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