Jacqueline Burré, Ph.D. (jab2058@med.cornell.edu)
Arthur J. Mahon Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Co-Director, Graduate Program in Neuroscience
Ph.D. in biochemistry, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
Postdoc with Thomas C. Südhof (UTSW Medical Center & Stanford University)
Noah Guy Lewis Guiberson, Ph.D. (nog2008@med.cornell.edu)
2022 – current: Postdoctoral fellow
2024: Grantee, Mitchell Alan Ross Prize
2024: Grantee, Uplifting Athletes’ Young Investigator Draft & STXBP1 Foundation
2015 – 2022: Graduate student, Neuroscience graduate program, Weill Cornell Medicine
2019 – 2020: Markey Graduate School of Medical Science Fellow
B.S. & M.S., Johns Hopkins University
Virginia Gao, M.D., Ph.D. (vig9070@med.cornell.edu)
2025 – present: Assistant Professor of Neuroscience & Neurology
2026-2031: K08 Awardee
2025 – 2028: Louis and Rachel Rudin Clinical Scholar in Neurology
2022 – 2025: Movement Disorders Fellow, Columbia University & Instructor, Weill Cornell Medicine
2022 – 2023: American Academy of Neurology Resident Research Scholar
2021 – 2023: Leon Levy Research Fellow
2021 – 2022: McGraw Fellow in Neurology Research
2021-2022: Chief Resident, Neurology Residency Training Program, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine
2020-2021: Research Chief Resident, Neurology Residency Training Program, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine
2018 – 2022: Neurology Resident & Research, Weill Cornell Medicine/Columbia University
M.D./Ph.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
B.A., Columbia University
Ari (Aryeh) Reuven Zolin, M.D., Ph.D. (arz2002@med.cornell.edu)
2025 – present: Instructor in Neurology
2026 – 2027: Research Assistance for Primary Parents (RAPP) Award of the Mastercard/Weill Cornell Collaborative at Weill Cornell Medicine
2025 – 2027: American Parkinson Disease Association Postdoctoral Fellow
2025 – 2027: Leon Levy Fellow in Neuroscience
2024 – 2025: McGraw Fellow in Neurology Research
2021 – current: BMRI Neurology Research Fellow
2021 – current: Neurology Resident & Research
M.D./Ph.D., Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program, Weill Cornell Medicine/Rockefeller University/Sloan Kettering Center
Yan Xin Xie (yxx4001@med.cornell.edu)
2022 – current: Volunteer & Research Technician I
B.S., Brooklyn College
Julita Chlebowicz, Ph.D. (juc4015@med.cornell.edu)
2025 – 2027: American Parkinson Disease Association Postdoctoral Fellow
2023 – current: Postdoctoral fellow
Ph.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center
B.S. & MSc, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Violetta Ivanova, Ph.D. (vii4002@med.cornell.edu)
2023 – current: Postdoctoral fellow
Ph.D., Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of RAS, Moscow, Russia
Jae Hoon Sul, Ph.D. (jas4070@med.cornell.edu)
2025 – current: Postdoctoral fellow
Ph.D., Sungkyunkwan University School of Pharmacy, South Korea
Dinara Muslimova, M.S. (dim4010@med.cornell.edu)
2025 – current: Research Technician I
M.S., Pace University
Barzel Ben-Dov
2026 – current: Volunteer
Packer Collegiate Institute
Guillermo Coronas-Samano, M.S. (guc9014@med.cornell.edu)
Lab Manager, Appel Institute for Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Alumni
Jackie Gottshall, Ph.D.
Rotation student, Neuroscience graduate program, Weill Cornell Medicine (2014)
John Messinger
Volunteer, Neuroscience undergraduate student, New York University (2014-2015)
Current position: Medical student, Harvard Medical School
Zhao Xuan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow (2014-2015)
Current position: Assistant Professor, The University of Maine
Olga Ivleva
Volunteer, High school student, Riverdale Country School (2015)
Chelsea Rittenhouse, Ph.D.
Rotation student, Neuroscience graduate program, Weill Cornell Medicine (2016-2017)
Lauren Jonas, Ph.D.
Rotation student, Pharmacology graduate program, Weill Cornell Medicine (2017)
Parinati Kharel, M.S.
Research Specialist (2015-2018)
Current position: Industry
Victoria von Saucken, M.D. Ph.D.
Rotation student, Tri-Institutional MD-PhD program, Weill Cornell Medicine-Rockefeller University-Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2018)
Current position: Neurology Resident, Iowa City
Nicole Mollé
Rotation student, Neuroscience graduate program, Weill Cornell Medicine (2018-2019)
Aditya Rao
Volunteer, Undergraduate student, Cornell University (2019)
Current position: Graduate student, Weill Cornell Medicine
André Pineda, Ph.D.
