ワ タ ナ ベ 研 究 チ ー ム @ NEW YORK TECH
NEWS:
» Watanabe is a Co-PI on an NIH R15 grant studying obesity & cardiovasc. health.
» Talia Lowi-Merri will be joining the lab as a postdoc in August 2023
» Congrats to Meghan for being accepted into AMNH-RGGS Ph.D. Program
As a lab studying biological diversity, we firmly believe that innovations spring from diversity across members. In line with this belief, our lab is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and supportive environment for everyone looking to do, make, innovate, and reinvent the future.
Current Members
Abdullah Ansari
Medical Student
Project: VR app development for science education
Tamar Goldblatt
Medical Student
Project: Cassowary cranial pneumaticity
Mohit Shah
Medical Student
Project: digital atlas of crested chicken brain
Asweel Mehaboob
Undergraduate Student
Project: VR app development for science education
Hamza Siddiqui
Undergraduate Student
Project: brain-skull integration in developing chickens
Sylvia Marshall
Academic Medicine Scholar
Project: 3-D imaging of human cadaveric eyes; brain shape differences across chicken breeds
Izza Arqam
Medical Student
Project: brain-skull integration in developing chickens
Roenell Heerbrandt
Medical Student
Project: neuroanatomy of domesticated chickens
Mahir Rahman
Undergraduate Student
Project: VR app development for science education
Siem Satti
Undergraduate Student
Project: brain-skull integration in developing chickens
Meghan Forcellati
Undergraduate Student (Columbia)
Project: Ratite brain development
Past Members
Todd Green
Current: Assistant Professor
Department of Basic Sciences
NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, Jonesboro
Brian Dashore
Undergraduate Student
Project: VR app development for science education (2022–2023)
Jeff Ng
Medical Student
Project: Cassowary cranial pneumaticity (2021–2022)
John Thomas
Undergraduate Student
Project: Musical transformation of scientific data (2020)
Marichelle Pita
Medical Student
Project: New education app for learning human anatomy (2019–2020)
Alexis Morin
Medical Student
Project: Effect of cranial muscles on developing skull morphology (2019–2020)
Shebin Tharakan
Medical Student
Project: cranial integration in snakes and lizards (2020–2023)
Scott Landman
Academic Medicine Scholar
Project: brain-skull integration in developing chickens (2020–2021); internal neuroanatomy of crested chickens (2022)
Kat Okouneva
Medical Student
Project: brain-skull integration in developing chickens (2020)
Chun Maung
Medical Student
Project: New education app for learning human anatomy (2019–2020)
Mariel Bedell
Medical Student
Project: Brain-skull integration in developing alligators and chickens (2019–2021)