Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows
Sanaz Khosravani, PhD (2018-2022) | Postdoctoral fellow, Brighman and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Saul Frankford, PhD (2021) | Postdoctoral fellow, Boston University
Aria Jafari, MD (2019-2020) | Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, University of Washington
Dmitry Tsigankov, PhD (2018-2019)
Davide Valeriani, PhD (2018-2021) | Senior Machine-Learning Engineer, Neurable, Inc.
Laura de Lima Xavier, MD (2017-2020) | Neurology resident, University of North Carolina
Sandra Hanekamp, PhD (2017-2020) | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Austin
Giovanni Battistella, PhD (2014-2017) | Instructor in Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Serena Bianchi, PhD (2015-2017) | Editor, Autism BrainNet, Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative
Ehsan Tadayon, MD (2016) | Neurology resident, Tufts Medical Center
Gregory Putzel, PhD (2014-2015) | Senior Bioinformatics Programmer, NYU Langone Health
Diana Kirke, MBBS (2014-2015) | Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Pichet Termsarasab, MD (2014-2015) | Attending Neurologist, Mahidol University of Bangkok
Stefan Fuertinger, PhD (2013-2016) | Head of Scientific Software Development Group, Ernst-Strüngmann-Institut, Germany
Ritesh A. Ramdhani, MD (2012-2014) | Associate Professor of Neurology, Director of Deep Brain Stimulation Program, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Arash Fazl, MD, PhD (2011-2012) | Attending Neurologist, RWJ Barnabas Health
Manjula Khubchandani, PhD (2010-2012)
Sandra Hanekamp, PhD (2017-2020) | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Austin
Giovanni Battistella, PhD (2014-2017) | Instructor in Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Serena Bianchi, PhD (2015-2017) | Editor, Autism BrainNet, Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative
Ehsan Tadayon, MD (2016) | Neurology resident, Tufts Medical Center
Gregory Putzel, PhD (2014-2015) | Senior Bioinformatics Programmer, NYU Langone Health
Diana Kirke, MBBS (2014-2015) | Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Pichet Termsarasab, MD (2014-2015) | Attending Neurologist, Mahidol University of Bangkok
Stefan Fuertinger, PhD (2013-2016) | Head of Scientific Software Development Group, Ernst-Strüngmann-Institut, Germany
Ritesh A. Ramdhani, MD (2012-2014) | Associate Professor of Neurology, Director of Deep Brain Stimulation Program, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Arash Fazl, MD, PhD (2011-2012) | Attending Neurologist, RWJ Barnabas Health
Manjula Khubchandani, PhD (2010-2012)
Research Associates
Azadeh Hamzehei Sichani, MA (2016-2022) | Principal Associate Scientist, Alnylam@20 Pharmaceuticals
Lena O’Flynn, BA (2018-2021) | Graduate student, Harvard-MIT Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology (SHBT)
Alexis Worthley, BA (2017-2020) | Graduate Student in Psychology, UCLA
Sai Mupparaju, BA (2018-2019) | Medical Student, Sydney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University
Samantha Guirty, BA (2017-2018) | Medical student, New York Medical College
Sai Mupparaju, BA (2018-2019) | Medical Student, Sydney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University
Samantha Guirty, BA (2017-2018) | Medical student, New York Medical College
Christie DeLuca, MS, SLP (2017) | Speech-Language Pathologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Aliza Robin, CCC-SLP (2017) | Speech-Language Pathologist, New York University Rehabilitation Center
Lucia Mannini, BA (2016-2017) | Clinical Research Coordinator, Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Hailey Huddleston, BA (2015-2016) | Orthopedic Surgery Resident, Hospital for Special Surgery
Rebecca Scharf, BS (2015-2016) | Patient Care Coordinator, Weill Cornell Medical
Veena Kumar, BA (2011-2015) | Chief Resident Neurology, Case Western Reserve University
Estee Rubien-Thomas, BA (2013-2015) | Graduate student, Yale University
Melissa Choy, BA (2012-2013, summer 2014) | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Stanford School of Medicine
