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Former Lab Members

Below is a list of lab members that have come and gone. Click on a name to read an account of their time spent in the Lombroso Lab, or click on a current position to learn more about what they're doing now. If you are on this list and you've moved on to newer things, let us know! We'd love to hear from you. Please email Paul with your updated information.

Name Dates Position Current Position

Ethan Foscue

Chimezie Ononenyi, MS

2013 - 2015

2010 - 2013

Postgraduate Associate

Research Assistant


Medical Student, Howard U. (starting 2014)

Susan Goebel-Goody, PhD 2008 - 2012 Associate Research Scientist Principal Scientist, Pfizer
Carole Nasrallah, MS 2011 - 2012 Postgraduate Associate Graduate Student, Yale University
Evan Wallis 2010 - 2012 Research Assistant Software Developer
Nikisha Carty, PhD 2009 - 2011 Postdoctoral Fellow Evotec
Stephanie Fernandez, PhD 2009 - 2011 Postdoctoral Fellow Scientist
Celeste Greer, BS 2010 rotation Graduate Student Tae Hoon Kim Lab, Yale University
Danielle Krasner, BS 2010 rotation Graduate Student Patrick Sung Lab, Yale University
Iris Park 2009 - 2010 Research Assistant Research Assistant II, NYU School of Medicine
Sara Royston, BA, MS 2008 - 2010 Research Assistant MD/PhD University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
Paulo Correa, MD 2008 - 2009 Psychiatric Fellow Psychiatrist, Bristol Hospital
Yongfang Zhang, PhD 2006 - 2009 Postdoc Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine
Xuping Li, PhD 2007 - 2009 Postdoc Instructor, Houston Methodist
Li Ding, BA 2005 - 2008 Research Assistant Medical Technologist Department of Lab Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Xi'an, China
Deepa V. Venkitaramani, PhD 2005 - 2008 Postdoc Research Scientist, Beckman Institute
Yang Zhang, PhD 2004 - 2007 Postdoc Pharmacist, Boston
Roman Tashev, PhD 2004 - 2007 Postdoc Director of Studies, Medical University - Varna
Paula Moura, BA 2006 - 2007 Graduate Student, University of Sao Paulo Therapist, OPT Greenfield
Yaer Hu, PhD 2004 - 2006 Postdoc Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine
Evan Mills, MA 2004 - 2006 Research Assistant Sales and Applications Specialist, Molecular Devices
Lyal Tressler, BS 2004 - 2006 Research Assistant Research Assistant, US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases
Irina Ruchkina, MD 2003 - 2006 Postdoctoral Fellow Residency in Geriatric Psychiatry
Shawn Hakim, BA 2003 - 2005 Research Assistant Research Assistant, Harvard Medical School
Kathy Burke, PhD 2002 - 2005 Postdoc Research Associate, University of California
Surojit Paul, PhD 1998 - 2004 Postdoc and Associate Research Scientist Associate Professor, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Natalie Tronson, BS 2004 Graduate Student in Lombroso Seminar Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
Shari Wiseman, BS 2004 Graduate Student in Lombroso Seminar Postdoc, Angus Nairn Lab, Yale University
Dan Zhou, PhD 2001 - 2002 Postdoc Postdoc, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Takatoshi Karasawa, BS 1998 - 2002 Graduate Student Senior Research Associate, Oregon Health and Science University
Syed Morshed, MD/PhD 1997 - 2003 Postdoc Research Associate, Mt Sinai Medical Center
Salina Parveen, MD/PhD 1998 - 2003 Postdoc Research Associate, Rockefeller University
Marcos Mercadente, MD/PhD 2000 - 2001 Visiting Professor Professor, Federal University of Sao Paulo
Akira Okamura, MD 1999 - 2001 Postdoc Deceased
Hisayuki Yokokura, MD/PhD 1998 - 2000 Postdoc Neurologist, Tsushima Central Hospital
Tri Hung Nguyen, PhD 1996 - 2001 Postdoc Scientist, Genzyme Corporation, MA
Youhan Wu, PhD 1997 - 1999 Postdoc Associate Research Scientist, Yale University
Dan Tucker, MD 1994 - 1996 Postdoc Psychiatrist, Marcus Autism Center
Abel Bult-Ito, PhD 1993 - 1996 Postdoc Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Ela Sharma, PhD 1992 - 1994 Postdoc President, GTech Solutions, N.J.
Feisha Zhao, MD 1992 - 1995 Research Assistant

Research Associate, Tolerx, Inc