Core Laboratories Center Directory



CLC Leadership and Administraton 

Leadership

Mohammad Mansour, MBA
Director, Core Laboratories Center

mom2029@med.cornell.edu

Alicia Alonso, Ph.D
Core Director, Epigenomics Core

ala2035@med.cornell.edu

Douglas Ballon Ph.D.
Core Director, Citigroup Biomedical Imaging Center (CBIC)

djb2001@med.cornell.edu

Doron Betel, Ph.D
Core Director, Applied Bioinformatics Core

dob2014@med.cornell.edu

Jacob Geri, Ph.D.
Core Director, Chemical Purification Core

jag4016@med.cornell.edu

Rohit Sharma Ph.D.
Core Director, Metabolic Phenotyping Core

ros4015@med.cornell.edu

Carl Fluck Ph.D.
Core Director, Cryo-EM Core

ecf4001@med.cornell.edu

Dena Almeida
Core Manager, EM & Histology Core

dalmeid@med.cornell.edu

Sarah Ben Maamar, Ph.D.
Core Director, High Performance Computing

sbm4003@med.cornell.edu

Jorge Gandara
Core Manager, Microbiome Core

iliev@med.cornell.edu

Lauretta Lacko Ph.D.
Core Director, Human Therapeutic Organoid Core

lal2018@med.cornell.edu

Jason McCormick
Core Director, Flow Core

jam2073@med.cornell.edu

Teresa Milner Ph.D.
Core Director, Neuroanatomy Electron Microscopy (NEM) Core

tmilner@med.cornell.edu

Sushmita Mukherjee Ph.D.
Core Director, Optical Microscopy

smukherj@med.cornell.edu

Maria Salpietro
Core Director, Institutional Biorepository Core

mts2005@med.cornell.edu

Jenny Xiang, M.D.
Core Director, Genomics Core

jzx2002@med.cornell.edu

Guan Zhang Ph.D. 
Core Director, Proteomics and Metabolomics Core

guz2004@med.cornell.edu

CLC Administration

Mohammad Mansour MBA
Director, Core Laboratories Center

mom2029@med.cornell.edu 

Nadina Jacent MBA
Administrative Manager

naj9030@med.cornell.edu

Adam-Aisse Ly
Senior Administrative Specialist

adl2017@med.cornell.edu 

Shamsad Matin
Financial Coordinator

shm4009@med.cornell.edu

Patrick Nowak

Financial Administrator

pcn4001@med.cornell.edu

Core Facilities

Applied Bioinformatics Core

Doron Betel, Ph.D.
Core Director, Applied Bioinformatics Core

mom2029@med.cornell.edu

Thadeous Kacmarczyk
Software Engineer

thk2008@med.cornell.edu

Paul Zumbo
Senior Staff Associate of Computational Genomics

paz2005@med.cornell.edu

Chemical Purification Core

Jacob Geri Ph.D.
Core Director

jag4016@med.cornell.edu

Citigroup Biomedical Imagine Center (CBIC)

Douglas Ballon, Ph.D.
Core Director, CBIC

djb2001@med.cornell.edu

Eric Aronowitz
Animal MRI Specialist

era2002@med.cornell.edu

Josefino Borja
MRI Technologist

jcb2004@med.cornell.edu

Eva Burnazi
Staff Associate in Radiology

emb4012@med.cornell.edu

William Calimag
Nuclear Medicine Technologist

paz2005@med.cornell.edu

Larisa Chakarian
Research Nurse Specialist

lac9060@med.cornell.edu

Muc Du
Operations Administrator

mdu@med.cornell.edu  

Jonathan Dyke Ph.D.
Assistant Professor- Basic Science

jpd2001@med.cornell.edu

Edward Fung Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medical Physics in Radiology

ekf4001@med.cornell.edu

Stefan Guhlke
Senior Research Associate in Radiology

stg4004@med.cornell.edu

James Kelly Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiopharmaceutical Sciences in Radiology

