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Current<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Teagan Polotaye<\/h3>\n

Graduate Student: 2026 – present<\/h5>\n
Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Program<\/h5>\n

Education:
\nM.S., 2025, Stevens Institute of Technology
\nB.S., 2024, Stevens Institute of Technology<\/p>\n

Research Interests: PI3K\/AKT\/mTOR signaling, mitosis, cancer therapeutics<\/p>\n

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Masuda Akther<\/h3>\n

Graduate Student: 2023 – present<\/h5>\n
Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Program<\/h5>\n

Education:
\nM.S., 2021, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
\nB.S., 2019, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh<\/p>\n

Research Interests: Cancer metabolism and therapeutics<\/p>\n

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Jay Joshi<\/h3>\n

Graduate Student: 2022 – present<\/h5>\n
Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Program<\/h5>\n

Education:
\nB.A., 2020, Rutgers University<\/p>\n

Research Interests: Cancer metabolism, cell cycle, mTOR Complex 1<\/p>\n

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Aditya Kapadia<\/h3>\n

Undergraduate Researcher: 2026 – present<\/h5>\n

Research Interests: Cancer, metabolic vulnerabilities<\/p>\n

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Rayees Padder, PhD<\/h3>\n
Postdoctoral Fellow: 2022 – present<\/h5>\n
Education:
\nPh.D., 2021, Jamia Millia Islamia, India
\nM.Phil., 2013, Devi Ahilya University, India<\/p>\n
Research Interests: Leukemia, nucleotide metabolism, PI3K\/mTOR<\/p>\n
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Nanda Singh, PhD<\/h3>\n
Postdoctoral Fellow: 2024 – present<\/h5>\n
Education:
\nPh.D., 2023, ICMR-NICED, Kolkata, India,\u00a0<\/span>
\nM.Sc., 2016, Presidency University, Kolkata, India<\/p>\n
Research Interest: Amino acid metabolism, cell cycle, metabolic vulnerabilities<\/p>\n
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Sumit Patel, PhD<\/h3>\n
Postdoctoral Fellow: 2026 – present<\/h5>\n
Education:
\nPh.D., 2025, Washington University in St. Louis
\nM.S., 2020, University of Louisiana Monroe<\/p>\n
Research Interest: Glucose metabolism, cell cycle, mTOR complex 1<\/p>\n
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Alumni<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Frank Scallo<\/h3>\n
Research Assistant: 2020 – 2022<\/h5>\n
Next position: Yale University Graduate School, Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program, New Haven, CT<\/p>\n
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Ariel Lerner<\/h3>\n
Research Assistant: 2022 – 2024<\/h5>\n
Next position: Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine Graduate School, Biomedical Sciences Program, New York, NY<\/p>\n
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Alexandra Grumet<\/h3>\n
Research Assistant: 2024 – 2026<\/h5>\n
Undergraduate Researcher: 2022 – 2024<\/h5>\n
Next position: Hackensack Medical School, MD program, Hackensack, NJ<\/p>\n
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Aruna Jangam, PhD<\/h3>\n
Postdoctoral Fellow<\/span>: 2024 – 2026<\/span><\/p>\n
Next position: Scientist C (Permanent Faculty, Assistant Professor equivalent), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research \u2013 Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad India<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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