Amanda W. Lund, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator (amanda.lund@nyulangone.org) Hometown: Chester, CT, USA
B.S. Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; M.S. Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Ph.D. Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Postdoctoral Training, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Dimitri Kakabadse, Ph.D.
Lab Manager (Dimitri.KakabadseSchmidt@nyulangone.org) Hometown: Quito, Ecuador
B.S. Biotechnology, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador; M.S. Biomedicine and Ph.D. Molecular Biology and Immunology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
Vanessa Cristaldi, PhD
AICF Postdoctoral Fellow (vanessa.cristaldi@nyulangone.org) Hometown: Catanía, Italy
B.S. Biological Science, University of Catania, Catania, Italy; M.S. Functional Genomics, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy; Ph.D. Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Italy
Project: Mapping and modeling lymphocyte recirculation through tumors.
Luiz Henrique Medeiros Geraldo, MD PhD
Neurology Resident/Postdoctoral Fellow (LuizHenrique.MedeirosGeraldo@nyulangone.org) Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
M.D. Medical School of Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Ph.D. Morphological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences Institute of the Federal University of Rio Janeiro and Paris Cardiovascular Research Center INSERM, Paris, France; Postdoctoral Training, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Project: Meningeal lymphatic vessels and CNS immune surveillance.
Tara Muijlwijk, MSc
Postdoctoral Fellow (tara.muijlwijk@nyulangone.org)
Hometown: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ph.D. Tumor Immunology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands; M.S. Biomedical Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands; B.S. Health and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Project: Melanoma evolution in the lymph node.
Ines Delclaux
Graduate Student (ines.delclauxobieta@nyulangone.org) Hometown: Bilbao, Spain
B.S. Biotechnology, Francisco de Vitoria University, Madrid, Spain
Project: Investigating the impact of T cell trafficking on lymph node metastasis.
Triantafyllia Karakousi
Graduate Student (triantafyllia.karakousi@nyulangone.org) Hometown: Rachi Pierias, Greece
B.S. Biology, University of Crete, Crete, Greece; M.S. University Crete School of Medicine, Crete, Greece
Project: Understanding the interplay between lymphangiogenesis, lymph node metastasis, and anti-tumor immunity.
Tenny Mudianto
Graduate Student (tenny.mudianto@nyulangone.org) Hometown: Jakarta, Indonesia
B.S. Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA
Project: Exploring the interplay between lymph node lymphangiogenesis and the germinal center reaction.
Katie Ventre
MD/PhD Student (katherine.ventre@nyulangone.org) Hometown: Cumberland, ME, USA
B.S. Biochemistry & Biophysics, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Project: Defining the immune landscape of the tumor-draining lymph node.
Maria Luiza De Oliveira
Research Associate (marialuiza.deoliveira@nyulangone.org) Hometown: São José dos Campos, Brazil
B.S. Biomedical Sciences, University of Vale do Paraíba (UNIVAP), São José dos Campos, Brazil
Project: Exploring the biology of lymph node metastasis.
Ochapa Ibrahim
Research Associate (ochapa.ibrahim@nyulangone.org) Hometown: Otukpo, Benue State, Nigeria
B.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria
Project: Therapeutic targeting of T cell trafficking in melanoma.
Devyon McDonnough
Research Associate (devyon.mcdonnough@nyulangone.org) Hometown: Elmont, New York, USA
B.S. Biological Sciences with a specialization in Cancer Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Project: Lymph node metastasis and the gut microbiome.
Brian Quartey
MS Researcher (brian.quartey@nyulangone.org) Hometown: Accra, Ghana
B.S. Bioengineering, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Project: T cell trafficking in melanoma.
Lund Lab Alumni (since 2014…)
Interns: Sofia Loprinzi Hardin, Chinomunso Ahanotu (Medical School, Meharry Medical College), Aissatou Bah, Reed Shelby, Audre May (Graduate School, Stanford), Jasmine Garg, Melanie Staffenson (Graduate School, University of Wisconsin), Raisa Eram, Sunny Son, Gabrielle da Silva (Regeneron), Annie Chen (Clinical Research Associate, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine)
Research Assistants: Jamie Booth, Nicholas Nelson (Graduate School, UCSD), Joseph Scarpelli (Sales, Matheson), Alec Breazeale (Medical School, OHSU), Aubrey Pierce (Research Technician, OHSU), Cameron Hill (Medical School, Harvard), Alexandra Figueroa (Lab Manager, Gameto), Austin Schultz (MD/PhD, Hofstra University)
Graduate Students: Ryan S. Lane, PhD (Scientist, Arda Therapeutics), Madeline J. Churchill, PhD (Postdoc @ OHSU, I. Rauch Lab), Taylor Heim, PhD (Postdoc @ MIT, S. Spranger Lab)
Postdoctoral Fellows: Christopher Loo, Ph.D. (Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Biological Data Scientist), Julia Femel Ph.D. (Research Scientist, Microscopy Assay Development, Miltenyi Biotec, Germany), Ian Dryg, Ph.D. (Computational Biologist, Dana Farber Cancer Institute), Maria M. Steele, Ph.D. (Senior Scientist, Century Therapeutics, Seattle, WA)