Sahin Lab
Alumni
| LAB MEMBER | YEARS | CURRENT POSITION |
| Bikem Akten, PhD | 2008 – 2011 | Associate Medical Director, Centron |
| Nickesha Anderson, PhD | 2019 – 2022 | Regulatory Strategy Senior Manager, Vertex Pharmaceuticals |
| Hasani Baharanyi, MD | 2008 – 2009 | Psychiatrist, Atlanta, GA |
| Lucy Bainbridge, DO | 2017 – 2019 | Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, University of New England |
| Lara Boyle, BS | 2013 – 2015 | Psychiatry Resident, Penn Medicine, UPHS |
| Ivy Pin-Fang Chen, PhD | 2016 – 2021 | Senior Manager, Regulatory and Medical Writing, Tessera Therapeutics |
| Namjik Cho, MD, PhD | 2007 – 2009 | University of Florida |
| Jasbir Dalal, PhD | 2015 – 2019 | Research Scientist, RNA Therapeutics, Gene & Cell Therapy Institute, MGB |
| Angeliki Damilou, PhD | 2024 – 2026 | Scientific Strategy Lead – Translational Neuroscience, Tibbling Technologies |
| Alessia DiNardo, PhD | 2005 – 2021 | Principal Scientist, Genetic and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Research Unit, Biogen |
| Darius Ebrahimi-Fakhari, MD, PhD |
2018 – 2022 | Director, Movement Disorders Program, Boston Children’s Hospital |
| Zoe Gardner, BS | 2022 – 2023 | MD PhD Student, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Karenna Groff, BS | 2019 – 2023 | Karenna tragically passed away in an accident on April 12, 2025 along with several members of her family |
| Sarika Gurnani, MD | 2023 | Medical Resident, Boston Medical Center |
| Juliette Han, PhD | 2008 – 2012 | COO, Cambrian Biopharma |
| Min-Joon Han, PhD | 2014 – 2015 | COO/CSO/Head of Preclinical Research, Ngene Biotech |
| Ebru Ercan Herbst, PhD | 2011 – 2015 | Professor, Faculty of Life Sciences, Reutlingen University |
| Shafali Jeste, MD | 2006 – 2009 | Professor and Mattel Executive Endowed Chair of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, Executive Medical Director, Pediatrics, UCLA Health System |
| Hellen Jumo, BS | 2020 – 2023 | MD Candidate, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA |
| Vasiliki Karalis, PhD | 2022 – 2023 | Scientist II, Altos Labs |
| Min Jeong Kye, PhD | 2009 – 2012 | CSO, ANLBIO, South Korea |
| Jonathan Lipton, MD, PhD | 2007 – 2016 | Faculty Member, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children’s Hospital |
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Rui Lin, MS |
2021 – 2023 |
PhD Student, Oregon Health & Science University |
|
Samuel Lopez, BS |
2023 – 2025 |
MD Candidate, Penn State College of Medicine |
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Ella Lubbers, BS |
2021 – 2023 |
PhD Student, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
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Emma Martin, BS |
2022 – 2024 |
PhD Student, Brandeis University |
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Allison Mazzella, BS |
2016 – 2018 |
Genetic Counselor, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System |
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Jack Micozzi, BS |
2015 – 2017 |
Senior Research Associate, Quanta Therapeutics |
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Jinita Modasia, MS |
2020 – 2022 |
Research Associate, T-Therapeutics Ltd. |
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Meera Modi, PhD |
2015 – 2021 |
Director, Translational Medicine, Alkermes |
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Christopher Morici, BS |
2021 – 2022 |
Medical Student, Drexel University College of Medicine |
| Du-yu Nie, MD, PhD |
2006 – 2014 | Child Neurologist and Epileptologist, Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children’s Hospital |
| Emily Niederst, PhD | 2011 – 2014 | Director of Scientific Initiatives, Picower Institute, MIT |
| Maria Osipovich | 2020 – 2023 | MD Candidate, East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine |
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Helena Rosengarten, BS |
2021 – 2022 |
Clinical Research Associate, YEARS |
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Leigh-Ana Rossitto, BS |
2018 – 2020 |
PhD Candidate, University of California San Diego |
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Juan Ruiz, BA |
2021 – 2024 |
MD Candidate, Yale University |
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Afshin Saffari, MD |
2021 – 2023 |
Board Certified Pediatrician, Pediatric Neurologist, Heidelberg University Hospital |
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Catherine Salussolia, MD, PhD |
2019 – 2025 |
Associate Medical Director, Vertex Pharmaceuticals |
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Samantha Schaeffer, BS |
2015 – 2017 |
Biotech Equity Research Associate, Cantor Fitzgerald |
| Maria Sundberg, PhD | 2014 – 2025 | Senior Scientist II, Versalius Therapeutics |
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Nicole Teaney, BS |
2021 – 2024 |
Neuroscience PhD Student, Tufts University |
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Peter Tsai, MD, PhD |
2010 – 2014 |
Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern |
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Seçil Doğa Tunç, MD |
2023 – 2024 |
Resident Physician |
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Syed Adil Wafa, BA, MSc |
2016 – 2018 |
Graduate Researcher, PhD Candidate in Neuroscience, Northwestern University |
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Mary Wertz, PhD
|
2009 – 2015 |
Scientist, Fulcrum Therapeutics |
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Emma Wightman, MS |
2023 – 2024 |
Specialist, Bristol Myers Squibb |
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Ziqin Yang, BA |
2023 – 2025 |
Graduate Student, Graduate School of Systemic Neuroscience at Ludwig Maximillian University, Germany |
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Lucy Yu |
2022 – 2024 |
MD Candidate, Wayne State University School of Medicine |
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Christopher Yuskaitis, MD, PhD |
2010 – 2023 |
Medical Director, Takeda |
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Marvin Ziegler, BS |
2020 – 2022 |
Neurology Resident, Universitatsspital Zurich |