Student Support
The Center for Genomics and Systems Biology has so many talented undergraduate and post-graduate students participating in the ongoing research in the CGSB.
Students' support activities include summer research and volunteering opportunities, post-graduate work, and NYUAD students' fourth-year Capstone Project. This project allows the student to be fully involved in the experimental design process from beginning to end. Several members of the CGSB have been mentors to tremendously successful Capstone Projects.
Supported students working on various projects in the CGSB are listed below.
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Claude Desplan
- Riyana Vora, GEMS Wellington International School, Dubai High School Student (2024)
- Sophie Bass, Post-graduation Practical Training Program (2024)
- Saif Al-Din Khraiwesh, Student Assistantship (2024)
- Sophie Eleonora Bass, Undergraduate Research (2023-2024)
- Ha-Neul Yu, Undergraduate Research Capstone (2023)
- Olena Kolumba, Undergraduate Research Capstone (2023)
- Ameena Beg, Student Intern (2022)
- Vaishnavi Rajesh, Student Intern (2022)
- Saif Al-Din Khraiwesh, Student Intern (2022)
- Afra Almenhali, Abu Dhabi STEM Challenge coordinated by Decenture (2021)
- Khalifa Salem AlKhateri, Abu Dhabi STEM Challenge coordinated by Decenture (2021)
- Hamad AlHassan, Abu Dhabi STEM Challenge coordinated by Decenture (2021)
- Maitha AlMansoori, Abu Dhabi STEM Challenge coordinated by Decenture (2021)
- Kholoud Abdulla Albaqaishy, Abu Dhabi STEM Challenge coordinated by Decenture (2021)
- Olena Kolumba, Undergraduate Research (2021)
- Khalid Abudlla, Khalifa University (2021-2023)
- Ha-Neul Yu, Undergraduate Research (2021)
- Stella Xu, Undergraduate Research (2020)
- Nathalie Launder, Undergraduate Research (2019)
- Sara Almazrouei, Undergraduate Research (2019)
- Chaimaa Fadil, Undergraduate Research (2018)
- Thinh Tran, Undergraduate Research (2017-2018)
- Tamara Sanchez Ortiz, Undergraduate Research (2017)
- Rediet Dimmisie, Undergraduate Research (2014)
- Lakshmi Menon, Undergraduate Research (2013)
- Nathalie Neriec, Ph.D. Candidate (2007-2015)
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Dipesh Chaudhury
- Sanzhar Kakenov, Undergraduate Research (2023)
- Maj Skof, Undergraduate Research (2023)
- Aleksa Petrovic, Undergraduate Research Capstone (2023)
- Marko Susic, Undergraduate Research Capstone (2023)
- Janine Contreras, Undergraduate Research (2022-2023)
- Nour Mrad, Undergraduate Research (2022)
- Aleska Petrovic , Undergraduate Research (2020)
- Marko Susic, Undergraduate Research (2020)
- Michelle Ann Hughes, Undergraduate Research (2021)
- Salma Haniffa, Undergraduate Research (2020)
- Aleksa Petkovic, Undergraduate Research (2020)
- Marco Susic, Undergraduate Research (2020)
- Vongai Mlambo, Undergraduate Research (2019)
- Mariam Anawar, Undergraduate Research (2019)
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Piergiorgio Percipalle
- Tomiris Doskhozhina, Undergraduate Research Capstone (2025)
- Gulsim Azirakhmet, Undergraduate Research Capstone (2025)
- Zuzana Lukáčová, Undergraduate Research Capstone (2024)
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Kirsten Sadler Edepli
- Sade Chaffatt, Undergraduate Research Capstone (2024)
- Charlene Chen, Post-graduation Practical Training Program (2023)
- Abigail Komsoon, Post-graduation Practical Training Program (2023)
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Kristin Gunsalus and Fabio Piano
- Yeon Jae Lee, Undergraduate Research Capstone (2024)
- Marla Watt, Undergraduate Research Capstone (2024)
- Marla Watt, Undergraduate Research (2022-2023)
- Jiaming Hu, Undergraduate Research, NYU Shanghai (2021)
- Yujeong Oh, Undergraduate Researcher (2021) co-mentored with Mazin Magzoub
- Nataly Ojeda Mosquera, Undergraduate Researcher (2020)
- Raza Mahmood, Ph.D. Candidate (2019-2022) co-mentored with Piergiorgio Percipalle
