Team
We believe that science is best advanced by a diverse team working in an inclusive and collaborative environment. Our team and alumni have roots in MA, CT, RI, NY, NJ, GA, FL, IL, CA, Austria, Canada, Chile, China, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Switzerland, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, Zimbabwe, and many other places of the world.
Current Team Members:
Darius Ebrahimi-Fakhari
Director, Movement Disorders Program
Attending Neurologist, Boston Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Faculty, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center
Julian Alecu
Education: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Xu-Tong Xue
Education: Tsinghua University, Beijing
Zoe Piccus
Education: Brown University
Katerina Bernardi
Education: Sapienza University of Rome
Beril Ay
Education: Acibadem University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Habibah Agianda
Education: Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Awards: Medical Sciences in Clinical Investigation (MMSCI) Program, Harvard Medical School
Enrique Gonzalez Saez-Diez
Education: University of Heidelberg
Franziska Hammar
Education: University of Heidelberg
Jonas Moghib
Education: Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Tobias Brunnbauer
Education: Julius-Maximilians-University Wurzburg
Amy Tam
Education: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Nicole Battaglia
Education: University of Rhode Island
Hyo Min Kim
Education: Boston University
Josh Rong
Education: Boston University
Síofra B. Carty
Education: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Lab Alumni
| Name | Position in Lab | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Henri Schmidt (German National Academic Foundation Scholarship) | Medical Student Researcher | Medical Student, University of Heidelberg, Germany |
| Luca Schierbaum (DFG Walter Benjamin Fellowship) | Postdoctoral Fellow | Resident Physician (Pediatrics), University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Vicente Quiroz (Movement Disorders Society PAS Fellowship) | Postdoctoral Fellow | Attending Neurologist, University of Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile |
| Daniils Skorohodovs | Summer Medical Student Researcher | Medical Student, ETH Zürich |
| Noah Wyman | Summer Intern | Bachelor Student, University of Central Florida |
| Ancelin Halo | Summer Intern | Bachelor Student, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Adam Cohen | Summer Intern | Bachelor Student, University of Pittsburgh |
| Umar Zubair (DAAD Biomedical Engineering Scholarship) | Medical Student Researcher | Medical Student, Mannheim Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg |
| Eva Davies | Undergraduate Research Intern | Bachelor Student, Northeastern University |
| Dario Resch (German National Academic Foundation Scholarship) | Medical Student Researcher | Medical Student, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany |
| Luis Borja | Research Assistant | Associate Engineer, Quiver Bioscience |
| Kathy (Hoi Ki) Fong | Undergraduate Research Intern | Graduate Student, Columbia University |
| Avaneesh Kunta | Medical Student Researcher | Medical Student, University of Central Florida |
| Abigail Sveden | Computational Analyst | Translational Neuroscience Center, Boston Children's Hospital |
| Marlene Scheffold (Boehringer Ingelheim Scholarship) | MD/PhD Student | MD/PhD Student, University of Heidelberg, Germany |
| Cedric Boeger (DAAD Biomedical Engineering Scholarship) | Graduate Student (M.Sc.) | PhD Student, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany |
| Akshitha Maqtedar | Undergraduate Research Intern | Bachelor Student, UMass Amherst |
| Afshin Saffari (DFG Walter Benjamin Fellowship) | Postdoctoral Fellow | Child Neurology Fellow, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany |
| Hellen Jumo | Research Assistant | MD/PhD Student, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| Zoe Gardner | Research Assistant | Medical Student, University of Wisconsin |
| Jessica Rosenthal | Undergraduate Research Intern | Bachelor Student, Northeastern University |
| Julian E. Alecu (DAAD Biomedical Engineering Scholarship) | Medical Student Researcher | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Boston Children's Hospital |
| Marvin Ziegler (DAAD Biomedical Engineering Scholarship, Bayer Foundation Carl Duisberg Scholarship) | Medical Student Researcher | Resident Physician (Neurology), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland |
| Catherine Jordan | Graduate Student (M.A.) | Associate Research Scientist, Evidinno Outcomes Research Inc., Vancouver, Canada |
| Helena Rosengarten (German National Academic Foundation Scholarship) | Medical Student Researcher | Medical Student, Charité University, Berlin, Germany |
| Rebecca Hayes | Undergraduate Research Intern | Bachelor Student, Harvard College |
| Oleksandr Strelko | Research Assistant | Medical Student, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine |
| Gregory Geisel | Research Assistant | Program Administrator, Translational Neuroscience Center, Boston Children’s Hospital |
| Barbara Brechmann (Bayer Foundation Carl Duisberg Scholarship) | Medical Student Researcher | Resident Physician (Medicine), Munich, Germany |
| Julian Teinert (German National Academic Foundation Scholarship) | Medical Student Researcher | Resident Physician (Pediatrics), Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany |
| Angelica D’Amore | Graduate Student (Ph.D.) | Research Associate, Boston Children’s Hospital |
| Miriam Wimmer | Graduate Student (M.Sc.) | Research Associate, University of Innsbruck, Austria |
| Robert Behne (German National Academic Foundation Scholarship) | Medical Student Researcher | Resident Physician (Child Neurology), Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany |
