“Team Lipids”
We coined this name in our earliest days. It easily summarizes the core of our work and conveys our approach to research as a team, where every member is essential.
*(It also sounds much better than “the lipid people”)
Itsaso Garcia-Arcos, PhD
Principal Investigator
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Dativo Sanchez Gonzalez, MSc
PhD student.
Thesis project: Investigating lipid metabolism impairments in alveolar type 2 cells in chronic adult lung diseases.
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Irina Stavrovskaya, PhD
Research Scientist.
Mitochondria and cellular bioenergetics.
Gabriella Giordano, BSc
MD/PhD student.
Vitamin A in alveolar type 2 cells.
Guest lab members
Jennifer Martinez, LVT, RLATg. Research support specialist (2023-present)
Former lab members
Graduate students
Sangmi Sarah Park, PhD. Doctoral student 2019-2023.
Huchong Cai, BSc. Medical student (2020-2023) and lab manager (2019-2020).
Christina W. Agudelo, MD. Medical student (2019-2021) and research support specialist (2018-2019).
Roger Alvarez Buve, MSc. Visiting research fellow (2013).
Medical residents and fellows
Christopher Kiang. MD. EM/IR Resident (2022-2025).
Ghassan Samaha, MD. PCCM fellow (2019).
Britta Kumley, MD. PCCM fellow (2017-2018).
And more scientists…
Soumya Krishnan, PhD. Postdoctoral scientist (2022-2026).
Rafael Ward, MSc. Research support specialist and lab manager (2022-2025).
Kimone Cox, BSc. Research support specialist (2023-2024).
Amrin Rahman. Undergraduate research volunteer (2023-2024).
Estela Espino. Research scholar (2023-2024).
Dativo Sanchez Gonzalez, MSc. Research support specialist (2022-2023).
Maria Jesus Vasquez Guillen. Research scholar (2022-2023).
Anasthasia Kutuzov. Summer student (2022).
Adithya Krishnan. Summer student (2022).
Mattin Campos, BSc. Visiting research fellow (2020).
Michelle Mai, MSc. Research support specialist (2019-2021).
Saioa Mendizuri, MSc. Visiting research fellow (2018-2019).