{"id":112,"date":"2010-05-23T11:25:12","date_gmt":"2010-05-23T15:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ravidlab\/?page_id=112"},"modified":"2026-06-15T13:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T17:00:22","slug":"current-lab-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ravidlab\/photo-gallery\/current-lab-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Members"},"content":{"rendered":"

Current Members of the <\/strong>Ravid Lab:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Shiv Singh<\/a><\/em>
\nPost-doc
\n2024-present<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Anasua Banerjee<\/em>
\nPost-doc
\n2024<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Asha Jose
\n<\/a><\/em>Post-doc (jointly with Dr. V. Chitalia)
\n2023-present<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"
\nAnastasia Iris Karkempetzaki<\/em>
\nPhD Student
\n2022-present<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"
\nNasi Huang<\/a><\/em>
\nResearch Associate\/Lab Manager
\n2021-present<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"shinobau\"<\/a>Shinobu Matsurra<\/a><\/em>
\nPost-doc, Instructor of Medicine
\n2011-2016; 2016-present, Assistant Professor of Medicine<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"
\nXiaosheng Yang<\/em>
\nResearch Assistant
\n2021-2023<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAndrew Piasecki<\/em>
\nUndergraduate studies
\n2019-2021<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nMaissa M. Gaye<\/em>
\nPost-doc
\n2019-2021<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nCarla S. Mazzeo<\/em>
\nPost-doc
\n2018-2021<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Cristal Thompson<\/em>
\nPost-doc
\n2018-2019<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nKaterina Karagianni<\/a><\/em>
\nPre-doc
\n2018-2023<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nChristina Ward Torres<\/em>
\nPost-doc
\n2018-2020<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Hector_Lucero\"<\/a>
\nHector Lucero<\/em>
\nResearch Associate
\n2014-present (part-time)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"SengKahNg\"<\/a>
\nSeng Kah Ng<\/em>
\nPost-doc
\n2016-2018<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"OrlyLeiva\"<\/a>
\nOrly Leiva<\/em>
\nGraduate Student
\n2016-2018<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"koupenova\"<\/p>\n

Milka Koupenova<\/em>
\nGraduate Student, Post-Doc
\n2005-2010 (Pre-doc); 2010-2011 (Post-doc)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"anna\"
\nAnna Eisenstein<\/em>
\nGraduate Student
\n2010-2014<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS
\nShenia Patterson<\/strong><\/em>
\nGraduate Student
\n2012-2016<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Rongjuan<\/a><\/p>\n

Rongjuan Mi<\/em>
\nPost-doc
\n2012-2013<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"eliades\"<\/a>Alexia Eliades<\/em>
\nGraduate Student
\n2007-2011<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"carroll\"<\/a>Shannon Carroll<\/em>
\nGraduate Student
\n2009-2013<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"hillary\"<\/a>Hillary Johnston-Cox<\/em>
\nGraduate Student
\n2009-2014<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Ajoyprof\"<\/a><\/a><\/em>
\nAjoy Bhupatiraju<\/em>
\nPost-doc
\n2010-2011<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"chen\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Hongjie Chen<\/em>
\nPost-doc
\n2007-2011<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"NP2015\"<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

Nikolaos Papadontonakis<\/em>
\n2007 \u2013 2010<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"kelley\"<\/a>
\nKelley Burridge<\/em>
\nResearcher, FDA
\n2010<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

David Rodriguez (Undergrad Student)<\/em>
\nSummer 2006
\nMedical School<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"rier\"<\/p>\n

Andrea Rier (BS, Virginia Univ)<\/em>
\nUndergraduate, Summer 2005
\nResident, Family Medicine, Lancaster, PA<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"maria\"<\/p>\n

Maria Makitalo(Grad Student)<\/em>
\n2004-2007
\nPh.D Researcher, Sweden<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"liu\"
\nKenian Liu(PhD, Univ of Arkansas)<\/em>
\nPost-Doc, 2005-2006
\nAssistant Professor, Moffit Cancer Center & Univ of South Florida<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"yang\"
\nDan Yang(Post Doc)<\/em>
\n2004-2009
\nStaff Scientist, NHLBI<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"mccrann\"
\nDonald J. McCrann(BS, Yale)<\/em>
\nPhD student, 2004-2008<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"st
\nCynthia St.Hilaire(BS, Univ. Vermont)<\/em>
\nPhD student, 2004-2008
\nAssistant Professor, Univ of Pittsburgh<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"nguyen\"
\nHao Nguyen(BA, Univ of California, Berkley)<\/em>
\nMD, PhD student, 2001-2005
\nAssistant Professor, UCSF<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"yu-g\"
\nDr. Guangyao Yu<\/em>
\nPost-Doc, 2001 -2003
\nResearch Scientist, TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Anne Pierron (PhD student)<\/em>
\n2001, MA with BU
\nUniversity of Nice
\nFrance<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"jones\"<\/p>\n

