Meet the Lab!
Principal Investigator
Kyle K. Payne, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Assistant Leader – Cancer Metabolism and Immunology Program
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Rinkee Kumari, PhD
American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow; Tumor Immunology
May 2022 – Present
PhD Students
Elaheh Hosseini, MS
PhD Student; Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
May 2022 – Present
Christopher Alcott, MS
PhD Student; Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
May 2023 – Present
Adam Robinson
PhD Student; Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
May 2025 – Present
Shreya Yadav
PhD Student; Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
May 2025 – Present
Technicians
Steven Wang, MBS
Senior Laboratory Technician
November 2021 – Present
B.A. Biological Sciences
Masters of Business & Science – Biotechnology & Genomics
szw4@cinj.rutgers.edu
Lomaani Ranasinghe, BS
Research Teaching Specialist IV
November 2023 – Present
B.S. Microbiology
lsr98@cinj.rutgers.edu
Undergraduates
Sanjana Philips
Undergraduate Research Intern
Administration
Hima Doshi
Administrative Research Associate
Previous Members
Zachary Smith
Undergraduate Research Intern
January 2022 – May 2024
Tyler Milonas
Research Teaching Specialist IV
Current Position: Graduate Student–Rutgers University; Masters of Business and Science Program
2021-2023
Kristen Warrington
Research Associate III
Current Position: PhD student – Rutgers University; Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution
2021-2023
Akil Anthony
Undergraduate Research Intern
2023-2024
Prisha Patel
Undergraduate Research Intern
2024
Francesca Osborn
Undergraduate Research Intern
2024 – 2025