Lab Members

Current Members of the Ravid Lab:

Nasi Huang
Research Associate/Lab Manager
2021-present
nasi@bu.edu

Xiaosheng Yang
Research Assistant
2021-present
yang0425@bu.edu

Andrew Piasecki
Undergraduate studies
2019-2021
apiaseck@bu.edu

Dr. Maissa M. Gaye
Post-doc
2019-2021
gayem@bu.edu

Dr. Carla S. Mazzeo
Post-doc
2018-2021
mazzeoc@bu.edu

Dr. Cristal Thompson
Post-doc
2018-2019
creyna1@bu.edu

Dr. Katerina Karagianni
Pre-doc
2018-present
katerinakaragianni5660@gmail.com

 

 

 

Dr. Christina Ward Torres
Post-doc
2018-2020
christinamtward@gmail.com

Hector_Lucero

Dr. Hector Lucero
Research Associate
2014-present (part-time)
hlucero@bu.edu

shinobau

Dr. Shinobu Matsuura
Post-doc, Instructor of Medicine
2011-2016; 2016-present
shinobu@bu.edu

SengKahNg

Dr. Seng Kah Ng
Post-doc
2016-2018
sengkah@bu.edu

OrlyLeiva

Orly Leiva
Graduate Student
2016-2018
oleiva@bu.edu

koupenova

Dr. Milka Koupenova
Graduate Student, Post-Doc
2005-2010 (Pre-doc); 2010-2011 (Post-doc)
mkzamor@gmail.com

anna

Anna Eisenstein
Graduate Student
2010-2014
aeisenst@bu.edu

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Shenia Patterson
Graduate Student
2012-2016
spatter4@gmail.com

Rongjuan Mi

 

 

 

Dr. Rongjuan Mi
Post-doc
2012-2013
rongjuan@gmail.com

eliades

Alexia Eliades
Graduate Student
2007-2011
alexia.eliades@gmail.com

carroll

Shannon Carroll
Graduate Student
2009-2013
shannonhcarroll@gmail.com

hillary

Hillary Johnston-Cox
Graduate Student
2009-2014
hjohnsoncox@gmail.com

Ajoyprof

Dr. Ajoy Bhupatiraju
Post-doc
2010-2011
ajoyvarma@gmail.com

chen

Dr. 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
hongjie.chen@sema4.com

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Dr. Nikolaos Papadantonakis
2007 – 2010
noxania@gmail.com

kelley

Dr. Kelley Burridge
Researcher, FDA
2010

 

David Rodriguez (Undergrad Student)
Summer 2006
Medical School

 

rier

Dr. 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

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

yang

Dr. Dan Yang (Post Doc)
2004-2009
Staff Scientist, NHLBIdan.yang@nih.gov

mccrann

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

 

st hilaire

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

 

nguyen

Dr. 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

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

chinnappan

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

zhang

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

yaar

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

hechler

Dr. 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

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

francis

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

thompson

Dr. 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

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

zimmet

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

cataldo

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

zhao

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

wang

Dr. 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 Officehttp://www.bu.edu/research/information-for/researchers/interdisciplinary-biomedical-research-office/about-ibro/Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Researchhttp://www.bumc.bu.edu/evanscenteribr/Founding Director, Dr. Katya RavidExecutive Assistant, Ms. Robin MacDonald617-358-8244 remac@bu.edu