Matthew Jones<\/a>(BA, Univ of Delaware)<\/em>
\nPhD student, 1998-2000
\nAssociate Professor, Director of Molecular Medicine Graduate Program
\nBUSM<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"chinnappan\"<\/p>\n

D. Chinnappan (PhD,\u00a0All India Inst of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India)<\/em>
\nPost-Doc, 2000-2003
\nResearch Scientist, Astrazeneca<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"zhang\"
\nYing Zhang (BSc, Univ Science & Technol, Heifei, China; MSc, Shanghai Inst of Biochemistry)<\/em>
\nPhD student, 1998-2003
\nCEO, Biotech start-up in China<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"yaar\"Ron Yaar(BSc, Boston Univ)<\/em>
\nMD, PhD student, 1998-2002
\nStaff Dermatopathologist, Muhlbauer Dermatopathology, Pittsford, NY<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"hechler\"
\nBeatrice Hechler(PhD, INSERM, Alsace Strasbourg, France)<\/em>
\nPost-Doc, 1998-2000
\nResearch Group Leader, INSERM, France<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"lu\"
\nJun Lu(MSc, Nanjing Univ, Nanjing, P.R. China)<\/em>
\nPhD student, 1997-2003
\nMassachusetts Institute Technology, Post-Doc
\nAssociate Professor
\nYale School of Medicine<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"kaluzhny\"
\nYulia Kaluzhny(MS, Moscow State Institute, Moscow, USSR)<\/em>
\nPhD student, 1996-2001
\nSenior Scientist, MatTek Corporation<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"francis\"
\nCynthia Francis(PhD, BUSM)<\/em>
\nPost-Doc, 1996-2000
\nProctor & Gamble<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"thompson\"
\nAlex Thompson (MS, Univ of Coleraine, Ireland)<\/em>
\nPhD student, 1995-1999
\nProfessor of Blood Cancer and Stem Cells<\/span>
\n<\/span>Director of Translational Medical Sciences<\/span>
\n<\/span>University of Nottingham School of Medicine, UK<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"sun\"
\nShishinn Sun(PhD, St. John Univ, NY)<\/em>
\nPost-Doc, 1995-1999
\nAssistant Professor
\nAlbert Einstein School of Medicine<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"zimmet\"
\nJeffrey Zimmet(BS, Wesleyan Univ, Connecticut)<\/em>
\nMD, PhD student, 1995-1998
\nAssociate Professor
\nUCSF<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"cataldo\"
\nLeah Cataldo(PhD, UMass)<\/em>
\nPost-Doc, 1995-1997
\nDean of Sciences, Buckingham Browne & Nichols School<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"zhao\"
\nZhi-Hui Zhao(MD\/PhD, Beijing Med Univ, China)<\/em>
\nPost-Doc, 1994 – 2000
\nSr. Dir Antibody & Protein Discovery, QLB Biotherapeutics Inc<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"wang\"
\nZhengyu Wang(BS, East China Univ of Chem Technology)<\/em>
\nPhD student, 1994-1998
\nPI and ES Cell Core Director for Molecular Medicine
\nMaine Medical Center<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"chen-w\"
\nWen-Che Chen (MS, Harvard School of Public Health)<\/em>
\nMA, 1994-1997
\nResearch Associate, Dana Farber Cancer Institute<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Affiliates:<\/strong>
\nBoston University Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Office<\/a><\/strong>
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research<\/a>
<\/strong>Founding Director, Dr. Katya Ravid<\/a>
Executive Assistant, Ms. Robin MacDonald<\/a>
617-358-8244
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Current Members of the Ravid Lab: Shiv Singh Post-doc 2024-present   Anasua Banerjee Post-doc 2024     Asha Jose Post-doc (jointly with Dr. V. Chitalia) 2023-present   Anastasia Iris Karkempetzaki PhD Student 2022-present   Nasi Huang Research Associate\/Lab Manager 2021-present   Shinobu Matsurra Post-doc, Instructor of Medicine 2011-2016; 2016-present, Assistant Professor of Medicine   Xiaosheng […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1249,"featured_media":0,"parent":105,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ravidlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ravidlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ravidlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ravidlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ravidlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ravidlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1277,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ravidlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions\/1277"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ravidlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ravidlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}