jak2046@med.cornell.edu

Kamaar Lawson
Administrative Specialist

kml9001@med.cornell.edu

Keunpoong Lim
Research Associate

kel4007@med.cornell.edu

Nelia Long
Senior Medical Physicist

nsl2002@med.cornell.edu

Christopher Machain
MRI Technologist

chm9201@med.cornell.edu

Simon Morim
Nuclear Medicine Technologist

sim2004@med.cornell.edu

Annette Ortiz
Administrative Assistant

ano4002@med.cornell.edu

Jason Randazza
Registered Nurse

jar4007@med.cornell.edu

Tony Tran
Cyclotron Engineer

tot4006@med.cornell.edu

Cryogenic Electron Microscopy Core

Carl Fluck Ph.D
Core Director

ecf4001@med.cornell.edu

Electron Microscopy & Histology Core

Dena Almeida
Core Manager, EM & Histology Core

dalmeid@med.cornell.edu

Rayson Santiago Carrillo
Research Technician II

ras4042@med.cornell.edu

Juan Jimenez
Electron Microscopy Manager

skr4003@med.cornell.edu

Epigenomics Core

Alicia Alonso Ph.D.
Core Director, Epigenomics Core

ala2035@med.cornell.edu

Kalpita Banerjee
Research Scientist- Genomics

kab3004@med.cornell.edu

Fanli Meng 
Research Specialist

fam4022@med.cornell.edu

Yushan Li
Lab Manager

kel4007@med.cornell.edu

Flow Core

Tomas Baumgartner
Lead Cell Sorter Technology Specialist

tob2008@med.cornell.edu

Jason McCormick
Core Director

jam2073@med.cornell.edu

Paul Byrne
Lead Cell Sorter Technology Specialist

prb2012@med.cornell.edu

Max Wallach
Cell Sorter Technology Specialist

maw4032@med.cornell.edu

Genomics Core

Jenny Xiang, M.D.
Core Director, Genomics Core

ala2035@med.cornell.edu

James Coughlin
Genomics Project Manager

jac4023@med.cornell.edu

Grace Li
Lab Manager

grl4002@med.cornell.edu

Yan Li
Genomics Project Manager

yal2017@med.cornell.edu

Aihong Liu
Research Scientist- Genomics

ail2004@med.cornell.edu

Yelan Xu
Research Tech I

seo4002@med.cornell.edu

Chendong Pan

Research Associate

chp2020@med.cornell.edu

Yanjie Sun

Research Scientist- Genomics

yex4001@med.cornell.edu

Adrian Tan

Senior Genomics Bioinformatician

yit2001@med.cornell.edu

Xiao Zhang

Research Scientist- Genomics

xiz4007@med.cornell.edu

Tuo Zhang

Senior Genomics Bioinformatician

taz2008@med.cornell.edu

Yuehong Tong

Research Scientist- Genomics

yut4004@med.cornell.edu

High Performance Computing

Sarah Ben Maamar
Core Director, High Performance Computing

sbm4003@med.cornell.edu

Rashad Ahmed
Research Systems Administrator-HPC II

rma3001@med.cornell.edu

Jonathan Joseph Parziale
Research Systems Administrator-HPC III

eud4002@med.cornell.edu

Ahmed Mahmoud
Senior Technical Operational Manager

ahm4002@med.cornell.edu

Meghan Netterville
Research Systems Administrator-HPC I

men4004@med.cornell.edu

Human Therapeutic Organoid Core

Lauretta Lacko Ph.D.
Core Director, Organoid Core

lal2018@med.cornell.edu

Jingyi Yu
Research Technician II

jiy4018@med.cornell.edu

Romulo Hurtado Ph.D.
3D Clearing, Quenching, Imaging Specialist 

roh2002@med.cornell.edu

Institutional Biorepository Core

Maria Salpietro
Core Director, Institutional Biorepository Core

mts2005@med.cornell.edu

Katelyn Hadley
IBC Operations Manager

kah9087@med.cornell.edu

Nancy Elghamri
Senior IBC Technician

nae4004@med.cornell.edu

Elizabeth Acheampong
Senior IBC Technician

ela4009@med.cornell.edu

Christopher Louie
IBC Pathologist Assistant

alk7026@med.cornell.edu  

Amanda Strickland
IBC Technician

aks4016@med.cornell.edu

Rajshri Hirpara
Lab Manager

rah4001@med.cornell.edu

River Williams
IBC Technician

riw4005@med.cornell.edu

Giselle Piedra

IBC Technician

gip4009@med.cornell.edu

Metabolic Phenotyping Core

Rohit Sharma Ph.D.
Core Manager, Metabolic Phenotyping Core

ros4015@med.cornell.edu

Tara Doma Lama
Research Technician II

tdl4004@med.cornell.edu

Microbiome Core

Jorge Gandara
Core Manager, Microbiome Core

jog2033@med.cornell.edu

Alexander Grier
Senior Bioinformatician

alg4028@med.cornell.edu

Neuroanatomy Electron Microscopy (NEM) Core

Teresa Milner Ph.D.
Core Director, Neuroanatomy Electron Microscopy (NEM) Core

tmilner@med.cornell.edu

Optical Microscopy

Sushmita Mukherjee Ph.D.
Core Director, Optical Microscopy

smukherj@med.cornell.edu

Janet Sun
Senior Optical Microscopy Specialist

ocs4002@med.cornell.edu

 

Proteomics and Metabolomics Core

Guan Zhang Ph.D.
Core Director, Proteomics and Metabolomics Core

lal2018@med.cornell.edu

Zhucui Li
Research Associate

zhl4007@med.cornell.edu

Xiaoyuan Yang
Research Scientist- Proteomics Core

xiy4003@med.cornell.edu

Mengmeng Zhu
Research Scientist- Proteomics Core

mez2005@med.cornell.edu

Lei Lei
Research Specialist- Proteomics Core

lel4009@med.cornell.edu

Qiuying Chen Ph.D.
Manager, MALDI
Associate Professor of Research in Pharmacology

qic2005@med.cornell.edu



Contact

Mohammad Mansour, MBA
mom2029@med.cornell.edu