  {"id":211041,"date":"2022-09-23T15:39:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T19:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/csam\/?page_id=211041"},"modified":"2025-10-31T10:23:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:23:24","slug":"students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/csam\/programs-and-opportunities\/ires-summer-biology-research-program-in-japan\/students\/","title":{"rendered":"Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"prpl-drawer open\"><div class=\"prpl-drawer-header\">2024 Participants<\/div><div class=\"prpl-drawer-content\">\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"prpl-column one-half\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2024\/07\/mitchell-dyen-lab.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2024\/07\/mitchell-dyen-lab.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Mitchell Dyen working in lab\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class='inset lt-gray'>\n<h2>Mitchell Dyen<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Dr. Yasuhiro Kamei<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nibb.ac.jp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Institute of Basic Biology (NIBB)<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Institution:<\/strong> <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Central Florida<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:mitchmd2030@gmail.com\">mitchmd2030@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-half\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2024\/07\/adam-leszczynski-hike.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2024\/07\/adam-leszczynski-hike.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Leszczynski\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class='inset lt-gray'>\n<h2>Adam Leszczynski<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Dr. Yasuhiro Kamei<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nibb.ac.jp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Institute of Basic Biology (NIBB)<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Institution:<\/strong> <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stevens.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stevens Institute of Technology<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:adam.leszczynski@stonybrook.edu\">adam.leszczynski@stonybrook.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-half\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2024\/07\/taylor-rossiter-building.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2024\/07\/taylor-rossiter-building.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Rossiter\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class='inset lt-gray'>\n<h2>Taylor Rossiter<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Dr. Takashi Yoshimura<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.nagoya-u.ac.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nagoya University<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Institution:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ycp.edu\/\">York College of Pennsylvania<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-half\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2024\/07\/melissa-spigelman-kimono.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2024\/07\/melissa-spigelman-kimono.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Melissa Spigelman in a kimono by Japanese sign saying &quot;Once in a Lifetime&quot;\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class='inset lt-gray'>\n<h2>Melissa Spigelman<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Dr. Noriyoshi Sakai<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nig.ac.jp\/nig\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Institute of Genetics<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Institution:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/\">ÌÇÐÄvlog<\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"mailto:spigelmanm@montclair.edu\" target=\"_blank\">spigelmanm@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-half\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2024\/07\/lindsey-washiashi-kimono.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2024\/07\/lindsey-washiashi-kimono.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Lindsey Washiashi in a kimono by Japanese sign saying &quot;Once in a Lifetime&quot;\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class='inset lt-gray'>\n<h2>Lindsey Washiashi<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Dr. Koichi Kawakami<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nig.ac.jp\/nig\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Institute of Genetics<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Institution:<\/strong> <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucsb.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">UC Santa Barbara<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:lindsey.washiashi@gmail.com\">lindsey.washiashi@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-half\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2024\/07\/nate-wilson-dessert.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2024\/07\/nate-wilson-dessert.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Nate Wilson\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class='inset lt-gray'>\n<h2>Nate C. Wilson<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Dr. Takashi Yoshimura<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.nagoya-u.ac.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nagoya University<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Institution:<\/strong> <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.millersville.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Millersville University<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:ncwilson@umass.edu\">ncwilson@umass.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"prpl-drawer\"><div class=\"prpl-drawer-header\">2023 Participants<\/div><div class=\"prpl-drawer-content\">\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"prpl-column one-third\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2023\/09\/talyia-griffin.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2023\/09\/talyia-griffin.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Talyia Griffin with deer\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class='inset lt-gray'>\n<h2>Talyia Griffin<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Dr. Kiyoshi Naruse, National Institute of Basic Biology (NIBB)<br \/>\n<strong>Institution:<\/strong> Albany State University\/ Cornell University<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:talyia.griffin00@gmail.com\">talyia.griffin00@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-third\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2023\/09\/liz-sharkey-lunch.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2023\/09\/liz-sharkey-lunch.