
Aitken Lab People








Current Members (A-Z)

Kyle Benson, ’26
Biology Major

Eve Braverman, ’25
Biochemistry Major

Jared Fiske, ’26
Biology Major

Cassie Koyamatsu, ’25
Biochemistry Major

Karina Mangru, ’27
Biology Major

Colin Mikulski, ’26
Biochemistry Major

Matteo Roman, ’25
Biochemistry Major

Posey Whidden, ’25
Biochemistry Major

Jill Wong, ’25
Biology Major

Christine Xu, ’25
Biochemistry Major
Lab alumni
Thesis students in bold
- Benjamin Marks, ’27 (Colgate University)
- Areebah Aziz, ’26
- Caris Lee, ’25
- Sufana Noorwez, ’24
(Medical Assistant at Kuchnir Dermatology, applying to MD/PhD schools) - Margaret Rudbach, ’24
(Birth Doula with AmeriCorps, applying to MD schools) - Robert (Max) Freedman, ’24
(NIH Postbaccalaureate research program) - Yilin (Alice) Zhong, ’24
(Research Technician at Cornell University) - Sophie Anderson, ’24
- Paloma Kai Velez, ’24
(UC Davis Postbaccalaureate research program) - Joshua Kim, ’23
(IRTA fellow at NIH) - Shanya Galbokke Hewage, ’23
(Columbia MPH program, now working as community engagement associate at Locust Community Solutions) - Lucy Funes, ’23
(Researcher at Weill Cornell Medicine, applying to graduate programs) - Amber Huang, ’23
(PhD Candidate, Columbia Chemistry Department) - Hao Dong Tian, ’23
(NIH UGSP Scholar) - Tanveer Singh, ’22 (OD student, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine)
- Kashaf Zaheer, ’22
(Research Assistant at Icahn School of Medicine) - River Zhao, ’22
(MD student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine) - Nikolas Pham, ’22
(MD student, Temple/St. Luke’s School of Medicine) - Andrew Luo, ’21
(PhD Candidate, University of Michigan) - Andrei Stanciu, ’21
(Software Engineer, Palantir Technologies) - Brent Shimoda, ’21
(MD student, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine) - Andrea Tellez, ’21
(PhD Candidate, Weill Cornell Medicine Pharmacology Program) - Adriana Buller, ’21
(Program Director, Newport Tree Conservancy) - Anne-Marie Abban-Demitrus, ’21
(PhD Candidate, Boston University) - Kyungyoon Yoo, ’20
(MD/PhD Student, Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine) - Kevin Moti, ’20
(Research Assistant at The Rockefeller University) - Dominic Lanni, ’20
(PhD Candidate at UMass Boston) - Brandon Impastato, ’20
(MD student, Hofstra Zucker School of Medicine) - Tara Edwards, ’20
(MD student, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine) - Acadia DiNardo, ’19
(PhD Candidate, University of Oregon) - Matthew Marcelino, ’18
(MD student, SUNY Downstate Medical Center) - Sean Lu, ’18
