Members of NYU Langone’s Koralov Lab collaborate to lead innovative research projects.

Ellie Ivanova, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Stony Brook University
Research interests: role of Th17 cells in airway inflammation and modulation of immunosurveillance in cancer

Tim Borbet, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, NYU GrossmanSchool of Medicine
Research interests: advantages of single chain Abs

Ray Pillai, MD
Pulmonology Fellow
Co-mentored by Thales Y. Papagiannakopoulos, PhD
Research interests: immune surveillance in lung adenocarcinoma

Cosmin Tegla, MD
Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellow
Research interests: molecular etiology of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

Briana Mullins
PhD Student
Research interests: skin immunology

Kimberly Zaldana
PhD Student
Research interests: plasma cells and mucosal immunology

Megan Gumina
PhD Student
Research interests: malignant transformation of T cells

Katya Novikova
Visiting Scholar
Research interests: cutaneous T-cell lymphoma pathogenesis

Tate Morrison
Lab Technician

Atun Chadhuri
Undergraduate Student
Research interests: cellular and molecular immunology

Former Lab Members

Anastasia-maria Zavitsanou
PhD Student
Co-mentored by Thales Y. Papagiannakopoulos, PhD
Research interests: immune evasion of lung adenocarcinoma

Karla Lima
Summer Intern
Research interests: B cell immunology

Sofia Bajwa
Senior Laboratory Technician
MS, NYU
Research interests: gene targeting and molecular biology/immunology

Alberto Herrera
Laboratory Technician
MS, Seton Hall
Research interests: PsA immunopathogenesis and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma–microbial interaction; analysis of patient biospecimens

Terkild Buus
Visiting Scholar
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Research interests: T cell lymphoma and single-cell technology

Marcus Hines
MD/PhD Student
Research interests: role of Dicer-dependent non-coding RNAs in genome integrity

Maryaline Coffre
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Pasteur Institute
Research interests: role of non-coding RNAs in B cell development and function

Swati Goel
Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellow
Research interests: molecular etiology of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

Vijay Narnedran
Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellow
Research interests: molecular etiology of T cell lymphomas and mechanisms of action of HDACi in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

Amy Sun
MD/PhD Student
Research interests: molecular etiology of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma pathogenesis; also working on secondary V(D)J recombination

Melania Fanok
PhD Student
Research interests: Th17-mediated skin pathology and the role of microbiota in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma pathogenesis

Laura Fogli
PhD Student
Research interests: Th17 cells in airway inflammation and in psoriatic arthritis

Taylor Medina
Summer Student
Research interests: CRISPR/Cas9 targeting and generation of novel animal models

Cynthia Chen
Medical Student/Research Fellow
Columbia University
Research interests: developing a novel model of T cell lymphoma

Michal Bar Natan Zommer
Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellow
Research interests: STAT3 signaling in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma pathogenesis

Lu Yang (Kat)
PhD Student
Research interests: the role of Th17 cells, microbiota, and microbial metabolites in psoriatic arthritis and other chronic inflammatory diseases

Angelina Seffens
Medical Student
Columbia University
Research interests: development of novel model of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and role of cytokine signaling in T cell malignancies

Brian Robusto
Undergraduate Summer Student
University of Florida
Research interests: cancer metabolism and T cell immune surveillance

Angelo Osofsky
Undergraduate Student
Harvard University
Research interests: impact of tumor metabolites on cutaneous T-cell lymphoma function

Daniel Iskhakov
High School Student
Bronx High School of Science
Research interests: lung inflammation