Lab Members

Current Members of the Ravid Lab:

 

 


Anastasia Iris Karkempetzaki
PhD Student
2022-present

 


Nasi Huang
Research Associate/Lab Manager
2021-present

 


Xiaosheng Yang
Research Assistant
2021-2023

 


Andrew Piasecki
Undergraduate studies
2019-2021

 


Maissa M. Gaye
Post-doc
2019-2021

 


Carla S. Mazzeo
Post-doc
2018-2021

 

Cristal Thompson
Post-doc
2018-2019


Katerina Karagianni
Pre-doc
2018-2023

 


Christina Ward Torres
Post-doc
2018-2020

 

Hector_Lucero

Hector Lucero
Research Associate
2014-present (part-time)

 

shinobau

Shinobu Matsurra
Post-doc, Instructor of Medicine
2011-2016; 2016-present

 

SengKahNg

Seng Kah Ng
Post-doc
2016-2018

 

OrlyLeiva

Orly Leiva
Graduate Student
2016-2018

koupenova

Milka Koupenova
Graduate Student, Post-Doc
2005-2010 (Pre-doc); 2010-2011 (Post-doc)

 

anna

Anna Eisenstein
Graduate Student
2010-2014

 

 

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

 

Shenia Patterson
Graduate Student
2012-2016

Rongjuan Mi

Rongjuan Mi
Post-doc
2012-2013

 

eliadesAlexia Eliades
Graduate Student
2007-2011

 

carrollShannon Carroll
Graduate Student
2009-2013

 

hillaryHillary Johnston-Cox
Graduate Student
2009-2014

 

Ajoyprof

 

Ajoy Bhupatiraju
Post-doc
2010-2011

 

chen

Hongjie Chen
Post-doc
2007-2011

Laboratory Director, Functional Genomics SEMA4; Assistant Professor, Dept of Genetics and Genonic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai

NP2015

Nikolaos Papadontonakis
2007 – 2010

 

 

kelley

Kelley Burridge
Researcher, FDA
2010

 

David Rodriguez (Undergrad Student)
Summer 2006
Medical School

 

rier

Andrea Rier (BS, Virginia Univ)
Undergraduate, Summer 2005
Resident, Family Medicine, Lancaster, PA

 

maria

Maria Makitalo(Grad Student)
2004-2007
Ph.D Researcher, Sweden

 

liu

Kenian Liu(PhD, Univ of Arkansas)
Post-Doc, 2005-2006
Assistant Professor, Moffit Cancer Center & Univ of South Florida

 

yang

Dan Yang(Post Doc)
2004-2009
Staff Scientist, NHLBI

 

mccrann

Donald J. McCrann(BS, Yale)
PhD student, 2004-2008
Research Group Leader
IDEXX Laboratories
Westbrook, ME

 

st hilaire

Cynthia St.Hilaire(BS, Univ. Vermont)
PhD student, 2004-2008
Assistant Professor, Univ of Pittsburgh

 

 

nguyen

Hao Nguyen(BA, Univ of California, Berkley)
MD, PhD student, 2001-2005
Assistant Professor, UCSF

 

 

yu-g

Dr. Guangyao Yu
Post-Doc, 2001 -2003
Research Scientist, TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals

 

Anne Pierron (PhD student)
2001, MA with BU
University of Nice
France

jones

Matthew Jones(BA, Univ of Delaware)
PhD student, 1998-2000
Associate Professor, Director of Molecular Medicine Graduate Program
BUSM

 

chinnappan

D. Chinnappan (PhD, All India Inst of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India)
Post-Doc, 2000-2003
Research Scientist, Astrazeneca

 

zhang

Ying Zhang (BSc, Univ Science & Technol, Heifei, China; MSc, Shanghai Inst of Biochemistry)
PhD student, 1998-2003
CEO, Biotech start-up in China

 

yaar

Ron Yaar(BSc, Boston Univ)
MD, PhD student, 1998-2002
Assistant Professor, Director of Resident and International Dermatopathology
Atlanta

 

hechler

Beatrice Hechler(PhD, INSERM, Alsace Strasbourg, France)
Post-Doc, 1998-2000
Research Group Leader, INSERM, France

 

 

lu

Jun Lu(MSc, Nanjing Univ, Nanjing, P.R. China)
PhD student, 1997-2003
Massachusetts Institute Technology, Post-Doc
Associate Professor
Yale School of Medicine

 

kaluzhny

Yulia Kaluzhny(MS, Moscow State Institute, Moscow, USSR)
PhD student, 1996-2001
Senior Scientist, MatTek Corporation

 

 

francis

Cynthia Francis(PhD, BUSM)
Post-Doc, 1996-2000
Proctor & Gamble

 

thompson

Alex Thompson (MS, Univ of Coleraine, Ireland)
PhD student, 1995-1999
Faculty, Haematology Research Group, Centre for Cancer Research and Biology (CCRCB)
Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland

 

sun

Shishinn Sun(PhD, St. John Univ, NY)
Post-Doc, 1995-1999
Assistant Professor
Albert Einstein School of Medicine

 

zimmet

Jeffrey Zimmet(BS, Wesleyan Univ, Connecticut)
MD, PhD student, 1995-1998
Associate Professor
UCSF

 

 

cataldo

Leah Cataldo(PhD, UMass)
Post-Doc, 1995-1997
Dean of Sciences, Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

 

zhao

Zhi-Hui Zhao(MD/PhD, Beijing Med Univ, China)
Post-Doc, 1994 – 2000
Sr. Dir Antibody & Protein Discovery, QLB Biotherapeutics Inc

 

wang

Zhengyu Wang(BS, East China Univ of Chem Technology)
PhD student, 1994-1998
PI and ES Cell Core Director for Molecular Medicine
Maine Medical Center

 

chen-w

Wen-Che Chen (MS, Harvard School of Public Health)
MA, 1994-1997
Research Associate, Dana Farber Cancer Institute

 

Affiliates:
Boston University Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Office
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
Founding Director, Dr. Katya Ravid
Executive Assistant, Ms. Robin MacDonald
617-358-8244