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Liz Sharkey eating local food\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class='inset lt-gray'>\n<h2>Liz Sharkey<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Dr. Takashi Yoshimura, Nagoya University<br \/>\n<strong>Institution:<\/strong> Washington University in St. Louis<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:elizabethvsharkey@gmail.com\">elizabethvsharkey@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-third\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2023\/09\/sam-yang-hike.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2023\/09\/sam-yang-hike.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Samantha Yang on hike\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class='inset lt-gray'>\n<h2>Samantha Yang<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Dr. Kiyoshi Naruse, National Institute of Basic Biology (NIBB)<br \/>\n<strong>Institution: <\/strong>University of California, Berkeley\/Carnegie Mellon University<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:samanthayang33@gmail.com\">samanthayang33@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"prpl-row\"><\/div><div class=\"prpl-row\"><\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-third\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2023\/09\/edwin-pena-martinez-city.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2023\/09\/edwin-pena-martinez-city.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Edwin Pena Martinez in city in Japan\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class='inset lt-gray'>\n<h2>Edwin G. Pe\u00f1a-Mart\u00ednez<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Dr. Koichi Kawakami, National Institute of Genetics (NIG)<br \/>\n<strong>Institution: <\/strong>University of Puerto Rico<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:epea@wustl.edu\">epea@wustl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-third\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2023\/09\/aaron-ortiz-waterfall.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2023\/09\/aaron-ortiz-waterfall.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Ortiz by waterfall\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class='inset lt-gray'>\n<h2>Aaron Ortiz<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Dr. Noriyoshi Sakai, National Institute of Genetics (NIG)<br \/>\n<strong>Institution:<\/strong> New Mexico Tech<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-third\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2023\/09\/emily-kim-hike.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2023\/09\/emily-kim-hike.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Emily Kim on hike\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class='inset lt-gray'>\n<h2>Emily Kim<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Dr. Takashi Yoshimura, Nagoya University<br \/>\n<strong>Institution:<\/strong> Amherst College<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:write2emilykim@gmail.com\">write2emilykim@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"prpl-drawer\"><div class=\"prpl-drawer-header\">2022 Participants<\/div><div class=\"prpl-drawer-content\">\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"prpl-column one-third\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2022\/09\/ceren-citak.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2022\/09\/ceren-citak.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Ceren Citak\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class='inset lt-gray'>\n<h2>Ceren Citak<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Dr. Kiyoshi Naruse, National Institute of Basic Biology (NIBB)<br \/>\n<strong>Institution: <\/strong>Mt. Holyoke College<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:citak22c@mtholyoke.edu\">citak22c@mtholyoke.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-third\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2022\/09\/jay-fonticella.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2022\/09\/jay-fonticella.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Jay Fonticella\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class='inset lt-gray'>\n<h2>Jay Miguel Fonticella<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Dr. Takashi Yoshimura, Nagoya University<br \/>\n<strong>Institution: <\/strong>Harvard University<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:18fonticellaj@gmail.com\">18fonticellaj@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-third\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2022\/09\/joanna-lee.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2022\/09\/joanna-lee.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Joanna Lee\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class='inset lt-gray'>\n<h2>Sayumi York<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Dr. Kiyoshi Naruse, National Institute of Basic Biology (NIBB)<br \/>\n<strong>Institution: <\/strong>Boston University<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:syork@ndm.edu\">syork@ndm.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"prpl-row\"><\/div><div class=\"prpl-row\"><\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-third\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2022\/09\/yamil-negron.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2022\/09\/yamil-negron.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Yamil Negron\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class='inset lt-gray'>\n<h2>Yamil Miranda Negron<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Dr. Koichi Kawakami, National Institute of Genetics (NIG)<br \/>\n<strong>Institution: <\/strong>University of Puerto Rico<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:yamilmiranda117@yahoo.com\">yamilmiranda117@yahoo.com<\/a><a href=\"mailto:yamil.miranda1@upr.edu\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-third\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2022\/09\/luke-nicholson.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2022\/09\/luke-nicholson.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Luke Nicholson\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class='inset lt-gray'>\n<h2>Luke Nicholson<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Dr. Takashi Yoshimura, Nagoya University<br \/>\n<strong>Institution: <\/strong>Columbia University<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:lsn2116@columbia.edu\">lsn2116@columbia.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-third\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2022\/09\/paolo-turano.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2022\/09\/paolo-turano.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Paolo Turano\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class='inset lt-gray'>\n<h2>Paolo Turano<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Dr. Noriyoshi Sakai, National Institute of Genetics (NIG)<br \/>\n<strong>Institution:<\/strong> Rutgers University<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:pst34@gsbs.rutgers.edu\">pst34@gsbs.rutgers.edu<\/a><br 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