{"id":424,"date":"2022-10-20T15:58:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T15:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/?page_id=424"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:02:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:02:28","slug":"lab-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/lab-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-760 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2025\/01\/20241212_lunch-gathering-1024x383.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2025\/01\/20241212_lunch-gathering-1024x383.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2025\/01\/20241212_lunch-gathering-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2025\/01\/20241212_lunch-gathering-768x287.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2025\/01\/20241212_lunch-gathering-1536x574.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2025\/01\/20241212_lunch-gathering-2048x766.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Principal investigator<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/people\/licai\/\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-347\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2017\/12\/NR15CaiLi8411.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2017\/12\/NR15CaiLi8411.jpg 240w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2017\/12\/NR15CaiLi8411-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>\u00a0 Li Cai,<\/strong> PhD, Professor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PhD students<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-730\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2024\/09\/Rodriguez2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"88\" \/> <strong>Brianna Rodriguez<\/strong> (BS, Rowan U 2020; 20f- IMSD\/Biotech fellow; BME)<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-448\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/Clifford.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" \/><strong>\u00a0Tanner Clifford<\/strong> (BS, Rider U 2015; MS, Delaware State U 2019; 21f- Biotech fellow; Neurosci)<\/li>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-727\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2024\/09\/Morris_2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"86\" \/> Matthew Morris<\/strong> (BS, West Chester U of Penn 2023; 23f-; BME)<\/li>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-736\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2024\/09\/JaeyoonYi-2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"97\" \/>Jaeyoon Yi<\/strong> (BS GIT; MS JHU 2024; 24f- Biotech fellow; BME)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>MS students<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Undergraduate students<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BME:\n<ul>\n<li>Anthony Nieves (25f &#8211; 26s)<\/li>\n<li>Juan Obando (25f &#8211; 26s)<\/li>\n<li>Alexa Rodriguez (Cell Bio &amp; Neurosci 25s-)<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Ryu (25f-)<\/li>\n<li>Shirley Zhang (BME 4+1; 25f- )<\/li>\n<li>Youssef Elmasri (BME 26s-)<\/li>\n<li>Diya Aim (Honors Colleg, BME 26s)<\/li>\n<li>Anay Shah (Honors College, BME 26s)<\/li>\n<li>Aaron Okrainsky (SOE Honors, 26s)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>JJ Slades:\n<ul>\n<li>Girish Swaminathan (25f-)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Senior Design<\/span>:\n<ul>\n<li>Priya Bahatt, Avi Bhuyan, Hejoo Jen Cho, Dylan Klein, Jonah Simone (Honors Academy, 23f -), Zach Yousef<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Project Super:<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Summer students:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"1\" \/>\n<p><strong>ALUMNI<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"1\" \/>\n<p><strong><i>Postdoc<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Ying Li, Ph.D. (Mar 2016 &#8211; Jan 2017) &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27924849\">\u00a0Transcription factors in spinal cord development<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/28370415\">Top2b function in retinal development<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Hailing Hao, Ph.D.\u00a0(Mar 2008 &#8211; Jun 2014)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24954155\">Regulation of gene expression in neural stem\/progenitor cells<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mythily Ganapathi, Ph.D.