Spokony Lab

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Rebecca Spokony PhD, Associate Professor

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Arpanpreet Kaur

Lucy McGee


CUNY-wide Undergraduate Research Symposium Award

Lab Alumni

Givenchy Ayisi-Boahene

Raquel Calero

Lady Cardenas

Shivani Daryani

Andrea Feria

Audrey Guarino

Mariem Hanna


Dr. Wendy Heyman Public Interest Fellow

Harmeet Kaur

Morgan Magee

Carolyn McGrail

Sarah Minkyung Lee


Honors Thesis: Examining the roles of genetic and environmental factors in Drosophila melanogaster hematopoiesis and innate immune system
Genetics Society of America Travel Award

Ekaterina Migunova

Keerteshwrya Mishra

Amanda Pan


STEM RA Mentor

Stephanie Rene

Marium Sarder

Brandon Schiro

Brian Tang

Honors Thesis: Genetic Basis of Larval Crystal Cell Quantity Variation in the Drosophila Genetic Reference Panel (DGRP)
Genetics Society of America Travel Award

Nyla Walbrook


2025 CUNY Undergraduate Research Celebration Day

Henry Wu

Said Yashaev

Emily Yeung

CUNY STEM Research Academy Assistants

2026 Research Assistants: Fiona Zhong, Orin Zaman, Biel Cuadrado, Nadim Ahmed, Arpanpreet Kaur (mentor, pictured above)


STEM RA 2026 Posters

2025 Research Assistants: Rashawn Johnson, Amanda Pan (mentor), Sofia Wang, Fiona Zhong, Shannon Dong


STEM RA 2025 Poster Presentation


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