Core Laboratories Center Directory



CLC Leadership and Administraton 

Leadership

Mohammad Mansour, MBA
Department Administrator, 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

Tomas Baumgartner
Core Director, Flow Core

djb2001@med.cornell.edu

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

dob2014@med.cornell.edu

Clay Bracken, Ph.D.
Core Director, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Core

wcb2001@med.cornell.edu

Lucas Debarba Ph.D.
Core Manager, Metabolic Phenotyping Core

luk4005@med.cornell.edu

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

ecf4001@med.cornell.edu

Lee Cohen-Gould
Senior Director, Microscopy and Image Analysis Core

lcgould@med.cornell.edu

Joe Hargitai
Director, High Performance Computing

joh2028@med.cornell.edu

Iliyan Iliev Ph.D.
Core Director, Microbiome Core

iliev@med.cornell.edu

Lauretta Lacko Ph.D.
Core Manager, 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, Microscopy and Image Analysis Core- Optical Microscopy

smukherj@med.cornell.edu

Harold “Skip” Ralph
Core Director- Microscopy and Image Analysis Core

har2001@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
Department Administrator, Core Laboratories Center

mom2029@med.cornell.edu 

Nadina Jacent MBA
Administrative Manager

naj9030@med.cornell.edu

Adam-Aisse Ly
Administrative Specialist

adl2017@med.cornell.edu 

Shamsad Matin
Financial Coordinator

shm4009@med.cornell.edu

Patrick Nowak

Financial Specialist

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

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

Besim Islami
Research Technician II

bei4002@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

Nicole Waterhouse
Research Specialist

niw2014@med.cornell.edu

Cryogenic Electron Microscopy Core

Carl Fluck Ph.D
Core Manager

ecf4001@med.cornell.edu

Epigenomics Core

Alicia Alonso Ph.D.
Core Director, Epigenomics Core

ala2035@med.cornell.edu

Kalpita Banerjee
Research Specialist-Molecular Genomics

kab3004@med.cornell.edu

Lipika Bhattacharjee
Research Specialist

lib4003@med.cornell.edu

Yushan Li
Lab Manager

kel4007@med.cornell.edu

Fisher Drug Discovery Resource Center

Fraser Glickman Ph.D.
Center Director, Fisher Drug Discovery Resource Center

fglickman@rockefeller.edu

Flow Core

Tomas Baumgartner
Core Director

tob2008@med.cornell.edu

Jason McCormick
Core Director

jam2073@med.cornell.edu

Paul Byrne
Cell Sorter Technology Specialist

prb2012@med.cornell.edu

Marlin Romero
Research Specialist

mar9419@med.cornell.edu

Genomics Core

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

ala2035@med.cornell.edu

James Coughlin
Research Tech I- Genomics

jac4023@med.cornell.edu

Feng He
Lab Manager

feh2003@med.cornell.edu

Grace Li
Research Tech II- Genomics

grl4002@med.cornell.edu

Aihong Liu
Research Scientist

ail2004@med.cornell.edu

Seongeun Oh
Research Tech II

seo4002@med.cornell.edu

Chendong Pan

Research Associate

chp2020@med.cornell.edu

Yanjie Sun

Research Specialist- Genomics

yas4014@med.cornell.edu

Adrian Tan

Research Associate

yit2001@med.cornell.edu

Nelia Long

Senior Medical Physicist

nsl2002@med.cornell.edu

Tuo Zhang

Instructor

taz2008@med.cornell.edu

High Performance Computing

Joe Hargitai
Director, High Performance Computing

joh2028@med.cornell.edu

Rashad Ahmed
Research Systems Administrator-HPC III

rma3001@med.cornell.edu

Eugene Dedits
Research Systems Administrator-HPC III

eud4002@med.cornell.edu

Ahmed Mahmoud
Research Systems Administrator-HPC III

ahm4002@med.cornell.edu

Human Therapeutic Organoid Core

Lauretta Lacko Ph.D.
Core Manager, Organoid Core

lal2018@med.cornell.edu

Eva Clough
Research Technician I

ewc4002@med.cornell.edu

Capucine Martin
Research Associate

cam4021@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

Nicholas Hoyos
Senior IBC Technician

nih4006@med.cornell.edu

Alexis King
IBC Technician

alk7026@med.cornell.edu

Christopher Louie
IBC Pathologist Assistant

alk7026@med.cornell.edu  

Samantha Ross
IBC Technician

skr4003@med.cornell.edu

Olivia Schmidt
IBC Technician

ocs4002@med.cornell.edu

Nicole Uzhca

IBC Technician

niu4003@med.cornell.edu

Metabolic Phenotyping Core

Lucas Debarba Ph.D.
Core Manager, Metabolic Phenotyping Core

luk4005@med.cornell.edu

Microbiome Core

Iliyan Iliev Ph.D.
Core Director, Microbiome Core

iliev@med.cornell.edu

Jorge Gandara
Research Specialist

jog2033@med.cornell.edu

Alexander Grier
Senior Bioinformatician

alg4028@med.cornell.edu

Microscopy and Image Analysis Core

Lee Cohen-Gould
Senior Director, Microscopy and Image Analysis Core

lcgould@med.cornell.edu

Sushmita Mukherjee Ph.D.
Core Director, Microscopy and Image Analysis Core- Optical Microscopy

smukherj@med.cornell.edu

Harold “Skip” Ralph
Core Director- Microscopy and Image Analysis Core

har2001@med.cornell.edu

Julie Cohen
Lab Manager

alk7026@med.cornell.edu

Krysta Doust
Research Specialist

alk7026@med.cornell.edu  

Juan Jimenez
Research Specialist

skr4003@med.cornell.edu

Janet Sun
Research Specialist

ocs4002@med.cornell.edu

Neuroanatomy Electron Microscopy (NEM) Core

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

tmilner@med.cornell.edu

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Clay Bracken, Ph.D.
Core Director, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Core

wcb2001@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 Specialist

xiy4003@med.cornell.edu

Mengmeng Zhu
Research Specialist

mez2005@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