CURRENT LAB MEMBERS

Benjamin Izar, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator
Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Human Immune Monitoring Core

Johannes Melms, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Internal Medicine Resident

Chris Frangieh, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences

Somnath Tagore, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences

Azzurra Cottarelli, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences

Geovanna Neira
Administrative Assistant
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Peter Koch, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Pathology Resident

Ron Gejman, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Hematology/Oncology Fellow
Cancer Research Institute Irvington Fellowship

Hsiang-Hsi Ling, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Clarissa Heck, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Hematology/Oncology Fellow (Charité in Berlin, Germany)

Sumali Jayakody
Research Technician

Charli Phillips
Research Technician

Lindsay Caprio
MD–PhD Student
PhD in Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies
NIH/NCI F30 Fellowship

Zachary Walsh
MD–PhD Student
PhD in Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies
NIH/NCI F30 Fellowship

Michael Mu
MD–PhD Student
PhD in Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies

Luke Cai
MD–PhD Student
PhD in Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies
NIH/NCI F30 Fellowship
Webmaster

Edridge D'Souza
MD–PhD Student
PhD in Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies
NIH/NCI F30 Fellowship

Neeha Kothapalli
MD–PhD Student
PhD in Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies
NIH/NCI F30 Fellowship

Karan Luthria
MD–PhD Student
PhD in Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies
NIH/NCI F30 Fellowship

Akul Naik
MD–PhD Student
PhD in Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies

Jared Pollard
MD–PhD Student
PhD in Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies

Devanik Biswas
MD–PhD Student
PhD in Neurobiology and Behavior

Shudipto Wahed
PhD Student
PhD in Microbiology and Immunology

Xingpei Zhang
PhD Student
PhD in Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies

Ryan Cohen
MD Student

Emily Fischbach
MD Student

Alex Hernandez
MD Student

Valentina Allegra
Undergraduate Student
HUMAN IMMUNE MONITORING CORE

Parin Shah, PhD
Manager

Sean Chen
Izar Lab Manager & Staff Scientist

Synaida Maiche
Research Technician

Kassidy Green
Research Technician

TEAM SCIENCE WITH KEY COLLABORATORS
FORMER LAB MEMBERS
Amber Wolabaugh
Stephen Tang
Sreeram Vallabhaneni
Shaolin Mei
Bokang Rabasha
Benjamin Fullerton
Amit Dipak Amin
Casey Ager
Simon Berhe
Mingxuan Zhang
Daniel Vaccaro
Blake Caldwell
Shivem Shah
Patricia Ho
Meri Rogava
Yiping Wang
Jana Biermann
Sreeharsha Gurrapu
Carino Gurjao
Morteza Chalabi
Leon Abel