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  • Pius Amartey

    Undergraduate researcher
    Sophomore, Engineering

    Cornell College of Engineering



    Bio
  • Siddharth Gilra

    Undergraduate researcher
    Sophomore, Biological Sciences

    Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences


    Bio
  • Ananya Kohli, BS

    Graduate researcher
    Ph.D student, Genetics, Genomics and Development
    (co-advised with Dr. Andrew Grimson)

    B.S. (Genetics, Cell and Developmental Biology),
    Arizona State University (ASU)

    Bio
  • Vaishnavi Kunapuli

    Undergraduate researcher
    Freshman, Biological Sciences

    Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Bio
  • Sheng Mao

    Undergraduate researcher
    Junior, Biometry and Statistics,

    Westlake University, China
    Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Bio
  • Mary Shang

    Summer undergraduate researcher
    Senior, Biology (Major), Computer science (Minor)

    Washington University at St. Louis (WUSTL)



    Bio
  • Yuxin Shi, BS

    Staff researcher
    B.S. (Electrical Engineering)
    East China (Dong Hua) University, P. R. China.
    Associate Degree (Computer Information Systems) with highest honors
    Tompkins Cortland Community College, NY

    Bio
  • Ayshwarya Subramanian, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics,

    Cornell College of Arts and Sciences.


    Bio
  • Taran Tummala

    Undergraduate researcher
    Sophomore, Biology and Society

    Cornell College of Arts and Sciences




    Bio
  • Jingyu (Warren) Xu

    Undergraduate researcher
    Junior, Biological sciences and computer science

    Cornell College of Arts and Sciences

    Bio
  • Valentina Zhang

    High-school researcher

    Phillips Exeter Academy

    Bio
  • Adam Barrett Zuchowski, BS

    Graduate researcher
    Ph.D student, Biomedical Engineering

    B.S. (Biomedical Engineering) (Major)
    Computer Science and Mathematics (Minor)
    University of Vermont




    Bio

Previous mentees and alumni

Rotation students at Cornell

  • Alexandra Hoff, BS (Chemistry), Western Washington University.
    Role: Rotation Student, Genetics, Genomics and Development (Field), Spring 2024.
    Current position: Graduate researcher with Dr. Haiyuan Yu.

  • Melissa Stephanie Mychalczuk, BS (Molecular Biology), University of Pittsburgh.
    Role: Rotation Student, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology (Field), Spring 2024.
    Current position: Graduate researcher with Dr. Mariana Wolfner.

  • Adil Ibrahim Mohammed, BTech hons (Chemical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad.
    Role: Rotation Student, Biomedical Engineering (Field), Fall 2023.
    Current position: Rotating.

Associate Computational Biologists

  • Yufan Wu, MS (Health Data Science), Harvard University.
    Role: Associate Computational Biologist, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2021-2024.
    Current position: Incoming PhD student at MD Anderson Cancer Center.

  • Carlos Arevalo, BS (Major: Molecular, cell and developmental biology, Minor: Bioinformatics), University of California, Santa Cruz.
    Role: Associate Computational Biologist, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2021-2023.
    Associated Work: Subramanian A, Vernon KA, Zhou Y, Marshall JL, Alimova M, Arevalo C, et al. Protective role for kidney TREM2high macrophages in obesity- and diabetes-induced kidney injury. Cell Rep. 2024 May 21;43(6):114253. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114253. PMID: 38781074.
    Current position: Bioinformatician at UCSC.

  • Conner Lambden, BS (Molecular and Cell Biology and Computer Science), University of California, Berkeley.
    Role: Associate Computational Biologist, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2020-2021.
    Associated Work: Tang R, Acharya N, Subramanian A, Purohit V, Tabaka M, Hou Y, He D, Dixon KO, Lambden C, et al. Tim-3 adapter protein Bat3 acts as an endogenous regulator of tolerogenic dendritic cell function. Sci Immunol. 2022 Mar 11;7(69):eabm0631. doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abm0631. PMID: 35275752.
    Current position: Founder, Helium Trades.

Masters students

  • Neha Gupta, MS (Bioinformatics), Boston University.
    Role: Summer research intern and Fall coop student, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2021.
    Current position: PhD student at Georgia State University.

  • Brad Fortunato, MS (Bioinformatics), Boston University.
    Role: Summer research intern, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2021.
    Current position: Associate Computational Biologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Undergraduate students

  • Samuel Nitz, BS (Biology and Computer Science), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
    Role: MIT UROP, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2019-2020.
    Current position: PhD student at Tri-I (Rockefeller-Weill Cornell-Sloan Kettering) PhD program.

  • Alexander Young, BS (Mathematics and Computer Science), Brown University.
    Role: Undergraduate Researcher, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2021-2023.
    Current position: Technical Staff at Inceptive, Palo Alto, CA.

  • Adriana Payen-Medina, BS (Chemical Engineering), University of Utah.
    Role: Broad Summer Research Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Summer 2022.
    Current position: PhD student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

  • Titas Banerjee, BS (Computer Science), Carnegie Mellon University;MD, Stony Brook University.
    Role: Undergraduate Researcher, Carnegie Mellon University, 2011
    Current position: Clinical Assistant Professor, Oregon Health & Science University.

High-school students

  • Keerti Koya, High-school researcher, Mission San Jose High School.
    Role: High-School Researcher, Cornell University, Summer 2024.
    Current position: High-school senior, Mission San Jose High School.

  • Raj Saha, High-school researcher, The Roxbury Latin School.
    Role: High-School Researcher, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2022-2023.
    Current position: High-school senior, The Roxbury Latin School.

  • Ishaan Sareen, High-school researcher, American School of London.
    Role: Research Science Institute (RSI) scholar, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2023.
    Current position: Incoming freshman at University of Chicago.

  • Tanmay Gupta, High-school researcher, Phillips Exeter Academy.
    Role: High-School Researcher, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2022.
    Current position: Undergraduate at Columbia University (Computer Science).

  • Achyutha Rajaram, High-school researcher, Phillips Exeter Academy.
    Role: High-School Researcher, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2022.
    Current position: Incoming freshman at MIT (Computer Science).

  • Anish Mudide, High-school researcher, Phillips Exeter Academy.
    Role: High-School Researcher, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2020-2023.
    Associated Work: Wilder AP, Supple MA, Subramanian A, Mudide A, et al. The contribution of historical processes to contemporary extinction risk in placental mammals. Science. 2023 Apr 28;380(6643):eabn5856. doi: 10.1126/science.abn5856. PMID: 37104572.
    Current position: Undergraduate at MIT (Computer Science).

  • Varun Suraj, High-school researcher, Lexington High School.
    Role: High-School Researcher, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2021-2022.
    Current position: Undergraduate at Harvard University.

  • Mikhail Alperovich, High-school researcher, Lexington High School.
    Role: High-School Researcher, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2019-2021.
    Associated Work: Subramanian A, Alperovich M, Yang Y, Li B. Biology-inspired data-driven quality control for scientific discovery in single-cell transcriptomics. Genome Biol. 2022 Dec 27;23(1):267. doi: 10.1186/s13059-022-02820-w. PMID: 36575523.
    Current position: Senior Software Engineer (EPAM Systems).