People

Jane Banahan

Research Assistant at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Jane graduated from Muhlenberg College in May 2024 with a B.S. in Neuroscience and Philosophy. She is interested in the biological mechanisms of behavior, particularly aggression and maladaptive...

Vedant Desai

Visiting Summer Student

Vedant is a sophomore at the University of Connecticut, studying Physiology and Neurobiology, and is also on the pre-med track. His interests are primarily in neurological disorders and the biological...

Kristina Dujic

Visiting Summer Student

Kristina recently graduated from Queensborough Community College and is continuing her studies in Biotechnology at the City College of New York. With a background in molecular biology and...

Maria Mavrikaki, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Maria Mavrikaki is an Assistant Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School and a Principal Investigator at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). She studied Neuroscience and Psychology...

Masiel Nuñez

Visiting Summer Student

Masiel currently attends Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York, where she is pursuing an Associate in Health Sciences and will be graduating in Fall 2025. Her research...

Anupama Rai, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Anupama did her Ph.D. in cell and molecular neurosciences from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. Before joining the Mavrikaki lab in January 2024, she worked as a Postdoctoral fellow at...

Jarvis Savage

Undergraduate student at Duke University
Visiting Summer Student in the Mavrikaki Lab

Jarvis Savage is a rising college senior at Duke University who is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Biomedical Engineering and a double major in Chemistry. He is interested in...

Irais Erendira Valenzuela-Arzeta, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Irais obtained her master's degree in Genetics and Molecular Biology at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV) in Mexico City, where she also completed her PhD in Molecular...