DCI-Liebowitz Endowed Professorship
Professor of Medicine
Chief of Nephrology & Hypertension
Current research: Our laboratory focuses on understanding the mechanisms driving chronic kidney disease while enhancing the research and career development of students, post-doctoral fellows, and research scientists.
Fun fact: My favorite show of all time – “The Wire”
Research Assistant Professor
Current research: Identify KLF15 Agonists for potential treatment of CKD.
Fun fact: According to Neha and Sian, I have the biggest sweet tooth in the lab.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current research: Understanding the glomerulopathy caused by diabetes using murine models as well as various omics approaches including single cell sequencing and proteomics.
Fun fact: I have skydived.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current research: I study how parietal epithelial cells (PECs) in the kidney glomerulus respond in the context of a variety of kidney pathologies, and how the potentially deleterious effects of PEC activation can be curtailed.
Fun fact: As a kid I helped my mom (a nephrologist in a Moscow USSR hospital) with maintenance of very primitive dialysis machines.
Research Support Specialist
Graduating Major: Biology
INDUCER Program
Current research: The role of podocyte KLF6 in DKD progression. Our current work focuses on understanding the mechanisms by which podocyte KLF6 may attenuate DKD development and progression.
Fun fact: I coached my class soccer team and got sacked after 6 months with an 0-3 record.
Research Support Specialist
Graduating Major: Biology
Recipient of the URECA grant
Current research: The cell-specific context of STAT3 in progressive glomerulopathies.
Fun fact: I am currently working on writing a fantasy novel and I hope to have it published one day.
PhD Student, Stony Brook University
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Dr. W. Burghardt Turner Fellow
SBMS Trainee
Current research: Investigating podocyte-parietal epithelial cell crosstalk using bioengineering strategies.
Fun fact: I have a pet tortoise. He's a rescue!
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current research: KLF15-PPARa co-operativity drives the utilization of excess free fatty acids for acetyl-CoA and glycerolipid synthesis to prevent maladaptive PT repair post-DNA damage.
Fun fact: Helping anyone at any time makes me very happy!
Student, Stony Brook University
Major: Biology
Recipient of the URECA grant
Current research: Drug screening of KLF15 agonists for potential therapeutic treatment of kidney disease.
Fun fact: I love petting dogs.
Student, Stony Brook University
Major: Biology BS, with a specialization in Interdisciplinary Biology (Pre-Med Track)
Current research: Studying the protective effects of KLF6 overexpression in diabetic kidney disease.
Fun fact: I’m the baker in my house! Chocolate chip cookies and brownies are my specialty.
Student, Stony Brook University
Major: Biochemistry
Current research: My research is focused on the podocyte-specific induction of KLF-15, one transcription factor in the Kruppel-Like Factor family of transcription factors that regulates key cellular processes in the kidney.
Fun fact: I survived two car crashes, one when I was 9 and another when I was 12.
Student, Stony Brook University
Major: Biology with a Neuroscience concentration
Current research: The effect of Pariethal Epitellial Cells' CD44 Intracellular Domain (CD44 ICD) and their expression in chronic kidney disease.
Fun fact: I learned English because of One Direction. My favorite author is Bell Hooks.
Student, Stony Brook University
Major: Biology, Minors in Chemistry and Health, Medicine, and Society
Current research: Formulating customizable extracellular matrix scaffolds from decellularized mouse kidneys.
Fun fact: I used to compete in art competitions!
