Congratulations to the Einstein PREP alums who have completed their advanced degrees!
Tangeria Adams, Ph.D.
Undergraduate: CUNY- Brooklyn College
Einstein PREP: 2014-2015
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Shadi Nahvi, Division of Substance Abuse
Advanced Degree Completed: Ph.D. from University of Rochester
Schnaude Dorizan, Ph.D.
Undergraduate: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Einstein PREP: 2013-2015
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Kamran Khodakhah, Department of Neuroscience
Advanced Degree Completed: Ph.D. from Northwestern University
Larizabeth Francisco Ph.D.
Undergraduate: CUNY- Lehman College
Einstein PREP: 2013-2014
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Arturo Casadevall, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Advanced Degree Completed: Ph.D. from New York University
Idaliz Martinez-Traverso, Ph.D.
Undergraduate: University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
Einstein PREP: 2013-2014
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. John Chan, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Advanced Degree Completed: Ph.D. from Baylor College of Medicine
Lexi Rene, Ph.D.
Undergraduate: CUNY- Brooklyn College
Einstein PREP: 2013-2014
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Mimi Kim, Department of Epidemiology
Advanced Degree Completed: PhD from Florida State University
Currently enrolled in advanced degree program
Abneil Alicea
Undergraduate: University of Delaware
Einstein PREP: 2021-2022
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Rudolph, Department of Neuroscience
Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Thomas Jefferson University
Marianny Alvarado
Undergraduate: University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
Einstein PREP: 2022-2023
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Masako Suzuki, Department of Genetics
Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Texas A&M University
John Alvarado-Torres
Undergraduate: University of Puerto Rico, Ponce
Einstein PREP: 2013-2014
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Steven Walkley, Department of Neuroscience
Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Ponce Health Sciences University
Ifeoma Azinge
Undergraduate: University of Maryland- Baltimore County
Einstein PREP: 2021-2022
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Kamran Khodakhah, Department of Neuroscience
Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Brown University
Umaru Barrie
Undergraduate: SUNY- University at Albany
Einstein PREP: 2014-2015
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Mahalia Desruisseaux, Department of Pathology
Current Position: MSTP Student, University of Texas- Southwestern Medical School
Carmen Nicole Beliz
Undergraduate: University of Miami
Einstein PREP: 2021-2022
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. William Jacobs, Jr., Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Current Position: M.D. Student, University of Miami
Nicolas Buitrago
Undergraduate: University of Texas, El Paso
Einstein PREP: 2020-2021
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Jean Hebert, Department of Neuroscience
Current Position: PhD Student, Rice University
Maryann Castillo
Undergraduate: New Mexico State University
Einstein PREP: 2015-2017
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Pablo Castillo, Department of Neuroscience
Current Position: Ph.D. Student, University of Texas-Houston
Veronica DeJesus
Undergraduate: Mount Holyoke College
Einstein PREP: 2017-2018
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Kartik Chandran, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Current Position: PhD Student, University of Leeds (UK)
Leandrew Dailey
Undergraduate: Fort Lewis College
Einstein PREP: 2018-2019
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Lai, Department of Biochemistry
Current Position: PhD Student, University of California, San Francisco
Aida Davila
Undergraduate: CUNY-Hunter College
Einstein PREP: 2016-2017
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Sophie Molholm, Department of Neuroscience
Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Isabel Delwel
Undergraduate: University of North Texas
Einstein PREP: 2018-2019
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Kartik Chandran, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Current Position: PhD Student, Stanford University
Elena Dominguez
Undergraduate: CUNY-Brooklyn College
Einstein PREP: 2015-2016
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Jose Pena, Department of Neuroscience
Current Position: Ph.D. Student, University of California, Irvine
Manegbe Eben
Undergraduate: CUNY-City College of New York
Einstein PREP: 2021-2022
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Teresa Bowman, Department: Developmental & Microbiology
Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Maria Feliz
Undergraduate: CUNY-Lehman College
Einstein PREP: 2019-2020
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Teresa Bowman, Department of Developmental & Molecular Biology
Current Position: PhD Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Michael Fishman
Undergraduate: University of Southern California
Einstein PREP: 2014-2015
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Lloyd Fricker, Department of Molecular Pharmacology
Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Sayra Garcia
Undergraduate: University of New Mexico
Einstein PREP: 2016-2018
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Chaim Putterman, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Current Position: PhD Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Sara Gebre
Undergraduate: Haverford College
Einstein PREP: 2016-2017
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Vern Schramm, Department of Biochemistry
Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Emory University
Floralba Gjergjova
Undergraduate: CUNY-John Jay College
Einstein PREP: 2020-2021
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Matthew Gamble, Department of Molecular Pharmacology
