Tanya Sippy M.D., Ph.D.
Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Neuroscience/Physiology 
New York University Langone Medical Center 

Tanya.Sippy@nyulangone.org


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Corryn Chaimowitz

Lab Manager/ Research Technician

B.S. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Corryn.Chaimowitz@nyulangone.org


Postdoctoral Fellows


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Mélanie Druart Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Leon Levy Fellowship Recipient

B.S., M.S. Pierre & Marie Curie University 
Ph.D.  Sorbonne University

Melanie.Druart@nyulangone.org

Shriya Palchaudhuri Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship Recipient

B.S. Presidency College (University of Calcutta, India) 

M.S. All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Ph.D. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 

Shriya.Palchaudhuri@nyulangone.org


Graduate Students


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Amanda Amilcar

Graduate Student

B.A. Columbia University

Amanda.Amilcar@nyulangone.org

Jahel Guardado

Graduate Student

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient

B.S. University of California, Los Angeles

Jahel.Guardado@nyulangone.org

Megha Kori

Graduate Student

CTSI TL1 Predoctoral Training Fellowship Recipient

B.S. Universty of Maryland, Baltimore County

Megha.Kori@nyulangone.org

Jared Plotkin

NYU Grossman School of Medicine, MD/PhD Program, Co-Mentored by Dr. Jing Wang

B.S. Vanderbilt University

Jared.Plotkin@nyulangone.org

 
 

Rotating Graduate Students


Myra Granato

Rotating Graduate Student, Winter/Spring 2025

NYU Neuroscience Graduate Program

B.S. John’s Hopkins University

 
 

 

Research Associates

 

 

Celeste Yang

Research Associate

B.S., M.S. University of California, San Diego

Yun.Yang2@nyulangone.org


 

Volunteers


Alexandra Clements

New York University, 2025


Alumni

 

 

Amna Aslam Undergraduate Research Volunteer 2020-2021; Zucker School of Medicine- Hofstra University 2021-

Ajay Borra Undergraduate Research Volunteer 2021-2022; New York University, 2024

Kathleen Bostick Summer Undergraduate Research Program 2022; Research Assistant, Emory University

Catherine Fan Undergraduate Research Volunteer 2022-2024; New York University, 2024

Sulekh Fernando-Peiris Research Associate 2022-2024, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient; PhD Program, Yale University 2024-

Jan Klee Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, DFG Walter Benjamin Fellowship Recipient

Alexus Lawrence Summer Undergraduate Research Program 2021

Angela Ma Undergraduate Research Volunteer 2021-2023; New York University, 2024

Sarah Mennenga Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor 2020-2023 NYU Psychedelic Research Training Program Fellowship Recipient; Research Assistant Professor, Arizona State University

Sahil Suresh Research Associate 2019-2022; MD/PhD program, Tufts University 2022-

Prior Rotation Students

Sanne Casello NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient, NYU Neuroscience Graduate Program, Fall 2022

Andrew Kelleher NYU Grossman School of Medicine, MD/PhD Program, Summer 2021