png?itok=cWj8pp6v)
Silvia Pires
Postdoctoral Associate
GuimarĂ£es, Portugal
Research interests: Mucosal immunology, microbiome and immunometabolism
![Nancy Tran](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/nancy_tran_2_jri_circle.png?itok=xRrgbpno)
Nancy Tran
Clinical Research Assistant
South Plainfield, New Jersey
![Monica Viladomiu Pujol](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/monica-viladomiu-pujol_1.jpg?itok=s8IURE0q)
Monica Viladomiu Pujol
Postdoctoral Associate
Barcelona, Spain
Research Interests:
Mucosal immunolgy and the microbiome
![Wei Yang](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/wei_yang_2_web.jpg?itok=6PiPJ1Tk)
Wei Yang
Postdoctoral Associate
Liaoning, China
Research Interests: Mucosal Immunology
Monticelli Lab
![Yen-Hua Chen](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/yen-hua_chen-s1_0.png?itok=kQ53iwbO)
Yen-Hua Chen
Postdoctoral Associate
Taipei, Taiwan
Research interests: Immunometabolism
![Srijani Basu](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/srijani_basu_1-correct.jpg?itok=TYPWwOjr)
Srijani Basu
Postdoctoral Associate
New Delhi, India
Research interests: Mucosal Immunology
Sonnenberg Lab
![Anees Ahmed](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/img_9016_0.jpg?itok=uJoUYdmM)
Anees Ahmed
Postdoctoral Associate
Darbhanga, Bihar, India
Research Interests: Mucosal immunology, gut-brain axis and vaccinology
![Brooke Fiedler](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/brooke_fiedler_2.png?itok=YOmGGCVU)
Brooke Fiedler
Graduate Student
Hartsdale, NY
Research Interests: Mucosal immunology and the gut microbiota
![Joseph Gladstone](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/joe-gladstone_2_web.jpg?itok=AHB9nf42)
Joseph Gladstone
Graduate Student
Boston, Massachusetts
Research Interests: host-microbe interactions, mucosal immunology, and tumor immunology
![Jeremy Goc](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/jeremy_goc.png?itok=qZ0TsROp)
Jeremy Goc
Research Associate
Paris, France
Research Interests: Mucosal and tumor immunology
![Ann Joseph](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/ann_joseph_2019.png?itok=r1DRuIss)
Ann Joseph
Alumni
Post Doctoral Associate
Baltimore, Maryland
Research interests: T cells and mucosal immunology
![Sam Jensen](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/sam-jensen_2.jpg?itok=u28OCmSQ)
Sam Jensen
Postdoctoral Associate
Long Island, NY
Research interests: Host microbe interaction at mucosal surface
![Lan Kang](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/lan_kang_3.png?itok=SoqWJQag)
Lan Kang
Postdoctoral Associate
Hebei, China
Research Interests: Mucosal Immunology
![Mengze Lyu](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/mengze_lyu_09_2020_1.jpg?itok=icGMoivY)
Mengze Lyu
Postdoctoral Associate
Ningbo, China
Research Interests: Mucosal and Tumor Immunology
![Sophia Qu](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/sophia_qu_2_0.png?itok=M2fV24hK)
Sophia Qu
Graduate Student
Great Neck, New York
Research interests: gut microbiota, mucosal immunology, and tumor immunology
![Jordan Zhou](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/jordan_zhou.png?itok=gn0wD8wE)
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](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/wenqing_zhou_1.png?itok=tbhF9wyp)
Wenqing Zhou
Postdoctoral Associate
Hunan, China
Research Interests: Mucosal Immunology
![Veronika Horn](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/veronika_horn_3.png?itok=6RekJZLQ)
Veronika Horn
Postdoctoral Associate
Berlin, Germany
Research interests: Innate immune mechanisms regulating intestinal inflammation and immunity
![Adriana Brcic-Susak](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/adriana-headshot_11.png?itok=e5z5CncP)
Adriana Brcic-Susak
Research Specialist
(Lab Manager)
Fairview, NJ
JRI Scientific Staff
![Caitlin Mason](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/caitlin_mason_photo_0.png?itok=pt27lpSu)
Caitlin Mason
Clinical Research Coordinator
Stroudsburg, PA
![Jorge Gandara](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/jorge_gandara_2019.png?itok=OTFWAceb)
Jorge Gandara
Microbiome Research Service Manager
Floral Park, NY
![Alex Grier](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/alex_grier_1.png?itok=AO3dxhAP)
Alex Grier
Staff Bioinformatician
Rochester, NY
![Elin Hu](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/elin_hu_0.png?itok=CPyKwwRi)
Elin Hu
Research Technician
Manhasset, NY
Research Interest: Neuroimmune Interactions
![Thomas Miller](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/thomas_miller_3_copy_0.png?itok=1vfKmryS)
Thomas Miller
Director of Scientific Operations
Louisville, Kentucky
JRI Administrative Staff
![Vera Vangler](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/vera_vangler_2_circle_for_jri.png?itok=MqlLD4Tt)
Vera Vangler
Grant Portfolio Manager
![Maria Violenus](https://robertsinstitute.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/headshot_images/maria_violenus_color_space_test_testy-1_0.png?itok=IAd6-E1e)
Maria Violenus
Senior Administrative Specialist to Professor J. Magarian Blander
Brooklyn, NY