Research Assistants
Our Division has a strong track record of training students. Many alumni have gone on to starting their own labs, working in industry, or running clinical departments.
Sharjeel A. Chaudhry, B.S.
Sharjeel Chaudhry is a Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Fellow studying the mechanisms by which coagulation factor FXII is recruited and activated at sites of vascular injury and thrombus formation. He is a 4th year medical student at George Washington University.
Sharjeel graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Human Biology, Health, and Society. After undergrad, Sharjeel worked for two years as a management consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he advised on large-scale modernization efforts for the Veterans Health Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.
Sharjeel has a particular interest in the integration of technology and devices in medicine. Previously, Sharjeel worked in the Flaumenhaft Lab as an NIH funded T-35 research fellow.
Awards:
2017 – William Beaumont Research Award 1st Place – George Washington University
2017 to 2018 – Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Fellowship
Matthew Serrata, B.S.
Matthew is a Research Assistant in the Bendapudi lab. Originally from California, he attended Boston College where he earned his BS in Biochemistry. He has previously held technician positions at Tufts Medical Center and Amgen Inc. His current project involves the study of the contact-dependent coagulation pathway as it pertains to thrombogenesis.
Lindsay Tomczak, B.S.
Lindsay is a Research Assistant in the Bendapudi lab. She attended Union College in upstate New York where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology with a minor in Computer Science. She has previously held an internship position at EpigenDx, Inc. and completed a thesis research project at Union involving light-induced expression of a coral protein in fungi.