Current Members
Hachung Chung, PhD
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Columbia University Medical Center
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Email: hc3070@cumc.columbia.edu
Degrees: PhD Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (Harvard University); BS Biochemistry (Stony Brook University)
Hachung, a native of South Korea, received her B.S. in Biochemistry from Stony Brook University and her Ph.D. in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics from Harvard University. She conducted her post-doctoral studies at The Rockefeller University. In 2019, she joined the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Columbia University as an Assistant Professor. Hachung is a recipient of the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (2014 ~2017) and a Searle Scholar Award (2020). Outside of the lab, Hachung enjoys exploring NYC with her husband and two kids!
Heegwon Shin, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: hs3270@cumc.columbia.edu
Degrees: PhD Chemistry (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Tyler Dorrity
Graduate Student
Email: tjd2144@cumc.columbia.edu
Degrees: BA Biochemistry, BA Molecular Biology (Drew College)
Kenenni Wiegand
Laboratory Technician
Email: kaw2223@cumc.columbia.edu
Degree(s): BA Biology (Cornell University)
Jake Gertie
MD-PhD Student
Email: jag2392@cumc.columbia.edu
Degrees: BS Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology (Yale University)
Kavya Batra
M.A. student in Biotechnology
Email: kb3350@columbia.edu
Degree(s): BSc Microbiology & Biochemistry (St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, India)
Claire He
Undergraduate Student
Email: kh3147@columbia.edu
Degree(s): BS Biology (Columbia College)
Amanda Grace Leone
Undergraduate Student
Email: agl2149@columbia.edu
Degree(s): Biology (Columbia College)
Past Alumni
Justin Aruda, former Columbia University undergraduate researcher and research technician, Fall 2019-August 2021, now Ph.D. student at Harvard University
Rachel Polfer, former research technician, June 2019-August 2021, now Ph.D. student at The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory School of Biological Sciences
Rotation Students and Interns
Christine Wu, M&I Ph.D rotation student, Spring 2023
Emily Jung, undergraduate intern from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Summer and Fall 2022
Nadia Karber, undergraduate intern, Fall 2022
Michael James, Ph.D rotation student, Fall 2022
Lisa Yu, M&I Ph.D rotation student, Spring 2022
Amanda Grace Leone, undergraduate summer intern, Summer 2021
Ava Rotondo, undergraduate summer intern, Summer 2021
Jake A. Gertie, M.D/Ph.D rotation student, Summer 2021
Carly Lam, M&I Ph.D rotation student, Spring 2021
Noah Chen, M.D/Ph.D rotation student, Spring 2021
Bruce Culbertson, M.D/Ph.D rotation student, Summer 2020
Max Lauring, M.D/Ph.D rotation student, Summer 2020
Peter Wang, M&I Ph.D rotation student, Spring 2020
Sam Zverev, intern, Summer 2019