Joel C. Zinn, BA (2013-2014) | NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow and Staff Astronomer, American Museum of Natural History
Heather Alexander, BA (2012-2014) | Lab manager, CUNY
Samantha Levine, MSW (2013-2014) | Clinical Social Worker, Department of Psychiatry, UCLA
Amanda Pechman, BA (2012-2013) | Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicin
Ian Farewell, MSG, MSW, PhD (2012-2013) | PX Team Manager, Office of Patient Experience at Cedars-Sinai
Lucia Mannini, BA (2016-2017) | Clinical Research Coordinator, Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Hailey Huddleston, BA (2015-2016) | Orthopedic Surgery Resident, Hospital for Special Surgery
Rebecca Scharf, BS (2015-2016) | Patient Care Coordinator, Weill Cornell Medical
Veena Kumar, BA (2011-2015) | Chief Resident Neurology, Case Western Reserve University
Estee Rubien-Thomas, BA (2013-2015) | Graduate student, Yale University
Melissa Choy, BA (2012-2013, summer 2014) | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Stanford School of Medicine
Joel C. Zinn, BA (2013-2014) | NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow and Staff Astronomer, American Museum of Natural History
Heather Alexander, BA (2012-2014) | Lab manager, CUNY
Samantha Levine, MSW (2013-2014) | Clinical Social Worker, Department of Psychiatry, UCLA
Amanda Pechman, BA (2012-2013) | Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicin
Ian Farewell, MSG, MSW, PhD (2012-2013) | PX Team Manager, Office of Patient Experience at Cedars-Sinai
Residents
Peter Baxter, MD (2013) | ENT, Kaiser Permanente
Peter Baxter, MD (2013) | ENT, Kaiser Permanente
Chi-Ying (Roy) Lin, MD, MPH () Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
Visiting Students
Dro Hambarchian (2022) Undergraduate Student, UCLA
Jana Schill, M.S. (2019) | Postdoctoral Fellow, Dystonia and Speech Motor Control Lab, Harvard Medical School
Arman Simonyan, MS (2019) | Graduate student (Bioinformatics), Copenhagen, Denmark
Mariam Tigane (2019) | High School Student, Harvard Summer School
Thrusha Puttaraju (2019) | High School Student, Harvard Summer School
Shruti Narasimham, M.Sc. (2018) | Senior Data Scientist, Real World Evidence, Novartis, Ireland
Fiachra Maguire (2017) | Hospital Medical Officer, the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
Thrusha Puttaraju (2019) | High School Student, Harvard Summer School
Shruti Narasimham, M.Sc. (2018) | Senior Data Scientist, Real World Evidence, Novartis, Ireland
Fiachra Maguire (2017) | Hospital Medical Officer, the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
High-School Volunteers
Jessica Yatvitskiy (2019) Top Ten finalist for 2020 Neuroscience Research Prize, American Academy of Neurology; Top Ten finalist for Jersey Shore Junior Science and Humanities Symposium; U.S. Presidential Scholar Award Nominee | Undergraduate student, Yale University
Arda Cataltepe (2018) | Undergraduate student, Harvard University
Jacob Yatvistskiy (2016-2017) First place, Junior Monmouth Science Symposium; Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar | Undergraduate student, University of Michigan
Stephen Leong (2013-2014) Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology 2014 semifinalist | Medical student, Columbia University Medical School
Peter Velickovic (summer 2014) | Undergraduate student, University of St. Andrews
Jordan McHugh (summer 2010) Intel Science Talent Search 2011 semifinalist | Research Assistant, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook
Arda Cataltepe (2018) | Undergraduate student, Harvard University
Jacob Yatvistskiy (2016-2017) First place, Junior Monmouth Science Symposium; Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar | Undergraduate student, University of Michigan
Stephen Leong (2013-2014) Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology 2014 semifinalist | Medical student, Columbia University Medical School
Peter Velickovic (summer 2014) | Undergraduate student, University of St. Andrews
Jordan McHugh (summer 2010) Intel Science Talent Search 2011 semifinalist | Research Assistant, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook