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	a dl2017@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