Nagan Lab Members

Dr. Maria Nagan

maria.nagan@stonybrook.edu

433 Chemistry

Dr. Arghya GhoshPost-doctoral associate

Zahra WrayChemistry PhD student

Adrianna Cavoto Chemistry ('26)Research Assistant

Rebeca I. Ventura Diaz

Chemistry ('26)Graduate School, SBU

Kamalpreet Singh

Biology ('25)Research Assistant

Jack SimonAMS/EE ('28)

Natalie Marklund

Chemistry ('28)

Nick MarottaVisiting Student, Perez group U Florida

To join the group, please read Dr. Nagan's papers and then email Dr. Nagan to see about availability of spots.

Undergraduate Prerequisites: ability to build a computer and/or python and General Chemistry.

Alumni

Ethan Aminov

Biology B.S. ('23)Medical School, SBU

Jason Linzer

Biochemistry B.S. ('24)MD/PhD program, Yale U

John HeraghtyChemistry ('26)Graduate School, U of Toronto

Alex Grodzki

Psychology ('25)Medical School, SUNY Downstate

Asir ShahidMath/AMS ('25)Medical School, SBU

Julia DuVal

Chemistry B.S. ('24), Elon U; SBU REU StudentMedical School, Penn State COM

Anahje Hector

Biology B.S. ('26)

Alex Leong

Computer Science B.S. ('24)

Michael Neuhaus

Health Science B.S. ('24)

Joseph Park

Biology B.S. ('24)Medical School, U Buffalo

Andrey Kim

Chemistry B.S. ('24)

Aalim Abdullah

Biochemistry B.S. ('23), UT Austin; SBU REU StudentGraduate School, UC-Berkeley

Kelly Liu

Chemistry B.S. ('23)

Matthew Xie

Biochemistry B.S. ('22)Tuoro Physicians Assistant

Jiyun (Jung) Chong

Chemistry B.S. ('22)Graduate School, SBUOjima Group

Emilee Haines

Biology B.S. ('22), Wooster College; SBU REU StudentGrad School, Cleveland Clinic

Aditya Iyer

Biochemistry B.S. ('22)Research Tech, Weill Cornell

Mark Khalil

Biology B.S. ('22)MPh Student

Hugo Onghai

Earl L. Vandermeulen HS, Simons STEM Scholar;Materials Sci B.S., UCLA MEE, Cornell

Jan Ziembecki

Biology B.S. ('22)LECOM Medical School

Anushka Bhatt

Biology B.S. ('22)LECOM Medical School

Vinay Bijoor

Biochemistry B.S. ('22), Columbia Univ. Honors Thesis

Pooja Madhanraj

Biology B.S. ('22)Medical School and MPh Program, Rutgers

Alex Velaoras

Business B.S. ('21)Medical School, Drexel University

Ahmad Wady

Biochemistry B.S. ('21)SUNY Update MD, IR/DR Residency U Penn (starts Fall 26)

Sophie Huang

Chemistry B.S. ('21)

Emily Alvarez Toucet

Chemistry B.S. ('22) , UPR-Cayey;SBU REU Student,PharmD student, UPR

Sasha McKay

Sociology B.A. and Biochemistry B.S. ('21)

Wali Pirzada

Biochemistry B.S. ('21)Medical School

Michael Farber

Applied Math and Statistics, & Biology B.S. ('21)NYIT DO

Gigi Tse

Psychology B.S. ('21)Vet School, Univ. of Penn

Rachel Chetram

Biology B.S. ('21)Podiatry School, NY College of Podiatric Med

Veronica Uhuegbue

Chemistry B.S. ('21)

Osato Irowa

Biology B.S. ('21)MPh program, SBU

Gurleen SahansraChemistry B.S. ('20)Industry Scientist

Vinay MaddulaChemistry B.S. ('19)Columbia Univ. DDSResidency, UConn Health Center

Caroline VelezChemistry B.S. ('18)PhD, U of MiamiAcevedo Group, McKnight FellowPost-doc, Columbia Univ. Honig group

David VaughansBiochemistry B.S. ('17)Touro Medical School

Abraham UstoyevChemistry B.S. ('17)PhD Chemistry, UNC-GreensboroCroatt Group

Alex AragonChemistry B.S. ('17)PhD Chemistry, Wake Forest

Stephen TelehanyChemistry B.S. ('16)M.S. SBURizzo Group

Lucy FallonChemistry B.S. ('16)Graduate School, SBUSimmerling Grouppost-doc, NYU Jones group

Rachel WittsChemistry B.S. ('12)MS Michigan State Pfizer

Shane BernardBiology B.S.,English B.A. ('12)MS Cell Bio UW-MadisonPfizer

Wes HodgesBiology ('14)MA Biology, WashUMD, WashU

Meggie HoffmanBiology B.S. ('13)PhD, UM-Ann ArborRevolution Medicines

Drew Van BoeningChemistry B. S. ('10)D.O. A.T. Still UniversityResident, Parkview Med Center

Nick HopkinsBiology B.S. ('10)M.D. UM-ColumbiaBaylor Resident

Bill Miller IIIChemistry B.S. ('08)PhD U of Florida, Roitberg GroupAssociate Prof. AT Still Univ.

Lauren MichaelChemistry B.S. ('08)MS UW-MadisonCyberinfrastructure Strategy, Research Engagement

Emily HopsonChemistry B.S. ('09)

Drew Skwiers-KoballaChemistry B.S. ('09)M.S. UMN-Twin Cities, Gagliardi Group,MIcrosoft

Oscar McCrateChemistry B.S. ('07)PhD Stanford, Cegelski Group,Medical Laboratory Scientist

Mychel VarnerChemistry B.S. ('03)PhD UT-AustinStanton Group,Environmental Scientist

Kenny KimBiology and Computer Science B.S. ('05)MD, UCLA,MS Tax EA

Ann KnolhoffChemistry B.S. ('05)PhD UIUC, Sweedler Group,FDA Chemist

Jennifer McGinnisChemistry B.S. ('06)PhD UNC-Chapel Hill, Weeks Group,CSO International Institute for Technology, Northwestern University

Bryan SitzmannChemistry B.S. ('07)MBA Park UnivDirector Bioanalytical Sciences, KCAS Bio

Salowa Siddique

Chemistry B.S. ('24)

Chrissy Chai

Maria Florakis

Chemistry B.S. ('24)

Derrick Lu

CS major ('27)

Ahmed Nihal

Biology major ('27)

Frank Lee

high school studentSylvania Northview HS

Samantha Aponovitch

high school studentHunterdon Central Regional HS

Ben Costa

Biology major ('26)

Group Pictures

Nagan-Simmerling groups and families at the house

Dominique Tricario, Vinay Maddula, Caroline Velez, David Vaughans, Dr. Nagan, Alex Aragon and Abe Ustoyev.

Row 1: Wali Pirzada, Matthew Xie, Alex Leong, Mark Khalil, Ethan Aminov, Dr. Nagan, Jiyun Chong, Gigi TseRow 2: Jan Ziembicki, Aditya Iyer, Hugo Onghai

Row 1: Alex Velaoras, Wali Pirzada, Vinay Bijoor, Michael FarberRow 2: Dr. Nagan, Gigi Tse, Jiyun Chong, Anushka BhattRow 3: Ahmad Wady, Aditya Iyer, Mark Khalil, Matthew Xie

Marly Medard and Caroline Velez

Nagan lab eating breakfast after Mercury

Dominique Tricario, David Vaughans, Abe Ustoyev and Vinay Maddula

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