Graduate student, Burré lab & Neuroscience graduate program, Weill Cornell Medicine (2015-2019)
B.A., Harvard University
Current position: Scientific Advisor, Kramer Levin
Linda Metakis 
Sr. Laboratory Manager, Appel Institute for Alzheimer’s Disease Research (2014-2020)
Yoonmi Na, M.S.
Research Specialist/Research Associate (2018-2021)
B.S. & M.S., Konkuk University, Korea
Current Position: Industry
Katherine Tsang
Rotation student, Tri-Institutional MD-PhD program, Weill Cornell Medicine-Rockefeller University-Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2022)
Current Position: M.D. Ph.D. student, Tri-I
Kathryn Ellen Carnazza, Ph.D.
Graduate student, Neuroscience graduate program, Weill Cornell Medicine (2016 – 2022)
Markey Graduate School of Medical Science Fellow (2018 – 2019)
B.S., Tufts University
Current position: Program Officer, Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention, Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation
Debra Abramov, M.D. Ph.D.
M.D./Ph.D. student, Tri-Institutional MD-PhD program, Weill Cornell Medicine-Rockefeller University-Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2017 – 2023)
NRSA F30 Fellow (NICHD) (2020 – 2023)
B.S., Yale University
Lauren Komer, Ph.D.
Graduate student, Neuroscience graduate program, Weill Cornell Medicine (2018 – 2023)
NRSA F31 Fellow (NINDS) (2022 – 2023)
B.S., Kansas State University
Current position: Health Program Specialist, Division of Neuroscience, NIH
Jack (Juan) Briano
Research Technician I (2021 – 2023)
NINDS research supplement awardee to promote diversity in health-related research (2022 – 2023)
Sc.B., Brown University
Current position: Medical student, Weill Cornell Medicine
Saad Ahmad
Research Technician I (2022 – 2023)
B.S., University at Albany
Current position: Medical student, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Aniv Brukner, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow (2020 – 2023)
Hebrew University Scholar (2020 – 2021)
American Epilepsy Society Postdoctoral Fellow (2022 – 2023)
Ph.D., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Current position: Associate analyst, EmPartners
Shrey Jhalani
Volunteer (2022 – 2023), Senior, Collegiate College
Current position: Undergraduate student, Harvard University
Zyrai Lisse
BRMI Summer Research Scholar (2023)
Current position: Undergraduate student, Fordham University
Citlalli Tomas Baltazar
Rotation student, Neuroscience graduate program, Weill Cornell Medicine (2023)
Current position: Graduate student, Weill Cornell Medicine
Karlton Gaskin
Research Technician I (2023 – 2024)
Current position: Medical student, Harvard University
Jillian Haller
Research Technician I (2023 – 2024)
Current position: Medical student, NYITCOM
Jackie Mehr (jbm4022@med.cornell.edu)
Rotation student, Tri-Institutional MD-PhD program (2024)
Current position: MD-PhD student, Tri-I
Tenzin Panamserkhang
Volunteer (Summer of 2023 & 2024), Senior, Bronx High School of Sciences
Current position: Undergraduate student, Case Western Reserve University
Valentine Giret
Volunteer (2023 – 2024), Senior, Bronx High School of Sciences
Current position: Undergraduate student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Anish Pallod
Volunteer (2024)
Current position: Student, Parkland High School
Starr Jiang (stj4007@med.cornell.edu)
Rotation student, Tri-Institutional MD-PhD program (2024)
Current position: MD-PhD student, Tri-I
Felipe Tsang
Volunteer (2024)
Current position: Research Technician
Nicole Casey (nic4012@med.cornell.edu)
Rotation student, Neuroscience graduate program (2025)
B.S., Carnegie Mellon University
Vivian Chiang
Research Technician I (2024 – 2025)
B.S., Cornell University
Current position: Medical student, University of Rochester
Luca Black
Research Technician I (2023 – 2025)
B.S., McGill University, Canada
Current position: Medical student, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Eseosa Uwaifo (esu4002@med.cornell.edu)
Research Technician I (2023 – 2025)
ASPiRE fellow, NIGMS R25 Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (2023 – 2025)
B.S., Brown University
Current position: MD-PhD student, Tri-Institutional MD-PhD program
Taylor Corridon (tlc4001@med.cornell.edu)
Rotation student, Neuroscience graduate program (2025)
Current position: Graduate student, Weill Cornell Medicine
Sarah Weber
2024 – 2026: Research Technician I
2026: NSF GRFP awardee
B.S. & B.A., The University of Chicago
Current position: Graduate student, Biological and Biomedical Sciences Umbrella Program – Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (INP) track, Yale University