Current Position: PhD Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Nicholas Gomez
Undergraduate: University of Florida
Einstein PREP: 2020-2021
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Ana Maria Cuervo, Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
Current Position: PhD Student, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Erik Guillen
Undergraduate: Pomona College
Einstein PREP: 2019-2020
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Gregoire Lauvau, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Current Position: MD-PhD Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Nayem Haque
Undergraduate: SUNY- University at Buffalo
Einstein PREP: 2020-2021
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Robert Coleman, Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology
Current Position: PhD Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Kiarah Leonard
Undergraduate: Susquehanna University
Einstein PREP: 2022-2023
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Anita Autry, Department of Neuroscience
Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Rutgers University
Yessenia Lopez
Undergraduate: CUNY-John Jay College
Einstein PREP: 2015-2017
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Teresa DiLorenzo, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Jose Lora
Undergraduate: Rhode Island College
Einstein PREP: 2014-2015
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Louis Weiss, Department of Pathology
Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Marcel Malena
Undergraduate: CUNY-City College of New York City
Einstein PREP: 2018-2019
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Libusha Kelly, Department of Systems and Computational Biology
Current Position: PhD Student, New York University
Brianna Manning
Undergraduate: University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Einstein PREP: 2020-2021
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. William Jacobs, Jr., Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Current Position: PhD Student, Harvard University
Maya Mason
Undergraduate: Virginia Commonwealth University
Einstein PREP: 2022-2023
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Lai, Department of Biochemistry
Current Position: Ph.D. Student, University of Iowa
James Mungin
Undergraduate: Tuskegee University
Einstein PREP: 2014-2015
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Duncan Wilson, Department of Developmental & Molecular Biology
Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Meharry Medical College
Beronica Ocasio
Undergraduate: University of Florida
Einstein PREP: 2017-2018
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. John Greally, Department of Genetics
Current Position: PhD. Student, University of Miami
Ariel Parker
Undergraduate: Swarthmore College
Einstein PREP: 2015-2016
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Julie Secombe, Department of Genetics
Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Johns Hopkins University
Yoselin Paucar
Undergraduate: CUNY-John Jay College
Einstein PREP: 2019-2020
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Fernando Macian-Juan, Department of Pathology
Current Position: PhD Student, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Jeydy Perez
Undergraduate: CUNY-Brooklyn College
Einstein PREP: 2021-2022
Einstein PREP Mentor: Matthew Gamble, Department of Molecular Pharmacology
Current Position: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Kristie Oluyemi
Undergraduate: Pace University
Einstein PREP: 2020-2021
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Anita Autry, Department: Neuroscience
Current Position: PhD Student, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Laura Rodriguez
Undergraduate: University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
Einstein PREP: 2022-2023
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Gregoire Lauvau, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Columbia University
Stephen Ruiz
Undergraduate: SUNY- Binghamton University
Einstein PREP: 2019-2020
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Britta Will, Department of Cell Biology
Current Position: PhD Student, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Morgan Smith
Undergraduate: Georgia State University
Einstein PREP: 2018-2019
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. John Chan, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Current Position: PhD Student, University of Pittsburgh
Marisol Soula
Undergraduate: Florida International University
Einstein PREP: 2016-2017
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Pablo Castillo, Department of Neuroscience
Current Position: MSTP Student, New York University
Jeury Veloz
Undergraduate: CUNY-City College of New York City
Einstein PREP: 2018-2019
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Fernando Macian-Juan, Department of Pathology
Current Position: PhD Student, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
D'Shaunique Walters
Undergraduate: University of the Virgin Islands
Einstein PREP: 2021-2022
Einstein PREP Mentor: Bernice Morrow, Department of Genetics
Current Position: Ph.D. Student, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Employed in science careers
Cesar Diaz
Undergraduate: Boston University
Einstein PREP: 2020-2021
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Tiago Goncalves, Department of Neuroscience
Current Position: Research Associate, NYU Langone Health
Leslieann Diaz
Undergraduate: CUNY-Lehman College
Einstein PREP: 2019-2020
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Renata Batista-Brito, Department of Neuroscience
Krysten Garcia
Undergraduate: John Hopkins University
Einstein Entry: 2019-2020
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Anita Autry, Department of Neuroscience
Current Position:Research Associate, REACH Health Services
Ashaki Nehisi
Undergraduate: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Einstein PREP: 2014-2015
Einstein PREP Mentor: Dr. Sophie Molholm, Department of Neuroscience
Current Position: Senior Analyst, Tru Consulting