
Possemato Lab Members
The Possemato Lab team leads pioneering studies to better understand the underlying mechanisms that drive cancer cell metabolism.

Richard L. Possemato, PhD
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
Co-Director, Cancer Cell Biology Program, Perlmutter Cancer Center
For his doctoral work, Dr. Possemato studied cellular models of human cell transformation under the advisement of Dr. William Hahn at Harvard Medical School. In his postdoctoral studies with Dr. David Sabatini at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Dr. Possemato developed genetic tools and designed culture systems to investigate the contributions of the nutrient environment on cancer cell metabolism, and described a key role for the serine biosynthesis pathway in human breast cancer. He joined the Department of Pathology in 2014.

Erdem Terzi, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

Marte Molenaars, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Amsterdam Academic Medical Center, 2021

Minwoo Nam, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 2017

Douglas Biancur, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, 2021

Kenji Fujihara, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, University of Melbourne, 2021

Elizabeth Gorodetsky
MD/PhD Student
BA, Hunter College, 2017

Gabrielle Whiten
Graduate Student
BS, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 2018

Gregory Francis, Jr.
Graduate Student
BS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2021

Abdul Hannan Mir
Senior Research Technician
BA, University of Connecticut, 2019

Sandra Jeong
Research Technician
BS, Baylor University, 2018
Former Lab Members
Joshua Shin, PhD
Graduate Student, 2017–22
Postdoctoral Fellow, Manning Lab, Harvard School of Public Health
Daniel McLaughlin, PhD
Graduate Student, 2017–22
Postdoctoral Fellow, New York Blood Center
Efiyenia Kaparos, MS
Graduate Student, 2020–22
Luiz Gustavo Dubois, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2016–18
Assistant Professor of Neurochemistry and Cellular Biology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Vlad Sviderskiy, MD, PhD
Graduate Student, 2016–20
MSTP Student at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Denise Minton, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2015–17
Medical Director at The Scienomics Group
Samantha Alvarez
Lab Manager, 2014–20
Former Summer Students
Sadia Ali
Clear Direction Mentoring, PATH Forward Summer Intern, 2022
Takaharu Araki
High School Summer Intern, 2018–19
Nicole Hirsh
NYU Grossman School of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Program Student, 2019
Shakirah Ssebyala
NYU Grossman School of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Program Student, 2017
Isabela Lamadrid
High School Summer Intern, 2017