Mentorship

Mentorship is so much more than being a supervisor or a boss. As scientists, we owe a great deal to our mentors in the classroom and lab, each of whom altruistically invested their time and confidence in us. We can thank them by doing the same for others, the same as they did for us.

My Mentors

• Prof. Dr. Benjamin Gyori
  • Team Leader in the Gyori Lab for Computational Biomedicine in the Northeastern University Khoury College of Computer Sciences from August 2023 to April 2024
  • Team Leader in the Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology in the Harvard Medical School Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science from February 2021 to July 2023
• Prof. Dr. Martin Hofmann-Apitius
  • Supervisor in the Department of Bioinformatics in the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI) from November 2017 to December 2019
  • Doctoral Advisor in the Bioinformatics Group in the University of Bonn Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology from January 2018 to December 2019
  • Master's Thesis Advisor in the Bioinformatics Group in the University of Bonn Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology from March to October 2017
• Christian Ebeling
  • Master's Thesis Daily Supervisor in the Department of Bioinformatics in the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI) from March to October 2017
• Dr. Shweta Bagawadi Kalawia
  • Pre-master's Thesis Daily Supervisor in the Department of Bioinformatics in the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI) from February 2016 to March 2017
• Dr. Elisabet Gregori-Puigjane
  • Supervisor in the in Silico Lead Discovery in the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research Center for Proteomic Chemistry from July to December 2014
• Dmitri Bichko
  • Supervisor in the Molecular Informatics Group in the Pfizer Computational Sciences Center of Excellence from June 2013 to June 2014
• Dr. Bing Xia
  • Supervisor in the Lead Optimization Group in the GlaxoSmithKline DNA-Encoded Library Platform from January to June 2013
• Prof. Dr. Michael P. Pollastri
  • Supervisor in the Laboratory for Neglected Disease Drug Discovery in the Northeastern University Department of Chemistry from July 2012 to August 2015
• Prof. Dr. Emanuele Amata
  • Daily Supervisor in the Laboratory for Neglected Disease Drug Discovery in the Northeastern University Department of Chemistry from July to December 2012
• Prof. Dr. Graham B. Jones
  • Department Chair in the Northeastern University Department of Chemistry from August 2011 to August 2015

My Mentees

I’ve had the opportunity to recruit, mentor, and work with many wonderful students:

• Aria Agarwal
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant in the Gyori Lab for Computational Biomedicine in the Northeastern University from January to May 2024
• Sara Taheri
  • Doctoral Student in the Olga Vitek Lab in the Northeastern University from July 2023 to April 2024
• Aman Choudhri
  • Student Research Assistant in the CoronaWhy from June to October 2020
• Lauren Nicole DeLong
  • Student Research Assistant in the Department of Bioinformatics in the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI) from September to December 2019
• Vinay Bharadhwaj
  • Student Research Assistant in the Department of Bioinformatics in the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI) from July to December 2019
• Mauricio Pio de Lacerda
  • Master's Student in the Algorithmic Bioinformatics Group in the University of Bonn Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology from March to December 2019
• Yojana Gadiya
  • Student Research Assistant in the Department of Bioinformatics in the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI) from April to May 2019
• Trusha Adeshara
  • Student Research Assistant in the Department of Bioinformatics in the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI) from April to May 2019
• Rana Aldisi
  • Master's Student in the Bioinformatics Group in the University of Bonn Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology from March to December 2019
  • Student Research Assistant in the Department of Bioinformatics in the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI) from July 2018 to March 2019
• Lingling Xu
  • Master's Student in the Bioinformatics Group in the University of Bonn Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology from March to December 2019
  • Student Research Assistant in the Department of Bioinformatics in the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI) from July 2018 to March 2019
• Özlem Muslu
  • Master's Student in the Algorithmic Bioinformatics Group in the University of Bonn Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology from May to December 2018
• Kristian Kolpeja
  • Student Research Assistant in the Department of Bioinformatics in the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI) from July to November 2018
• Esther Wollert
  • Student Research Assistant in the Department of Bioinformatics in the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI) from July 2018 to August 2019
• Sandra Spalek
  • Student Research Assistant in the Department of Bioinformatics in the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI) from July 2018 to August 2019
• Keerthika Lohanadan
  • Student Research Assistant in the Department of Bioinformatics in the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI) from July to September 2018
• Colin Birkenbihl
  • Student Research Assistant in the Department of Bioinformatics in the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI) from July to October 2017
• Aram Grigoryan
  • Student Research Assistant in the Department of Bioinformatics in the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI) from July to December 2017