We are a small team of talented professionals with a wide range of skills and experience. We love what we do, and we do it with passion. Check out our Pon Lab Family Photos here.



Theresa Swayne, Ph.D.
Confocal Microscopy Manager
Confocal Facilites
Laura Munteanu, Ph.D.
Confocal Microscopy Assistant Manager
Confocal Facilities


Catherine Tsang, B.M.
Research Technician
Monclair State University
Email me: cat2166@cumc.comlumbia.edu
Cierra Sing, M.S.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. Columbia University, Institute of Human Nutrition
Email me: cns2132@cumc.columbia.edu


Emily Jie-Ning Yang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. Duke University
Email me: jy2907@cumc.columbia.edu

Past Members

Sandra Franco Iborra, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow
VHIR – Vall d’Hebron Istitut de Recerca, Ph.D.
Email me: sf2907@cumc.columbia.edu
Hana Koob, B.A.
Research Technician
Barnard College


Gary Tan, B.S.
Research Technician
Cornell University
Enrique Garcia
Graduate Researcher
Md-Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program

Wolfgang Pernice, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Columbia University 2016
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Michio Hirano Lab at Columbia University


Reshma Davidson, Ph.D.
Ohio State University
Current Position: Intel
Jeneska de Jonge
M.S.
Research Technician
Current Position: Ph.D. University of Cambridge


Arielle Coughlin
B.S.
Technician
Current Position: Clinical Coordinator of Dr. Gharavi Lab at CUMC Russ Berrie
Ryo Higuchi-Sanabria
Ph.D.
Ph.D. Columbia University 2015
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Andrew Dillin Lab at UC Berkeley


Jason Vevea
Ph.D.
Ph.D. Columbia University 2015
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Chapman Lab at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Palavi Srivastrava
Postdoctoral Fellow


Dana Wolken
Ph.D.
Ph.D. Columbia University 2014
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Edith Serrano
Undergraduate Researcher
Barnard College
Jose Ricardo McFaline
M.D.-Ph.D Student
Current Position: Resident at Harvard Medical School


Leonardo Peraza, Ph.D
Current Assistant Professor at School of Science of the National University, Mexico
Thomas Huckaba, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell Biology at Xavier University


Kammy Fehrenbacher, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Columbia University 2015
Director of Global Medical Communications in Neurology and Immunology at Merck KGaA