Hakhamanesh
Mostafavi, PhD
Principal Investigator
Hakhamanesh is an Assistant Professor at NYU School of Medicine's Center for Human Genetics and Genomics and the Division of Biostatistics in the Department of Population Health. He earned his PhD in Biological Sciences from Columbia University with Molly Przeworski and completed postdoctoral training with Jonathan Pritchard at Stanford University in the Department of Genetics.
Outside the lab, Hakhamanesh enjoys New York's art and music scene, practicing Iranian classical vocal music, and is a member of the Bronx County Chorus.
Yanina
Kuzminich
Postdoctoral Fellow
Yanina earned her PhD in Bioengineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, where she studied LNP-mRNA delivery to the central nervous system with James Dahlman. Outside the lab, Yanina enjoys aerial silks, art museums, and cinematography.
Prashanthi
Ravichandran
Postdoctoral Fellow
Prashanthi earned her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she used statistical approaches to gain insight into context-specific gene regulation from functional transcriptomics under the mentorship of Alexis Battle. Broadly, her research interests lie in understanding the molecular mechanisms through which genetic variation influences complex traits and disease. Outside of the lab, she enjoys stand-up comedy, nonfiction, and exploring the outdoors with her dog, Felix.
Matin
Khanbeyki
PhD student
Matin is a PhD student in Chemical Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He earned his M.Sc. in Biochemistry from the University of Tehran, and his previous research spans cancer cell biology, machine learning, protein engineering, and biodegradation. He is interested in using statistical and computational approaches to study gene regulation and how genetic variation influences molecular and disease-related traits. Outside the lab, Matin enjoys movies, soccer, and learning music.
Taruni Nugooru
Research Associate
Taruni is a Data Science graduate from New York University with interests in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Her work focuses on using computational approaches to better understand healthcare and human behavior. She has worked on projects involving healthcare data and large language models and is interested in applying AI to explore new questions in biomedical research.
Mary
Casagrande
PhD Rotation Student
Mary is a PhD student in the Division of Epidemiology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s Department of Population Health. She received her B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology with Honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an M.P.H. in Epidemiology from the University of Washington-Seattle. Her research interests include genetic and molecular epidemiology, as well as the epidemiology of chronic disease. In her personal life, she loves to read fantasy and science fiction, and she loves to travel.
Sylvia Dai
Undergraduate Student
Sylvia is a junior at NYU Abu Dhabi majoring in Biology and Mathematics. She is interested in how infection influences allele-specific expression and in addressing population genetics questions in the context of disease. Outside of research, she enjoys traveling, photography (especially of airplanes), and watching plays.
Alumni
Sool Lee - Postdoctoral Fellow
Gouri Rajaram - Research Associate
Yihao Wang - PhD Rotation Student
Mary Casagrande - PhD Rotation Student
Jenisha Stapleton - PhD Rotation Student
Zoe Shtalryd - MS Student
Rishav Dasgupta - MS Student
Sofia Alfaro - Summer Student
Tvisha Bhatnagar - Summer Student
Baback Ghalamsiah - High School Student