\u00a0(Jul 2008 &#8211; Dec 2008)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><i>PhD<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-725\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2024\/09\/Xin_Ai_2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"92\" \/> <strong>Xin Ai<\/strong> (BS, Huazhong University of S&amp;T 2014; 17f-), defended PhD 3\/21\/2025<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-449\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/Finkel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" \/> <strong>Zachary Finkel<\/strong> (BS, Rowan U 2019; BME 19f &#8211; 24s; Gene therapy for spinal cord injury. NJCSCR grad fellow) &#8211; R&amp;D Associate at TG Therapeutics Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Misaal Patel (BME PhD Candidate 2016f- GAANN fellowship 2017s, GAANN\/NIH Biotech, 2018f- Defense Date: 8\/22\/2019) &#8211; Associate Principal Scientist\/Associate Director at Merck<\/li>\n<li>Jeremy Anderson (BME PhD candidate, 2015 &#8211; NIH Biotech fellow; Defense Date: 6\/17\/2019) &#8211; Associate Director, Quality Control (QC), Cell Therapy, Kite Pharma &#8211; Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/31751572\">Transgenic mouse model for the study of traumatic brain injury<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ying Li\u00a0(BME Ph.D. Jan 2016, Jul 2010 &#8211; Mar 2016; NJCSCR Fellow 2012-14) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27924849\">Transcription factors in spinal cord development<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/28370415\">Top2b function in retinal development<\/a>. Current position: Associate Professor, Xi\u2019An JiaoTong University (China)<\/li>\n<li>Shannon Smith, Ph.D.\u00a0(MBS Jul 2008 &#8211; Aug 2013; NSF IGERT fellow) Thesis:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/25184276\">Regulation of CD44 expression in breast cancer stem cells<\/a>. Current position: postdoc at CHOP, Philadelphia, PA<\/li>\n<li>Evangeline Tzatzalos, Ph.D.\u00a0(BME Sept 2008 &#8211; Nov 2012; NSF IGERT fellow; NJCSCR fellow)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23022658\">Thesis: Regulation of Notch1 expression in retinal development<\/a>. Current position: MSAT Principal Scientist in the cell and gene therapy group at J&amp;J<\/li>\n<li>Mohammed M. Islam, Ph.D.\u00a0(Molecular Pharmacology Jul 2009 &#8211; May 2012)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24244849\">Thesis: Regulation of Foxn4 expression in retinal development<\/a>. Current position: Assistant Professor at King Faisal University (Saudi Arabia)<\/li>\n<li>Sungtae Doh, Ph.D.\u00a0(BME Dec 2006 &#8211; May 2010)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-lib\/30038\/\">Thesis: Computational prediction and experimental verification of gene regulatory elements in neuronal development<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/20089190\">Retinal development<\/a>. Associate, Steptoe<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><i>MS<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-740\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2024\/09\/Miriam-Escott-Lab-Image-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2024\/09\/Miriam-Escott-Lab-Image-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2024\/09\/Miriam-Escott-Lab-Image.jpg 619w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/>Miriam Escott<\/strong> (MS candidate; 24S -), defended MS 3\/11\/2025<\/li>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-737\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2024\/09\/ibrahim2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"83\" \/>Merna Ibrahim<\/strong> (MEng candidate; 24F-) MEng 3\/13\/2025<\/li>\n<li>Atharv Kulkarni (22f MS candidate)<\/li>\n<li>Kenneth Lindsley (22f-24s MS)<\/li>\n<li>Hani Alostaz (22-23f MS): Single cell transcriptomic analysis reveals molecular differences in mouse models of spinal cord injuries<\/li>\n<li>Mridul Dalmia (22-23f MS): scRNA-seq Analysis of Gsx1 Gene Therapy Reveals a Restoration of the Pre-Injury Spinal Cord Environment and Reduction of Neuroinflammation<\/li>\n<li>Adelina Joseph (22-23f MS):\u00a0 Gsx1 promotes neurogenesis in acute phase of spinal cord injury in rodents; Current position: Associate Scientist at Hikma Pharmaceuticals<\/li>\n<li>Mohammed Hussain (22f-23s MEng): literature review on single cell RNA-seq analysis. Current job: Bioinformatician at Regeneron<\/li>\n<li>Tianyue Fu (MS candidate 19s; PhD candidate 19f &#8211; 21f; MS 22s): Tafa3 in retinal development<\/li>\n<li>Fatima Esteban (MS candidate 20f &#8211; 22s): PIP reduces neuroinflammation and reactive gliosis in SCI<\/li>\n<li>Tajim Ahammed (MEng candidate 21s &#8211; 22s): Current advances in SCI research<\/li>\n<li>Ryan Skinner (MS 19f &#8211; 21s): In vitro study of TF in neural differentiation<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Decker (MEng 21s): iPSC review<\/li>\n<li>Sofia Castro-Pedrido (BME MS 2019f &#8211; Aug. 2020): Delayed treatment for SCI<\/li>\n<li>Dylan Forenzo (BME MS 2019f &#8211; 2020s): Computational study of gene expression<\/li>\n<li>Nikita Kelkar\u00a0(BME MS program 2017s &#8211; nonthesis MS Dec 2018)<\/li>\n<li>Rani Satya Pavitra (BME MS 2017s-2018):<\/li>\n<li>Alexandra Pinto\u00a0(BME MS 18s)-(BME PhD program 2018f &#8211; May 2019) Computational Biologist\/Bioinformatician at Helomics<\/li>\n<li>Nirali Patel\u00a0(BME MS 