Lab Members
Current
Teagan Polotaye
Graduate Student: 2026 – present
Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Program
Education:
M.S., 2025, Stevens Institute of Technology
B.S., 2024, Stevens Institute of Technology
Research Interests: PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling, mitosis, cancer therapeutics
Masuda Akther
Graduate Student: 2023 – present
Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Program
Education:
M.S., 2021, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
B.S., 2019, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Research Interests: Cancer metabolism and therapeutics
Jay Joshi
Graduate Student: 2022 – present
Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Program
Education:
B.A., 2020, Rutgers University
Research Interests: Cancer metabolism, cell cycle, mTOR Complex 1
Aditya Kapadia
Undergraduate Researcher: 2026 – present
Research Interests: Cancer, metabolic vulnerabilities
Rayees Padder, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow: 2022 – present
Education:
Ph.D., 2021, Jamia Millia Islamia, India
M.Phil., 2013, Devi Ahilya University, India
Research Interests: Leukemia, nucleotide metabolism, PI3K/mTOR
Nanda Singh, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow: 2024 – present
Education:
Ph.D., 2023, ICMR-NICED, Kolkata, India,
M.Sc., 2016, Presidency University, Kolkata, India
Research Interest: Amino acid metabolism, cell cycle, metabolic vulnerabilities
Sumit Patel, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow: 2026 – present
Education:
Ph.D., 2025, Washington University in St. Louis
M.S., 2020, University of Louisiana Monroe
Research Interest: Glucose metabolism, cell cycle, mTOR complex 1
Alumni
Frank Scallo
Research Assistant: 2020 – 2022
Next position: Yale University Graduate School, Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program, New Haven, CT
Ariel Lerner
Research Assistant: 2022 – 2024
Next position: Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine Graduate School, Biomedical Sciences Program, New York, NY
Alexandra Grumet
Research Assistant: 2024 – 2026
Undergraduate Researcher: 2022 – 2024
Next position: Hackensack Medical School, MD program, Hackensack, NJ
Aruna Jangam, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow: 2024 – 2026
Next position: Scientist C (Permanent Faculty, Assistant Professor equivalent), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad India