GRADUATE STUDENT
Katie Tumang, B.S.
Studies how type I interferon signaling during memory T cell formation shapes later T and B cell responses.
B.S. Biology and B.A. History of Art & Architecture, UMass Amherst; previously at the Ragon Institute.
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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Ramin Sedaghat Herati, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Director, NYU Langone Health Vaccine Center
Director, NYU Langone Health Vaccine Center
Ramin Herati is an infectious diseases physician-scientist who studies how T follicular helper cells and germinal centers shape antibody immunity in people. He directs the NYU Langone Health Vaccine Center and attends at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue. He earned his M.D. at Washington University School of Medicine, trained in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview and in infectious diseases at the University of Pennsylvania, and completed postdoctoral training in human T cell immunology with E. John Wherry at Penn. He serves as a standing member of the NIH Vaccines Against Infectious Diseases study section.
Current team
GRADUATE STUDENT
Maria Dorodnitsyna, B.S.
Studies Tfh–B cell interactions and immune remodeling in the melanoma sentinel lymph node.
B.S. Biochemistry, Virginia Tech. PhD program in Immunology.
GRADUATE STUDENT
Katya Novikova, M.D.
Studies the human T cell responses that drive xenograft rejection.
M.D., Moscow State University. PhD program in Immunology.
RESEARCH TECHNICIAN
Han Chen, B.A.
Studies why some people respond poorly to hepatitis B vaccination.
B.A.
CLINICAL RESEARCH COORDINATOR
Tijaana Williams, M.S.
Runs the lab’s clinical studies, including the hepatitis B and influenza vaccine cohorts.
M.S. Biological Science (Medical Microbiology), Long Island University.
Alumni
Former lab members and where they are now.
Xiaomin Yao, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Fellow · 2024–2026→ Assistant Professor, Nanjing Medical University
Yee Hoon Foong, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Fellow · 2024–2026→ Postdoctoral Fellow, Weill Cornell Medicine
Elizabeth Severa, B.S.Bioinformatician · 2023–2026→ Systems Analyst, UCHealth, Colorado
Sabrina Solis, B.S.Graduate Student · 2021–2026→ Associate Clinical Trials Manager, Medpace
Aaron Oom, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Fellow · 2024–2025
Mpox vaccine immunity→ Principal Scientist, University of Arizona
Mpox vaccine immunity→ Principal Scientist, University of Arizona
Riddhimaa Sinha, B.A.Master’s Student · 2024–2025→ Clinical Research Coordinator, Mount Sinai Health System
Clarice Monteiro, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Fellow · 2022–2023→ Medical Science Liaison, Johnson & Johnson, Brazil
Sophie Gray-Gaillard, B.A.Research Technician · 2020–2023→ Graduate Student, University of Pennsylvania
Joseph AllenResearch Technician · 2020–2022→ Laboratory Supervisor, Howard University
Luisa SilvaResearch Technician · 2017–2019→ Medical Student, SUNY Downstate
Alexander MuselmanResearch Technician · 2015–2017→ Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine
Student researchers
High school and undergraduate students who have done research with us.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Aadi Bhattacharya
Noa Karp
Anatolii Koralov
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Elizabeth Doepke