Lab Members

Name Title Lab Association Email Phone
J. Peter Rubin Co-Director, UPMC Endowed Professor and Chair Adipose Stem Cell Center (ASCC) pittplasticsurgery@upmc.edu 412-383-8080                     
Kacey Marra Vice Chair of Research, Professor Nerve-Repair Lab marrak@upmc.edu 412-383-8924
Lauren Kokai Co-Director of ASCC, Assistant Professor Adipose Stem Cell Center kokail@upmc.edu 412-383-7667
Asim Ejaz Assistant Professor Adipose Stem Cell Center ejaza@upmc.edu 484-535-2004
Jocelyn Runyon Research Project Manager Adipose Stem Cell Center runyonjl@upmc.edu 412-383-8939
Wayne (Vincent) Nerone Laboratory Technician Adipose Stem Cell Center/Nerve-Repair Lab neronewv@upmc.edu 412-383-8939
Katherine Shiyun Yang Research Fellow Adipose Stem Cell Center ksy6@pitt.edu 412-383-8939
Amr Elmeanawy Research Fellow Adipose Stem Cell Center elmeanawwyam@upmc.edu 412-287-0506
F. Baris Bengur Post-doctoral Fellow Adipose Stem Cell Center/VCAM/Nerve-Repair Lab bengurfb@upmc.edu 412-383-8939
Dzana Katana Post-doctoral Fellow Nerve-Repair Lab katanad@upmc.edu 412-383-8939
Charles Amurgis Research Fellow Adipose Stem Cell Center cma65@pitt.edu 412-383-8939
Yusuf Surucu Research Fellow Nerve-Repair Lab surucuy@upmc.edu 412-383-8939
Rachel Ricketts Research Fellow Adipose Stem Cell Center rer87@pitt.edu 412-383-8939
Pooja Humar Medical Student (Pitt) Adipose Stem Cell Center/ Nerve-Repair Lab humar.pooja@medstudent.pitt.edu 412-383-8939
Yadira Villalvazo General Surgery Resident (U of Arizona) Adipose Stem Cell Center/ Nerve-Repair Lab villalvazoy@upmc.edu 412-383-8939
Alexandra Vagonis Medical Student (VCU) Adipose Stem Cell Center vagonisam@upmc.edu 412-383-8939
Jesse Goldstein Director, Associate Professor Clinical Outcomes Research Lab jesse.goldstein@chp.edu 412-692-5323
Anne Glenney Medical Student (Drexel) Clinical Outcomes Research Lab glenneya@upmc.edu 412-692-5323
Joseph Mocharnuk Medical Student (Pitt) Clinical Outcomes Research Lab mocharnuk.joseph@medstudent.pitt.edu 412-692-5323
Mario Solari Director, Assistant Professor VCAM Lab solarimg@upmc.edu 412-383-5205
Chiaki Komatsu Research Fellow/Lab Manager VCAM Lab komatsuc2@upmc.edu 412-383-8081
José Antonio Arellano García Valenzuela Research Fellow Adipose Stem Cell Center joseantonioarellano44@gmail.com 412-383-8939

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Malekzadeh Kuradel

Research Fellow Adipose Stem Cell Center malekha@pitt.edu 412-383-8939
Grace Figlioli Undergraduate VCAM Lab gmf29@pitt.edu 412-383-8939
Divya Ramkumar Undergraduate Adipose Stem Cell Center dir27@pitt.edu 412-383-8939
Swati Ghosh Undergraduate Adipose Stem Cell Center swg33@pitt.edu 412-383-8939
Alexey Altman Undergraduate Adipose Stem Cell Center ALA187@pitt.edu 412-383-8939
Zayaan Tirmizi Undergraduate Adipose Stem Cell Center zst5@pitt.edu 412-383-8939
Casey Yin Undergraduate Nerve-Repair Lab cmy26@pitt.edu 412-383-8939
Noah Lochran Undergraduate Nerve-Repair Lab njl37@pitt.edu 412-383-8939