{"id":96,"date":"2019-04-06T08:42:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T08:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/?page_id=96"},"modified":"2025-05-25T16:28:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T16:28:31","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/costamattiolilab.org\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"MCM\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

Mauro Costa-Mattioli Ph.D.<\/a><\/h1>\t\t\n\t\t\t

Founding Principal Investigator @ Altos Labs<\/p>\n\tCosta-Mattioli Lab
\nAltos Labs-Bay Area Institute of Science<\/em>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"CM\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

Christina Myhre<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Sean\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n
Sean Dooling<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Screenshot\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n
Connie Ha<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"James\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n
James Okoh<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"dasol-han_0\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n
Dasol Han<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"LR\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n
Lucas Reineke<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"638-0-2\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n
Jillian Waters<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Screenshot\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n
Nick DeBeaubien<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Screenshot\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n
Lynnette Jackson<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Screenshot\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n
Santosh Kuncha<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Hongyi\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n
Hongyi Zhou<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Screenshot\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n
Vasiliki Karalis<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Yuwei\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n
Yuwei Liu<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"tempImageKAveXb\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n
Akshara Kannan<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n
Andon Placzek<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Pingjun\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n
Ping Jun Zhu<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\n\t

Current Student(s) and Scholars<\/p>\n\t

Alumni<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"I-Ching\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

I-Ching Wang, M.S., Ph.D.<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Graduate Student<\/strong><\/p>\n

2017-2024<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Jacqunae\n

Jacqunae Mays, Ph.D.<\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Graduate Student<\/strong><\/p>\n

2016-2022<\/p>\n

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Postdoctoral Fellow at <\/p>\n

Biogen<\/p>\n

Boston, MA<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Martina\n

Martina Sgritta, Ph.D.<\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Fellow<\/strong><\/p>\n

2016-2021<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Medical Science Liaison at <\/p>\n

AbbVie<\/p>\n

Houston, TX<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Laura\"\n

Laura Cristina Ortiz-Velez, Ph.D.<\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t 
\n 
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\n \n

Postdoctoral Fellow<\/strong><\/p>\n

2019-2020<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

TMC Innovations<\/p>\n

Houston, TX<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"CJ-linkedin\"\n

Chien-Ju Chen, Ph.D.<\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Graduate Student<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neuroscience<\/em><\/p>\n

2013-2019<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Research Investigator<\/strong> at<\/p>\n

Novartis Institutes for<\/p>\n

Biomedical Research<\/p>\n

Cambridge, MA<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Daniella\n

Daniela Felice, Ph.D.<\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Fellow<\/strong><\/p>\n

2016-2019<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Preclinical group leader<\/strong> at<\/p>\n

University College Cork<\/p>\n

Cork, Ireland<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n

Loredana Stoica, Ph.D.<\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t

 <\/p>\n

Graduate Student<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neuroscience<\/em><\/p>\n

2008-2014<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Fellow<\/strong><\/p>\n

in INSERM<\/p>\n

Paris, France<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"SK\"\n

Sanjeev Khatiwada, Ph.D.<\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t

 <\/p>\n

Graduate Student<\/strong><\/p>\n

Biochemistry<\/em><\/p>\n

2014-2019<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Consultant<\/strong> at<\/p>\n

Boston Consulting Group<\/p>\n

Houston, TX<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n

Dillon Baete, M.S.<\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Graduate Student<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neuroscience<\/em><\/p>\n

2011-2015<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Lab Tech <\/strong><\/p>\n

and Sensory Assistant<\/strong><\/p>\n

at Karbach Brewing Co.<\/p>\n

Houston, TX<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n

Shelly Buffington, Ph.D.<\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t

 <\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Fellow<\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-2018<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Assistant Professor<\/strong> at<\/p>\n

University of Texas<\/p>\n

Medical Branch<\/p>\n

Galveston, TX<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n

Wei Huang, Ph.D.<\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t

 <\/p>\n

Graduate Student<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neuroscience<\/em><\/p>\n

2008-2014<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Fellow<\/strong> at<\/p>\n

Johns Hopkins University<\/p>\n

2014-2016<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Patent agent<\/strong> at<\/p>\n

Wilson Sonsini<\/p>\n

Goodrich & Rosati<\/p>\n

New York, NY<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"jljohnso\"\n

Jennifer Johnson, Ph.D.<\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t

 <\/p>\n

Graduate Student<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neuroscience<\/em><\/p>\n

2011-2018<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Fellow<\/strong><\/p>\n

in Zoghbi lab, NRI, BCM<\/p>\n

Houston, TX<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n

Gonzalo Viana Di Prisco, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t

 <\/p>\n

Assistant Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n

2008-2015<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Research Associate Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n

at\u00a0Marine Biological Laboratory<\/p>\n

Falmouth, MA<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n\t

Visiting Students<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"IMG_5712\"\n

Ana Luiza Duque<\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Visiting Student<\/strong><\/p>\n

2019-2020<\/p>\n 
\nFrom S\u00e3o Paulo State University,\n

Brazil<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"elza\"\n

Elza Onorati<\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t

 <\/p>\n

Visiting Student<\/strong><\/p>\n

2016<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Graduate Student<\/strong>,<\/p>\n

Universit\u00e9 Nice Sophia Antipolis<\/p>\n

Nice, France<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"VV1\"\n

Vict\u00f2ria Valls Comamala, Ph.D.<\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t

 <\/p>\n

Visiting Student<\/strong><\/p>\n

2017<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Innovation Project Manager<\/strong>,<\/p>\n

d’Hebron<\/p>\n

Barcelona, Spain<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Adrian\n

Adri\u00e1n Valent\u00edn Kahan, M.S.<\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t

 <\/p>\n

Visiting Student<\/strong><\/p>\n

2017<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ph.D. Student<\/strong>,<\/p>\n

IIBCE<\/p>\n

Uruguay<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Strell_Phoebe\"\n

Phoebe Strell<\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Visiting Student<\/strong><\/p>\n

2017<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

D.V.M.\/Ph.D. student<\/strong>,<\/p>\n

University of Minnesota<\/p>\n

Minneapolis, MN<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Caroline\"\n

Caroline Walsh<\/h6>\t\t\n\t\t\t

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Visiting Student<\/strong><\/p>\n

2017<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Post-baccalaureate IRTA Fellow<\/strong>,<\/p>\n

National Institute of Mental Health<\/p>\n

(NIMH)<\/p>\n

Bethesda, MD<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\t

The Costa-Mattioli Lab<\/a> \/ Altos Labs<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9\u00a02023 The MCM lab all rights reserved.<\/p>\n

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