People – Neuroscience Initiative

Administration

Patrizia Casaccia, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Neuroscience Initiative
Einstein Professor of Biology, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Email: pcasaccia@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3180

Kevin Wang
Associate Director, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: kwang@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3181

Pinar Ayata, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Ayata Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: payata@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3317
Patrizia Casaccia, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Neuroscience Initiative
Einstein Professor of Biology, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Email: pcasaccia@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3180
Boyan Kostadinov, Ph.D.
Faculty Fellow, Neuroscience Initiative
Associate Professor, New York City College of Technology
Email: BKostadinov@citytech.cuny.edu
Susana Mingote, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mingote Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: smingote@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3196
Orie Shafer, Ph.D.
Professor, Shafer Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: oshafer@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3195

Ye He, Ph.D.
Director, Live Imaging and Bioenergetics Facility
Co-Director, MALDI-TOF MS Imaging Facility
Research Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: yhe1@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3182
Jia Liu, Ph.D.
Director, Epigenetics Facility
Director, Rodent Behavioral Analysis Suite
Research Associate Professor, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: jliu1@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3183
Sarah Moyon, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Casaccia Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: smoyon@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3187
A. Duke Shereen, Ph.D.
Director, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Facility
Research Associate Professor, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: ashereen@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3202

Emily Boyd
Research Assistant, Ayata Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: eboyd1@gc.cuny.edu
Darrell Conyers
MRI Technician, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Facility
Email: dconyers@gc.cuny.edu
Sixtine Fleury
Research Assistant, Mingote Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: sfleury@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3199
Hongbo Hao
Senior Lab Technician, Epigenetics Core Facility
Email: hhao@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3203
Benjamin Inbar
Senior Research Associate, Casaccia Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: binbar@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3193
Damien Marechal, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Casaccia Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: dmarechal@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3197
Kenneth Ng
MRI Technician, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Facility
Email: kng1@gc.cuny.edu
Hye-Jin Park, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Casaccia Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: hpark@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3192
Hannah Pettibone
Research Assistant, Shafer Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: hpettibone@gc.cuny.edu

Budha Chowdhury, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Shafer Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: bchowdhury@gc.cuny.edu
Sejal Davla, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Shafer Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: sdavla@gc.cuny.edu
Abhilash Lakshman, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Shafer Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: labhilash@gc.cuny.edu
Mathilde Pruvost, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Casaccia Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: mpruvost@gc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3189

David Dansu
Doctoral Student, Casaccia Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: ddansu@gc.cuny.edu
Dennis Huang
Doctoral Student, Casaccia Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: dhuang@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Sami Sauma
Doctoral Student, Casaccia Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: ssauma@gc.cuny.edu
Ipek Selcen
Doctoral Student, Casaccia Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: iselcen@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Eric Tsai
Doctoral Student, Casaccia Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: Eric.Tsai@icahn.mssm.edu
Camila Yattah
Doctoral Student, Casaccia Lab, Neuroscience Initiative
Email: cyattah@gc.cuny.edu