CUBIT Team

Christine DeLorenzo, CUBIT Director

Christine DeLorenzo, PhD, earned her doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering at Yale University. After completing a postdoctoral research fellowship in the Division of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology at Columbia University, Dr. DeLorenzo was appointed Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurobiology at Columbia University. In 2012, she was appointed Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Biomedical Engineering at Stony Brook University. In 2021, she was promoted to Professor. Currently, Dr. DeLorenzo has three active R01 research grants with Dr. Ramin Parsey.

Ramin Parsey, CUBIT Scientific Advisor

Ramin Parsey, MD PhD,  is an internationally recognized expert in the neuroimaging of depression and mood disorders. He has successfully directed clinical translational research studies since 2006, first as the Director of the Brain Imaging Division of Columbia University and, currently, as Director of PET Research. In that time, Dr. Parsey produced clinically relevant manuscripts using PET, neuropsychological assessments, and pharmacokinetic data that shaped our understanding of the role of neurotransmitter systems, for example, serotonin 1A receptors in depression.    

CUBIT Faculty/Staff 

CUBIT Graduates...through the years

Laraib Ijaz, Neuroscience MS '15, Understanding the biological basis of cognitive impairment in Multiple Sclerosis using MRI, DTI and PET

Raja Pillai, Neuroscience PhD '17 (MD/PhD Program), Using EEG and PET to predict therapeutic effect of SSRIs 

Lauren Delaparte, Psychology PhD '18, Using diffusion imaging to understand the pathophysiology of anxiety in depression 

Mala Ananth, Neuroscience PhD '19, Pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease using a mouse model and PET studies 

Elizabeth Bartlett, Biomedical Engineering PhD '19, Non-invasive quantification of PET imaging

Nandita Joshi, Electrical Engineering PhD '19, Improving PET reconstruction techniques for higher accuracy and resolution 

Kathryn Hill, Neuroscience PhD '21 (MD/PhD Program), The role of cerebellar cholinergic tone in cognitive decline

Farzana Ali, Biomedical Engineering PhD '22 (MD/PhD Program), Predicting treatment response using brain imaging and actigraphy


CUBIT Postdoctoral Fellows...through the years

Doreen Olvet, '12

Zafer Iscan '14

Alexandra D’Agostino, '18

Andrea Tyrer '18

Yashar Yousefzadeh Fard '20

CUBIT Interns...through the years

Chetram Deochand, 2011

Jorge Rodríguez-Fernández, MD, 2011

Alexandra Suzanne Ferraiuolo, 2012

Grace Lawal, 2012 - 14

Ashwin Malhotra, 2013 - 16

Brian Szeglin, 2013 - 16

Farzana Ali, 2013 - 15

Joshua Kaufman, MD, 2013 - 15

Alexandria Kendrick, 2013 - 15

Evan Yu, 2013 - 15

Rosemarie Boyle, 2013 - 14

Ana Franceschi, MD, 2013 - 14

Rakesh Gopalkumar, MD, 2013 - 14

Geoffrey Raynor, 2013 - 14

Kruthika Sampathgiri, MD, 2013 - 14

Kristen Chapey, 2013

Nadia Purbowati, 2014 - 16

Samantha Rossano, 2014 - 16

Cagdas Eker, PhD, 2014 - 15

Arjun Iyer, 2014 - 15

Hyeonji Kang, 2014 - 15

Andrew LaBella, 2014 - 15

Kiriana Morse, 2014 - 15

Bentley Strockbine, MD, 2014 - 15

Vinosh Mathuranayagam, 2014 - 15

Brendan Zareno, 2014 -15

Anzhou Zhang, 2014 - 15

Maksym Doroshenko, MD, 2014

Ien Li  (Simons Student, Intel Finalist), 2014

Matthew McClure, 2014

Casey Odesser, 2015

Ryan O’Rourke (SUNY Brain Summer Scholars Program), 2015

Allan Wu (Simons Student), 2015

Shahira Amin (Simons Student), 2016

Yu Jin, 2016

Jesse Lifavi, 2016

Samita Mohanasundaram, 2016

Dhruti Patel, MD, 2016

Katarzyna (Kasia) Lee, 2016 - 17

Priya Sharma, MD, 2016 - 17

Samantha Goldstein, 2017 -

Anamaria Manu, 2017 - 18

Alexander Hogenhuis, 2017

Matthew Nemesure, 2017

Anjali Narayan, MD, 2018 -22

Irene Moshkovich, 2018 - 19

Bennett Wechsler, MD, 2018 - 19

Feiyang (Daisy) Dai (Regeneron Top 300 Finalist), 2019 -

Joshua Jones, 2019 - 22

Reza Aziz, 2019 -20

Nayan Kondakalla, 2019 - 20

Shruti Gautam (Simons Student), 2020 -21

Samir Batheja (Regeneron Top 300 Finalist, 3rd Place, New York State Science and Engineering Fair), 2020 -

Gabriel Davis, 2020 -

Brianna Donnelly, 2020 -

Ava Saffren, 2021 -

David Wu, 2021 -

Amanda Wang (2022 & 2023 URECA Summer Research Program ), 2022 -

Jayden Neidell, 2023 - 


CUBIT Interns 2015

Top row

Ryan O'Rourke, Binghamton University, SUNY Brain Summer Scholars Program

Ramin Parsey, Senior Scientific Advisor of CUBIT

Christine DeLorenzo, Director of CUBIT

Tony Jin, Laboratory Manager

Allan Wu, Cupertino High School, Simons Summer Research Program

Bottom row

Nadia Purbowati, Stony Brook University

Samantha Rossano, Stony Brook University

Casey Odesser, Hastings High School

CUBIT Interns 2014

Top row

Tony Jin, Laboratory Manager

Christine DeLorenzo, Director of CUBIT

Ramin Parsey, Senior Scientific Advisor of CUBIT

Anzhou Zhang, Stony Brook University

Bottom row

Catherine O. Smith, Ward Melville High School

Samantha Rossano, Stony Brook University

Ien Li, Jericho High School

Nadia Purbowati, University of North Carolina, Wilmington