Jacqueline Burré, Ph.D. (jab2058@med.cornell.edu)
Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Appel Institute for Alzheimer’s Disease Research & Brain and Mind Research Institute
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@nyp.org)
2022 – current: 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)
2021 – current: BMRI Neurology Research Fellow
2021 – current: Neurology Resident & Research
2024 – 2025: McGraw Fellow in Neurology 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
Eseosa Uwaifo (esu4002@med.cornell.edu)
2023 – current: Research Technician I
2023 – 2024: ASPiRE fellow, NIGMS R25 Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program
B.S., Brown University
Luca Black (lub4008@med.cornell.edu)
2023 – current: Research Technician I
B.S., McGill University, Canada
Julita Chlebowicz, Ph.D. (juc4015@med.cornell.edu)
2023 – current: Postdoctoral fellow
Ph.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center
MSc, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
B.S., 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
Vivian Chiang (vic4015@med.cornell.edu)
2024 – current: Research Technician I
B.S., Cornell University
Sarah Weber (saw4022@med.cornell.edu)
2024 – current: Research Technician I
B.S. & B.A., The University of Chicago
Jae Hoon Sul (jas4070@med.cornell.edu)
2025 – current: Postdoctoral fellow
Ph.D., Sungkyunkwan University School of Pharmacy, South Korea
Guillermo Coronas-Samano, MSci (guc9014@med.cornell.edu)
Lab Manager, Appel Institute for Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Alumni
Jackie Gottshall
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: Postdoctoral fellow, Yale University
Olga Ivleva
Volunteer, High school student, Riverdale Country School (2015)
Chelsea Rittenhouse
Rotation student, Neuroscience graduate program, Weill Cornell Medicine (2016-2017)
Lauren Jonas
Rotation student, Pharmacology graduate program, Weill Cornell Medicine (2017)
Parinati Kharel, M.S.
Research Specialist (2015-2018)
Current position: Industry
Victoria von Saucken
Rotation student, Tri-Institutional MD-PhD program, Weill Cornell Medicine-Rockefeller University-Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2018)
Current position: M.D. Ph.D. student
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
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
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)
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 (kag4018@med.cornell.edu)
Research Technician I (2023 – 2024)
Current position: Medical student, Harvard University
Jillian Haller (jeh4025@med.cornell.edu)
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)
Current position: Senior, Bronx High School of Sciences
Valentine Giret
Volunteer (2023 – 2024)
Current position: Senior, Bronx High School of Sciences
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