The Farese and Walther Laboratory

Robert Farese, Jr.

Co-Principal Investigator

Member, Cell Biology Program, SKI Alfred P. Sloan Chair, MSKCC Professor, Weill Cornell

Tobias Walther

Co-Principal Investigator

Program Chair, Cell Biology Program, SKI Enid A. Haupt Chair, MSKCC Professor, Weill Cornell Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)

Hamed Abdi

Visiting Investigator (HHMI)

I am building a software platform for analyzing and storing lipidomics data.

Yohannes Ambaw

Research Associate

My background is in analytical chemistry and I apply my expertise to better understand the links between lipid metabolism and common diseases, such as neurodegeneration or cancer.

Pedro Manuel Carpio Malia

Research Associate

I am from Spain and love outdoors activities and sports. I came to the Farese and Walther lab driven by curiosity to mechanistically understand lipid droplets. Now, I work on understanding how proteins organize lipid droplet formation, and how proteins target lipid droplets.

Uwe Gritzan

Senior Research Specialist (HHMI)

I have some 20 years of experience in life science industry. Currently, I am working on novel approaches to modulate metabolism and to target cancer.

Yuxuan Han

Postdoctoral Fellow

I am a cancer biologist and study pathways of lipid metabolism in tumorgenesis

Emma Johnsson

Graduate Student

I am studying lysosomal biology and lipid turnover

Leehyeon Kim

Postdoctoral Fellow

I am a biochemist, structural and cell biologist interested in mechanisms of lipid metabolism.

Zahra Masih

Research Technician (HHMI)

I have an undergraduate degree in Biology and Society and am interested in cancer therapeutics. When not running cell based assays, I enjoy experimenting with new coffee flavors.

Arda Mizrak

Postdoctoral Fellow (joint with W. Harper lab at Harvard)

I work on the mechanisms that target proteins to lipid droplets

Eileen Ortiz

Assistant to Dr. Walther (Chair) and Dr. Farese

Katie Papciak

Scientific Administrative Coordinator

After working as a research technician at CSHL and a genetic counselor assistant at GeneDx, I have found myself jumping back into research as I prepare for graduate school. I joined the Farese and Walther Lab to learn more about lipid metabolism at the cellular/sub-cellular level. I primarily assist the lab by handling important scientific regulatory and administrative affairs to prevent any obstacles impeding our scientific output.

Shubham Singh

Postdoctoral Fellow

I am a HFSP postdoc fellow in the lab. I graduated from IISER-Pune in 2021 and joined our lab to study lysosomal lipid metabolism in context to neuro-immune diseases. I am broadly interested in understanding various aspects of lipid physiology in the development and maintenance of central nervous system.

Brian Suarez

Lab Manager

I studied neuroscience during my graduate career but now I am the peacemaker, also known as the Lab Manager of the Farese and Walther Lab. When I'm not placing orders or re-organizing the lab, I love to listen to Beyoncé, Twice, and Bad Bunny.

Wei-Chun Tang

Research Specialist (HHMI)

I am an interdisciplinary expert in biology and optics in the F&W lab. I use Lattice light-sheet microscope to study lipid droplet biogenesis.

Xiaojun Xiang

Postdoctoral Fellow

I am interested in the pathways of triglyceride synthesis. Now I am working on the feedback regulation of lipogenesis

Simon Kahan

Research Technician

I have an undergraduate degree in Biophysics. I’m deeply involved in both the operational side of our mass spectrometer and in the analytical side of lipidomics. In my spare time I like playing chess and climbing rocks.

Helena Mueller

Undergraduate Researcher

I am working on the biochemistry of lipid synthesis