18s)<\/li>\n<li>Jingjing Shi\u00a0(BME MS 2017s)<\/li>\n<li>Shivani Patel\u00a0(BME BS\/MS 2017s)<\/li>\n<li>Nikhil Kumar\u00a0(BME MS 2017s)<\/li>\n<li>Rameshwari Rayaji\u00a0(BME MS 2016)\u00a0Current position: Research Associate II, SRI International<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Kim, MS\u00a0(BME Sep 2007 &#8211; May 2010) &#8211; Law School<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Forino, MS\u00a0(BME Dec 2009)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><i>BS<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Kacey Yuta Chen (RDELLC, 24f-25f)<\/li>\n<li>Michelle Zhao (25s)<\/li>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-749\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2024\/10\/Nejand2024-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2024\/10\/Nejand2024-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2024\/10\/Nejand2024-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2024\/10\/Nejand2024.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/strong>Diana Nejand (RDELLC, 24f-25s)<\/li>\n<li>Aman Saini (24su &#8211; 24f)<\/li>\n<li>Samuel Zhang (2023 su &#8211; 2024s BS &#8211; JJ Slades)<\/li>\n<li>Hafize Petekci (2023s su &#8211; Project Super)<\/li>\n<li>Alexander Suponya\u00a0BME 22s<\/li>\n<li>Faizah Rahim\u00a0RSA 21f-22s<\/li>\n<li>Vighnesh Raja\u00a0(Honors College 20f &#8211; 22s)<\/li>\n<li>Shivam Garg\u00a0(20f &#8211; 22s)<\/li>\n<li>Harshil Trivedi\u00a0(20f &#8211; 22s)<\/li>\n<li>Ariella Savitz\u00a0(21f &#8211; 22s)<\/li>\n<li>James Lin\u00a0(20f &#8211; 22s)<\/li>\n<li>Muskan Jawed\u00a0(Project SUPER 21s, BME RSA 21f)<\/li>\n<li>Victoria Percoco\u00a0(21s)<\/li>\n<li>Veronica Farag\u00a0(19f -) BME RSA 21s<\/li>\n<li>Ami Patel\u00a0(19f &#8211; 21s) Stem cell gene expression in breast cancer<\/li>\n<li>Pooja Gupta\u00a0(UG; Project Super 19s &#8211; 20f)\u00a0RNA-seq data analysis of SCI models<\/li>\n<li>Hanna Brancaccio\u00a0(2019f &#8211; 2020s)\u00a0works with Zach Finkel<\/li>\n<li>Sofia Castro-Pedrido (BME Slade Scholar \/ BS 2018f &#8211; 2019s):<\/li>\n<li>Dylan Forenzo (BME Slade Scholar \/ BS 2018f &#8211; 2019s): Photoreceptor Gene Expression<\/li>\n<li>Alex Milojevic (2018s &#8211; 2019s)<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Risman\u00a0(Aresty 17s &#8211; 2019s)<\/li>\n<li>Mihir Shah\u00a0(SOE Honors Academy 17s &#8211; 18f)<\/li>\n<li>Brandon Lungo\u00a0(BME Slade Scholar BS 17f &#8211; 18s) Computational analysis of retinal gene expression<\/li>\n<li>Shunyao Lei (Aresty 2017f &#8211; 2019s) SCI project with Misaal<\/li>\n<li>Nirali Patel\u00a0(BME Honors Academy &amp; Slades Scholar BS\/MS 16f &#8211; Aresty 16f)\u00a0&#8211; Computational analysis of biologyical data<\/li>\n<li>Quinn Wade\u00a0(BME Honors Academy 15f -) &#8211; PhD program at PSU<\/li>\n<li>Tristen Wallace\u00a02016s<\/li>\n<li>Nikhil Kumar\u00a0(BME BS 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Neda Kabi\u00a0(BME Honors Academy 2013-2015)<\/li>\n<li>Yuying Tan\u00a02015<\/li>\n<li>Shivani Patel\u00a0(BME Honors Academy 2014f)<\/li>\n<li>Katherine Lau\u00a0(Spring 2014)<\/li>\n<li>Nikhil Agarwal\u00a0(BME Honors Academy 2010-2013)<\/li>\n<li>Jordana Gilbert\u00a0(BME Honors Academy 2011-2013); Johns Hopkins University<\/li>\n<li>Dhara Zala\u00a0(BME Honors Academy 2011-2013)<\/li>\n<li>Alson Wu\u00a0(BME Honors Academy 2010-2012)<\/li>\n<li>Haim Tawil\u00a0(BME Honors Academy, 2008-2010) U Penn &#8211; Dental student<\/li>\n<li>Stephanie Loh\u00a0(BME Honors Academy, Senior Design 2008-2010)<\/li>\n<li>Tapan Patel\u00a0(BME Honors Academy, 2008-2010)<\/li>\n<li>Eric LaBouff\u00a0(BME Honors Academy) 2007-2009; LifeCell; MD\/Phd student Temple U.<\/li>\n<li>Joe Maffei\u00a0(BME Honors Academy) 2007-2009; Boston U<\/li>\n<li>David Chen\u00a0(Aresty) 2007-2008; New Jersey Medical School<\/li>\n<li>Anna Pashkova\u00a0(Aresty) 2007-2008; Robert Wood Johnson Medical School<\/li>\n<li>Abdullah Rasheed\u00a0(Aresty) 2008-2009; Medical student<\/li>\n<li>Michael Lazar (Aresty)<\/li>\n<li>Arvin Zabalerio (Aresty)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><b>Senior Design Team<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>2024-2025: Augustine George; Lekha Rakundlia; Svar Shah; Kayvus Trjano<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-800\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2025\/05\/sd2025-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2025\/05\/sd2025-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2025\/05\/sd2025-1024x784.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2025\/05\/sd2025-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2025\/05\/sd2025-1536x1176.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2025\/05\/sd2025-2048x1568.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2023-24: Mohamed Elsherbiny, Anvita Patwari, Ghassan Slim<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-649\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 1rem\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2023\/05\/SD-team1-23-1-300x118.