Richard L. Possemato, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
Co-Director, Cancer Cell Biology Program, Perlmutter Cancer Center
Postdoctoral Fellow with David Sabatini, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Ph.D. in Experimental Pathology, William Hahn, advisor Harvard Medical School, 2008
B.S. Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001
B.S. Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001
For his doctoral work, Richard studied cellular models of human cell transformation under the advisement of Dr. William Hahn. In his post-doctoral studies with Dr. David Sabatini, Richard developed genetic tools and designed culture systems to investigate the contributions of the nutrient environment on cancer cell metabolism, and described a key role for the serine biosynthesis pathway in human breast cancer. Richard joined the Pathology Department at the NYU School of Medicine in 2014.
Erdem Terzi, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Ph.D., New York University Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
Marte Molenaars, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Amsterdam Academic Medical Center, 2021
Douglas Biancur, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Ph.D., New York University Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, 2021
Kenji Fujihara, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Ph.D., University of Melbourne, 2021
Gabrielle Whiten
Graduate Student
B.S. Biochemistry, UNC Chapel Hill, 2018
Gregory Francis, Jr.
Graduate Student
B.S. University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2021
Diana Erenburg
Research Technician
B.S. Biology and Neuroscience, Syracuse University
Former Lab Members
Minwoo Nam, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow 2017-2024
Scientist, Oncology, at Pinetree Therapeutics
Abdul Hannan Mir
Lab Manager 2019-2024
Technician, Regeneron
Sandra Jeong
Research Technician 2022-2023
SUNY Downstate Medical School
Elizabeth Gorodetsky Sher, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2020-2024
MSTP Student at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Joshua Shin, Ph.D.
Graduate Student 2017-2022
Post-doctoral Fellow, Manning Lab, Harvard School of Public Health
Daniel McLaughlin, Ph.D.
Graduate Student 2017-2022
Post-doctoral Fellow, New York Blood Center
Efiyenia Kaparos, M.S.
Graduate Student 2020-2022
Luiz Gustavo Dubois, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2016-2018
Assistant Professor in Neurochemistry and Cellular Biology
at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Vlad Sviderskiy, M.D., Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2016-2020
MSTP Student at NYU School of Medicine
Denise Minton, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2015-2017
Medical Director at The Scienomics Group
Samantha Alvarez
Lab Manager, 2014-2020
Summer Students
Sadia Ali
Clear Direction Mentoring, PATH Forward Summer Intern, 2022
Takaharu Araki
High School Summer Intern, 2018-2019
Nicole Hirsh
NYU Summer Undergraduate Research Program Student, 2019
Shakirah Ssebyala
NYU Summer Undergraduate Research Program Student, 2017
Isabela Lamadrid
High School Summer Intern, 2017
