
Center for Human Genetics & Genomics Faculty & Staff
Faculty and staff at NYU Langone’s Center for Human Genetics and Genomics are leading experts in the field who bring new perspectives, technologies, and tools to the study of human disease.
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Core Faculty

Aravinda Chakravarti, PhD
Chakravarti Lab
Center Director
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Neuroscience and Physiology
Research interests: molecular basis of human disease, gene regulatory networks, and human population genomics

Gilad D. Evrony, MD, PhD
Evrony Lab
Assistant Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Neuroscience and Physiology
Research interests: genetics of brain development, function, and disease; technology development for neuroscience; and precision medicine

David B. Beck, MD, PhD
Beck Lab
Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Research interests: mechanisms underlying human genetic diseases, genomic discovery in autoinflammatory diseases, and characterization of disorders of ubiquitylation

Sumantra Chatterjee, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Physiology
Research interests: developmental neuroscience, gene regulatory networks in human diseases, single cell genomics, and functional characterization of disease mutations

Carolyn Riley Chapman, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
Research interests: ethical, legal, and social issues in human genetics and genomics, including research, development, and implementation of genetic tests and technologies

Hannah L. Klein, PhD
Research interests: pathways of DNA damage avoidance, DNA repair and recombination, genomic instability, DNA damage checkpoints, and cancer
Affiliated Faculty and Staff
Steven Abramson, MD

Nicolas J. Abreu, MD
Iannis Aifantis, PhD
Jef D. Boeke, PhD
Joan F. Cangiarella, MD
Arthur L. Caplan, PhD
Pau Castel, PhD
Marina Cerrone, MD

Rachelle Chambers, MS, CGC
Teresa Davoli, PhD
Orrin Devinsky, MD
Jasmin Divers, PhD
Stefan Feske, MD
Glenn I. Fishman, MD
Steven L. Galetta, MD
David L. Keefe, MD
Tomas Kirchhoff, PhD

Dongwon Lee, PhD
Catherine S. Manno, MD
Matthew T. Maurano
Kathryn J. Moore, PhD
Benjamin G. Neel, MD, PhD
Iman Osman, MD
John G. Pappas, MD

Oded Regev, PhD
Giulietta M. Riboldi, MD

Emmanuel Peprah, PhD
J. Thomas Roland Jr., MD
Kelly V. Ruggles, PhD
Devorah Segal, MD, PhD
Meenakshi Sigireddi, MD
Diane M. Simeone, MD
Matija Snuderl, MD

Jacqueline Taylor, PhD, RN
Jessica E. Treisman, PhD
Andrea B. Troxel, ScD
Kaleb H. Yohay, MD
Hua Zhong, PhD
Administration

Caterina Berti, PhD, Administrative Director
Dr. Berti provides the center director with research administration support and strategy assistance. She has an MS in communications from the University of Milan and PhD in medical genetics from La Sapienza University of Rome. Dr. Berti trained and held various lab positions at Telethon Institute Genetics and Medicine and San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Italy, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, and the University of Buffalo, with more than 20 years of experience in basic research and strong organizational experience in research administration.

Vida Caraballo, Grants Manager
Ms. Carabello's career at NYU Langone began in 2016 as a grants assistant for the Department of Plastic Surgery. Over the next seven years, her expertise grew while working in the Department of Population Health, NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, and the Department of Population Health Sciences at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. She has returned to NYU Langone as a grants manager under the PODs, where her main focus will be providing pre- and post-award services to the Center for Human Genetics and Genomics.

Jessica DiMaio, MHA, Administrative Supervisor
Mrs. DiMaio has more than five years of experience as a healthcare administrator. She earned an undergraduate degree from Towson University and a master of health administration from Hofstra University.

Emily McDonald, Administrative Coordinator
Ms. McDonald has a year of experience managing daily administrative operations in an office environment. She earned her BS in healthcare management at Misericordia University College of Business in Dallas, PA.

Veronika Worosz, Administrative Coordinator
Ms. Worosz has more than six years of experience managing the daily business operations of complex companies. She earned an undergraduate degree from the City University of New York—College of Staten Island.
Scientific Staff
Kristin Ayers—Chakravarti Lab/DECIPHEHR
Senior Research Scientist
kristin.ayers@nyulangone.org
Hanna Berk-Rauch—Chakravarti Lab
Lab Manager
hanna.berk-rauch@nyulangone.org
Emilia Bianchini—Evrony Lab
Research Associate
emilia.bianchini@nyulangone.org
Benjamin Costa—Evrony Lab
Research Associate
benjamin.costa@nyulangone.org
Monica Erazo—Chakravarti Lab
Senior Research Coordinator
monica.erazo@nyulangone.org
Lauren Fries—Chakravarti Lab
Research Technician
lauren.fries@nyulangone.org
Gabe Grullon—Chakravarti Lab
Research Associate Technician
gabe.grullon@nuylangone.org
Deborah Hernandez—Beck Lab
Lab Manager
deborah.hernandez@nyulangone.org
Druha Karunakaran—Chakravarti Lab
Associate Bioinformatics Programmer
druha.karunakaran@nyulangone.org
Mary Likhite—Beck Lab
Research Associate
mary.likhite@nyulangone.org
Mei Hong Liu—Evrony Lab
Research Associate
meihong.liu@nyulangone.org
Jonathan Mccafferty—Chakravarti Lab/DECIPHEHR
Senior Research Scientist
jonathan.mccafferty@nyulangone.org
Joydeep Mitra—Chakravarti Lab
Senior Research Scientist
joydeep.mitra@nyulangone.org
Emma Mizrahi-Powell—Evrony Lab
Genetic Counselor
emma.mizrahi-powell@nyulangone.org
Zachary Murphy—Evrony Lab
Associate Research Technician
zachary.murphy@nyulangone.org
Daniela Ospina Cardona—Beck Lab
Research Technician
daniela.ospinacardona@nyulangone.org
Michelle Rivera-Lomeli—Chakravarti Lab
Research Associate
michelle.riveralomeli@nyulangone.org
Karan Singh—Chakravarti Lab and Davoli Lab
Senior Research Scientist
karan.singh2@nyulangone.org
Amoolya Srinivasa—Evrony Lab
Bioinformatics Programmer
amoolya.srinivasa@nyulangone.org
Mei-Kay Wong—Beck Lab
Genetic Counselor
margaret.wong2@nyulangone.org
Or Yaacov, PhD—Chakravarti Lab
Senior Research Scientist
or.yaacov@nyulangone.org
Postdoctoral Fellows
Flore Castellan, PhD—Beck Lab
flore.castellan@nyulangone.org
Ryan Fine, PhD—Chakravarti Lab
ryan.fine@nyulangone.org
Marta Gronska-Peski, PhD—Evrony Lab
marta.gronska-peski@nyulangone.org
Niharika Srivastava, PhD—Beck Lab
niharika.srivastava@nyulangone.org
Yu Zhang, PhD—Chakravarti Lab
yz927@nyu.edu
Graduate Students
Toby Aicher—Evrony Lab
toby.aicher@nyulangone.org
Hilda Rebecca Chubaryov—Chakravarti Lab
hilda.chubaryov@nyulangone.org
Mingzhou Fu—Chakravarti Lab
mingzhou.fu@nyulangone.org
Caitlin Loh—Evrony Lab
caitlin.loh@nyulangone.org
Adam Schwing—Evrony Lab
adam.schwing@nyulangone.org