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2023\/05\/SD-team1-23-1-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2023\/05\/SD-team1-23-1-1024x403.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2023\/05\/SD-team1-23-1-768x302.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2023\/05\/SD-team1-23-1-1536x604.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2023\/05\/SD-team1-23-1-2048x805.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 1rem\">2022-23: Vinay Giridhar, Faizah Rahim, Victoria Percoco, Alana Martinez, Julian Ong<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-647\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2023\/05\/SD-team2-23-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2023\/05\/SD-team2-23-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2023\/05\/SD-team2-23-1024x624.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2023\/05\/SD-team2-23-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2023\/05\/SD-team2-23-1536x936.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2023\/05\/SD-team2-23.jpg 1751w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2022-23: Krish Choksi, Tawe Tawe, Miriam Escott, Dhruv Patel<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-505\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-2022-300x130.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-2022-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-2022-1024x445.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-2022-768x334.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-2022-1536x668.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-2022-2048x891.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2021-22:\u00a0Hani Alostaz (RSA 20f -), Mridul Dalmia (20f-), Adelina Joseph (SOE HA, RSA 20f), Sreya Kilambi<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-497\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD_2020_21-300x258.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD_2020_21-300x258.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD_2020_21-1024x882.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD_2020_21-768x661.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD_2020_21.png 1116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n2020-21: Aolani Colon, Rishabh Hirday, Ami Patel (team leader), Amrita Poddar, Emma Tuberty-Vaughan:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-021-03041-0\">A computational pipeline for novel gene discovery (Scientific Reports 2021)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-498\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-2020-300x59.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-2020-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-2020.png 679w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2019-20: Tajim Ahammed, Gavriel D. Kruman(team leader), Joshua Monserate, Srinidhi Sudhir, George W. Wadsworth<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-499\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1904-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1904-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1904-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1904-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1904-1536x1011.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1904-2048x1348.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n2018-19: Virginia Quiros-Barboza, Sofia Castro-Pedrido (team Leader), Jordan Eckhoff, Shaun Porwal, Michael Taenzer<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-500\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1804-300x123.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1804-300x123.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1804-1024x421.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1804-768x316.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1804-1536x632.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1804-2048x842.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n2017-18: Samr B. Atieh, Mrudula M. Chakravarthy, Patrick R. Doran, Omkar A. Joshi, Vikash Patel. A novel normalization method for single-cell RNA-seq data analysis.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-501\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1704-SC-300x119.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1704-SC-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1704-SC-1024x407.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1704-SC-768x305.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1704-SC-1536x610.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1704-SC-2048x814.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n2016-17 (Computation): Trevor J. Alston, Steven Q. Nguyen, Miguel vivar Lazo, Cori Lichter, Justin Chen<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-502\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1704-imaging-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1704-imaging-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1704-imaging-1024x755.