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Meet our team

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Sara Zaccara

Sara Zaccara

Assistant Professor

Jeremy Cartalas

Jeremy Cartalas

Postdoc

Nicki Masseur

Nicki Masseur

Undergraduate Student at the University of Pennsylvania

Ashton Curry-Hyde

Ashton Curry-Hyde

Postdoc

Danika Sommer

Danika Sommer

Lab Manager

Chenyu Zhang(Barry)

Chenyu Zhang(Barry)

Master student at Columbia University

Benedetta Ricci

Benedetta Ricci

Postdoc

Daymieri Narvaez

Daymieri Narvaez

Undergrad student at Columbia University

Alumni

Rotation Ph.D. Students
Michael Zrzavy (Jan-March 2025)
Megan Korn (Sept-Dec 2025)
Tom Murphy (Sept-Dec 2025)
Karissa Shuck (Febr-April 2024)
Feiyue Yang (Sept 2023-Dec 2023)
Goparaju, Naga Sri (Jan-March 2023)

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Summer Students

Undergrad

Margaret Chen (2025)
(Undergrad student at Columbia University)
Wilson Zhang (2025)
(Undergrad student at Columbia University)
Yuki Ogawa (2025)
(Undergrad student at Columbia University)
Amanda Prashad (2023 and 2024)
(Undergrad student at Barnard College) 
Luca Rakowski (2023)
(Undergrad student at Oxford University)
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High School
Ojal Pargaonkar (2024)
(High School student at Stuyvesant School)
Emma Rossi (2024)
(High School Student at United Nations International School)
Reuben Feingold (2023)
(High School Student at Abraham Joshua Heschel School)
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