Student, Postdoc, and Alumni Spotlights

Recent Student, Postdoc, and Alumni Spotlights

Gilbert Rahme, Guarini '17

Gilbert Rahme, Guarini '17 received his PhD in molecular and cellular biology and is currently an assistant professor at Stony Brook University.

Wei-Cheng Wu, Guarini

Wei-Cheng Wu, Guarini, is the vice-president of the 2024-25 graduate student council and a PhD candidate in the computer science program.

Himanshu Goswami, Guarini

Himanshu Goswami, Guarini, is the president of the 2024-25 graduate student council and a PhD candidate in the molecular and cellular biology program.

Stuti Agrawal, Guarini 

Stuti Agrawal, Guarini, is the Guarini first year graduate student fellow and a PhD candidate in the psychological and brain sciences program.

Postdoc Spotlight: Kayla Iuliano

Kayla Iuliano, a postdoc in the epidemiology department, won the award for Best Poster at Postdoc Research Day 2024. Her research integrates environmental exposures with female cycle tracking.

Alumni Spotlight: Camella Pham, Guarini '23

Camella Pham, Guarini '23, was awarded the American Comparative Literature Association's Presidential Master's Prize for Best Master's Thesis for "Colonial Translation Turned Vietnamization: Pham Quỳnh and the Discourse of Transculturation". 

Alumni Spotlights: Rachel Garlick, Guarini '21

Rachel Garlick is an alumna of the molecular and cell biology doctoral program and has created a startup, Eris Biotech, that has been accepted into the YCombinator, a world-renowned training program for startups.