08/2013 - 06/2015
Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Competition of pluripotent cells in embryonic development
San Francisco

Zwaka Lab Members

Faculty
Thomas P. Zwaka, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor:
​Director:
Department of Regenerative and Developmental Biology
Huffington Center for Cell Based Research in Parkinson's Disease
Education:   
Postdoc:    
email:         
M.D., Ph.D., University of Ulm, Germany
University of Madison, WI - Thomson Lab
thomas.zwaka@mssm.edu
Marion Dejosez Zwaka, Ph.D.
Associate Professor 
Department of Regenerative and Developmental Biology
Education:   

​Postdoc:    
email:    
Phone:     
M.S., University of Cologne, Germany  
Ph.D., University of Duesseldorf, Germany
University of Madison, WI
marion.dejosez@mssm.edu
(212) 659.8284
Research Associates
Hui Xu
Senior Research Associate
Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology
Research:
​email:
Phone:
Embryonic Stem Cell Biology
hui.xu@mssm.edu
(212) 659-8248
Postdoctoral Fellows
Sylvie Janssens, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology
Research:
​Education:
​email:
Phone:
Molecular mechanisms of Parkinson's disease and ZIKV infection
Ph.D., Ghent University, Belgium
sylvie.janssens@mssm.edu
(212) 659-8248
Mahesh Ramamoorthy, Ph.D
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology
Research:
​Education:    
email:         
​Phone:
Ronin's function in embryonic stem cells
Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University 
mahesh.ramamoorthy@mssm.edu
(212) 659-8248
Xing Yin, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology
Research:
​Education:    
email:         
​Phone:
Quantum mechanical influences on cell function
Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh. PA
xing.yin@mssm.edu
​(212) 659-8248
Marta Skowronska, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology
Research:
​Education:    
email:         
​Phone:
Molecular mechanisms of Parkinson's disease and embryonic stem cells
PhD, Neuroscience, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
marta.skowronska@mssm.edu
​(212) 659-8248