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1704-imaging-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1704-imaging-1536x1132.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1704-imaging-2048x1510.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n2016-17 (Device): Aizeem Paroya, Luis Fabionar, Shashank Alladi, Vivekkumar Patel<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-503\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1604-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1604-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1604-1024x663.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1604-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1604.jpg 1223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2015-16: Ana Covic, Monica Chan, Talia Greenstein, Teerapad Jindachompthong, Nikhil Kumar, Monika Nandi.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/nikhil\/Differential-ChipSeq-Peak-Finder\">Peak Finder<\/a>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-504\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1505-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1505-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1505-768x474.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2022\/10\/SD-1505.jpg 978w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2014-15: Conner Quintero, Jake Cotton, Yana Oganesova, Michael Wu, Mike Conforti, Jay Shah (Winner of 2015 Senior Design Conference)<\/p>\n<p>2013-2014 (<a href=\"http:\/\/austinpublishinggroup.com\/biomedical-engineering\/fulltext\/ajbe-v1-id1018.php\">paper<\/a>): Paul Jang, Tim Holleran, Michael Burn, Kenan Gebizlioglu, Alex Governle<br \/>\n2012-2013: Jordan Ash, Brian Osler, Henry Yu (Winner of 2013 Senior Design Conference)<br \/>\n2011-2012: Darshan Bhatty, Timothy Keough, Dipen Patel, Alson Wu, Brian Yoo<br \/>\n2010-2011: Ryan Chando, Samantha Citron, Olapeju Odusola, Scott Sivco<br \/>\n2009-2010: Stephanie Loh, Alvin Chen<br \/>\n2008-2009: Andy Shen\u00a0(2006-2008), Pankit Shan<\/p>\n<p><b>Summer undergraduate students<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Andie McCullough (Bucknell U, 25su- REU)<\/li>\n<li>Vinny Huang (2024 su &#8211;\u00a0 Cornell U)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 1rem\">David Hoyt (REU\/RiSE: 2024 su &#8211; Drew U)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Andrea Yan (2024 su &#8211; Columbia U)<\/li>\n<li>Aimee Straka (Virginia Tech &#8211; 2023 su)<\/li>\n<li>Juan Gutierrez (UCSB &#8211; REU summer 2022) &#8211; Gsx1 Reduces Glial Scar Formation at Chronic Stage of Spinal Cord Injury<\/li>\n<li>Kelly Reid (Cedar Crest College &#8211; REU summer 2021) &#8211; Spinal Cord Injury Promotes Neural Stem Cell Properties in NG2 Cell Populations<\/li>\n<li>Phinu Philip (Wright State University Daytn, Ohio &#8211; REU 2020 Summer) RNA-seq Analysis of Various Types of Spinal Cord Injuries<\/li>\n<li>Mohammad Fauzan (New Jersey City University &#8211; RiSE Summer 2019)<\/li>\n<li>Nathalie Groot (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University &#8211; REU Summer 2019)<\/li>\n<li>Brenda Okereke (BME 2018 Summer -)<\/li>\n<li>Audrey Hao (UC Berkeley 2017 RiSE REU)<\/li>\n<li>Yanira Gonzales Rodriguez (REU 2016 summer) Effect of Topoisomerase II-beta Inhibitor on Neuronal Migration in vitro<\/li>\n<li>Dylan Richards (NSF-REU 2012 summer undergrad)<\/li>\n<li>Nilsa La Cunza (NSF-REU 2012 summer undergrad)<\/li>\n<li>Eva Nelly Rubio-Marrero (RISE student, summer 2010); 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Hart)<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Lee (Medical Student) Summer 2008; RWJ medical school<\/li>\n<li>Xiaorong Zhu (Feb 2011 &#8211; Jan 2012) &#8211; East China Normal University, Shanghai, China (Visiting Scholar)<\/li>\n<li>Kate Fitzgerald (BME Fall 2011) BME rotation student<\/li>\n<li>Yandi Li (2009\/12-11\/12) &#8211; MBS rotation student<\/li>\n<li>Richard Carmona (Neuroscience)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Principal investigator \u00a0 Li Cai, PhD, Professor PhD students Brianna Rodriguez (BS, Rowan U 2020; 20f- IMSD\/Biotech fellow; BME) \u00a0Tanner Clifford (BS, Rider U 2015; MS, Delaware State U 2019; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/lab-members\/\" class=\"\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-424","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Members - Cai Lab<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cailab\/lab-members\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Members - Cai Lab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Principal investigator \u00a0 Li Cai, PhD, Professor PhD students Brianna Rodriguez (BS, Rowan U 2020; 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