- Oscar Sapkota, Undergraduate Research (2019)
- Liam Kirwan, Undergraduate Research (2018)
- Yasmine Moussa, Undergraduate Research (2018)
- Elie Khoury, St. Joseph University, Lebanon, Visiting Graduate Research (2018)
- Amalia Riga, Utrecht University, Netherlands, Visiting Graduate Research (2018)
- Victoria Garcia Castiglion, Utrecht University, Netherlands, Visiting Graduate Research (2018)
- Clara Palazzolo, Undergraduate Research (2017)
- Nour Al Gharibeh, Undergraduate Research (2016) co-mentored with Rafael Song
- Israel Desta, Undergraduate Research (2016) co-mentored with Rafael Song
- Rkia El Kharrag, Graduate Research (2016), co-mentored with Ali Trabolsi
- Nahal Mustafa, Undergraduate Research (2016) co-mentored with Rafael Song
- Bethany Kolody, Undergraduate Research (2014)
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Michael Purugganan
- Matthieu Breil, University of Paris, University of Montpellier (2020) co-mentored with Muriel Gros-Balthazard
- Johee Choi, Undergraduate Research (2018)
- Moe Ziyi, Undergraduate Research (2018)
- Sara Hassen, Undergraduate Research (2014)
- Florencia Schlamp, Undergraduate Research (2014) co-mentored with Kourosh Salehi-Ashtiani
- Briana Haining, Undergraduate Research (2014)
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Stéphane Boissinot
- Sophie Molina Orozco, Undergraduate Research Capstone (2023-2025)
- Bisha Shahid, Undergraduate Research Capstone (2023-2025)
- Kripa Shrestha, Undergraduate Research Capstone (2023-2025)
- Sameer Shaik, Undergraduate Research Capstone (2023-2024)
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John Burt and Shady Amin
- Sam Liske-Clarke, Undergraduate Research Capstone (2025)
- Isha Gandham, Undergraduate Research Capstone (2024)
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Aashish Jha
- Lina Utenova, Undergraduate Research Capstone (2024)
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Nizar Drou
Imtiyaz Hariyani, Undergraduate Research (2019) co-mentored with Stephane Boissinot
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Enas Qudeimat
- Alex Kurian, Student Assistant (2024-2025)
- Juan Manuel Rodriguez Zuluaga, Post-graduation Practical Training Program (2024)
- Fatima Ali Rebh, Student Assistant (2023-2024)
- Yaakulya Sabban, Student Assistant (2023-2024)
- Mohammad Hindieh, Student Assistant (2022 & 2023)
- Zelalem Waritu, Student Assistant (2022)
- Sanam Anil Parwani, Student Assistant (2021)
- Bana Tareq A Alamad, Student Assistant (2020)
- Sangjin Lee, Student Assistant (2020)
- Laurence Bugasu Ininda, Student Assistant (2020)
Previous Research Projects
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John Burt
- Mehak Sangani, Summer Research (2020)
- Anique Ahmad, Summer Research (2020)
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Kourosh Salehi-Ashtiani
- Sultan Alhadrami, Abu Dhabi STEM Challenge coordinated by Decenture (2021)
- Latifa Bin Amro, Abu Dhabi STEM Challenge coordinated by Decenture (2021)
- Abdulaziz AlNuaimi, Abu Dhabi STEM Challenge coordinated by Decenture (2021)
- Mohamed Alali, Abu Dhabi STEM Challenge coordinated by Decenture (2021)
- Fatma AlNuaimi, Abu Dhabi STEM Challenge coordinated by Decenture (2021)
- Layanne Nayfeh, Undergraduate Research (2019)
- Tayla Jade McHardie, Undergraduate Research (2019)
- Kristos Baffour, Undergraduate Research (2017-present)
- Dhanya Baby, Undergraduate Research (2018)
- Adam Dolan, Undergraduate Research (2014)
- Florencia Schlamp, Undergraduate Research (2014) co-mentored with Michael Purugganan
- Kelly Dougherty, Undergraduate Research (2014)
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Stephane Boissinot and Youssef Idaghdour
- Amani Masud Javaid, Cranleigh Student (2022)
- Georgia-leigh Hewitt, Undergraduate Research (2020)
- Wilder Worrall, Undergraduate Research (2020)